Visual Studio SDK Reference

This section contains information about Visual Studio namespaces, related namespaces, and other areas of interest for developers who use the Visual Studio SDK.

In This Section

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop
  Legacy interop interfaces used for the editor and language services.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense
  Classes used in the new editor for IntelliSense.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.StandardClassification
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Adornments
  Classes used in the new editor for adornments.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Classification
  Classes used in the new editor for classification.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing
  Classes used in the new editor for differencing.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Document
  Classes used in the new editor for documents.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.DragDrop
  Classes used in the new editor for drag and drop.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.OptionsExtensionMethods
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Formatting
  Classes used in the new editor for formatting.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.IncrementalSearch
  Classes used in the new editor for incremental search.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Operations
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Outlining
  Classes used in the new editor for outlining.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Projection
  Classes used in the new editor for projection.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Tagging
  Classes used in the new editor for tagging.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities
  Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.PlatformUI
  Primarily Microsoft internal use only.

• Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
  Microsoft internal use only.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio
  Classes for Visual Studio constants and helpers.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars
  Classes for Visual Studio command bars.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost
  Classes used for the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) in Visual Studio.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Designer.Interfaces
  Interfaces used with Visual Studio designers.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.ProjectDesigner
  Interfaces used with the Visual Studio project designer.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.Publish
  Classes used for publishing applications.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop
  Interop interfaces used in Visual Studio for OLE components.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package
  Classes used for Visual Studio managed language services.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.OleComponentSupport
  Microsoft internal use only.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectAggregator
  Classes used for Visual Studio projects.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.Serialization
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.Serialization.CodeDom
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Flavor
  Classes used for the Visual Studio projects.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
  Interop interfaces used for the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings
  Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp
  Classes used for help.

• VSLangProj
  Classes used for language service projects.

• XamlGeneratedNamespace
  Microsoft internal use only.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces9
  Interfaces used for Visual Studio.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.WCFReference.Interop
  Classes used for the Windows Communication Framework.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Vsip
  Classes used for test tools.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager
  Classes used for the Visual Studio Extension Manager.

• IntelliSenseHostFlags enumeration
  Specifies IntelliSense host flags.

• VSCT XML Schema Reference
  Provides a table of Visual Studio Command Table schema elements, with allowed child elements and attributes for each.

• VSIX Extension Schema Reference
  Lists elements of the VSIX schema for extension deployment.

• VSX Language Pack Schema Reference
  Lists elements of the VSIX Language Pack schema for localized extension deployment.

• GUIDs and Constants in the Visual Studio SDK
  Gives a list of GUIDs used throughout the SDK.

• COM Constants and Macros in Managed Code
  Gives a list of identifiers for user interface elements used throughout the Environment SDK.

• Source Control Plug-ins
  Links to topics for the Source Control Plug-in API.

• Command-Line Switches (Visual Studio SDK)
  Links to topics that discuss how developers can automate several tasks from the command line.

• Error Handling and Return Values
  Explains the error architecture for VSPackages, which is the same as that employed in other Windows programming.

• Objects
  Gives a list of the objects that are used in the environment.

• Visual Studio SDK Glossary
  Gives a list of helpful terms and their definitions for use when you are reading the Visual Studio SDK documentation.

Related Sections

• Visual Studio Software Development Kit (SDK)
  Includes documentation, samples, and code to help you develop products that integrate with the Visual Studio product family.