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I was hoping that Microsoft would address the need to target earlier versions of Visual Studio within the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, but since they decided to punt (https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/570466/vs-2010-native-build-cannot-produce-ansi-response-files), I tackled the problem myself. I’ve released my solution as an open source project named Daffodil for Visual Studio.
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Those of you with bad eyesight (and the rest of us throwbacks) will appreciate the new ‘Classic title bar’ feature in QuikPik 4.1. This new feature addresses AutoCAD 2009 and later versions of AutoCAD with the fancy schmancy title bar and menu bar.
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Yesterday when I attempted to install the AutoCAD 2011 service pack (http://withoutanet.typepad.com/without_a_net/2010/08/update-1-released-for-autocad-and-autocad-lt-2011-.html) (er, I mean “update”), I encountered the classic UI paradox where you’re forced to choose from a set of equally undesirable choices, this time with a bonus.
I received error 1321. My choices were to retry or cancel. If I chose to retry, I got the same error again. If I chose to cancel, I got a bonus question: it asked whether I really wanted to cancel. I had to lie and choose yes, otherwise I would be trapped in an infinite loop.
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