Visual Studio Hacks

Create a File Template #88

Chapter 12, Extending Visual Studio

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int dwTickCount,

int dwPendingType);

}

}

C# and VB.NET versions of this class can be downloaded from the book’s

web site (see http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/visualstudiohks).

To use this messaging class, you need to call the

Register( ) method before

starting to work with

EnvDTE, and then call the Revoke( ) method when you

are done working with the object. The following code demonstrates this

usage:

// Register the OLE message filter

MessageFilter.Register( );

Type latestDTE = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("VisualStudio.DTE.7.1");

EnvDTE.DTE env = Activator.CreateInstance(latestDTE) as EnvDTE.DTE;

// Work with the DTE object here

// Unplug the message filter

MessageFilter.Revoke( );

This message filter should prevent any “Call was rejected by callee” excep-

tions from being thrown while working with EnvDTE. Thanks to Shawn A.

Van Ness for posting this method and code on his web log, which can be

found at http://windojitsu.com/blog.

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#88

Create a File Template Hack #88

The Add New Item dialog isn’t set in stone. You can extend it by adding your

own item or project template.

When you create a new file in your Visual Studio Projects, you generally use

the Add New Item dialog (see Figure 12-1). If you look at the categories

listed on the left half of that window, you can see that the dialog box is orga-

nized according to the types of files