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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Enable / Disable commands depending on executed commands
I've got this problem for a while now and I cannot find a solution anywhere.
I'm currently writing an add-in (using C#) for Visual Studio 2010.
I've added a new menu to the VS menu bar. Within this menu there are several commands e.g. "login" and…

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c# .net interop beforesave not firing
Basically I want to create an excel management software, where clients can save their excel files directly to the database. In order to achieve this, I'm trying to open up an excel worksheet with a certain template or file, and then let the user…

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I want to redirect output from our code review tool that we run in VS2010, so that we can click on output to goto file, line, column
I want to redirect output from our code review tool that we are writing in VS2010, so that it's messages are parsed by Vs2010 and we can click on them to goto file, line, column.
I vaguely remember learing about this in vs2005, you output your text…

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How to find the available EnvDTE.Comands names for Visual Stuadio 2010?
I am creating an Add-In for Visual Studio 2010. Using this Addin I want to add some extra functionality when the user is typing to the editor or copies some text from it.
I searched over the Web to find out what are the command names that Visual…

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EnvDTE80.Window2' does not contain a definition for 'CreateToolWindow2
I am newbie on VS-2010 Add-Ins so I started with this walkthrough:
HOWTO: Create a dockable toolwindow from a Visual Studio .NET add-in
But when I am building my Project I get the following error:
'EnvDTE80.Window2' does not contain a definition…

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Create Language Service for VisualStudio 2010
I want to build a language service for visual studio 2010. I was first trying to follow the tutorial and documentations from MSDN.
The problem is i don't succeed to make this works (i'll explain later my problem). So i digged into existing…

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How to access block of memory when debugging from VS2010 addin
I'm creating this VS2010 Addin project in C#, which will be used to debug my other c++ projects.
The data I want to process is stored in a block of memory of the c++ project.
In the VS2010 watch window i can see the array of memory by a expression…

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Access to method list in current file (VS AddIn)
I want to get list of methods in current file, when my tool is fired, but I don't have idea how that combobox is nested in the _applicationObject object. Can you help me?

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How do I run a custom action AFTER files have been deleted during MSI uninstallation?
During uninstallation of the Visual Studio Integration Package that I am writing, I need to run "devenv.exe /setup" to update the VS UI and remove the package info from the splash/help screen.
However, it must run after all the add-in and package…

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Visual studio add in context menu does not receive events
I'm experimenting with a visual studio addon and have come across very odd behaviour. I'm adding a right click context menu item and I'm not getting the events to fire unless I put a breakpoint in the OnConnect method and wait a little while. I'm…

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msi - Deployment Setup project for a custom Visual Studio Addin
I have developed a custom Add-In for Visual Studio (2008/2010). At this point I need to
prepare a *.msi installation package for the add-in, with the
Visual Studio Installer -> Setup Project.
I need a little guidance about the rules of setting up…

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msbuild addin for VS2010
I used to use an msbuild addin for VS2008, called "MsBuildAddin" (which was itself based on the now very old Java "NantRunner"). The project page is here and the source is here. It hasn't been updated in a long time, and doesn't work with VS2010…

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Where I can download LINQ to SQL Debug Visualizer plugin for Visual Studio 2010?
On Scott blog, he publish a plugin LINQ to SQL Debug Visualizer.
However, it only runs on Visual Studio 2008. I try it on Visual Studio 2010 but error.
Please help me to find a version 2010 or a similar plugin.
Thanks.

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Is there a way to get a reference to results after creating word documents using mail merge?
I'm using a VSTO 2010 AddIn to do a Word mail merge with WdMailMergeDestination being set to wdSendToNewDocument. Is there any way to get a reference to the newly created documents or even find out which data row was used to create each one?

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Delete Key in LookInFolders VS 2008 - 9.0 using MsBuild
I use MsBuild to Registry a VS Addin.
I need implement target Uninstall in MSBuild.
How can I delete my addin path in SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\AutomationOptions\LookInFolders registry using MsBuild ?
For install, I use

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