Automation and Extensibility Reference

Visual Studio add-ins are deprecated in Visual Studio 2013. You should upgrade your add-ins to VSPackage extensions. For more information about upgrading, see FAQ: Converting Add-ins to VSPackage Extensions.

The following topics relate to automation and extensibility in Visual Studio for both shared and language-specific components.

In This Section

• EnvDTE
  Types and members that relate to automation, extensibility, and debugging for all Visual Studio languages.

• EnvDTE80
  Types and members that relate to automation, extensibility, and debugging for all Visual Studio languages.

• EnvDTE90
  Types and members that relate to automation, extensibility, and debugging for all Visual Studio languages.

• EnvDTE100
  Types and members that relate to automation, extensibility, and debugging for all Visual Studio languages.

• Extensibility
  Contains IDTExtensibility2 interfaces that host methods that handle add-in events.

• VSLangProj
  Types and members that relate to Visual Basic and Visual C# project automation.

• VSLangProj2
  Types and members that relate to Visual Basic and Visual C# project automation.

• VSLangProj80
  Types and members that relate to Visual Basic and Visual C# project automation.

• VsLangProj90
  Types and members that relate to Visual Basic and Visual C# project automation.

• VsLangProj100
  Types and members that relate to Visual Basic and Visual C# project automation.

• VsWebSite
  Types and members that relate to Web site project automation.

• VCCodeModel
  Types and members that relate to Visual C++ code automation.

• VCProject
  Types and members that relate to Visual C++ project automation.

• VCProjectEngine
  Types and members that relate to Visual C++ project automation.

• VsWizard
  Types and members that relate to Visual C++ wizard automation.

• Visual C++ Extensibility Object Model
  All objects, collections, interfaces, properties, methods, events, and constants that relate to the various Visual C++ assemblies.

Related Sections

• Visual C++ Extensibility Object Model
  Pointers to the various Visual C++ automation model language reference topics, as well as how-to information.

• Visual Studio Macros
  Information on Visual Studio macros.

• Automation Object Model Chart
  A graphical roadmap to all shared components of the Automation Object Model.

• Creating Add-ins and Wizards
  The basics of creating add-ins and wizards in Visual Studio.

• Visual Web Developer Extensibility
  An overview of Web site project automation.