Introduction to creating a Visual Studio Extentsion

March 16, 2021

VisualStudio Windows VSIX

As I use a Text Editor, it going to make me want to customize. How i does Visual Studio customize with a creating original extention? Let's learn the basics.

Introduction

I wanted to customize an extension that provides key bindings for Emacs, so I decided to learn how to create an extension. First, you will learn how to create and debug a project.

Requirements:

Visual Studio 2019
Windows 10

Setup

Require Visual Studio SDK. The SDK could install Visal Studio Installer, so launch it.

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Select Visual Studio 拡張機能の開発, then apply it.

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Done.

Creating a extention

Select VSIX Project.

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Add file.

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Select Command in Extensibility.

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Open .vsct file.

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Move to L51, and write text into ButtonText.

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Open Command1.cs, and move to L92.

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Write text.

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Run to debug. Then, click Hello in Tools.

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Visual Studio will show dialog.

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Conclusion

In this post which introduced how to create and debug an Visual Studio Extension project.

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