Is there a way to get all types used inside C# method? For example, public int foo(string str) { Bar bar = new Bar(); string x = "test"; TEST t = bar.GetTEST(); } would return: Bar, string a...

It's been a while since .NET Standard is introduced by Microsoft. Earlier, if I wanted to obtain information about Project, Solution and other related objects (e.g solution path, projects in a solu...

Problem When I close Visual Studio 2015 by pressing the close button on the IDE, the devenv.exe process keeps running in background between 3-5 minutes, after that time, it closes automatically,...

I am creating a project automation tool in Visual Studio 2013 where I have my own project template and I am trying to add it to an existing solution programatically.I am using the following code in...

I'm developing a custom tool for the Visual Studio. The tool is assigned to the file, at the time when the file changed I receive name of this file and should generate some changes in the project. ...

I'm using EnvDTE to do some code generation within my T4 Templates. I have the code working correctly in Visual Studio 2010, however I've just started using Visual Studio 2012 and now when I try ...

I am trying to use PowerShell to automate the process of creating an n-tier solution based on a seed (think EDMX file or DbContext) configuration. I want to be able to open a skeleton solution, get...

The <PlatformToolset/> property is not exposed via project property sheets. It's unfortunate, as I have to run through several projects spread over several solutions to change this value if y...

I've been following MSDN's Hello World guide to developing Visual Studio extensions (this article specifically deals with creating one as a Visual Studio toolbar command). I am trying to list all ...

We have a C# T4 file named GenerateProxies.tt which calls several command-line codegen utilities. Using the System.Diagnostics Process class, we redirect the standard output to the T4 output text f...

We're using the Visual Studio CodeModel and have some problems to get the generic parameters of a CodeType. How to obtain them without parsing the FullName ourselves? It is hinted (although not ma...

I'm working on a VS Extension that needs to be aware of which class member the text-cursor is currently located in (methods, properties, etc). It also needs an awareness of the parents (e.g. class,...

I have seen two posts so far that concern my question. I am wondering how can one cast an EnvDTE.Project into a VCProject. In this post, fun4jimmy's answer does that exactly in the following line...

I'm writing a debugger extension VSPackage in which I want to execute a statement in the debugged process when a breakpoint is hit. In my extension code I have this: void Initialize() { // ...sta...

I use VS2010 and Addin, using DTE.ExecuteCommand and commands like Build, Build.Cancel, Build.RebuildSolution, etc. You can get a command with DTE.Commands.Item("xxx") and guess if it is available...

It is necessary to move the project from the Solution to SolutionFolder. I am trying to remove the project from the solution and add it back into the folder using EnvDTE SolutionFolder.AddFromFile(...

I'm trying to build a NuGet package that adds our company's code analysis dictionary automatically and updatable. The rule set is added in the content folder and now I want to use the install.ps1 ...

There are two related questions about resetting VisualStudio keyboard scheme and importing VisualStudio settings. However, this doesn't seem to play nice all together. I have two settings files co...

In the process of writing a T4 text template I ran into an issue I'm struggling to get by. I need to know the type of the enum I'm processing. I have enums that are based on byte and ushort. I nee...

I have a visual studio add-in project where I must iterate through the current project's items, utilizing the absolute (or relative) path to those files. The item.Document.FullName works, but onl...

Is there a way to import/export Visual Studio settings via a Visual Studio Extension, i.e., via the Visual Studio API? I want to export some specific settings to a local file, just like the VS Imp...

Is there a macro that does it? Which DTE objects to use?

I want to add a menuitem to the right-click=>Add menu in visual studio 2012 solution explorer. When click the custom item I can add a project with my template. I developed a Visual Studio Add-In to...

How can I get a list of installed VisualStudio extensions? Somehow through DTE? Just the names would be fair enough.

There doesn't seem to be any event in EnvDTE's DebuggerEvents that notifies the consumer when a breakpoint is deleted. I've also looked at Visual Studio SDK and registered an IDebugEventCallback2, ...