Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Unleashed

Chapter 15. Writing Add-ins and Wizards

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Creating Your First Add-in Project 586

• The Structure of an Add-in 595

• A Sample Add-in: Color Palette 605

• Creating a Visual Studio Wizard 631

If macros represent the quick and easy approach to automation then add-ins are their more complex, and more powerful, counterparts. Add-ins are compiled projects written in Visual Basic, Visual C#, even Visual C++. Add-ins are useful for covering more advanced extensibility scenarios up to and including surfacing your own custom forms, tool windows, and designers in the IDE.

Another related topic is that of creating and customizing Visual Studio wizards. Wizards are launched anytime you create a new project or add an item to a project. These ...