Adding property pages to project properties

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Sean Hederman - 07 Feb 2005 20:58 GMT

I'm writing an add-in that will have a set of properties it exposes on a
per-project basis. Obviously it'd be more intuitive if it just slotted into
the IDE's project properties. Anyone have any resources or pointers on how
to do this?

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Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] - 08 Feb 2005 11:25 GMT

AFAIK, it is not possible to add property pages to the Project property
window, only to the Options page of the IDE, which is not per-project. Maybe
with VSIP packages, but not with add-ins.

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> I'm writing an add-in that will have a set of properties it exposes on a
> per-project basis. Obviously it'd be more intuitive if it just slotted
> into the IDE's project properties. Anyone have any resources or pointers
> on how to do this?

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Sean Hederman - 08 Feb 2005 13:30 GMT

Bugger! Well, a ToolWindow it'll have to be.

Thanks.

> AFAIK, it is not possible to add property pages to the Project property
> window, only to the Options page of the IDE, which is not per-project.
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>> into the IDE's project properties. Anyone have any resources or pointers
>> on how to do this?

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Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] - 08 Feb 2005 16:56 GMT

If the window is modal, as I suppose, then you don?t need a toolwindow, a
.NET form shown modally will suffice.

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> Bugger! Well, a ToolWindow it'll have to be.
>
> Thanks.

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Sean Hederman - 08 Feb 2005 17:48 GMT

True enough. I've been debating with myself as to how to present these
options. The form properties are different for each project, and it's not a
very commonly accessed set of properties (for a licensing system). Another
idea I've been looking at is to use an Extender, and extend the project
properties in the Property Grid. I quite like that idea right now, I must
admit. I'm looking through docs and samples right now.

> If the window is modal, as I suppose, then you don?t need a toolwindow, a
> .NET form shown modally will suffice.
>
>> Bugger! Well, a ToolWindow it'll have to be.
>>
>> Thanks.

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