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Add-ins extend Microsoft Visual Studio using the automation model (EnvDTE). Removed in Visual Studio 2015.

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Useful Add-Ins or Plug-Ins for native Visual Studio developer

There are plenty of different Add-Ins for Visual Studio see Visual Studio Gallery . Please share your experiences and favorites. As motivation, here are some of my favorites: Versioning Controlled Build [F/O] - very handy extension for automatic…
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Sort selected text from Visual Studio context menu

Currently VS has a very useful feature: sort usings (C#). I want the same functionality for any random text, for example - XML nodes in config files. How complex to implement that? VS addin, right? Is it possible to call some VS API which is used…
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What are the differences in the VisualStudio Add-ins for Mercurial?

I'm evaluating Visual Studio Add-ins for Mercurial. Currently, I've identified 3 potential candidates : VisualHg http://visualhg.codeplex.com Mercurial Toolbar : http://mercurialtoolbar.codeplex.com HgSccPackage :…
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removing #region

I had to take over a c# project. The guy who developed the software in the first place was deeply in love with #region because he wrapped everything with regions. It makes me almost crazy and I was looking for a tool or addon to remove all #region…
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Visual Studio 2010 addin writing articles/tutorials?

Does anyone know of some good articles / tutorials on writing addins/plugins for Visual Studio 2010?
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Case preserving find/replace in Visual Studio

There seems to be no built-in support for case preserving find/replace in VisualStudio (see also a respective feature request). What I mean is: searching for 'BadJob' and replacing with 'GoodJob' would do the following replacements 'badjob' ->…
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"Visual Studio Integration Package" vs "Visual Studio Add-in": what is the difference?

When creating a new extension for visual studio, there are two project options: "Visual Studio Integration Package" and "Visual Studio Add-in". What is the difference between the two project types and when would you use one over the other?
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Tool Comparison: Visual Assist X and Resharper

.NET developers out there! Need your opinion here! I am now using Visual Assist X, a decent piece of software, indeed. But the .NET bloggers seem to prefer Resharper more. I might want to consider a switch over, but before that I want your guys…
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My vs package did not load correctly

I've got an addin that I developed and used with earlier versions of Visual Studio, and I've managed to develop an interface between it and a VS Package for VS 2015. From my "Command" class, I have a callback function that wraps a call to…
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Visual Haskell 2008/2010

Does Visual Haskell for Visual Studio 2008/2010 exist? Or what are the alternatives to try it? EDIT: I've got a lot of alternatives but it seems that there is no Visual Haskell right now.
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How are ReSharper C++ and Visual Assist different?

What's different between the two? JetBrains lists some differences here, but I heard there might be some inaccuracies in the list.
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Capture window close event

I want to capture events that close editor window (tab) in Visual Studio 2008 IDE. When I use dte2.Application.Events.get_CommandEvents(null, 0).BeforeExecute I successfully captured such…
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Creating a 'Custom Designer' Visual Studio 2010 Add-in

A major part of our work is creating and manipulating certain XML files, for which have a custom editor. The editor is starting to get creaky and we are looking at building a replacement. Since VS2010 has recently arrived, ostensibly with an…
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Visual Studio intercepting F1 help command

Im looking to write a visual studio addin that can intercept the default online help command and grab the MSDN library URL when F1 help is called on a class or type. For example say I place my cursor on the keyword string and press F1 it usually…
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How do I write to the output window in Visual Studio 2010 AddIn?

I'm writing a simple Visual Studio 2010 Add-In to do a common copying job here at work (getting dlls from libs sln). I want the progress of the copying to be written to the output window. I tried Trace.WriteLine(...) expecting that to make it, but…
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