Best way to post a VSPackage beta?
What/where is the best way to post a VSPackage beta to get some feedback? Should it be uploaded to the gallery or should I just provide a link?I have a VSPackage that helps with debugging by showing a...
View ArticleHow do I set icon to temporary toolbar buttons ?
Hi,I am adding toolbar buttons through my VS Package's Initialize() method this wayvar button = (CommandBarButton) toolbar.Controls.Add(MsoControlType.msoControlButton, //Type Type.Missing, // Id...
View ArticleMy Visual Studio Addin causes "operation is blocking user input" dialog on exit
HiI am writing an Addin that needs to show a dialog window. The dialog window is a complex workflow window which displays steps of a complex process. Workflow is performed on worker threads and...
View ArticleVSpackage: How to add command in Watch window
Hi all,I am developing a VSpackage. I need to add a new command into menu which appears in Watch window when we click on a variable (in debugging).When we enter into break mode we see that variable has...
View ArticleVS Single-file generators: how to add registry information?
I'm trying to figure out how to get a single-file generator installed on VS2010. Previously I got it sort-of working on VS2013 after many hours of head-banging; in both cases the primary difficulty is...
View ArticleInteraction between editor and tool window
I want to create a personalized error list as a tool window (no, the standard one built in VS does not suffice). The scenario is:User requests explicitly verification of data in editor;Editor performs...
View ArticleVS Extension project template install the Nuget package
Hi,VSIX project template install the custom Nuget package inside of the vsix and Install the nuget package when creating project.Thanks,Abbas K- Abbas K
View ArticleCustom Tool: Hosting an editor (IWpfTextViewHost) in a tool window
I'm trying to host a IWpfTextView within a custom tool window. My project is facing the exact same issue as this one:...
View ArticleHow to call the default "More Windows.." window menu dialog.
Hi all,In MFC MDI application if we open more than 9 windows, we can see "More Windows.." menu item under "Window" menu.I want to call this dialog from other place. Is there any way to do...
View ArticleVS 2012 addon: setting/getting "Remote Command Arguments" in VCDebugSettings
Hi,Where can I find "Remote Command Arguments" from VCProject properties ?I'm using VCDebugSettings for getting every other debugging property (Command, Remote Command, Remote Server Name, Attached,...
View ArticleUninstall Help Viewer 2.0 Content
I'm trying to uninstall Help Viewer 2.0 content using HlpCtntMgr.exe but it doesn't seem to work. It installs just fine but the uninstall option doesn't seem to work even though I get back an exit...
View ArticleQueryeditfiles in vs 2008
Hi , I am using visual studio 2008. I have visual studio sdk installed. when ever file is edited , I am getting to Ivsqueryeditsave2.queryeditfile() function for all type of project templates except...
View ArticleAdd context menu based on multiple selection of project items across solution...
I have been working on visual studio Add-in for quiet some time. I need to add context menu for project item. This can done as follows.CommandBar vsBarItem = cmdBars["Item"];//the pop up for clicking...
View ArticleIVsOutputWindow.CreatePane returns 0x80004002 (No such interface supported).
I am trying to write to output window. I have a Isolated Shell project. I am using code from this guy's blog post. CreatePane() returns 0x80004002 which error lookup says is "No such interface...
View ArticleFind Symbol Result Window got double results when I search object use...
I implement IVsSimpleLibrary2 and IVsSimpleObjectList2 for "find all reference".. and I could query result from list.. While, whenever code run into method doSearch()..GetList2 of IVsSimpleLibrary...
View ArticleExport to excel from Restful service
Hi folks, I have written a Restful service and consuming the service using jquery. I have written a piece of code to export to excel in the restful code but when we call this service, application is...
View Articlehow to add custom window (like solution explorer window) in visual studio2012?
how to add custom window (like solution explorer window) in visual studio2012?I mean i created my windows application and i want that to be part of the visual studio , like Toolbox, Solution...
View ArticleWant to remove Add Solution To Source Control Menu
Hi, We are developing a custom project type using MPF. We required customizing the menus/context menus and are able to disable/delete most of them either using CustomFileNode.cs or...
View ArticleLooking for Intellisense sample for VS 2013
I would like to create a VS extension for my custom text autocompletion. I have read the walkthrough on the MSDN site where the text identifiers for autocompletion were hard-coded into the source...
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