iivchenko / ReConfiger

This will be my first attempt to create a VS extensions ... I hope I will succeed in this beginning. So this will be an extension for VS that will provide ability to create and use templates to change a Solution Build Configuration. You know when you have dozens of projects in a Solution and some times you need to un-check or check hundreds of projects because you don't need to build them. Mostly I would like to use it with AppAssure project where we relay have a solution with 100 projects.

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Create VSIX package #2

Open iivchenko opened 8 years ago

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

How to create VSIX package

Create separate investigation branch
Investigate how to create VSIX package
Investigate install VSIX package process
Investigate uninstall VSIX package process
Investigate upgrade/downgrade conditions

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

Investigation results:

Related links:

Conclusions

We do not need MSI installer because it is a little bit old-fashioned

Necessary action during development

Add VSIX package element
Remove Key.snk
Remove index.html
Remove stylesheet.css
Add release notes file
Add license file
Fill VSIX manifest
- Add license file to the Add-In manifest (MIT)
- Add release notes file to the Add-In manifest
- Add tags
- Add more info link (should be a wiki page with guide)
- Add icons
- Help\about
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  - To Extension preview
[InstalledProductRegistration("#110", "#112", "1.0", IconResourceID = 400)] // Info on this package for Help/About

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

There is a dependency that not suitable with VS 2013

Think on remove it (everything seems fine without this dep)
Configure versions suitable for 2013 and 2015 VSs

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

To add supported VS is just to modify package manifest

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

We need to detect VS version in side of the Package so to identify the algorithms

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11082436/detect-the-visual-studio-version-inside-a-vspackage

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

The vsix package must work only with a solution loaded and its projects. so think bout next context UIContextGuids.SolutionExists

iivchenko commented 8 years ago

It seems that we will need different implementations for bs 2013 and vs 2015. The only thing I noticed is a caps of menu items in main manu but in internet guys say that it could be switched off. Still my menu items has no caps. Need investigation.