Add-In with Build Configuration Properties

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Stephen Hewlett - 03 Sep 2005 01:05 GMT

I would like my Add-in to add properties to the build configuration (Project
Menu -> Properties -> Configuration Properties) so that I can create build
configurations that selectively run features of my Add-in. I can only find
information about how to create Tools -> Options property pages. Does anyone
know if what I want to do is possible?

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 05 Sep 2005 09:27 GMT

I don´t think so, but you can create Configurations other than Debug and
Release and in each configuration define some conditional compilation
constants such as TEST_FEATURE1=True. Then, in your source code you can use
those conditional compilation constants (#If TEST_FEATURE1 Then) to
enable/disable features.

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>I would like my Add-in to add properties to the build configuration
>(Project Menu -> Properties -> Configuration Properties) so that I can
>create build configurations that selectively run features of my Add-in. I
>can only find information about how to create Tools -> Options property
>pages. Does anyone know if what I want to do is possible?

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Stephen Hewlett - 05 Sep 2005 22:46 GMT

Thank you, that's a better way to do it anyway.

>I don´t think so, but you can create Configurations other than Debug and
>Release and in each configuration define some conditional compilation
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>>can only find information about how to create Tools -> Options property
>>pages. Does anyone know if what I want to do is possible?

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