Removing a custom project from the Configuration Manager.
We have an MPF-based custom project system that does not support the notion of build. Early versions of this project system did *not* use MPF and instead directly implemented the interop assembly...
View ArticleSolution Explorer Custom Context Menu for Specific File Types
I am using Visual Studio 2013, and would like to edit the right-click context menu for the Solution Explorer. I would like the command(s) that I add to be available only when right-clicking specific...
View Article“Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.” when building a...
I recently create a couple of VSPackages for some Visual Studio extensions (menu bar/command). I compiled them correctly yesterday, checked into TFS (i'm the only one touching this project, FYI). I had...
View ArticleCustom Language Debugger Extension
Hello all,In the company I work, the guys developed some proprietary language and some language services to it. The problem I face is that, when I debug a file, written by the new language, not all...
View ArticleHow can I capture scroll events in either the IVsTextView or IWpfTextView
Hello, how can I capture scroll events in either the IVsTextView or IWpfTextView?Glenn Puchtel
View ArticleWhy are template files being transformed during project creation?
Hi all,I have a couple of project templates that contain a number of c# files that are supposed to be copied during project creation so that the user has a starting point for the new project. These are...
View ArticleSet Visual Studio as the owner of Another WPF Application Window
Hi,My solution has 2 projects, 1 standalone WPF Application, and 1 Visual Studio extension that add a menu item to Tools menu. When the menu item is clicked, it will launched the standalone WPF...
View ArticleSynchronize two or more views – Synchronized Scroll Bars – Serpentine View(s)
Synchronize two or more views – Synchronized Scroll Bars – Serpentine View(s)I’d like to synchronize two (or more) vertical views, such that they behave like a (single) serpentine view. That is, given...
View ArticleDeploy to experimental instance deploys to wrong location after upgrade to...
Hi,I have an extension that is deployed against Vs2005/Vs2008/Vs2010/Vs2012 and I am planning to extend this to deploy against Vs2013.After upgrading my solution to Vs2013 the Vs2012 VSIX is no longer...
View ArticleHow can I create a new document window?
Essentially, I'd like to invoke the same behavior as if one clicked "Window->New Window" from the menu bar of the Editor.Also, invoke "New Vertical Tab Group' behavior from the context window of any...
View ArticleHiding VSIX comboboxes
I have created a VSIX package which adds a toolbar, via the vsct file. I have also added several Comboboxes to the file. The toolbar is enabled by the callback OnAfterOpenSolution depending on the name...
View ArticleDebug EE CLR: New api
Ever since 2013 our expression evaluator required "Use Managed Compatibility Mode" to be on, I want to get away from this so I'm looking for information on how to (re-)implement a .NET expression...
View ArticleDebug eval api: get concrete type of nullable property
I'm trying to get the real type of a nullable property from within an debug evaluator, but while for fields I get the right type arguments, for properties I don't:Given code like this:class Test {...
View ArticleOnBuildBegin Event is not hitting in VS 2012 Custom project
Hi,I have created my custom project templates and its working fine. I have write some logic when build the project so I have hook the event from initialize method like below,DTE2 dte =...
View ArticleVS Gallery page is broken after a vsix file upload
Hello, after a failed try to upload a new vsix-file version of my extension, the extension page is broken. If I try to access the following URL...
View ArticleSDK Package: Tie into the save button on the main vs toolbar for a custom...
In my extension I use a custom tool window like its a document and open it multiple times with different content. This works great but the only problem is the save button on the main vs tool bar does...
View ArticleVSIX: How to dock a toolwindow in the MainWindow
Writing a Visual studio extension, I'd like to write tabs in the main window that are persisted and not backed by files (documents) but by data that gets loaded form a web service. The most promising...
View ArticleNeed a sample for customizing Visual Studio status bar
Please provide me a very simple VS Package C# project for customizing Visual Studio's status bar. I just want to display a message in the status bar, nothing else. The samples which are in internet and...
View ArticleHow to Insert an image into SharePoint Site using Biztalk
Hi all,I am strucked with an critical issue,The issue is, I will get an image in base64(from the service) and i have to convert that base64 string into Image and i have to insert that image into the...
View ArticleHow can I build my own Parameter Info Tooltip?
Hi, I came across these articles:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166756.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166199.aspx But what I would like to do is to implement my own tooltip...
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