I am writing a custom tool and I currently have it doing what I want as far as functionality. I would like to be able to write to Visual Studio if something goes wrong. (Incorrectly formatted code ...

I'm trying to use Visual Studio 2008's extensibility to write an addin that will create a project folder with various messages in it after parsing an interface. I'm having trouble at the step of cr...

I'm trying to create my first extension for visual studio and so far I've been following this tutorial to get me started (http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blog/2014/02/18/who-said-building-visual-studi...

I am developing a Visual Studio package and I have written some code that will make a file in Solution Explorer dependant upon another file. What this means is that it gives them the same relation...

Where are custom extensions installed in Visual Studio? I know you could get path though ExtensionManager.GetInstalledExtensions(). However, it seems none of the paths found corresponds to my exten...

I defined a toolbar for a tool window by following this walk-through description. Adding new buttons to the toolbar, and connecting them to code within my package, is no problem and works fine (S...

I'm trying to create an extension VSPackage for VS2017 (in C#) which would convert binary data to XML, opens that in the default VS XML editor and XML language service, and then converts it back to...

I have defined a dynamic combo for a toolbar in a VSIX package for Visual Studio 2015 using this setting in the VSCT file: <Combo guid="cmdExplorerToolbarSearchGUID" id="cmdExplorerToolbarSear...

What is best way to obtain Roslyn's SyntaxTree from EnvDTE.ProjectItem? I found some method for the other way (Roslyn's Document into ProjectItem). I got VSIX command called from opened document a...

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, ...

I have built a Wpf UserControl Library and it contains a large group of assemblies and even references two other class libraries and several merged resourceDictionaries. It builds without error. I ...

In my editor extension I use custom classification formats for keywords, identifiers and so on. Of course, there are default formats I could use, because then colors (used by syntax highlighting) w...

I'd like to use Roslyn to analyze semantic information within the context of a block of C# code inside a Razor View. Is there any way (within Visual Studio 2015, or even in a unit test) to get th...

In Visual Studio 2010, the only option you can create is a commandbar under "Tools" on the "MenuBar". In some cases, I would want to know how to place the command bar on the standard bar, or be fou...

We are attempting to expand text in Visual Studio. Our current attempt consists of creating transparent intraline adornments at certain points in the text. We have just stumbled upon a disadvantag...

How can I add a sub menu for the Add menu item when right click on a visual studio solution explorer? I have to add a single sub menu item which will be displayed n right clicking the visual studi...

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 ...

How can I pass a custom MsBuild property to Visual Studio build engine from Visual Studio Extension (I want to write a custom add-in) ? Just like Visual Studio itself is passing properties like $(C...

We have a visual studio package (VS Package) that references a class library project (Project A). Project A in turn references another class library project (Project B). So the dependency structur...

Given a string that represents a specific class/field/property (eg MyNameSpace.MyClass or System.String.Length), how can I programmatically cause Visual Studio to go to that class/field/property (i...

Let's say I've got a solution with one or more projects, and I've just kicked off a build using the following method: _dte.Solution.SolutionBuild.Build(true); // EnvDTE.DTE How can I get the out...

I'd like to get notified whenever the caret position changed in the active text view. The only thing EnvDTE seems to offer is the LineChanged event, which of-course does not get raised when moving ...

Does anyone have any recommendations of tools that can be of assistance with moving literal values into resource files for localization? I've used a resharper plugin called RGreatX but was w...

how do I check if a project is up-to-date? I'm basically trying to programmatically build each project in a list but only if they have changed. So does anyone know of a way (using EnvDTE maybe) t...

I'm working on a custom Visual Studio language service, and have several questions regarding the way file extensions are bound to a particular language service. Source files for the language "Exam...