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Q : The VSTA IDE keeps hanging up while debugging when I try to step into code. Why is it doing this? A : The IDE may be hanging because you have left PDB files in your application directory. Even if you are running the Release version, make sure that you have no PDB files in the same directory as your...
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My integration journey is taking some exciting turns. As always, I would encourage you to read the first three posts in this series ( Chapter One , Chapter Two , and Chapter Three ) before reading this one. I have finally integrated the VSTA IDE into my Contact Manager program. I am going to go through...
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Q : 1) Do you know how to cancel specific operations of the IDE when the program’s main thread is busy? 2) Could we make the other IDEs busy when the main thread turns busy so that user operations on them are prevented? A : >>1) Do you know how to cancel specific operations of the IDE when...
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Q : Is it possible to integrate VSTA IDE within an application without installing VSTA SDK on all client machines? If it is, what are the necessary dlls that we need to register and ship with the Setup files? A : The VSTA SDK does not need to be redistributed. Instead, you should follow the instructions...
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Q : I'm using the official VSTA 2008.02 version and having a problem with launching the IDE from within my host application. I followed the sample project and used the IDTEProvider type under the VSTADTEProvider namespace to launch the IDE. code: Dim dteProvider As IDTEProvider = CType(New VSTADTEProviderClass...
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UPDATE: For an updated version of this code which determines if the project is dirty and uses the DTE to prompt the user to save the project, see the blog: How to Determine if a Project isDirty . You may wish to monitor a user’s actions in the IDE and respond to or cancel them. I found a great...