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Writing Add-Ins for Visual Studio .NET

ISBN: 1590590260
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 172

Authors: Les Smith

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Writing Add-ins for Visual Studio .NET
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Who Should Read This Book?
• How This Book Is Organized
• What This Book Does Not Do
• What This Book Does
• About the Code in This Book
• Chapter 1: What Is an Add-in?
• What Is Extensibility?
• The Extensibility Object Model for Visual Basic and Visual C Projects
• Other New Features of .NET
• Making a VB 6.0 Add-in Work in .NET
• Summary
• Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Add-in Wizard
• Creating an Add-in Using the Add-in Wizard
• Creating an About Box
• Reviewing the Code Generated by the Wizard
• Making Minor Changes to the Add-in
• Running the Add-in
• Registering the Add-in
• Installing the Add-in
• Exploring the Connect Class Methods
• Summary
• Chapter 3: The Smart Desktop Add-in
• Deciding When to Add a Feature to an Add-in
• Enhancing the Add-in
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Debugging an Add-in
• Setting Debug Options
• Debugging an Add-in
• Error Handling in the Add-in
• Summary
• Chapter 5: Manipulating Code in Windows
• The Documents Collection
• The Document Object
• Practical Uses for Editor Automation Objects
• Cloning a Procedure
• The Windows Collection
• Summary
• Chapter 6: Manipulating Controls on Forms
• Creating the New Add-in
• Adding the WinForms Automation Code
• Creating the Windows Application Project
• Adding Controls to the Form
• Manipulating Controls on the Form
• Adding a Menu to the Form
• Summary
• Chapter 7: The User Interface
• A Simple UI: DTE Menu Items
• Adding an Add-in DTE Toolbar
• Adding Microsoft Office CommandBarControls
• Using a TreeView Form for the UI
• Creating a UI in the System Tray
• Summary
• Chapter 8: The Macro Explorer and the Macros IDE
• The Macro Explorer
• Recording a Macro
• Assigning Shortcut Keys to a Macro
• Running Existing Macros
• The Macros IDE
• Debugging Macros
• Enhancing the Smart Desktop Add-in
• Summary
• Chapter 9: Manipulating Projects
• The Solution Object
• The Project Object
• Maintaining Build Rules
• Manipulating IDE Tool Windows
• Summary
• Chapter 10: Multiple Languages in Add-ins
• Visual Studio Integrator Program
• External Tools
• Selecting the Automation Methodology
• Using Multiple Languages in Add-ins
• Comparing Visual Basic to C
• Creating a C Add-in
• Using Multiple Languages in the Add-in
• Handling Multiple Languages in an Add-in
• Running the Code for Multiple Languages
• Summary
• Chapter 11: Handling Automation Events
• Trapping IDE Events
• Making Good Use of DTE Events
• Summary
• Chapter 12: Putting It Together-Let s Build a Real Add-in
• Creating the NET Desktop Add-in
• Adding the User Interface
• Setting Up the Toolbar
• Setting Up the Menus
• About Box
• Event Handling
• Summary
• Chapter 13: Migrating VB 6.0 Add-ins to .NET
• Preparing to Migrate an Add-in
• Running the Migration Wizard on an Add-in
• Should I Go All the Way with .NET?
• Summary
• Appendix A: Extensibility Objects
• Build Objects
• CodeModel
• Commands
• Debugger
• Documents
• DTE
• Project
• Solution
• Window Objects
• WinForms
• Appendix B: Quick Reference-How Do I ?
• Get Code from a Code Editor Window
• Retrieve a Whole Procedure from a Code Editor Window
• Put Code Back into a Code Editor Window
• Add a New Method to the End of a Module
• Reference Properties of a Form
• Change a Property on a Form
• Reference Properties of a Control on a Form
• Change a Property of a Control on a Form
• Reference All of the Selected Controls on a Form
• Create a Windows Application Project from an Add-in
• Add an Item to a Project
• Delete an Item from a Project
• Add a Menu Item to the IDE
• Add an Add-in Toolbar to the IDE
• Add Tool Buttons to a Toolbar
• Add Multilevel Menus to the IDE
• Capture Events in the IDE
• Add a New Class, Form, or Module
• Persist My Own Clipboard Ring
• Access the Tool Options Dialog Box Programmatically
• Manually Register an Add-in Not Created with the Add-in Wizard on My Computer
• Manually Make the Registry Entries for the Add-in Manager Dialog Box for Add-ins Not Created by the Wizard on My Computer
• Create a Setup Project for an Add-in Not Created on My Computer
• Debug an Add-in When I Only Have the Add-in Project
• Recognize When a Form Has Been Added to the Project
• Recognize When a Component Has Been Added to a Form
• Reload a Component
• Close All Saved Windows in the IDE
• Close and Save All but the Active Document
• Make a Backup Copy of the Current Window
• Open All Code and Designer Windows
• Use the CodeModel Object to Analyze Code
• Display a Variable or Method Declaration Line in a Code Window
• Index
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I-K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X-Z
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Code Examples
• Page #171 (List of Tables)