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VSTA IDE Hangs Up when Stepping Into Code

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...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 9:23 AM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, IDE, Freezes, Hang-up

Error loading VB add-ins - token count 0

Q : I have a problem with loading VB add-ins. The method call: ObjectModel::Collection<AddInToken^>^ addInToken = AddInStore::FindAddIn(IEntryPoint::typeid, AddInStoreExtensions::DefaultPipelinePath, FilePath, TypeName); returns an empty collection...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2009 4:57 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, VB, add-in, error

ShapeAppBasicMFC with Document Entry Point

In this sample, Melody modified the proxy to include an entry point for the CDocDrawing class (the CDocDrawing class was also modified to include events which become disassociated with ProxyGen- see this blog for related info on this bug ) and the HostItemProvider...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2009 12:11 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, Document Entry Point, ShapeAppBasicMFC, ShapeAppAdvancedMFC

Hang-ups during in-process debugging.

Here is Microsoft’s workaround for the problem hang-ups during in-process debugging: “The idea is that we want to wait for the type –registering threads to finish before we call addin.FinishInitialization. What I did is to record the...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 1:48 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, in-process debugging, AddIn

ProxyGen has an inheritance issue with COM hosts.

Q : When working with a COM host, such as the ShapeAppMFC sample included in the SDK, ProxyGen creates descriptor and proxy files which do not expose events due to the inheritance structure. Three types are generated for a class: the classType, IClassType...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 11:05 AM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, com, Proxygen, ShapeAppMFC, autoproxygen

Custom Editors in VSTA

Q : Would it be possible for me to create a Custom Editor using VSPackage and then use it with VSTA? A : >> Would it be possible for me to create a Custom Editor using VSPackage Yes. >>and then use it with VSTA? No. However, you should be...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 4:09 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, Custom editor, VSPackage

Language changes are not applied to the first run of VSTA

Q : After I installed VSTA and some language packs I changed the language by modifying “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTAHost\<hostid>\8.0\General\UILanguage.” However, when I ran VSTA and it configured the environment for first...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 3:51 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, language

Read-Only IDE Window

Q : Is it possible to show users a VSTA IDE window but prevent them from editing the code? A : It may be possible to do this by calling IVsTextBuffer.SetStateFlags() with BUFFERSTATEFLAGS.BSF_USER_READONLY. If that doesn’t work, you could try creating...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 2:33 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, DTE, readonly

Integrating custom help into VSTA

Q : I was wondering how to integrate custom help files into VSTA. So far, pressing F1 shows some general help about VSTA, but nothing that will help my customers to write macros. A : VSTA and Visual Studio use Microsoft Help 2. HelpStudio Lite is the...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 2:16 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, Visual Studio 2005, help

Multiple thread problem in VSTA

Q : Here is a question about VSTA multi threads. I have a function to create a new project file. It works fine when I just run the line of code in VSTA. But it failed when debugging. I looked into it and found no difference except for the executing thread...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 8:31 AM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, add-in, macro, thread

Communication and transfer of the arguments between the host OM and proxy?

Q : What can you tell me about the communication and the transfer of the arguments between the host OM and proxy? A : I believe currently there is no further documentation on this (btw, the on-line documentation is more current than the documentation...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 1:56 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, add-in, proxy, VSTA SDK, OM, arguments

Integrating VSTA with a COM object model

Are you integrating VSTA with a COM object model? We’ve created a simplified approach to integration for host applications with COM OM that you may wish to consider. This approach makes it unnecessary for you to generate a proxy of your COM object...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 1:19 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, Integration, com

Orphaned VSTA.exe

Q : What do you do if your application process has crashed or terminated abruptly, with no chance to unload the IDE/DTE? (In this case, the VSTA.exe is orphaned but continues to run.) A : You should look at this sample : IPHTerminateOrphanedVST, uses...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 12:47 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, Orphaned, mutext, IPH

Why have proxy objects?

Q : In VSTA, the developer has to use ProxyGen to create new objects and the end user can then use the "proxy objects." Why can't the end user just use the "origin objects?" A : Using the original objects may be possible. If the...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 10:36 AM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, proxy, Proxygen

Visual Studio 2005 with VSTA v 2.0

Because Visual Studio 2008 is not a prerequisite for the VSTA v 2.0 SDK, a VSTA 2.0 integration can be performed with Visual Studio 2005; however, the VSTA v 2.0 IDE and projects are based on Visual Studio 2008. Therefore, like other Visual Studio 2008...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2009 3:12 PM by BillL

Filed under: VSTA, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005

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