Hello there,

I have written a code generator for our internal use. Right now it is
implemented as an independent application. The generated code (which is
really a block of code containing 4-5 procedures enclosed in #Region/#End
Region tags) sits in a .txt file and we manually copy and paste/replace the
code in our application project files. We would prefer to totally automate
the insertion/replacement process. For this to happen, it seems that I will
need to tap into extensibility object model that VS.NET environment provides
and package the code generator as an Add-In. Unfortunately, I so far have
failed to find a complete example of how to develop such a component. VS's
help information is too brief to find it useful.

Thanks for any suggestions anyone may have,

Vitaliy
OAS Software Corp.

Thank you.

Vitaliy
OAS Software Corp.
"Tommy Williams [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I can suggest two books that have been useful to me as I
> have been figuring out Add-ins: "Inside Visual
> Studio .NET 2003", published by MS Press, and "Mastering
> Visual Studio .NET", published by O'Reilly.
>
> There is also a Yahoo! group dedicated to extending
> Visual Studio .NET:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vsnetaddin/
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
>
> -- Tommy
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello there,
> >
> >I have written a code generator for our internal use.
> Right now it is
> >implemented as an independent application. The
> generated code (which is
> >really a block of code containing 4-5 procedures
> enclosed in #Region/#End
> >Region tags) sits in a .txt file and we manually copy
> and paste/replace the
> >code in our application project files. We would prefer
> to totally automate
> >the insertion/replacement process. For this to happen,
> it seems that I will
> >need to tap into extensibility object model that VS.NET
> environment provides
> >and package the code generator as an Add-In.
> Unfortunately, I so far have
> >failed to find a complete example of how to develop such
> a component. VS's
> >help information is too brief to find it useful.
> >
> >Thanks for any suggestions anyone may have,
> >
> >Vitaliy
> >OAS Software Corp.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

In the "Other projects" category in VS, there's an add-in project type that
will get you started.

--
Eric Gunnerson

Visit the C# product team at http://www.csharp.net
Eric's blog is at http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/ericgu/

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"Vitaliy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello there,
>
> I have written a code generator for our internal use. Right now it is
> implemented as an independent application. The generated code (which is
> really a block of code containing 4-5 procedures enclosed in #Region/#End
> Region tags) sits in a .txt file and we manually copy and paste/replace
the
> code in our application project files. We would prefer to totally
automate
> the insertion/replacement process. For this to happen, it seems that I
will
> need to tap into extensibility object model that VS.NET environment
provides
> and package the code generator as an Add-In. Unfortunately, I so far have
> failed to find a complete example of how to develop such a component.
VS's
> help information is too brief to find it useful.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions anyone may have,
>
> Vitaliy
> OAS Software Corp.
>
>