Default layout mechanisms offered by DSL Tools are not challenged by VS’s 2010 edition. It's not a reason to be disappointed but to acknowledge efforts produced into other areas such as extensibility. DSL Tools wisely called for help to offer alternative solutions that are far more than blinded workarounds. Indeed, the solution chosen is ...

Introduction Oslo, charming Norwegian city is not only renowned for the cuteness of its female population. One of the most anticipated project from Microsoft Connected System Division is a source of hope but also raises a high level of expectations. The wait is growing and it fosters impatience, not only because it is not Microsoft's first shot ...

DSL Tools are becoming more popular everyday and naturally questions are increasing in volume on MSDN forums dedicated to Visual Studio Extensibility. However, this fact is not the only reason to advocate that DSL Tools gained in maturity. It is better for now to focus on a recurring request in the form of multiple views of a single diagram. This ...

Introduction DSL Tools are becoming more popular everyday and naturally questions are increasing in volume on MSDN forums dedicated to Visual Studio Extensibility. However, this fact is not the only reason to advocate that DSL Tools gained in maturity. It is better for now to focus on a recurring request in the form of multiple views of a single ...

This solution demonstrates how dsl tools can support multiple diagrams for a single model.

This video showcases an implementation of multiple diagrams for a single model with dsl tools

Preamble Mary Jo Foley revealed the love story between Microsoft and modeling a few months ago. But the information that must retain our attention is that Oslo will be certainly the city chosen for this honeymoon. Indeed, a few years ago Microsoft did the first move when appointing famous modeling engineers and developing DSL Tools in order to ...

This solution demonstrates how DSL prototype can be leveraged in order to extend the Class designer DSL sample and support patterns.

This video demonstrates how DSL prototype can be leveraged in order to extend the Class designer DSL sample and support patterns.

Everybody knows patterns promoted by the famous Gang of Four, when defining a model the same problematic applies. Some concepts are based on the same structure or a concept can be an aggregate of existing concepts. It would be very useful to be able to define reusable patterns in DSL as we can do for code.  This post will present a solution ...