Export to a file using Extension Manager which will produce a file with the following contents:
{
"id": "56f16707-f22d-41b8-8706-d9ef0e89921c",
"name": "My Visual Studio extensions",
"description": "A collection of my Visual Studio extensions",
"version": "1.0",
"extensions": [
{
"name": "AStyle Extension 2017",
"vsixId": "AStyle.6b52ccde-8ae4-4233-bccd-6b9b0ba06a56"
}
]
}
Import in VS 2019 with Extension Manager
A large error box pops up saying "Unable to determine action. You must specify a path to a VSIX to install or the /uninstall command line argument.", then shows many command line options.
It would be great to get this problem fixed, because the AStyle extension hasn't been ported to VS 2019 yet.
Repro steps:
Install AStyle 2017 in VS 2017
Export to a file using Extension Manager which will produce a file with the following contents:
{ "id": "56f16707-f22d-41b8-8706-d9ef0e89921c", "name": "My Visual Studio extensions", "description": "A collection of my Visual Studio extensions", "version": "1.0", "extensions": [ { "name": "AStyle Extension 2017", "vsixId": "AStyle.6b52ccde-8ae4-4233-bccd-6b9b0ba06a56" } ] }
Import in VS 2019 with Extension Manager
A large error box pops up saying "Unable to determine action. You must specify a path to a VSIX to install or the /uninstall command line argument.", then shows many command line options.
It would be great to get this problem fixed, because the AStyle extension hasn't been ported to VS 2019 yet.