Compile error when trying to debug a Visual Studio integration project

Question

I'm currently working on a Visual Studio integration project for VS2010 (a custom highlighter) I'm using Irony and the LanguageServiceTemplate from this Code project article. However that template is build for 2008 and the changes made in VS2010 when it comes to integrating breaks the template.

When I try to compile I get the following error:

Source.extension.vsixmanifest file not found in project. If a file with this name is present in the project, make sure the build action is set to "None".

Any ides of what I can do to fix it?

Answer 1

You have two options depending on how your package is constructed.

1) Edit the project file and remove the following line.

<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\VSSDK\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" />

If you do this, you will lose a few things like the automatic zipping of your item and project templates.

2) Add a source.extension.vsixmanifest file to the root of your project. You can get one by creating a new VSIX Project. After you install the Visual Studio 2010 SDK, this is under the Extensibility category. If you add no content, it won't create a vsix file.

The second method is probably the best route to go. I have a specific VSIX project that I use to pull in various other package projects. If you only have one project, you can use the new vsixmanifest file to include the project to make an installer.