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March 2008 - Posts

• Expunging VSTA

  If you are evaluating VSTA v 2 and no longer working with VSTA v 1 it may be convenient to remove VSTA v 1. VSTA keeps files and settings in several locations including registries, template caches, VSTA program files, Visual Studio program files, the Read More...

  Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 9:45 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

• VSTA v 2 in Visual Basic 6.0 sample now available

  An updated version of the MyApp VB6 sample demonstrating VSTA v 1 inegration sample is now available for VSTA v 2. Check out the MyApp VB6 sample demonstrating VSTA v 2 inegration sample here. Read More...

  Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 11:59 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA v 2, Visual Basic 6.0, COM, VB6

• HostItemProvider Item Templates Available

  There are now item templates available for the VSTA v 2 HostItemProvider in C# and VB.Net. These templates are compatible with Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. To use these templates: 1) Copy the zip files into %Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio %version%\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\[CSharp,VB.Net]\1033 Read More...

  Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:29 AM by Melody | 1 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA 2, HostItemProvider

• HostTypeMapProvider in VB.Net

  ProxyGen outputs the Proxy and HostTypeMapProvider files in C#. For anyone interested in using a VB.Net HostTypeMapProvider, there is a HostTypeMapProvider in VB.Net download available to help with this. The download includes a template and macro. The Read More...

  Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 10:38 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA 2.0, HostTypeMapProvider, VB.Net

• Updating VSTA Project Templates Tutorial

  There is a video tutorial available which shows how to update a VSTA project template to mimic the ShapeApp sample templates which use a post build event to move add-in assemblies to %My Documents%\ShapeAppCSharp\AppAddIns. Methods covered include manually Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:07 PM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: vsta, Post Build Event, Project Template

• Project Template Potpourri

  I've been working a lot with project templates and ProjectGen lately. Here are some miscellaneous findings based on the VSTA v 2 CTP February 2008 release. ProjectGen does not find hosts registered in the Wow6432Node. This is a known issue with this build Read More...

  Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 9:52 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: vsta, projectgen, project template descriptor file, Project Template, x64, HostItemName, PrimaryCookie, 64bit