Melody's VSTA Blog

I posted a new sample today which goes with my previous blog. This sample demonstrates many of the host Application, hostID, proxy and entry point combiniations outlined in the Application, HostID, Proxy, and EntryPoint Associations blog. If there is...

You may wish to monitor a user’s actions in the IDE and respond to or cancel them. I found a great article and sample which shows how to catch any and all events. One common request that this could be used to address is responding to the user exiting...

With VSTA v 2 it is possible to use generic parameters of intrinsic types with minimal effort. The example below demonstrates this with a method added to the ShapeApp.Application class which accepts a List<string>. Steps: 1) Create the proxy file...

The MSDN site now includes documentation for VSTA v 2.0 . The documentation available through the MSDN site is an updated version of the documentation included with the SDK. Updates in the on-line documentation include sections on how to properly expose...

We have new downloads up including templates and a new tool AutoProxyGen which automates ProxyGen and can be used in build events. AutoProxyGen : This tool automates the process of using ProxyGen and can be used as a build event. AutoProxyGen includes...

VSTA hosts use a host specific folder under %My Documents% (or %Documents for Vista) for various purposes. This is where the settings file is stored and is the default save location is for new VSTA projects for the host (unless a different location is specified under the registry entry NewProjectLocation). Most configuration settings can be updated by deleting the host context hive under the local machine hive (see Note 1 registry location), then running vsta setup for the host. Unlike other registry settings, to update which folder is used in %My Documents% the host context hive under the local user hive (see Note 2 for registry location) must be deleted prior to running vsta setup for the host, and will be populated the next time VSTA is run for the host....

A host, or helper application, can programmatically update a reference in a project. One instance where this is useful is when you want to ensure that a specific version of a proxy reference is used. Below is an updated version of the OpenMacroProject...