We have created a VsPackage which allows us to add a Custom Project
Type in VS.net 2005. When this project type is built, the output
generated is a managed interop assembly. Now we need to add a reference
to this project type from other .Net projects (for instance a C#

To be a target / consumer of existing toolbox functionality in VS, does my
window have to be a document window or will it work for a tool window as well?
Thanks,
Notre

Whom do we contact when we have problems with the PLK that was issued to us.
We can't make it work.  Is there someone monitoring here from MS that can
help?  I wrote VSIPInfo@Microsoft.com about the issue 10 days ago and still
have not had a response.  This is holding up the release ...

I am taking my first steps into the 'VS 2005 automation world' in order to
programmatically create VS solution with a predefined layout (project
contents).
It is going rather well when using the VS project template

I was unable to find documentation for the "DTE.Documents.Open" method in
msdn!
Is this the method to invoke if i want to open a new file in the environment??
(the file is not necessarily a solution item, i want to open an xml file in

I've just run into a problem which seems to be caused by the fact that VS
doesn't call my IVsTextViewEvents.OnChangeCaretLine callback when the user
presses Enter and thus moves the caret to the next line. In my opinion, this
is

I would like to place my toolwindow in the same MDI area as where documents
live (e.g. this is what the Start Page does in VS 2005).  I plan to use the
ProvideToolWindow attribute to set placement of my toolwindow.  What guid
would I specify (and if anyone knows, is there a ...

when creating a new extensibility addin for vstudio 2003 using the wizard the
code generated does not add a "Command" to the 'Tools' "CommandBar"
i tried getting the controls count for the "CommandBar" object indexed by
"Tools"

I have implemented a vstemplate to create a new project type.  When I select
the template under my project type I get and error stating that it tried to
load an untrusted component and references my vstemplate assembly.  This is
the error I get in the application event log:

I can't be sure without a concrete example, but it sounds as if the auto-formatting done by the editor is messing up your results.  What language are you using?  VB is especially susceptible to this because it auto-formats very aggressively.  Maybe you can get the results you ...

Hi,
I wanted to experiment with developing an Addin of my own for the 2003 .NET
ide.
The documentation stated there were samples on the installation dvd.

I'm having a problem with IVsWindowFrame.ShowNoActivate function in VS 2005
Final. I'm trying to use
it in order to show the document window without transferring focus to it,
but it doesn't work as expected.

What is the easiest way to implement an additional designer that works in
combination with the C# code editor like the Form/UserControl designers do?
I want to make a VSIP Package that detects if C# classes have some specific
attributes and represents these classes visual using ...

My program needs to read the debugging Command property from project
properties and translate it to something else (for remote debugging). By
default the Command is set to $(TargetPath). How do I get the absolute path
of macros like this? Is there an API I can use?

My package is using IvsMonitorSelection.GetCurrentSelection.  In some cases,
the call to IvsMonitorSelection.GetCurrentSelection returns the following:
Interface not registered (Exception from HRESULT 0x80040155)
In other places in my code, this works without a problem but it ...