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LearnVSXNow! #9 - Creating our first toolset — Refactoring to a service

In Part #6 and Part #7 we created StartupToolset sample package with a manually added menu command item and a Calculate tool window. In this article we are going to refactor our package to use a service as a separate architectural building block. Not...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 6:42 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! #8: Intermezzo — The regpkg.exe utility

When I started to write the next post for the series “Creating our first toolset”, I realized that my registry is polluted with the package registration entries for my former sample projects. While I cleaned up the “junk” by unregistering...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 6:40 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! #7 - Creating our first toolset — Finishing the sample

In the previous post we started to set up our sample: we added a command menu function to an empty package while discovering the Visual Studio Command Table file, its role and usage. In this post we go on with this sample and add a tool window by hand...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2008 6:38 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! #6 - Creating our first toolset — Prolog

In the previous posts we created small VSPackages with the help of the Visual Studio Integration Package wizard without any coding. In Part #5 we treated a few VSX ideas, looked into VSPackages and treated the pattern how packages can provide and consume...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 6:30 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! - #5: Basic VSX ideas

In the previous posts we only scratched the surface of VSX by building and “analyzing” three very small packages generated by the Visual Studio Integration Package Wizard. These examples were very useful to get familiar with the basic steps...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2008 6:29 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! - #4: Creating a package with a tool window

After implementing a package with a command, we go further: this time we create a piece of user interface called tool window. Instead of going deeply into the explanation what a tool window is, it is easier to imagine if I tell you that Solution Explorer...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 6:27 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! - #3: Creating a package with a simple command

To demonstrate how to add functions to our package we are going to create a package with a simple menu function (command). We start with a new Visual Studio Integration Package as in the case of an empty package, this time we name it SimpleCommand . When...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2008 6:24 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! - #2: Creating an empty package

To get familiar with the concept of a Visual Studio Package, in this post we create an empty Visual Studio 2008 package. Start a new project and select the Visual Studio Integration Package project type: We create this project for .NET Framework 2.0....

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 6:17 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! - #1: How to start VSX programming?

I am a fan of Visual Studio. Several times I flirted with the idea to create a VS packages for some development utilities. I always wanted to convince my colleagues to implement their utilities as VS packages. However, when they asked me how to start...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 6:49 PM by inovak

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LearnVSXNow! #9 - Creating our first toolset — Refactoring to a service

LearnVSXNow! #8: Intermezzo — The regpkg.exe utility

LearnVSXNow! #7 - Creating our first toolset — Finishing the sample

LearnVSXNow! #6 - Creating our first toolset — Prolog

LearnVSXNow! - #5: Basic VSX ideas

LearnVSXNow! - #4: Creating a package with a tool window

LearnVSXNow! - #3: Creating a package with a simple command

LearnVSXNow! - #2: Creating an empty package

LearnVSXNow! - #1: How to start VSX programming?