Summary

Today you learned how to create add-ins in Visual Studio .NET. By creating add-ins, you can programmatically control any aspect of the Visual Studio .NET IDE. You learned how to use the Toolbox object today, but some other cool ideas include working with the Task List window, adding custom output to an Output window, or even creating your own toolbars that can have multiple commands in a single add-in.

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