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Good reference material for creating VS2008 integration packages

I'm looking for reference/tutorial material on building integration packages for Visual Studio 2008.

I am particularly looking for info on editor integration such as intellisense for a custom syntax (and contained languages) and source code formatting/coloring.

I found some info on the Microsoft MSDN site, but as always, the information found there creates more confusion than enlightenment.

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You want the Visual Studio SDK. This and many other resources are available at the Visual Studio Extensibility Developer Center.

John Saunders  2009-06-03 20:42:31
I already had the Visual Studio SDK installed, but the information is really confusing. I'm sure I could figure it out somehow, but there must be some "Getting Started" info available somewhere...
Philippe Leybaert  2009-06-03 20:55:10
John Saunders  2009-06-03 21:14:55
Is the Developer Center of no help? Make sure you click the various tabs. It's not just one page. For instance, the Nayyeri book was listed at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx/cc677062.aspx, which is under "Learn", then "Books".
John Saunders  2009-06-03 21:15:55
And did you find the page on "Editors" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx/cc677249.aspx)?
John Saunders  2009-06-03 21:18:20
Thanks for the info John, I will give it a shot
Philippe Leybaert  2009-06-04 06:04:19

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