Code generator as a VS.NET Add-In

[Vitaliy]

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.

[Vitaliy]

Thank you.

Vitaliy
OAS Software Corp.
"Tommy Williams [MSFT]" <to****@online.microsoft.com> 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.
.

[Eric Gunnerson [MS]]

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" <vk****@oasvas.com> wrote in message
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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.