Summary

In this chapter, we described how to leverage the power of Visual Studio’s automation APIs to create macros, add-ins, and wizards.

You saw that the macro recorder gives you a quick entry point into driving various components of the IDE, that the Macro Explorer provides a central place to manage your macro collections, and that Visual Studio provides a fully featured integrated development environment built specifically for macro development. Using these tools, you can record basic macros and use them as a starting point for more complicated macros, or you can craft macros from scratch using the Visual Basic programming language.

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