Registering VSPackages

Visual Studio relies on .pkgdef files to describe and locate a VSPackage. A .pkgdef file contains all the registration information that would otherwise be added to the system registry. Managed VSPackages are registered by adding attributes to the source code and then running the CreatePkgDef Utility on the resulting assembly to generate a .pkgdef file.

In This Section

• Managed VSPackage File Location Keys
  Describes the loading path for VSPackages.

• How to: Register a VSPackage
  Explains how to register a VSPackage.

• Using a Custom Registration Attribute to Register an Extension
  Describes how to create a registration manifest that can be used to deploy a managed VSPackage.

Change History

Date	History	Reason
December 2010	Added topic on custom attributes.	Content bug fix.