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Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen
Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen

Reputation: 15916

Creating a Visual Studio 2010 add-in with a user-interface?

How can I create a Visual Studio 2010 add-in with a user-interface? I want my add-in to have a window that can be pinned, just like the "Output", "Task list", "Error list" and all the other extensive windows in Visual Studio.

Where can I find documentation on add-ins with such user-interfaces to get me started? I can only find documentation on the actual coding.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1949

Answers (2)

Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen
Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen

Reputation: 15916

I figured out that what I needed was Visual Studio 2010 packages.

Fear not, these packages can be made in managed languages too (C# and Visual Basic). However, they require the Visual Studio 2010 SDK, which I didn't have installed.

It's very easy to make, and is done without hassle! Furthermore, it's cool, since the UI of the addins allow WPF!

Upvotes: 0

Rick Sladkey
Rick Sladkey

Reputation: 34250

Although there is some Microsoft documentation for writing add-ins, I recommend you start at Carlos Quintero's Resources about Visual Studio .NET extensibility. There are many how-to articles and links to a variety of documentation.

Upvotes: 1

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