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VSX Arcana

Covering the many topics of Visual Studio Extensibility

Creating a VSIX Deployable C++ project template.

The problem: Recently I had a customer inquire about an issue they had encountered with a custom C++...

Date: 01/04/2018

Debugging F1 Help Context with the Debug Help Context ToolWindow extension

Every once in a while I have a need to watch what’s being pushed as the active F1 context to debug...

Date: 12/19/2017

How to add a custom Paste Special command to the VS Editor menu

When editing code with the Visual Studio Editor, you may have come across a very useful feature that...

Date: 04/21/2016

The VSX Template Wizard

Over the years, I’ve built more than a few project templates with wizard support. Usually for...

Date: 04/11/2015

Creating a VSIX Deployable Project (or Item) Template with Custom Wizard Support

Every now and then, I get an interesting question or problem from a customer (thanks Uma) that...

Date: 06/10/2014

VS 2013 SDK Samples released

It took a bit longer than we’d have liked, but the VS team has finally gotten around to porting and...

Date: 05/30/2014

VS 2013 Isolated Shell generates an error when attempting to load a custom project type

After adding support for a custom project type to a VS 2013 Isolated Shell project, you may...

Date: 04/16/2014

Managed Package Framework (MPF) for Projects released for VS 2013

Last night the VS team uploaded a new version of MPF_Proj for VS 2013 to CodePlex, which can be used...

Date: 12/11/2013

Building a VSIX Deployable Single File Generator

A recent post on the VS Extensibility Forum related to deploying a Single File Generator (also...

Date: 11/27/2013

How to change solution icon in the Visual Studio Isolated Shell

This question posted to the VS Extensibility Forum recently caught my attention. Initially, I...

Date: 12/18/2012

Managed Package Framework for Projects (MPFProj) released for VS 2012

The VS team recently released an update of the MPFProj sample sources to facilitate authoring custom...

Date: 11/15/2012

Welcome to the VSX Arcana Blog

The goal of this blog is to highlight various topics and issues pertaining to extending the Visual...

Date: 11/14/2012