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Automation and Extensibility for Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2008

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Automation and extensibility refers to the ability to programmatically automate repetitive tasks and extend the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) with tools such as add-ins and wizards. The following topics explain how to use the various programming models to do this.

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Extending the Visual Studio Environment: Explains the various ways to extend and automate the Visual Studio IDE.
Visual Studio Macros: Describes how to record, edit, and use macros in Visual Studio.
Introduction to Project Extensibility: Explains how to use project automation for Visual Basic and Visual C#.
Visual Basic and Visual C# Extensibility Object Model for Projects: Explains how to use the Visual Basic and Visual C# project automation model.
Visual C++ Extensibility Object Model: Includes language reference for the Visual C++ automation object models: Visual C++ Code Model, Visual C++ Wizard Model, Visual C++ Project/Build model, and the Visual C++ Resource Editor model.
Welcome to the Add-In Wizard, Visual Studio Add-In Wizard: Includes information about the various pages of the Add-In Wizard, the wizard used to create add-ins.
Automation and Extensibility Reference: Includes language reference for all automation models.

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