When I remove an add-in from Visual Studio's add-in menu, it doesn't get unloaded from memory. Does anyone know if I can write some code for my add-in (in C#) that would force this unloading. Is this even possible, or do I have to restart VS? ...
Can someone point me to a guide on how to interpret the connectMode parameter that gets passed when a VS add-in is loaded? ...
I have been searching for several hours but i couldn't find anything about this... Basically I would like to create a template or plug-in for word 2007 that would allow someone to create new pages for a CMS. What I have in mind is something similar to blog post template. I know how to create a basic template but I can't find a way to pub...
I'm working on Visual Studio Extensibility and I need to set the "shell" language from code. In other words, I'm looking for an API to do the same you can do "by hand" with the Tools -> Options... -> Environment -> International Settings property page. Up to now I didn't find any reference: hints and suggestions are welcome. ;-) Thanks i...
I want to get my add-in to write to the Output window in Visual Studio. How can I do it? Found the answer here: http://www.knowdotnet.com/articles/outputwindow.html – Dmitri Nesteruk ...
Is is possible to deploy VS add-ins using ClickOnce? How can I do it? ...
Are there any extensibility points for IIS 6.0 FTP Server? I'm trying to write a simple plugin to determine whether a file has been successfully downloaded or not. Cheers Alex ...
Does anyone have experience with embedding messaging or mailing programs into VS? I'm interested in things like Skype or Instant Messenger being embedded as tool windows. If you use (or have used) something like this, how has it affected your productivity? ...
Problem: One of my favorite aspects of Vim is its flexibility. One of my least favorite is the VimL script language itself. I know everyone has his or her own preference for languages and editors, so I take it for granted that not everyone agrees with me. Question: If you are a Vim user, and if you have had a similar disaffection for us...
In a VS Package (Visual Studio Extensibility), I have a custom extension registered (for ex ".custx") with XamlLanguageService, so that in Visual Studio when the user opens .custx, it opens up in Xaml Designer/editor just like a .xaml file. However when I compile it as "Page" (BuildAction), the WINFX targets / Compiler errors out with ...
Internet Explorer can save its content as an MHTML file using the "Save As..." menu command. Is this feature exposed by its COM interface? ...
I'm trying to figure out how it's possible to deploy a Visual Studio add-in to its own folder, rather than using the Addins folder. I know it's possible - tools like ReSharper do it - but I cannot find any info on how to tell VS where the add-in is located. Can someone explain to me how it's done? Thanks! ...
I'm using WCF's netTcpBinding, which connects directly to an endpoint and doesn't seems to know anything about socks proxies. I need to use a proxy because most of my clients won't allow direct outbound connections, and enforce the use of socks proxies at all times. My first idea was to configure the .net framework to do that, so I ed...
I'm adding plugin support to my .NET application. A base class sounds reasonable to me, so people can inherit it and override certain calls as well can keep the default functionality or can use some internal helper functions. Why would I choose interface instead of a base plugin class to inherit? Could you tell which design I should ch...
Hello, What are the events that are raised when a new or existing file is added/removed to/from a project (.vcproj or .csproj)? I actually want to handle all possible events that might change the project structure in terms of added or removed project items. This is in the context of creating add-ins for Visual Studio. Can anybody tell...
In my generated .addin files for visual studio, I get really huge chunks of binary data under the AboutIconData property. Can anyone suggest as to why this data keeps on growing with time, and whether I can safely remove it? ...
My company is currently in the process of creating a large multi-tier software package in C#. We have taken a SOA approach to the structure and I was wondering whether anyone has any advice as to how to make it extensible by users with programming knowledge. This would involve a two-fold process: approval by the administrator of a produ...
hi, I want to find out inside a webcontrol the real type of the page that is designed in Visual Studio 2008. I can obtain the WebFormsRootDesigner, and somehow i know it is possible to get the file path of the aspx page. I would like rather to get the ProjectItem for that page, because it would be an overkill to have the control pars...
The 1992 to 1993 timeframe was pivotal and fateful for C++. In the '92/'93 time frame I worked on a plugin architecture for Aldus PageMaker, which was coded in C++. PageMaker was built on a C++ OOP framework called VAMP, which assisted its portability between Mac OS and Windows. So we tried to use the features of C++ to build a plugin ...
I was exploring about Extensible object pattern using (IExtension, IExtensibleObject) interfaces in C#, I came with a very simple example to convert dates to UTC from local and vice-versa: public class BaseObject : IExtensibleObject<BaseObject> { private DateTime _startDate; private ExtensionCollection<BaseObject> _...