CTC is dead...Long Live VSCT! (Part 1)

re: CTC is dead...Long Live VSCT! (Part 1)

Dmitry Pavlov — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:51:58 GMT

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for the interesting information! XML format is of course more preferable for .NET developers (and maybe even for our C++ colleagues) than the pseudo-C++ format of CTC. As I understand VSCT.xsd is the scheme describing .vsct file structure.

For CTC there is an MSBuild task in Microsoft.VsSDK.Build.Tasks.dll assembly which is presented in Microsoft.VsSDK.targets file. This allows us to compile CTC easy.

Is VS SDK team going to add such support for compiling .vsct files in next VS SDK versions?

Thanks,

re: CTC is dead...Long Live VSCT! (Part 1)

aaronmar — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:02:07 GMT

Hi Dmitry,

I will be posting more detail on our plans for fully supporting VSCT in the next few days. In short, we will be fully supporting this in the next release of the VSSDK targetting Visual Studio Orcas. I will also post details on your options for compiling VSCT from a csproj file in Whidbey (VS 2005).

Thanks,

Aaron

re: CTC is dead...Long Live VSCT! (Part 1)

Dmitry Pavlov — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:16:14 GMT

Thanks Aaron! That would be really great!

Visual Studio SDK for Orcas Beta 1

Aaron Marten's WebLog — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:03:27 GMT

We've just released a version of the Visual Studio SDK that targets Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 . You

re: CTC is dead...Long Live VSCT! (Part 1)

Dmitry Pavlov — Wed, 09 May 2007 23:00:25 GMT

Hi Aaron,

I have integrated the VSCT compilation into Whidbey's project myself. That solution allows compiling extensibility projects developed with VS SDK 4.0 RTM. Detailed description of how to add VSCT compilation support to Whidbey (VS 2005) projects can be found here:

http://blog.neutron.sharpstyle.com/2007/05/09/adding-vsct-compilation-support-to-whidbey-vs-2005-projects/

Thanks,

CTC is dead...Long Live VSCT! (Part 2)

Aaron Marten's WebLog — Fri, 11 May 2007 21:35:51 GMT

In Part 1 , I provided a brief overview of what VSCT looks like and some of the obvious advantages of

Aaron on VSCT

GarethJ's WebLog — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:11:42 GMT

Aaron Marten from the VS SDK team has a couple of posts on the new VSCT technology that replaces CTC