Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 

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• 2. Back Cover

• 3. Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

• 4. Introduction

  Who Is This Book For?

• 5. System Requirements

  System Requirements

• 6. Prerelease Software

  Prerelease Software

• 7. Technology Updates

  Technology Updates

• 8. Code Samples

  Code Samples

• 9. Support for This Book

  Support for This Book Questions and Comments

• 10. Chapter 1: Introducing Visual Studio 2005

  What Is Visual Studio 2005? Developing for .NET Building Native Applications

• 11. Visual Studio 2005 Features

  Visual Studio 2005 Features Editors Designers and Tool Windows The Start Page The Editor Designers Tool Windows Visual Studio 2005 File Paths

• 12. Visual Studio 2005 Extensibility

  Visual Studio 2005 Extensibility Macros Add-Ins Wizards Starter Kits The Visual Studio SDK

• 13. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 14. Chapter 2: Project Management in Visual Studio 2005

  Overview of Solutions and Projects

• 15. Understanding Solutions

  Understanding Solutions Solution Items and Miscellaneous Files Solution Properties Solution and Solution User Options Files

• 16. Projects

  Projects Project Items Project Properties Project Source Files Project Dependencies

• 17. Building Projects and Solutions

  Building Projects and Solutions

• 18. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 19. Chapter 3: The Visual Studio Editor

  Documents in the IDE It s All About Text Typing and Shortcuts Other Keyboard Schemes Understanding Tabs and Code Formatting

• 20. Other Editing Features in Visual Studio 2005

  Other Editing Features in Visual Studio 2005 Code Snippets Refactoring Code Definition Window Call Browser

• 21. Line Numbering and Outlining

  Line Numbering and Outlining Line Numbering Outlining

• 22. Programming Help

  Programming Help IntelliSense

• 23. Using the Command Window

  Using the Command Window

• 24. Search, Replace, and Regular Expressions

  Search Replace and Regular Expressions Incremental Searching

• 25. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 26. Chapter 4: Community Content and VSTemplates

  Community Content

• 27. Installing Content

  Installing Content Security

• 28. Creating Downloadable Content

  Creating Downloadable Content The VSContent File Format Installing Templates and Starter Kits Installing Controls to the Toolbox Installing Code Snippets Installing Add-ins and Macros Zipping Signing Your Content

• 29. Implementing Your Own Downloadable Types

  Implementing Your Own Downloadable Types Creating the Project Interface Implementation The Site Interface Registration An ExampleSamples Installer Security Attributes

• 30. Creating VSTemplates

  Creating VSTemplates Using the Export Template Wizard Creating Templates by Hand The VSTemplate Schema The TemplateData Section The TemplateContent Section Wizard Data Storing the Template on Disk Wizard Extensions Security Attributes

• 31. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 32. Chapter 5: Using Visual Studio Macros

  Macros: The Duct Tape of Visual Studio Recording Visual Studio Macros Macro Commands Editing Macros in the Macros IDE A Simple Macro

• 33. Working with Macros

  Working with Macros Manipulating Documents and Text Moving Windows Macro Events

• 34. Sharing Macros with Others

  Sharing Macros with Others Exporting Modules and Projects

• 35. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 36. Chapter 6: Extending the IDE with Add-Ins

  Overview

• 37. Running the Add-In Wizard

  Running the Add-In Wizard

• 38. The Add-In Project

  The Add-In Project

• 39. Loading the Add-In

  Loading the Add-In

• 40. Debugging the Add-In

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• 41. Add-In Architecture

  Add-In Architecture Writing an Add-In from Scratch Compiling the Basic Add-In Registering the Basic Add-In with Visual Studio Add-In Events The IDTExtensibility2 Interface The .Addin File

• 42. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 43. Chapter 7: Exploring Commands Programmatically

  What Is a Command? Locating Commands Command Names Executing Commands Creating Macro Commands

• 44. Creating an Add-In Command

  Creating an Add-In Command Handling a Command Invocation Command State MRU Button Commands Drop-Down Combo Boxes and MRU Combo Boxes Programmatically Determining Command State How an Add-In Command Handler Is Found

• 45. The Command User Interface

  The Command User Interface The Command Bar Object Model The Primary Command Bar Adding New Command Bar Elements Using Custom Bitmaps

• 46. Regenerating Commands and Their User Interface

  Regenerating Commands and Their User Interface

• 47. Looking Ahead

  Looking Ahead

• 48. Chapter 8: Managing Solutions and Projects Programmatically

  Working with Solutions Creating Loading and Unloading Solutions Enumerating Projects Adding Projects to a Solution Capturing Solution Events

• 49. Working with Project Items

  Working with Project Items Enumerating Project Items Adding and Removing Project Items

• 50. Working with Language-Specific Project Objects

  Working with Language-Specific Project Objects VSProject Project Web References

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