
We have recently revised those materials and added new sections and now invite you to have a look at the updated version of the manual.Ĭreating extension packages (plug-ins) for Microsoft Visual Studio IDE appears as quite an easy task at the first sight.
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Compilation settings in project toolsetsĪbout a year ago we published in our blog a series of articles on development of Visual Studio plugins in C#. Configurations and properties of projects and files
Recursively walking all elements of a Solution tree's branch. Accessing option pages through the automation. Creating and registering user options pages. Integrating into Visual Studio settings. Implementing a user toolwindow in a VSPackage module. Registering and initializing user tool windows. Handling commands through EnvDTE.DTE interfaces. Creating and handling commands in VSPackage. Interacting with COM interfaces from within a multithreaded application. Handling project and solution events (for VSPackage extensions).
Obtaining references to DTE/DTE2 objects.EnvDTE and Visual Studio Shell Interop interfaces
Visual Studio Automation Object Model. Registering and deploying Visual Studio extension packages. Creating and debugging Visual Studio and Visual Studio Isolated Shell VSPackage extension modules. Creating, debugging and deploying extension packages for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010/2012.