Visual Studio Shell (Integrated Mode) Setup and User Guide

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) provides a redistributable version of the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) from which the programming languages and the features that support their respective project systems have been removed.

This IDE-only version of Visual Studio serves as a development platform to which developers can add their own development tools and programming languages, such as COBOL and Perl.

In This Section

• Visual Studio Shell (Integrated Mode) Setup Guide
  Explains the requirements for deploying a VSPackage in the integrated Shell.

• Visual Studio Serviceability Guidelines
  Explains the requirements for servicing applications that are deployed in the integrated Shell.

• Features in the Visual Studio 2008 Shell (Integrated Mode)
  Lists the subset of Visual Studio features that are included in the integrated Shell.

• Supplementary Information Sources
  Provides links to resources that pertain to developing and deploying applications.

Related Sections

• Releasing a Visual Studio Integration Product
  Shows how to release a Visual Studio integration product.