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• ProjectGen Gotcha: Updating the Host Item Name when using a Project Descriptor File as Input

  On the third screen of ProjectGen there is an item to fill in titled “Host item name”. This item is used in two places in the project descriptor file and three places in projects based off the template: Project template descriptor file: Projects based Read More...

  Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:48 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: vsta, projectgen, VSTA 2.0, VSTA 1, project template descriptor file, Project Template, HostItemName, Primary Cookie

• Nested Types in VSTA v 2 Part II: Implicitly Declared Events in VB in Non-Entry Point Classes

  In Visual Basic, events can be declared explicitly or implicitly typed. When events are declared implicitly typed, Visual Basic creates a hidden type nested in the declaring type’s class. ProxyGen v 2 does not support nested types; however, the work around Read More...

  Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:45 PM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA 2.0, Events, Visual Basic

• Nested Types in VSTA v 2 Part I: Types Nested in Non-Entry Point Classes

  ProxyGen does not support nested types; however, with a little manual editing of the descriptor and proxy files nested types can be supported in the Proxy. There are three kinds of nested types that will be covered in this blog series (non-entry point, Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:00 PM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA 2.0, ProxyGen, VSTA v 2, Nested Types

• 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

• Non-proxiable Types: A Deeper Look

  One of the most common questions we see when someone begins an integration is why can't System.Windows.Forms and objects derived from that class be exposed to add-ins. Our typical answer is that System.Winows.Forms is not serializable and only serializable Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:39 PM by Melody | 1 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA 2.0, ProxyGen, VSTA integration, ProxyGen v 2, VSTA v 2 CTP SDK

• ProxyGen v 2 CTP Release: Version 1 Issues Status Update

  Based on the SDK and our testing of the CTP release version of ProxyGen v 2, here are our finding. For additional informatoin on ProxyGen v 2 CTP release please see our ProxyGen v 2 CTP Release Supplement . If there are other version 1 issues you would Read More...

  Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:22 AM by Melody | 0 Comments

  Filed under: VSTA 2.0, ProxyGen, VSTA integration, ProxyGen v 2, VSTA v 2 CTP SDK

• 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