How are items added to VB2003 Tools menu item

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Allen

In my VS2003 under the Tools Menu Item is an item :
"C# to VB Converter"

I don't know where it came from and want to move it to VB2005.

I've searched Program Files for file with # in its name an none of them
seems to be the source of that item.

Is it possible to retrieve the file that added that menu item and use it to
add an item to VB2005?


I'll try anything reasonable


Thank
 
It can be:

- An external tool: (Tools, External Tools menu). In this case you can add
it to the VS 2005 IDE.
- A button created from an add-in (Tools, Add-In Manager menu). In this case
you need the VS 2005 version.
- A button created from a Visual Studio Package. In this case you need also
the VS 2005 version.

Which is your case?

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Carlos J. Quintero

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I did find it in my VS2003 files Setup.Ini. does that tell you anything?
I also have a msi and an Setup.exe which I can post if it is a good idea.
Size 842HB - maybe zipping would help. Should I post it?


Thanks



This is the
Carlos J. Quintero said:
It can be:

- An external tool: (Tools, External Tools menu). In this case you can add
it to the VS 2005 IDE.
Click to expand...

How do I do this? Just a hint to get me started.
 
Allen said:
I did find it in my VS2003 files Setup.Ini. does that tell you anything?
Click to expand...

No, I was not aware of a setup.ini
I also have a msi and an Setup.exe which I can post if it is a good idea.
Size 842HB - maybe zipping would help. Should I post it?
Click to expand...

No, do not post it, nobody is going to execute it. Likely that is the
provider of the "C# to VB Converter", you can contact them requesting a
version for VS 2005
How do I do this? Just a hint to get me started.
Click to expand...

Just execute the Tools, External Tools menu and click the Add button to add
a new external program to the Tools menu.

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio
You can code, design and document much faster:
http://www.mztools.com
 
Carlos J. Quintero said:
No, I was not aware of a setup.ini


No, do not post it, nobody is going to execute it. Likely that is the
provider of the "C# to VB Converter", you can contact them requesting a
version for VS 2005


Just execute the Tools, External Tools menu and click the Add button to
add a new external program to the Tools menu.

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Click to expand...
Thanks, I'll try that
 
Allen wrote :

You don't need to search for that program. When you click on Tools ->
External Tools... , you should see a dialog box that lists all the
Tools that you have added to VS.NET for quick access. (It doesn't
matter if you didn't add it in manually. Maybe the installer of that
program did that) In this list, click the "C# to VB Converter" element.
The "Command" value should show you the path to the executable.

After that, as Carlos said, "Just execute the Tools, External Tools
menu and click the Add button to add
a new external program to the Tools menu." (Though it probably won't
work in VS2005 considering the enormous amounf of changes)

Regards,

Cerebrus.
 
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