How to: Test the Help About and Splash Screens

After you implement Help About and splash screen support, you can test your implementation in Visual Studio.

To test the Help About dialog box

From the Visual Studio command prompt, run devenv.exe with the /setup switch. To run in the experimental environment, type:

devenv /rootsuffix Exp /setup

Note You have to repeat this step only when you change the Help About screen information.
Run Visual Studio in the same registry root as was mentioned earlier, but without the /setup switch:

devenv /rootsuffix Exp
On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Visual Studio.

Your VSPackage name appears in the Installed products list.
Select your VSPackage from the list.

Your VSPackage product information appears in the Product details text box.

Run devenv.exe with the /setup switch. To run in the experimental environment, type:

devenv /rootsuffix Exp /setup

Note You have to repeat this step only when you change the splash screen information.
Run Visual Studio in the same registry root as was mentioned earlier, but with the /splash switch instead of the /setup switch.

devenv /rootsuffix Exp /splash

Your VSPackage product information and logo appear on the splash screen.