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  • Proxy Versioning for Templates Sample

    This sample illustrates how to use Tight Versioning to specify which version of the proxy a project template should use. Goal:  load add-ins which use a proxy from a previous OM after changing the OM.   OM version changes (using same VSTA version): Example- ShapeAppBasicCSharp from VSTA v 2 Object Model Changes ...
    Posted to VSTA Samples (FileGallery) by Melody on August 15, 2008

  • Proxy Versioning Options for Project Templates

    A common question is how to use versioning for the proxy assembly in add-ins.  There are basically three different options.  (Download Sample)1)    No Versioning:Only the name of the assembly is used in the project template and the first assembly in the GAC matching this name will be used.  This is how ProjectGen ...
    Posted to Melody's VSTA Blog (Weblog) by Melody on August 15, 2008

  • 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 off the template: Host Item Name ...
    Posted to Melody's VSTA Blog (Weblog) by Melody on June 12, 2008

  • 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 updating the template, using Visual Studio to update the template, and how to manually ...
    Posted to Melody's VSTA Blog (Weblog) by Melody on March 4, 2008

  • 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 and is listed as fixed in the next release.  To work around this, ...
    Posted to Melody's VSTA Blog (Weblog) by Melody on March 3, 2008