Supplementary Information Sources

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) provides access to many Visual Studio features for which supplementary information is available from additional sources. Following is a set of feature areas and links to important information for each. Note that the lists are not exhaustive. Frequently the cited supplementary sources can serve as starting points for identifying more extensive information collections.

Microsoft Build (MSBuild)

• MSBuild

• MSBuild Concepts

• How to: Write a Simple MSBuild Project

• MSBuild Project File Schema Reference

• MSBuild Task Reference

• Overview of MSBuild, Part 1: From a Project Author's Perspective (MSDN)

• Overview of MSBuild, Part 2: From the Task Author's Perspective (MSDN)

• Overview of MSBuild, Part 3: What Is the Limit to Extensibility? (MSDN)

Debugging Support

• Debug Engine

• Debugging Your Visual Basic Application

• Visual Studio Debugger Extensibility

• Visual Studio Debugging (MSDN)

Visual Studio Extensibility

• Visual Studio Integration SDK

• Extending the Visual Studio Environment

• Automation and Extensibility for Visual Studio

Project System

• Managing Solutions, Projects, and Files

• Projects as Containers

• Projects (Visual Studio SDK)

Source Code Control Integration

• Source Control Basics (MSDN)

• Source Control Walkthroughs (MSDN)

Editor Feature Support

• Editors

• Statement Completion

• Parameter Info Tooltips

• How to: Enable Parameter Info ToolTips

• Syntax Coloring in Editors

• Text Markers in the Editor

Deployment

• Deployment Models (2003 System)

• Deploying an Application

• Deploying Applications and Components

• Windows Installer Deployment Walkthroughs