You can extend Visual Studio by automating its features or by adding your own features. Visual Studio includes a rich programming model, which is known as the Automation model, for extending and automating the integrated development environment (IDE).
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Extensibility Projects
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Choosing an Extensibility template for an add-in.
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Components of an Add-In Project
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Default methods contained in an add-in project.
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How to: Create an Add-In
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How to create add-ins.
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Add-In Registration
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Registering an add-in.
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Add-In Security
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How to limit access to a project .addin XML registration file.
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Displaying Add-Ins on Toolbars and Menus
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Exposing add-ins on menus and toolbars.
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Binding Add-In Commands to Keys
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Connecting add-ins to keyboard shortcuts.
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How to: Restore Add-In Commands to the Menu
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How to restore commands that disappear from a menu.
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How to: Control Add-Ins By Using the Add-In Manager
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Loading, unloading, and controlling add-ins in the IDE.
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How to: Deactivate and Remove an Add-In
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Unloading an add-in and removing it from the Tools menu or the toolbar.
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How to: Run Add-Ins on the Command Line
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Configuring an add-in to load using Devenv command line.
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Walkthrough: Debugging an Add-In Project
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Debugging add-ins.
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Walkthrough: Creating a Wizard
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Creating a wizard.
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Context Parameters for Launching Wizards
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Starting wizards programmatically.
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Configuring .Vsz Files to Start Wizards
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Wizard (.vsz) files.
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Adding Wizards to the Add Item and New Project Dialog Boxes by Using .Vsdir Files
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VSDir files, and how they affect the Add Item and New Project dialog boxes.
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Automation Object Model Chart
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Shows a diagram that has the core elements of the Visual Studio automation object model.
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Referencing Automation Assemblies and the DTE2 Object
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How to reference the EnvDTE namespace and obtain an instance of the DTE object.
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Visual Studio Commands and Switches
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Describes how to control many Visual Studio features by using a command line.
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Automation and Extensibility Reference
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Links to reference topics about automation and extensibility in Visual Studio, for both shared and language-specific components.
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Extending the Visual Studio Environment
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Links to topics that show how to automate and extend Visual Studio.
