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The Host Item Node in VSTA Projects

Within a VSTA project there is a Host Item Node. This displays in the Project Explorer as a subfolder within the VSTA project and contains the main code file as well as any DPM files. By default the folder's name is the HostID and the icon is the...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 12:39 PM by Melody

Filed under: vsta, addin

Saving DTE and other COM Event Hook-ups

To avoid losing an event hook-up from a COM source it is necessary to hold a local reference to the source of the event to avoid unwanted garbage collection. This is a concern for VSTA hosts hooking into DTE events as well as VSTA add-ins which use a direct reference to a COM host instead of a proxy....

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 11:00 AM by Melody

Filed under: vsta, addin, Proxy, COM, EnvDTE, DTE, COM Event

Tools to Automate VSTA 2 Integrations: AutoProxyGen and Templates

We have new downloads up including templates and a new tool AutoProxyGen which automates ProxyGen and can be used in build events. AutoProxyGen : This tool automates the process of using ProxyGen and can be used as a build event. AutoProxyGen includes...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 3:48 PM by Melody

Filed under: vsta, addin, ProxyGen, AutoProxyGen

Project Templates: ProjectGen and "Unregistering" templates

The easiest way to remove or "unregister" project templates which are registered with host is to use the vsta and devenv setup commands....

Published Thu, Feb 02 2008 11:51 AM by Melody

Filed under: vsta, Register, addin, add-in, projectgen, project template descriptor file, Project templates, unregister

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...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2007 1:03 PM by Melody

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

Moving and Organizing DLL’s to Make VSTA Integration Easier. Part I- Projects

Overview: Finding DLL’s programmatically can be challenging if they are not well organized. For VSTA integration several DLL’s may need to be found including add-in’s to load. In the ShapeApp samples included with the SDK, the add-in samples copy their...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2007 2:56 PM by Melody

Filed under: integration, vsta, addin, add-in, dll, projectgen, templates

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