Reference (Visual Studio)

This section includes user interface reference, language equivalents, and other reference documents that apply to the integrated development environment (IDE).

In This Section

• General User Interface Elements (Visual Studio)
  Contains documents about dialog boxes and windows that are not described elsewhere in the table of contents.

• Visual Studio Commands and Switches
  Contains information about Visual Studio commands and devenv command-line switches.

• Language Equivalents
  Contains information about language equivalents, which summarize common programming concepts by using side-by-side code examples or tables.

• Visual Studio XML Reference
  Contains documents about various XML schemas available in Visual Studio.

• XML Tools in Visual Studio
  Contains documents about the XML tools in Visual Studio and provides links to more information.

• Visual Studio for Applications Reference
  Contains reference documentation for interfaces that you can use to integrate .NET Framework script engines into applications.

• MSBuild
  Contains documents about how to use the Microsoft build platform, which is integrated into Visual Studio.

• Resources for Troubleshooting Integrated Development Environment Errors
  Contains links to resources to help you resolve IDE error messages

• Resources for Troubleshooting Project Errors
  Contains links to resources to help you resolve project error messages.

• Availability of Features in Visual Studio Versions
  Contains information about feature support in the listed versions of Visual Studio.

• Product Support and Accessibility
  Contains information about how to locate customer support for Visual Studio, and also tips about how to change accessibility options.

Related Sections

• Automation and Extensibility Reference
  Contains language reference documents for the IDE automation model. Includes debugging.

• Reference (Visual Basic)
  Contains Visual Basic upgrading information and the Visual Basic language and run-time reference.

• Visual C++ Reference
  Contains language reference documentation.

• JScript Reference
  Contains documents about the JScript programming language. Includes properties, methods, objects, and functions, and other elements.

• .NET Framework Reference Information (Visual Basic)
  Contains documents about the .NET Framework class library, compiler and language reference, and also ASP.NET syntax, XSD reference, and other topics.

• Application Development in Visual Studio
  Find out about how to design, develop, debug, test, deploy, and manage applications created by using Visual Studio.