In a previous post ( http://blogs.msdn.com/allend/archive/2003/10/16/56791.aspx ) I ranted about a weird behavior in generating Interop Assemblies where case changes occured in function names. Well, it turns out that the TLB is the culprit. All methods...

If you are coming to the VSIP Partner Summit next week, I'll be around so please stop by and say “Hi”. Several from the VSIP team will be on hand for the dinner after the first day of sessions so take advantage of that mixer to provide...

I had this question come to my inbox today: Can someone confirm how to setup your VSIP Package for multiple languages? I did a little digging and realized that the docs are vague on exactly how this works. The EnvSDK samples show you what to...

If you have access to the underlying Package base class, it exposes a method to get services called GetService. You use it like so: IVsShell vsshell = (IVsShell) GetService(typeof(SVsShell)); vsshell can then be used to call methods it exposes...

In the VSIP Everett Extras release (currently in beta - see http://www.vsipdev.com for more details) we've enabled managed code to more easily integrate into Visual Studio. The problem is that there are some issues with VS's treatment of the IVsHierarchy...

Whew! It's been a long time since I posted anything. I've had my tonsils and adenoids removed. Boy was that painful. Well, I'm back in full swing now so look here for future musing on VSIP, VS, Interop and other things I find fascinating.