How do I force the OutputWindow to show if another tab is active (e.g.
Tasks), or the OutputWindow has been closed? Using VSIP2003 managed helper
classes.
The Activate method on OutputWindowPane only activates my pane, and only if

I am developing Visaul Studio Integration package project. I just read
documents about addin development, but add-in's are so weak for our
purposes. We are developing a new project type in Visual Studio IDE, such as
selecting "New Project" --> "DemoProject Type"

I have been looking for a way to read the entire contents of the text buffer.
I have a reference to the Document Object I want to read but do not know how
to do this.
I need to entire text of the current document... does anyone know how I can

I signed up for the VSIP SDK and got a password for the downloads page. WHen
I go to http://www.vsipdev.com/downloads/vsipsdk2003dl.aspx and click the
"Download Now" button, i only get a file that is 0k in size... and of course,
this isn't a valid .exe file.

Is there an easy way to call a method such as Console.Read()  using
ILGenerator.Emit? I can't quite understand how to call a method and when I
tried to use a string, the IL code generated was:
Call        "void [mscorlib]System.Console.Read( )"

Whenever you right click on a file in a VS.NET project, you see a list of
commands available for that file. For example, when you right click on a
WinForm .VB file, you see "View Code" and "View Designer", along with all the
other options...

Is it possible to create a VS.NET addin providing a feature similar to
Microsoft's IntelliSense? I don't want to add it inside a textbox in a
project of mine, but inside the VS.NET code editor.
I got lost in the extensibility reference. Which events should I listen to

I have a custom project template that creates a solution containing a
webform project as well as a setup project.  I would like to automate some
of  the tasks associated with the setup project, ie. adding the primary
output and content files from the webform project.  However ...

Hi,
If a user is in the Windows Form designer  and he/she selects a control, How
can I know the name of the control he/she selected from within my AddIn?
I want to do some changes to the code depending on the control he/she

I'm to the point where I'm trying to install my new package and project. I'm
running into some strange behavior and am hoping the community here can help
figure out whats wrong.
Several of our assemblies require regasm.exe to be run on them. We're using

Don't know if this question has been asked before, but here it goes.
Same basics first, Language: C#, VS.NET 2003
I'm developing a Configuration Wizard that inherets from
"System.ComponentModel.Design.ComponentDesigner" that configures my own

From within my application, I get a Dte object for a running msdev instance,
using :
Solution dte;
dte =

I have an assembly that is an EXE. I want to do some basic registration when
I install the file to see the registry. I added two functions and put the
[ComRegisterFunctionAttribute] and [ComUnregisterFunctionAttribute] on them
appropriately. However the functions are never getting ...

i got this code -
Code:
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 CommandBar menuBar = applicationObject.CommandBars["MenuBar"];

I am currently developping an Add-in for Visual .Net 2003.
I'd like to know how it is possible to know all icons used in the
contextGUIDs when creating a new Menu items ? Is there a tool or some
piece of code that help developper to choose which built-in icon they