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Introduction to Visual Studio Tools for Applications

Visual Studio Tools for Applications enables you to provide a way for end users to customize your application. By integrating a runtime framework and a redistributable integrated development environment (IDE) into your host application, you enable end-user developers to customize your host application by creating add-ins written in either Visual Basic or Visual C#. Add-ins change the behavior of the application to meet the needs of the end users.

Key Concepts

Visual Studio Tools for Applications provides tools that help you perform the following activities:

See Also

Concepts

What's New in Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0

Installing Visual Studio Tools for Applications

Overview of Integrating Visual Studio Tools for Applications

System Requirements for the Visual Studio Tools for Applications IDE

Other Resources

Getting Started (Visual Studio Tools for Applications)