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August 2007 - Posts

• Check out the EventSample

  Check out the new VSTA sample EventSample to see common tasks in VSTA exposed. These tasks include declaring objects in VSTA, using and manipulating forms in VSTA, handling form events and event args in VSTA, and generic event handling. Click here to Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:13 PM by Melody | 0 Comments

• ProxyGen work around for the "Stack Empty" error.

  ProxyGen has many issues and doesn't give very informative errors. One of the most annoying errors I've come across is “ProxyGen.exe Error: 0 : Stack empty.” Which is followed by “ProxyGen.exe Information: 0 : Finished”. The second line is a lie. The Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:21 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

• Finding DLL's to add to a project template.

  When using ProjectGen to create a template, the third screen "Specify Project Properties" lists references that will be included with the template and allows you to add or remove references. The catch is to add a reference, you need to know where the Read More...

  Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 3:06 PM by Melody | 0 Comments

• Moving and Organizing DLL’s to Make VSTA Integration Easier. Part IV- Keeping the current Proxy in the GAC. Updated for VSTA v 2

  Overview: During development, changes may need to be made to the proxy. Anytime the proxy is changed its assembly needs to be re-installed in the GAC. Failing to do this will result in the last version installed in the GAC to be used by VSTA and the error Read More...

  Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 1:03 PM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: addin, projectgen, VSTA 2.0, Proxy, VSTA 1, GAC

  Attachment(s): InstallInGAC_v1n2.bat

• Using a MessageFilter to avoid IDE threading and timing issues.

  Due to timing and threading issues with interacting with the IDE programatically, several errors may occur at seemingly random intervals. These errors include “Application is busy”, “Callee was rejected by caller”, “The operation could not be completed”, Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:52 PM by Melody | 1 Comments