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Visual Studio 2010 SDK for Windows

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This SDK empowers developers to build custom tool windows, menu commands, and advanced editor extensions for Visual Studio.

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  • Pros

    • Provides project templates for creating tool windows and menu commands.
    • Includes templates for isolated shell projects and editor extensions.
    • Supports text adornments, colorizers, and margins for editor extensions.
    • Offers build tasks for developing and debugging extensions.
    • Uses an experimental instance for safe testing of extensions.

  • Cons

    • Requires a second instance of Visual Studio for testing.
    • No mention of cross-platform compatibility.
    • Documentation and samples are only linked from the start menu.
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Release
Latest update
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OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 7
  • Windows ME
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 10
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows XP
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None
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Build your own tool windows, create menu commands, and add extensions to the new Visual Studio editor.

The Visual Studio 2010 SDK includes project templates that help developers create tool windows, menu commands, isolated shell projects, and editor extensions. The editor extensions include text adornments, colorizers, and margins.

The Visual Studio 2010 SDK also includes build tasks that help developers build and debug extensions. Building and debugging are managed in a second instance of Visual Studio named the experimental instance. The experimental instance provides a test bed for extensions without changing the primary installation of Visual Studio.

The SDK also puts shortcuts to online documentation, samples, and other developer resources on the Start menu.

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