PolyTraceAid Reference

PolytraceAid is a kind of Visual Studio Add-In. And following description is retrieved from from MSDN.

You can extend Visual Studio by using add-ins, VSPackages, and Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) extensions.

You can use add-ins in Visual Studio without installing the Visual Studio Software Development Kit (SDK).

If want to quick understanding how Add-In work, you can reference website as follow:

• How to create Visual Studio Add-In:
  • MSDN Creating Add-ins and Wizards
  • MSDN How to: Create an Add-In
  • Step by step example

• Retrieve VisualStudio IDE information which our Add-In will use (such as debug information.)
  • Reference DTE2 Interface

• Add-In framework introduction and reference:
  • Automation and Extensibility for Visual Studio
  • Automation and Extensibility Reference

We always use the information in EnvDTE namespace to reach our goal in PolytraceAid.

EnvDTE contain a lot of useful information such as we can retrieve and control breakpoints.

See more detail about EnvDTE