When installing add-ins for Visual Studio, a number of different paths can be used. One of them is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins - in a default installation of a US English Windows. Obviously a proper… more »

I saw this question on a newsgroup: How do you access the properties of a project via the EnvDTE VS extensibility interface? It's really quite simple, like in this code: Sub AccessProject() Dim proj As Project proj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Ite… more »

In a VSPackage using the Managed Package Framework (MPF), how do you track the active editor pane in VS? To start with, I create a new VSPackage project (New project -> Other project types -> Extensibility -> Visual Studio Integration Package) and h… more »

VSIP 2005 has been available a while, but I hadn't found the time to look into it. Now I did and I must say I'm impressed, especially by the new managed classes in the Environment SDK. For example, it's now possible to create a custom editor for Visual… more »