Summary

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In this chapter you discovered that there are some really good reasons for taking the trouble to learn to write add-ins. You learned that a lot of things have changed, not only in extensibility, but all over Visual Basic. Obviously, if you have done any work in .NET, you have already found this out the hard way. You looked at some elementary examples of the use of the DTE object. Finally, you saw that it is still possible to connect a simple VB 6.0 add-in to Visual Studio .NET.

In Chapter 2, you will use the Add-in Wizard to create your first add-in. Although you will keep the first add-in simple, it will get you into some real add-in code.

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