Which VS 2005 edition support EnvDTE add-in development?

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Gerrit Beuze - 17 Nov 2005 07:06 GMT

Hi all,

Does the VS 2005 Standard edition allow me to develop + load
EnvDTE based Add-ins ? Or would I need the Pro edition to do that?

Thanks in advance,

Gerrit Beuze
ModelMaker Tools

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 18 Nov 2005 09:45 GMT

AFAIK, you can create add-ins with any edition, provided that you have the
required assemblies (EnvDTE.dll, EnvDTE80.dll, VSLangProj.dll, stdole.dll,
etc.), since an add-in is a DLL. Another thing is that maybe the add-in
wizard is missing in some editions, but you don´t need it to create the
code.

About loading add-ins, I think that the Express editions don´t allow it but
everything else does.

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> Hi all,
>
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Gerrit Beuze - 18 Nov 2005 11:09 GMT

Hello Carlos,

> AFAIK, you can create add-ins with any edition, provided that you have the
> required assemblies (EnvDTE.dll, EnvDTE80.dll, VSLangProj.dll, stdole.dll,
> etc.), since an add-in is a DLL.

Obviously: but let me rephrase the question then:
does Standard edition ship with the EnvDTE.dll etc. assembies?

> About loading add-ins, I think that the Express editions don´t allow it but
> everything else does.

I asked because
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default.aspx

says in topic "Extensibility" for Standard: "consume extensions" iso "all"

Gerrit Beuze
ModelMaker Tools

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