Add-ins extend Microsoft Visual Studio using the automation model (EnvDTE). Removed in Visual Studio 2015.
Questions tagged [visual-studio-addins]
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Do ReSharper and VSCommands play well together?
I just saw the VSCommands extension and it has some pretty nifty features. However I'm currently running ReSharper 5. Will there be any undesirable interactions between these two extensions?
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Event on Visual Studio project creation
I want to add functionality when the user creates project \ solution in Visual Studio 2010\2012. i.e. I need to perform C# code when a new project is created.
I googled a lot but didn't find any event which is fired on\after project creation.
Is…
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DTE2 events don't fire
While trying to develop my first VS Addin, I am having issues in firing DTE2 events.
Basically, the DocumentOpened and LineChanged events don't fire for some reason. What important part did I miss?
namespace TestAddin {
public class Connect :…
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Best spellchecker addin to VS2010
I'm looking good (preferably free) add-in to Visual Studio 2010 which is able to check spelling of my code
(must analyse strings and comments, nice to have methods/fields names as well)
Can you advice any?
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Can't debug Visual Studio addin
Question says it all. I'm trying to write a Visual Studio addin (2012), and the experimental instance always launches without running anything in the addin. No breakpoints are hit in the main instance, nor does the addin get loaded by the…
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Visual studio addin - finding current solution folder path
I have an add-in loaded, and a solution loaded, how would I find the folder path of that solution programmatically in C# in my addin?
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Nuget Feed Address
somehow my VS does point to the wrong feed ... what is the feed address ... not easy to find
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Is there any tab manager for visual studio?
It's common for me to have 20+ files opened in Visual Studio (I use VS 2008 now, but we will migrate to VS 2010, soon.). Is there any add-in which could help organize actively opened files?
I mean something like Firefox colorful tabs or a…
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Install Qt addin for Visual Studio from Qt SDK package manager
I can't find where to install the Qt addin for Visual Studio from the package manager that comes with Qt SDK.
Does the addin come with the module "Desktop Qt 4.8.1 - MSVC 2010"?
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A way to take an object in the watch window and "Script" it
I have a scenario where I have a fairly complex object that I load from a database.
That object has several nested objects. While I am debugging I find an instance of this object that I would like to use in a unit test. Right now I have to create…
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Tools to monitor performance of C# methods
Possible Duplicate:
What Are Some Good .NET Profilers?
I am really not sure if such a tool or Addins exits to monitor the performance(time elapsed) of each methods/line of code.
I heard something that a tool will help us for this task which can…
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Visual Studio Add-In - adding a context menu item to solution-explorer
I'm developing my first add-in for Visual studio and we need to add a context menu item to the solution explorer, that shows up for particular file types only (in our case - ".resx").
I've been googling for 2 days now, unable to find any tutorials…
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How to write an add-in to change text color in Visual Studio editor?
After searching for a long time for a simple way of changing the text color of a #region directive in Visual Studio, I've concluded there is no easy way of doing so.
I know how to change the #region statement color, and how to change the collapsed…
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Visual Studio 2008 Plug-in / Add-in development - Getting Started
In relation to this stackoverflow question, how would I go about creating my own Visual Studio 2008 plug-in?
I've checked the Visual Studio Developer Centre on MSDN, but the amount of info is overwhelming. There are loads of project types, and I…
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From a visual studio package (VSIX) how do I detect a solution or project build?
From a visual studio package (VSIX) how do I detect a solution or project build?
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