Back Cover

Back Cover

Use new features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to make your programming more powerful by sharing code with other users. Coverage includes:

• Community Content - The Community Content Installer lets you take code created by another user and places it on your computer so that you can start using it right away.
• Installing Content - Install content from another user easily through a wizard.
• Creating Downloadable Content - Create your own content to share using wizards, templates, and starter kits.
• Implementing Your Own Downloadable Types - The Content Installer is extensible, allowing you to create your own content-type installers.
• Creating VSTemplates - Quickly create a new project or project item to import into a solution or project by putting together an XML file that describes the files that make up your project or project item. When the user runs your template through the New Project or Add New Item dialog boxes, Visual Studio will start the template wizard, which then reads and processes the XML file, creating the project or project item for you.