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The Visual Studio SDK includes documentation, samples, and code to help you develop products that integrate with the Visual Studio product family.

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How to add completion words dynamically to VS2013 Syntax Extension (MEF)

It's very possible that I just don't understand the problem space, but I'm having trouble figuring out the MEF (Editor Classifier project). I've created (piecing together the Walkthrough guides from MSDN…
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DialogPage - string array not persisted

I'm developing an extension for visual studio. There I have an option page: public class GeneralOptionsPage : DialogPage { [Category("General")] [DisplayName("Foos")] [Description("Bla Foo Bla")] public string[] Foos { get; set;…
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Do Visual Studio Extensions (VSIX) need to be strong named?

The default VSPackage template in the Visual Studio 2012 SDK generates a project which uses strong naming. Because strong naming is transitive, this means that any references I add (e.g. another project in the same solution, or a third-party…
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Visual Studio 2012-s custom project template not visible

I completed the custom template project tutorial part I from msdn and got a basic project structure working and visible in the File - New - Project menu. Then i advanced to msdn part II and can't get past "Testing a Visual Studio Template"…
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Visual Studio 2010 SDK -- How to place an adornment next to XML comment groups?

I'm having trouble finding out how to do this and the Visual Studio SDK Reference is not very helpful either. I'm trying to figure out how to get a NormalizedSnapshotSpanCollection of XML comments. I want to place an icon next to them... I don't…
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Visual Studio Shell - Creating a Custom IDE

I know this is a very broadly scoped question, but what do I need to know to begin creating a branded, custom IDE for course-ware using the VS Shell in isolated mode. Very little useful info on this beast is available through searches, so I'm…
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Does the VS2012 SDK Include the VSIX Project Template?

I installed the VS2012 RC SDK but am not seeing a VSIX Project Template when creating a new project. Am I missing something or is that template in a different SDK or something? Here is a screenshot:
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How do I make my VSIX file compatible with both VS11 and VS2010?

How can I make my VSIX file compatible with both Visual Studio 11 and Visual Studio 2010? I'm handing my VSIX file along with all its dependencies to a friend of mine, and when he opens it, he's getting the error "The extension manifest is…
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Visual Studio 2010 SDK installation can't find Visual Studio

Anyone have experience with the Visual Studio SDK and can help point me in the right direction to solving this problem odd behavior? To summarize the screenshot, I have Visual Studio 2010 installed (no it's not a new installation) but the SDK…
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Extend visual appearance of Visual Studio 2013 solution explorer

The VS productivity power tools extend the solution explorer by eg showing squiggly lines below files with errors and some version control providers can show overlay icons. I know how editor extensions work which annotate the code editor, but I…
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Where to read docs for Microsoft.CodeAnalysis?

In Visual Studio 2015 (after installing the SDK preview), I created a 'diagnostic with code fix' project. The skeleton code is full of interesting types such as DiagnosticAnalyzer (under Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics) and CodeFixProvider (under…
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How to solve Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.MissingReferencesException

I'm trying to make extension for VS2013 preview, here is my try on GitHub: https://github.com/Heather/Nemerle/tree/VS2013 But for now I'm getting: 07.08.2013 9:25:05 - The following target products have been selected... 07.08.2013 9:25:05 - …
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How do you add an assembly reference programmatically?

I'm using the T4 TextTemplating service from a VSPackage: var t4 = this.GetService(typeof(STextTemplating)) as ITextTemplating; Normally if a template is referencing types in an external assembly you can use the assembly directive. However, I don't…
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Remove Deleted files from visual studio solution

Is there any way in the visual studio 2010 SDK to remove a file that doesn't exist on disk. I've tried using the VCProject.RemoveReference and the VCProject.RemoveFile methods, but both reqiure an Object to be passed. The problem I'm finding is I…
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How to debug a Visual Studio Package in a VSIX created in Visual Studio 2015

I'm not able to debug the simplest possible VS Package in the simplest possible VSIX Project. Steps to reproduce: Create a VSIX project: File / New / Project / Extensibility / VSIX Project Add Visual Studio Package: right-click the project node in…
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