I am trying to develop an extension that will work similar to the Comment toolbar button in VS 2010, but I want to mark all text as Commented Out and put a comment above it. Here's an example. I k...

I have implemented a custom IParameterInspector and I want to have it execute for every single operation on my service. My understanding is that IParameterInspector implementations can only be use...

I'm trying to implement a plug-in like application. I know there are already several solution out there but this is just going to be proof of the concept, nothing more. The idea would be to make th...

So, I've got something I want to try out. The idea is to have a visual designer that works as a Visual Studio Extension, I want to be able to drag out event handlers and wire up behaviors, anyone w...

(I know about the other MEF/MAF questions but this is a more specific problem) I want to create a WPF application that will basically be just a simple add-in host, GUI and settings. All of the act...

I've been looking around for different methods of providing plug-in support for my application. Ideally, I will be creating a core functionality and based on different customers developing differen...

I'm obviously brand new to these concepts. I just don't understand why you would limit access to properties or methods. It seems that you would just write the code according to intended results. Wh...

I've just started a new job and one of the things my new boss talked to me about was code longevity. I've always coded to make my code infinently extensible and adaptable. I figured that if ...

I'm looking for a plugin-based application framework that is comparable to the Eclipse Plugin Framework, which to my simple mind consists of: a core plugin management framework (Equinox / OSGI), ...

Once the problem of loading plugins is solved (in .NET through MEF in out case), the next step to solve is the communication with them. The simple way is to implement an interface and use the plugi...

I'm trying to write a plugin system to provide some extensibility to an application of mine so someone can write a plugin(s) for the application without touching the main application's code (and ri...

Using Visual Studio's Managed Package Framework, how can I inherit from C# so I can have C# property pages and C# project items? I've tried making a flavored project, but it was limited in terms of...

In relation to this stackoverflow question, how would I go about creating my own Visual Studio 2008 plug-in? I've checked the Visual Studio Developer Centre on MSDN, but the amount of info is overw...

I am attempting to programmatically add a test project to a solution. However when the code below executes I receive a File IO exception on the line "vhaSolution.GetProjectTemplate("TestProject.zip...

The 1992 to 1993 timeframe was pivotal and fateful for C++. In the '92/'93 time frame I worked on a plugin architecture for Aldus PageMaker, which was coded in C++. PageMaker was built on a ...

I am developing an Isolated Shell that caters to "designers/special content creators" performing specific tasks, using the Shell. As they operate on files, they need to be able to use TFS for sourc...

I'm trying to attach to a remote machine with code similar to the following: Debugger2 db (Debugger2)dte.Debugger; Transport trans = db.Transports.Item("Default"); Process2 proc2 = (Process2)db.G...

Is there a general procedure for programming extensibility capability into your code? I am wondering what the general procedure is for adding extension-type capability to a system you are writing ...