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p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{margin-bottom:.0001ptfont-size:12.0ptfont-family:'Times New Roman'}@page Section1{size:8.5in 11.0in}div.Section1{page:Section1}@page Section2{size:8.5in 11.0in}div.Section2{page:Section2}ol{margin-bottom:0in}ul{margin-bottom:0in}After hearing about it on thelatest .NET Rocks! podcast, I set out to try the new VSTA SDK, and much to mysurprise everything works up to one point: generating the projecttemplates.* I followed the instruction inthe MSDN Library addition it installed, and came up with the followinginstructions for how (I thought) to get the most basic sample, ShapeAppCSharp,to function with VSTA:
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set ProxyClass="$(SolutionDir)$(TargetName)Proxy\Proxy.cs"
set objPath="$(ProjectDir)obj\$(ConfigurationName)\$(TargetFileName)"
setproxyPath="$(SolutionDir)$(TargetName)Proxy\$(TargetName)OM.xml"
%proxygen% /l:%objPath% /c:%ProxyClass% /o:%proxyPath% /f
%proxygen% /l:%objPath% /c:%ProxyClass% /i:%proxyPath% /f
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WindowsRegistry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTAHostConfig]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTAHostConfig\ShapeAppCSharp]
"AppName"="ShapeAppCSharp"
"ProjectTemplatesLocation"="C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft\ShapeAppCSharp\\ProjectTemplates"
"VSCSProjectTemplatesLocation"="C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft\ShapeAppCSharp\\ProjectTemplates\CSharp"
"VSVBProjectTemplatesLocation"="C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft\ShapeAppCSharp\\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic"
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Am I missing anything?
The installer for ShapeAppAdvancedCSharp works fine, so for the time being I can still get a feel for how the thing works, but I'd like to step through the whole process myself to get a feel for how the migration process would be for one of my own applications.
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- Install VSTA to default location* (C:\Program Files\Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications SDK)
- Start - >Run -> msiexec /i "D:\Program Files\Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications SDK07.02\VisualStudioToolsForApplications\SetupPackage\vsta_aide.msi" VSTAINVS=1
- Extract: D:\Program Files\Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications SDK07.02\VisualStudioToolsForApplications\Samples\ShapeAppCSharp.zip to: C:\ShapeAppSamples
- Open C:\ShapeAppSamples\ShapeAppCSharp\ShapeAppCSharp.sln
- Add a new C# Class Library project to the solution named ShapeAppCSharpProxy
- Add a new set of references to the new project (All under the “.NET” tab):
- System.Drawing
- System.Windows.Forms
- System.AddIn
- Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Adapter
- Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Contract
- Open Project Properties for project ShapeAppCSharp
- Paste the following text into the “Post-build event command-line” box on the “Build Events” tab:
set ProxyClass="$(SolutionDir)$(TargetName)Proxy\Proxy.cs"
set objPath="$(ProjectDir)obj\$(ConfigurationName)\$(TargetFileName)"
setproxyPath="$(SolutionDir)$(TargetName)Proxy\$(TargetName)OM.xml"
%proxygen% /l:%objPath% /c:%ProxyClass% /o:%proxyPath% /f
%proxygen% /l:%objPath% /c:%ProxyClass% /i:%proxyPath% /f
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- Open Project Properties for project ShapeAppCSharpProxy
- Sign the assembly with a new key named “key” (remember to uncheck the “Protect my key file with a password” checkbox)
- Paste the following text into the “Post-build event command-line” box on the “Build Events” tab:
- Right click the solution and click “Rebuild Solution”.
- Right-click the ShapeAppCSharpProxy project, click “Add Existing Item…” and add the newly created Proxy.cs and ShapeAppCSharpOM.xml files to the project.
- Right click the solution and click “Rebuild Solution” (to ensure everything is forced to rebuild anew.)
- Check %windir%\assembly for the ShapeAppCSharpProxy assembly.
- Create a .reg file with the following content:
WindowsRegistry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTAHostConfig]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSTAHostConfig\ShapeAppCSharp]
"AppName"="ShapeAppCSharp"
"ProjectTemplatesLocation"="C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft\ShapeAppCSharp\\ProjectTemplates"
"VSCSProjectTemplatesLocation"="C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft\ShapeAppCSharp\\ProjectTemplates\CSharp"
"VSVBProjectTemplatesLocation"="C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft\ShapeAppCSharp\\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic"
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- Run the new .reg script
- Navigate to D:\Program Files\Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications SDK07.02\VisualStudioToolsForApplications\Tools\ProjectGen\x86\ and run ProjectGen.exe
- Select ShapeAppCSharp from the dropdown at the bottom and fill every other box with “ShapeAppCSharp” (with the exception of the icon field, which we will leave blank).* Click “Next”.
- On the next page, Click the “…” button and navigate to the C:\ShapeAppSamples\ShapeAppCSharp\ShapeAppCSharpProxy\bin\Debug directory and select ShapeAppCSharpProxy.dll
- Sigh with remorse at the message you see, as you have now followed the directions in the MSDN articles verbatim, but to no avail.
Am I missing anything?
The installer for ShapeAppAdvancedCSharp works fine, so for the time being I can still get a feel for how the thing works, but I'd like to step through the whole process myself to get a feel for how the migration process would be for one of my own applications.
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