I am trying to add an item with an icon in to Tools menu of VS2005. I created the project as suggest by MS using Add-In wizard. I added a small dialogbox and also created a set up project( as in VS2005 setup project is not created automatically). Project has all the required components(dll, files etc). It compiles fine and also setup project runs with out any error. Program does create a folder item in Program dirctory but fails to create an entry in registry as well as it does not show up in Tools menu and also not in Add-In manager.
If required I post project and setup project files.
Can any one please explain what needs to be doen to solve this problem
Thank you in advance.
Bharat Gadhia
Add-In
haiaw
Hi Bharat,
I've moved this from the Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects forum to the Visual Studio General forum.
Thanks!
shuttler
Simply adding all the files to a setup project does not create a setup project that will install correctly as an Add-in. You need to copy the .addin file into one of the directories listed under the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\AutomationOptions\LookInFolders. The .addin file then needs to reference through a hard linked or a relative path to the DLL implementing that Add-in.
Craig