I have a VS project that has the Configuration type set to Makefile and
basically calls a ToolApp (EXE) I wrote that goes through the project's
sources and calls the compiler/linker, etc.  It all works well when I have
the solution/project opened in VS .NET 2003 IDE, but I would ...

I'm working with VS .NET Add-Ins. Using Visual Studio Extensibility
(EnvDTE) I have disabled the context-menu (right-click) mouse event of
deleting a project item. But I'm unable to lock/disable the Keyboard events.
If I select an project item and press the "Delete" key in the ...

I'm developing an add-in for VS.NET 2003 that automates the building of
the various solutions I'm responsible for.
I've got it so that it will properly loop over the array of solutions,
then open, clean (if necessary), build, and close each one in turn.

I would like to know if I can debug and Add-In before I install it. Cause
everytime I am changing or modifying the Add-In I have to deploy it first and
see the effect of the change.

I am using VSIP to add menu groups to some of the existing VS menus. I would
like to add a group to the context menu that is displayed on a right-click of
a web project item in the Solution Explorer. For example, if you have a Web
Site project loaded, with a page of default.aspx, ...

I'm using the VSIP 2005 SDK Beta 1 to write a VSPackage in C#. I've figured
out how to access the solution and its projects, but what I can't figure out
is the notion of the active or "startup" project. Can someone tell me how to
do this? Thanks.

i m new to VC7 addins. i am writing a plugin for MS Word in VC7. for that i
need to access the Word's Document, Selection, Range Objects etc. i don't
know how to acess them. i have accessed the Word's application object, now
further i don't know wht to do.

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?

VS 6 integrated help.
Once help is invoked from IDE it jumps into windows CE topics. It is driving
me crazy.
Is there any way to set up help to present a box with choices without

I am writing my very first addin.  What causes connectMode to be set?
When OnConnection is being called it is being called with connectMode ==
ext_cm_Startup therefore the menu does not get created.  How can I
change this?

I have an add-in I'm developing that basically analyzes multiple projects'
codemodels in a solution.
It has a tree view and when you double-click a node representing a
codeelement, it should open the containing document of the codeelement and

I want to simulate what happens when the user does a File/Open and selects a
particular file.  What I expect is: if the file is in the solution, the
projectItem is selected, and the file is opened in the document area.  The
problem with the below code is that  if the file isn't ...

How do I instruct the Properties Window to display a custom string in the
object name drop-down list for the selected context/item?
Currently it displays the fully qualified class name of my object.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

How do I instruct the Properties Window to display a custom string in the
object name drop-down list for the selected context/item?
Currently it displays the fully qualified class name of my object.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey guys,
I'm stuck with a really stupid problem. I'm trying to create a new top-level
menu item, just like "Tools" or "Edit". This is my code.
CommandBarControl objMenuItem = objDte.CommandBars["MenuBar"].Controls.Add(