I have syntax highlighting for D working in Visual Studio .NET, but I would like to have it tested on another machine before releasing it. I have all the MS dev tools and SDK's here on my machine, so no telling what might happen on a different machine.  This is pre-alpha, although it should do correct syntax highlighting. But I am really just interested in whether you can load it or not.

At this point it's a single DLL (43k .ZIP) which you can put anywhere and simply register with REGSVR32, then run VS.NET and D should be a new supported language in the editor (famous last words :-). I'm using VS.NET 2003, but I guess (hope) that it works on VS.NET 2002. I have no idea if it would work on Visual Studio 6.0 or earlier, but I have a feeling it won't.

The only caution I have is that apparently a bug in VS.NET causes any customizations you've done on the tool bar and keyboard assignments to be lost when installing a service like this, so if you've customized you might want to back them up somehow. A tool like VSTweak can be used to import/export keyboard layouts, but I don't know about the tool bars.

I guess I could email it to whoever wants to test it or even post it here. I don't want to put it on dsource.org or the wiki until I at least know it works and doesn't blow up your computer <g>.

-- 
dave

In article <Xns94C8E2094EB97dsiebersbc@63.105.9.61>, Dave Sieber says...
>
>I have syntax highlighting for D working in Visual Studio .NET, but I would like to have it tested on another machine before releasing it. I have all the MS dev tools and SDK's here on my machine, so no telling what might happen on a different machine.  This is pre-alpha, although it should do correct syntax highlighting. But I am really just interested in whether you can load it or not.
>
>At this point it's a single DLL (43k .ZIP) which you can put anywhere and simply register with REGSVR32, then run VS.NET and D should be a new supported language in the editor (famous last words :-). I'm using VS.NET 2003, but I guess (hope) that it works on VS.NET 2002. I have no idea if it would work on Visual Studio 6.0 or earlier, but I have a feeling it won't.
>
>The only caution I have is that apparently a bug in VS.NET causes any customizations you've done on the tool bar and keyboard assignments to be lost when installing a service like this, so if you've customized you might want to back them up somehow. A tool like VSTweak can be used to import/export keyboard layouts, but I don't know about the tool bars.
>
>I guess I could email it to whoever wants to test it or even post it here. I don't want to put it on dsource.org or the wiki until I at least know it works and doesn't blow up your computer <g>.
>
>-- 
>dave

Yes, I would like to have a look - I've got VS2003.

Regards,

Scott.Egan@tpg.com.au.nospame

I'm willing to play with it. Please send to me via email.

"Dave Sieber" <dsieber@spamnot.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Xns94C8E2094EB97dsiebersbc@63.105.9.61...
> I have syntax highlighting for D working in Visual Studio .NET, but I
would
> like to have it tested on another machine before releasing it. I have all the MS dev tools and SDK's here on my machine, so no telling what might happen on a different machine.  This is pre-alpha, although it should do correct syntax highlighting. But I am really just interested in whether
you
> can load it or not.
>
> At this point it's a single DLL (43k .ZIP) which you can put anywhere and
> simply register with REGSVR32, then run VS.NET and D should be a new
> supported language in the editor (famous last words :-). I'm using VS.NET
> 2003, but I guess (hope) that it works on VS.NET 2002. I have no idea if
it
> would work on Visual Studio 6.0 or earlier, but I have a feeling it won't.
>
> The only caution I have is that apparently a bug in VS.NET causes any customizations you've done on the tool bar and keyboard assignments to be lost when installing a service like this, so if you've customized you
might
> want to back them up somehow. A tool like VSTweak can be used to import/export keyboard layouts, but I don't know about the tool bars.
>
> I guess I could email it to whoever wants to test it or even post it here. I don't want to put it on dsource.org or the wiki until I at least know it works and doesn't blow up your computer <g>.
>
> --
> dave

Sure -- I'm using VS 2002 (Packaged with Visual C#.net standard)
Send to PIEBALDconsult at AOL

I'll give it a shot also, please e-mail it to me, and I'll let you know how it turns out

"Dave Sieber" <dsieber@spamnot.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Xns94C8E2094EB97dsiebersbc@63.105.9.61...
> I have syntax highlighting for D working in Visual Studio .NET, but I
would
> like to have it tested on another machine before releasing it. I have all the MS dev tools and SDK's here on my machine, so no telling what might happen on a different machine.  This is pre-alpha, although it should do correct syntax highlighting. But I am really just interested in whether
you
> can load it or not.
>
> At this point it's a single DLL (43k .ZIP) which you can put anywhere and
> simply register with REGSVR32, then run VS.NET and D should be a new
> supported language in the editor (famous last words :-). I'm using VS.NET
> 2003, but I guess (hope) that it works on VS.NET 2002. I have no idea if
it
> would work on Visual Studio 6.0 or earlier, but I have a feeling it won't.
>
> The only caution I have is that apparently a bug in VS.NET causes any customizations you've done on the tool bar and keyboard assignments to be lost when installing a service like this, so if you've customized you
might
> want to back them up somehow. A tool like VSTweak can be used to import/export keyboard layouts, but I don't know about the tool bars.
>
> I guess I could email it to whoever wants to test it or even post it here. I don't want to put it on dsource.org or the wiki until I at least know it works and doesn't blow up your computer <g>.
>
> -- 
> dave

I'll give it a shot also, please e-mail it to me, and I'll let you know how it turns out

"Dave Sieber" <dsieber@spamnot.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Xns94C8E2094EB97dsiebersbc@63.105.9.61...
> I have syntax highlighting for D working in Visual Studio .NET, but I
would
> like to have it tested on another machine before releasing it. I have all the MS dev tools and SDK's here on my machine, so no telling what might happen on a different machine.  This is pre-alpha, although it should do correct syntax highlighting. But I am really just interested in whether
you
> can load it or not.
>
> At this point it's a single DLL (43k .ZIP) which you can put anywhere and
> simply register with REGSVR32, then run VS.NET and D should be a new
> supported language in the editor (famous last words :-). I'm using VS.NET
> 2003, but I guess (hope) that it works on VS.NET 2002. I have no idea if
it
> would work on Visual Studio 6.0 or earlier, but I have a feeling it won't.
>
> The only caution I have is that apparently a bug in VS.NET causes any customizations you've done on the tool bar and keyboard assignments to be lost when installing a service like this, so if you've customized you
might
> want to back them up somehow. A tool like VSTweak can be used to import/export keyboard layouts, but I don't know about the tool bars.
>
> I guess I could email it to whoever wants to test it or even post it here. I don't want to put it on dsource.org or the wiki until I at least know it works and doesn't blow up your computer <g>.
>
> -- 
> dave

Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm sending an email to all of you, with the .ZIP attached.  This small group should enable us to see if it loads correctly. Once we verify it's okay, I'll make it available some place where everyone can get it.

Email with .ZIP attachment has subject "dservice for Visual Studio.NET", sending now...

-- 
dave

Got it...
Registered it...
Fired up devenv...
Options -> Text Editor now shows D with General and Tabs sections
Created a new text file, saved it as test.d
Typed in a couple of lines...
and nothing colored!

Am I missing anything?
I'm running MS Dev Env 2003 v7.1.3088


"Dave Sieber" <dsieber@spamnot.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Xns94C9646EBA89Fdsiebersbc@63.105.9.61...
> Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm sending an email to all of you, with the .ZIP attached.  This small group should enable us to see if it loads correctly. Once we verify it's okay, I'll make it available some place where everyone can get it.
>
> Email with .ZIP attachment has subject "dservice for Visual Studio.NET", sending now...
>
> -- 
> dave

"Pablo Aguilar" <paguilarg@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Got it...
> Registered it...
> Fired up devenv...
> Options -> Text Editor now shows D with General and Tabs sections
> Created a new text file, saved it as test.d
> Typed in a couple of lines...
> and nothing colored!
> 
> Am I missing anything?
> I'm running MS Dev Env 2003 v7.1.3088

Sounds right so far, except for the lack of coloring :-)   If you can help me out here, this is the first time it's being run on another machine, and the Babel docs aren't really clear about how this is all supposed to work.

Let's check your registry. Run regedit and look under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\Languages\Language Services

You should see "D" as one of the languages. Open that key and look at what it has. Check "RequestStockColors", it should be 1.  Also check that Extensions has ".d;".

We'll have to take it a step at a time...

-- 
dave

both values are there and set correctly

> > Got it...
> > Registered it...
> > Fired up devenv...
> > Options -> Text Editor now shows D with General and Tabs sections
> > Created a new text file, saved it as test.d
> > Typed in a couple of lines...
> > and nothing colored!
> >
> > Am I missing anything?
> > I'm running MS Dev Env 2003 v7.1.3088
>
> Sounds right so far, except for the lack of coloring :-)   If you can help me out here, this is the first time it's being run on another machine, and the Babel docs aren't really clear about how this is all supposed to work.
>
> Let's check your registry. Run regedit and look under
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\Languages\Language Services
>
> You should see "D" as one of the languages. Open that key and look at what it has. Check "RequestStockColors", it should be 1.  Also check that Extensions has ".d;".
>
> We'll have to take it a step at a time...
>
> -- 
> dave