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Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

JohnNichols
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‎09-14-2025 06:39 AM
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Visual Studio 2026 Insiders was released on 9th Instant.  It is a huge change from 2022 and 2022 Preview.  This is the new screen. 

You cannot upload VSIX files to this version, yet, it rejects them, there must be a significant change in VSIX structure.  It will not take Fortran or several of the standard offerings for VSIX.   And the SDK does not load so you cannot make your own new VSIX files.  

It is a very early release.  It is very nice for C#, but Fortran if all you use is Fortran do not waste your time. 

It does have some nice new color schemes, including mango, which is a fruit I hate.   The font is nice. 

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jimdempseyatthecove
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‎09-14-2025 06:47 AM
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Thanks for the report. I usually wait to upgrade until after Intel gets integrations worked out. Sometimes this can be on the order of a year.

 

Jim Dempsey

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JohnNichols
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‎09-14-2025 07:43 AM
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My problem is the instruments I use on bridges use C#, so I collect data in C# and updating to the latest C# is always worthwhile.  

My data derived from C# programs in the real analysis uses ULARC - Monte Carlo - this is a 60 year old heavily modified FORTRAN program that will determine Beta for a Structural Reliability Model inside a night for a large model, only an idiot would rewrite that in any other language. 

 

[1] Sudhakar, A., et al., Computer Program: ULARC: Sample Elasto-plastic Analysis of Plane Frames. Sudhakar 1972 ed. 1972, Berkeley: UCB.

I have used it for many years. Sudhakar was at UCB and then California DOT, he died young and we lost a brilliant engineer.  Powell's group has never been replicated, which is a pity.  

So ULARC is run on VS 2022 with current Fortran.  I do not want to end up in a court battle and have to explain why I was not using the latest Fortran compiler, been there for 3 days and it is ugly.  

I have to be able to say, latest stable. 

But that does not mean I will not try it in later VS, and the new one has a beautiful interface and some great changes.  

So I just pick the one I want, but after using 2026 you will not go back. 

 

 

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