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Add-ins extend Microsoft Visual Studio using the automation model (EnvDTE). Removed in Visual Studio 2015.

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Exceptions in Visual Studio 2010 AddIn

I have a WinForms application raising exceptions from code in an EventHandler (E.G. a Button click subscriber); I have a try..catch block around the invocation of the ShowDialog of the Form; The exception does not propagate to the try..catch block,…
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How does editor \ preview for Windows Phone work in Visual Studio works?

How is the image of the Page's XAML gets generated? Is it running a virtual machine and it's grabbing a snapshot? Does it send the XAML? Any details of that would be welcome.
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using visual studio 2013 ide for other things

I love VS2013 with the Solarized-Dark theme. I would like to use the IDE to do other tasks, if possible. I noticed that SQL Server 2014 uses the VS2010 IDE for it's interface. I realize that might be because they have the source to the IDE -…
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building xbuild into visual studio addin

im looking for a way to implement a addin that can convert a C# solution into a mono compiled exe, so i can use it on a linux and mac environment that have the mono framework installed.
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Do you have ideas for a workaround for this Known bug in Visual Studio 2010's addIn model?

When developing AddIns for Visual Studio 2010 the following line fails: CommandBarEvents handler = (EnvDTE.CommandBarEvents)m_VSStudio.DTE.Events.get_CommandBarEvents(popup); Update: Forgot to tell that m_VSStudio is of the type DTE2 Where popup is…
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How to find the name of a menu event in Visual Studio

I am trying to automatically invoke a menu item in Visual Studio by writing an addin. How can I find the name of that event? For example a compile command can be executed by using DTE.ExecuteCommand("Build.Compile") But I have a menu item that I…
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How can I add a command to the Visual Studio toolbar to switch between source control plug ins?

I'm working with several different solutions, some of which use tfs and some which use svn. I would like to add a button in the toolbar to switch between providers instead of having to go through the "options" menu. How can this be done? Note:…
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Expression2.MakeObjectID doesn't return a value- how can I obtain the new object id?

The Expression2.MakeObjectID method creates a debug object ID, just like right-clicking a value in the debugger and selecting 'Make Object ID.' I would like to be able to get that ID (such as 1#, 2#, 3#) for the expression and display it.…
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Visual Studio -> Copy WebSite -> RemoteSite1.xml -> What is TimeHigh / TimeLow?

I'm currently trying to program an add-in that mocks Visual Studio's copy website tool. This is because Microsoft's tool has some behavior I want to change. But I want it to be as close as possible to the default tool. The default tool is using…
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DTE build event: notification of succeeded but not built

Q: How do I determine that a project succeeded but did not built (no changes)? I am aware that with a Visual Studio Package that I can tap into build events. _dte.Events.BuildEvents.OnBuild* += **; * is the rest of the event handler name and ** is…
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Any Addin for Visual Studio 2008 which would sort the imports?

I have seen plugins for VS 2005 and also for C# environment in VS2008 but not able to find for VB.NET environment in VS 2008.I want it to sort for each file, is there any addin for this?
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Addin: How-to Do Merge programmatically

I use 2012 and VS 2010. I have Addin VS. I want do Merge of a ítem (sql file). I use the following code, but I get COMException exception: Command "File.TfsContextExplorerMerge" is not available My source code mehtod: public static void…
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How to package a Visual Studio Add-in

I've created a Visual Studio Add-in. Now I would like to create a deployable package so that other users could install the add-in on their machine. How could I do so? Thanks
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Visual Studio addin - override all existing commands?

I had an idea the other day to build a Visual Studio extension on GitHub that will teach people how to use hotkeys. I already have a dump of all hotkeys available (thanks to Mads Kristensen and his ShortcutExplorter project). The way it will work…
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Explore object's members like in debug but without debug

Is there any extension for visual studio that can display object's properties / members / methods without debugging the code? Like it shows in debug when you hover over an object it shows a menu where you can easily navigate between object's…
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