Visual Basic® .NET Unleashed

Chapter 4. Macros and Visual Studio Extensibility

In This Chapter

• Automating Repetitive Tasks

• Using the Macro Explorer

• Exporting the Macro

• Using the Macro IDE

• Creating a Macro Project

• Managing Visual Studio from the Command Window

• Responding to IDE Events

• Customizing Visual Studio

• Creating Add-InsCreating Add-Ins

• Creating Wizards

• Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP)

• Summary

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the idea of automating repetitive tasks in your development environment. Macros are pretty common and many nonprogrammers are familiar with them. Most programmers know what macros are for and can figure out how to use them fairly easily.

Extensibility, however, is another subject. Extending an IDE like Visual Studio generally falls into ...