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

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Create a new top-level menu in Visual Studio

We have an add in for VS that currently is launched from the tools menu, the add-in consists of a a UI offering the user a few option buttons, which I now want to convert to a top-level menu that would offer the same functionality. I've read this…
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How to uninstall VMware add-in from visual studio 2008?

Hi I've VMware Workstation 6.5.2 installed on my PC. This program's add-in, use assign F6 key to one of its commands. The problem is that when ever I reassign F6 key to BuildSolution command, after reopening VS, the add-in change my settings and…
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Dependency injection for a visual studio add-in

I'm working on a visual studio add-in that takes SQL queries in your project, plays the request and generates a C# wrapper class for the results. I want to do a simplest possible dependency injection, where projects using my add-in supply a class…
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Get current TFS connection in a Visual Studio addin

I'm working on a Visual Studio 2010 add-in, and I'm trying to figure out how to determine the currently connected TFS server. I'm guessing I need to use DTE, but I'm having a brain cramp figuring out where to get the info.
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How do you develop Visual Studio Add-Ins?

I have a vague idea Visual Studio allows you to run a second sandboxed instance where the add-in is being in fact loaded. That'd allow you to debug your add-in code and such. Is this effectively possible? How would I go about doing that? I'm…
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Is there a free Visual studio add-on to generate try/catch blocks from a method that documents exceptions?

Is there a free Visual studio add-on to automatically generate try/catch blocks from a method that documents exceptions ?
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How to get the topLeft screen position of Visual studio 2008's editor window?

I want to create an addin for vs2008, to show a transparent form/window on the editor of vs2008. in following code, the "aw.Left" and "aw.Top" is relative value, both is 1. QUESTION: do you know how to get the left/top screen position of the editor…
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Visual studio 2012 add-in - how to attach debugger to a process

I have a scenario where when I start debugging a silverlight OOB project in visual studio the debugger attaches to that automatically, but it doesn't attach to the iisexpress process which is running the web service that the silverlight application…
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How to make a dialog appear when Visual Studio is started. - VS Extension

I am building a Visual Studio extension and I am stumped on how I would show a dialog when visual studio is started. The main use for it is going to be when Visual studio starts my extension will check for updates if an update is found a dialog…
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What is this dashed line called that aligns function blocks in my IDE?

The SPE IDE that I use for my Python code uses this "visual cue" that looks like a vertical dashed line for alignment of (what I would call) function blocks. How can I get this option in Visual Studio 2008? Here is what it looks like:
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Developing Visual Studio addins for multiple versions of Visual Studio

I've been given the task of developing some extensions for Visual Studio for our internal use. These will have to support a couple of different versions of Visual Studio (VS2008, 2010 and 2012 - VS2005 would be a nice to have but not essential). I'd…
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Visual Studio 2012 UI customization

Are there any add-ins available that let you customize the UI look and feel for Visual Studio 2012 IDE?
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VS2008: Highlight several words in different colors simultaneously - Possible as plug-in?

I use GVim and Visual Studio for coding. One of the most missing features in VS compared to GVim is the possibility to highlight several words in different colors simultaneously. See this screenshot of a GVim session for an example (wResult and…
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Is there a way to detect file move operation from a visual studio add in

I am writing a visual studio add-in which preforms operations on javascript files after they have been added, removed, renamed and moved. The first 3 events are exposed by ProjectItemsEvents class, along he lines of: this._applicationObject =…
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Visual Studio 2010 plugin / code to clear "Error List" warnings before each build

VS2010 is driving me nuts: whenever I rebuild, the "Error List" warnings from the previous compilation are persisted and any new warnings are simply added to the end of the list. Over time, this list becomes ridiculously long and unwieldy. I'm using…
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