The highlights to this release are:
Visual Studio SDK Browser
As part of the Visual Studio product development team’s community initiatives, the team has built a Visual Studio SDK Browser to enhance the overall Visual Studio Extensibility development experience and to connect users with the community and online contents. The Visual Studio SDK Browser is a key feature of Visual Studio 2005 SDK 4.0.
Package Load Analyzer
The Package Load Analyzer analyzes package load issues and then provides diagnostic information instead of a generic failure message. For example, if a package load issue was caused by a failed Package Load Key (PLK) verification, then the Package Load Analyzer will present that reason together with supporting data. This data may also help Microsoft Customer Support or VSPackage providers trouble-shoot package load issues on end user computers.
Toolbox Control Installer
Visual Studio 2005 introduced a change in the Toolbox that would have required a component vendor to create a VSPackage in order to make components appear in the Toolbox. Included in this release is a redistributable Toolbox installer package that component vendors can include in their Setup programs to simplify the deployment of their components. By using the Toolbox installer package, a vendor does not have to create a VSPackage to load components in the Toolbox. The redistributable Toolbox installer package is an .msi file, and the Controls sample demonstrates how to use it.
Updated TFS Contents
The Team Foundation Server samples and contents have been updated to include new sample and documentation.
DSL Tools Bug Fixes
This release contains bug fixes for the DSL Tools that were released in Visual Studio 2005 SDK 3.0. For details about the bug fixes, refer to the DSL Tools readme.htm, which is located in <Visual Studio SDK installation path>\2007.02\VisualStudioIntegration\Tools\DSLTools\.
