Managed-Code Language Services with the MPF

You can use classes in the managed package framework (MPF) to implement a language service that supports a wide variety of features, such as syntax highlighting, brace matching, and IntelliSense completion.

In This Section

• Managed Language Service Overview (Managed Package Framework)
  An overview of the language service features that are supported in MPF.

• Implementing a Language Service (Managed Package Framework)
  Describes what is required to implement a language service by using MPF.

• Registering a Language Service (Managed Package Framework)
  Describes the steps that are required to register an MPF-based language service with Visual Studio.

• The Language Service Parser and Scanner (Managed Package Framework)
  Describes the two parsers that are required to implement all the features of a language service by using the MPF.

• How to: Create a Language Service (Managed Package Framework)
  Provides the basic steps that are required to implement an MPF language service in a VSPackage.

• How to: Get a List of Installed Code Snippets
  Provides code that demonstrates the techniques of retrieving a list of installed code snippets.

• Language Service Features (Managed Package Framework)
  Provides links to topics that detail what must be done to implement all the features of a language service by using MPF.

• Managed Babel System
  Describes the Managed Babel System, which enables integration of user-defined tools and languages with the MPF.

• Managed Language Services Technology Overview
  Describes how to use Managed Language Services to integrate a custom programming language into Visual Studio.

Related Sections

• Native-Code Language Services with Babel
  Provides information about how to use the Babel Package to implement a language service in Visual Studio in native Visual C++, and lists the features that are supported with the Babel Package.

• How to: Create a Language Service Using the Visual Studio Language Service Wizard
  Provides the steps that are required to use the Visual Studio Language Service Wizard to create a language service built on the Babel interfaces.

• Language Services
  Describes how you can add support for a new programming language to Visual Studio.