How can I create an integrated file editor in Visual Studio like as Crystal Reports Editor or RDLC Report Editor
more information: as you might be work with crystal report, when you click on your crystal report file "rpt file" in your solution bar , it'll open in an integrated report editor called "crystal report editor" inside vs.net like as source files. I want to design my own editor that integrated in vs.net
visual studio.net 2008
VS is easily extended.
The basic extension method is to write macros, but if you wish to implement an embedded editor then you will need to get more advanced - an Add-in, Package, or for VS2010 you can now make an Extension.
Extensions are much better/easier to develop than addins, but fundamentally they both allow much the same thing - low level access to the internals of VS.
You can find a lot of information about addins and extensibility by searching on those terms, but here are a couple of useful starting points: