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View ArticleVCProject interface targeting multiple versions
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View ArticleIteration and Area ID's
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View ArticleLanguage Support: Custom Build/Debug actions
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View ArticleVSLangProj.PrjKind Embeded Interop Types
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View ArticleCustom Editor: get c++ LanguageService
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View ArticleTOOLS -> Customize…
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View ArticleOpening a file on node selection.
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View ArticleDynamicEnumProperty provider class that implements IDynamicEnumValuesProvider...
Hello I have a managed package that provides the code for a custom C++ build toolchain. I have a custom platform Toolset.targets that loads some custom...
View ArticleVSIX set command initial state disabled
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View ArticleDisable add-in from VSIX package
I trying to disable an add-in when my package is initializedEnvDTE80.DTE2 dte2 = (EnvDTE80.DTE2)GetService(typeof(EnvDTE.DTE)); foreach (EnvDTE.AddIn addin in dte2.AddIns) { if...
View ArticleHooking Solution Explorer node expansion.
We have an MPF custom project and would like to take an action when a node is expanded. A first attempt at intercepting the SetProperty call forVSHPROPID_Expanded doesn't work, as that value never...
View ArticleMEF: ErrorTag: how to get the ErrorTag ToolTipContent to work in VS2010...
Environmental details:Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.5.51641 SP1Rel Installed Version: Professional Microsoft Visual Basic 2010...
View ArticleAccess Abstract Syntax Tree in Visual Studio 2013
I'm trying to implement an extension for Visual Studio 2013 (using C#) for C++ programmers, in which the user could right click on any variable in his/her C++ code and I would give him all sorts of...
View ArticleHow to get All the Add-in installed in VisaulStudio ?
How can I get all of the Add-in in VisualStudio,when I developing with Visual Studio SDK.
View ArticleVSX: Make a Hierarchynode Parent of a Filenode
Hello, I have got a this Project Structure:ProjectNode FileNode HierarchynodeThe Hierarchynode is not in my Memory, its just to Order my Subnodes. Now I want to add a new custom...
View ArticleFocus on the editor Tab which is already opened (vspackage)
I am binding list of items to the toolwindow from database,when i click the item, corresponding item name editor tab opens but when i click the same item i want to Focus(Active) the same editor...
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