Because Visual Studio 2008 is not a prerequisite for the VSTA v 2.0 SDK, a VSTA 2.0 integration can be performed with Visual Studio 2005; however, the VSTA v 2.0 IDE and projects are based on Visual Studio 2008. Therefore, like other Visual Studio 2008 project solutions (.sln files), VSTA 2.0 add-ins...
Integrating VSTA 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005 is nearly identical to using VS 2008 with these exceptions: 1. Installing VSTA 2.0 includes .Net framework 3.5. The required System.Addin base classes are only available in .Net 3.5 2. The VSTA 2.0 proxy layer (or automation layer) is auto-generated C# source...
Q : What are the requirements for VSTA 2.0? A : VSTA 2.0 has the following pre-requisites: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 MSXML6 If Visual Studio 2008 is installed, it must be upgraded to SP1 The SDK documentation lists these: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 . Microsoft Visual C++ 2008...
Q : Is there any event to monitor if the DTE solution, project, or source files have been changed? A : The events like those below should address your needs, though there is not a general ‘changed’ event for each object (solution, project, and source file). Here’s some helpful guidance...
Q : Do you have a sample project that uses VB.Net, VSTA 2.0 and Visual Studio 2008 ? A : EventSample VB for VSTA v 2 Q : I need to figure out how to use the VSTA debugger. Right now, when I place a breakpoint in the addin code, it doesn’t break. If I need to make any changes to the AddIn, I have...