Refactoring features in Visual Studio 2005 for VB
Hi, Does anybody know a good and free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 to get refactoring features in VB? Thanks in advance /Enrico ...
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Is there a .NET Tool/Add-in available which allows you to easily rearrange the order of Regions, Subs, Functions, and Member Variables in a Class?
I'm looking for a .NET Add-in that reads in the contents of the Current Document window, lists the header declaration of all Regions, Subs, Functions, and Module Level Variables, and provides a simple Move Up/Move Down buttons to rearrange their order. ...
Is is possible to write MS SQL Server add-in?
Is is possible to write MS SQL Server add-in? I'm thinking of some application integrated with database server available form SQL Server Enterprise Manager. ...
What add-in/workbench framework is the best .NET alternative to Eclipse RCP?
I'm looking for a plugin-based application framework that is comparable to the Eclipse Plugin Framework, which to my simple mind consists of: a core plugin management framework (Equinox / OSGI), which provides the ability to declare extension endpoints and then discover and load plugins that service those endpoints. (this is different...
How to change Word.Range text without losing format
Hi, Anyone knows how can I change the text of a Word.Range object but still keeping it's format? For example if I have "this text" and I change it to "that txt", txt will still be in bold. I'm looking for a way to change the whole text of the range, not just a single word, as I'm getting the new text from an independent API, I can assu...
How can I improve cold startup performance for a VSTO2SE MS Office add-in?
If you create a simple "Hello World" VSTO2SE add-in targeting Microsoft Office Excel 2003, it takes 15 seconds to load on a cold startup. During that time, Excel is completely unresponsive. The cold-startup time is always poor in Excel 2003. I have seen one test machine where the startup time is instant in Excel 2007, but all my oth...
Disable, but not uninstall Resharper 4.x onwards
Any ideas on how to disable, but not uninstall Resharper 4.x or above? ...
How to hook keypress event in a Word shared add-in?
I need to be able to get all keypress events before they are passed up to the Word document. I want to do special handling of the keys and depending on what mode the add in is in, the keys may or may not be sent to the Word document. I only want the keypress events that belong to the document, I don't want to hook events for popup wind...
Are there any add-ins for super easy ways to get the height/width of a selected image in vs.net solution explorer?
I've searched google for any add-ins that might add the height/width to the properties pane, but can not find anything. Before I set about coding an add-in myself, I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone knows of anything. Basically what I do now is either right click the image in browser > view image > view properties... or I open up th...
Ideas for an extensible (addins/plugins) WCF service host?
I'm looking for suggestions about how can I build an extensible WCF server (with dynamically loaded services), preferably using System.Addins or MEF. The server should host any WCF service (contained in DLL assemblies, loaded in runtime) that implements a minimal "plugin" API (StartService/StopService/GetStatus?/etc). This post is a go...
Is there any good replacement for SharePoint Designer?
If you've ever used SharePoint Designer, you'll know it's bad. Really bad. Is there any good replacement for that? Is there any consideration I must take account of if I want to build my own Visual Studio Add-in connector to connect to it? Anything you know that I should be aware of? I just hate the slowness and the way SPD (SharePoin...
Iterating unregistered add-ins (.xla) in Excel 2003
Hi, I need help in figuring out how to iterate through currently open Excel add-in files (.xla) that have not been registered in Excel using the Tools > Add-ins menu path. More specifically, I am interested in any workbook that doesn't appear in the Add-In dialog, but has ThisWorkbook.IsAddin = True. Demonstrating the issue: Trying to...
GetOrganizer not working on AppointmentItem object
I am trying to find the organizer of an appointment using AppointmentItem->GetOranizer This is a COM addin in C++ I am seeing some peculiar behaviour THe call succeeds if the Outlook user is NOT the organizer Fr meetings organized by the user it always fails( exception thrown) any suggestions ...
How do I reliably determine the window handle of a given Outlook inspector window with WordMail turned on from inside a COM-Addin (Outlook <=2003)?
[This code is called from within the Inspector.Activate event handler (first call), i.e. right before the inspector window is actually shown.] For "native" mail inspectors I can simply QI the Inspector interface to IOleWindow and call its GetWindow method. However, this will not work for Word inspectors which are in fact instances of Wo...
Can I Write AddIn to MS Word which was turn on another AddIn ?
Hello, I Have a problem with my custom Addin to word because sometimes, MS Word was disabled my addin, and I need to write another AddIn, which Was enabled to turn - on/off my first AddIn. Is it possible? sorry for my English :( ...
Why does Visual Studio 2008 forget where to dock my add-in's window pane?
I wrote a simple add-in for Visual Studio 2008 that opens a dockable window pane. You can download the source and a binary installer by clicking here. The nature of the add-in means that it is ideally going to stay docked next to where you edit your source. But sometimes, on some installs, it won't stay docked. You run VS, you dock my...
Outlook Add-In Inspector Window Loading
After experimenting with screenshots of programmatically sized Outlook Inspectors, I've noticed that resizing is not instant. (TakeScreenshot is done programaticcaly by creating a bitmap from the window's device context, then writing it to disk. Version A: Resize, Bringtofront, TakeScreenshot Version B:Resize, Bringtofront, threadslee...
VS2008 Navigate to class definition add-in
Hello, I am looking for a Visual Studio add-in that would analyze the text around the cursor position and navigate to the corresponding class definition. For example I have this XML file that is currently open: <object id="abc" type="MyProject.Foo.Bar, MyProject"/> If I put the cursor somewhere between the double quotes on the type ...
VS2010 Extensibility - how different is it?
A question to those of you who already looked at VS2010. How big are the changes that add-in developers will have to make in order to get their add-ins working under VS2010? ...