In VSTA 2.0, you can use DTEProvider to launch Visual Studio instead of VSTA, which can be helpful for debugging or provide additional functionalities for users who already have Visual Studio installed. For example, in ShapeAppCSharpMacroRecording sample...

In VSTA 2.0, you have the ability to use WPF. In this post, we will show a simple example to add video to a VSTA add-in using WPF. We will start with ShapeAppCSharpBasic Example. Launch VSTA using "vsta.exe /hostid ShapeAppCSharp", Create a new C# project...