How to use powershell support for Build Events in VS2019 - visual-studio

I found this link Add powershell support for Build Events indicating that as of VS2019 v16.2 you can now use powershell directly in VS build events. Mads closed this with the following comment:
This feature has now been released in the latest product update
released version 16.2. Please install and let us know your feedback.
Please continue to provide feedback and help us be even better.
I'd like to use this but I can't find it in VS and I can't find docs on it (there is a lot of noise on this topic). Mads comment above was dated Jul 18, 2019 so it's been there a while.
Have I missed or misunderstood something about that thread? Does anyone know how this feature might be enabled/used?
I'm specifically interested in this feature not in generic info on running powershell as a build event via cmd.
Update: I've added the following ticket Add (or document) powershell support for Build Events to the MS Developer Community site to request support or documentation of this feature.

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Will BotFramework-CLI support Azure's new Question Answering service?

Now that Azure's Question Answering service is available and we are recommended to migrate from QnA Maker, I noticed that botframework-cli does not seem to have been updated and I did not see any issues or information related to it being updated to support authoring Knowledge Bases for the new Question Answering service. Our CI/CD pipelines use these CLI tools to create/update/delete Knowledge Bases.
It seems the only way to automate this is via the Authoring REST API, is that true? If so, is there any rough ETA on when that might be updated or some other CLI tool will be made available?
THe next SDK release of Bot Framework supports this new feature. https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-sdk/issues/6413
Not sure if the cli tools are in scope. If not, I suggest you enter a feature request in that repository
There is a clear documentation on migration procedure of QnA maker to azure question answering. Please do check the below mentioned link and follow the steps.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/language-service/question-answering/how-to/migrate-qnamaker
The services are updated in May 2021 itself.
No, there is no support to manage project creation (a.k.a. knowledgebases) within Question Answer from BotFramework-cli. They do however offer a REST API, and SDK support with C# and Python.
There is a GitHub issue to support this, but from Apr. 19, 2022 to Sept. 19, 2022 there has been no response nor update.

How to use Dynamics 365 Developer Toolkit

I installed Latest Version of Developer Toolkit for vs2015 and after that when i use toolkit to connect to CRM, after click on connect button it does not do anything. no error, no success action,
i delete every Cache data and every Temp data and Clear my solution but nothing change,
do you have any idea? help me please because i want to develop custom workflow step and develop plugins with this toolkit.
As far as I know, Microsoft's Developer's Toolkit has been dormant for quite some time.
Current options are:
Jason Lattimer's Developer Extensions
Which is also on GitHub.
Or the commercial add-on XrmToolkit, which has a 30-day free trial.
If you go with Jason's solution and you're looking to do early bound development you might want to also look into XrmToolbox's Early Bound Generator by Daryl LaBar.
The XrmToolkit includes its own proprietary proxy class generator.

Now that VS2015 has dropped support for the code definition window are there any alternatives?

MS has dropped support for the code definition window with Roslyn.
I already have R# installed and don't want to install CodeRush as well to get this functionality back.
Has anyone seen a (free) plugin that does this and preferably only this? Peek does not fit with my workflow (as also stated in the mentioned post)

Upgrading from Web API RC to Web API RTM

I have seen that yesterday Web API RTM has been released by Microsoft.
However I can't seem to find any log about what has changed from RC to RTM and any tips on what has changed.
We have a service that's ready for production next week, and I am not sure whether to roll with RC or upgrade to RTM this late in the project. What value does it add?
Thanks
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The official release notes can be found here at www.asp.net.
As #Aliostad kindly mentioned, I wrote an overview post highlighting what's changing and including some code samples and other references.
Henrik also wrote a nice overview post - and that one's also focused on the preview for the out-of-band functionalities available as NuGet packages (OData, tracing, Help page, and a formatting library for Win8).
If you ask whether you should upgrade - obviously yes. There aren't many breaking changes so it should be rather painless, and you get a mature, production-deployable product. It's well worth it imho.

gtkbuilder interface not available in lablgtk2?

Currently I am using libglade for building gui. However, I would like to use gtkbuilder.
I couldn't find gtkbuilder interface in lablgtk2 (OCaml interface to gtk+).
Is it not available in lablgtk2?
According to the comments in this bug report, it seems like gtkbuilder support will come along with the switch to Gtk3:
https://forge.ocamlcore.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1058&group_id=220&atid=1032
The issue of migration to Gtk3 in lablgtk was discussed in July 2011:
https://lists.forge.ocamlcore.org/pipermail/lablgtk-list/2011-July/001910.html
In the former bug report comment (from April 2012), there is the insinuation that this switch might happen soon.
Sorry if the answer isn't too useful, but it is nice that the developers share these hints about what's coming up in the future.

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