Daily Archives: August 7, 2009

Future Open Tools API Topics

By | August 7, 2009

I thought that I would write out a list of topics that I can cover, although there isn’t necessarily any meaning in the order of this list. So here’s the list: IDE Menus (including shortcuts); Useful Open Tools Utility functions; Reading editor code; Writing editor code; Syntax Highlighters; Editor Notifiers; Keyboard bindings; Dockable forms; Project… Read More »

Chapter 1: Starting an Open Tools API Project

By | August 7, 2009

Before You Start Think about your audience  Before you start, its a good idea to think a little about the management of the project files. Although you may think that you’ll build this add-in for you current version of the IDE, if you up grade and require backward compatibility (or choose to distribute your add-in)… Read More »