Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog - All Comments

re: The strange case of "No such interface supported" (Error 80004002) loading a Visual Studio add-in

David Noble — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:00:50 GMT

I rarely comment on these sorts of posts, but you just saved me a whole lot of time. Thanks.

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

carlosq — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:57:08 GMT

Hello Patrick,

Please report the problem at Microsoft Connect so that the VS Shell Team can address it:

connect.microsoft.com/.../content.aspx

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

Patrick Smacchia — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:51:34 GMT

Hi Carlos,

On a related topic, do you have an idea why calling CommandBarControls.Add(...) takes 2 to 10 seconds and leak 30MB on VS2010 Beta2, while it work fine on 2005 and 2008? The code looks like that:

CommandBarPopup physicalPopup

....

var controls = physicalPopup.Controls;

var buttonAdded = controls.Add(MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, "", System.Reflection.Missing.Value, true);

re: The strange case of VS 2010 (Beta 2 /CTPs) closing at startup or failing to create add-ins

carlosq — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:17:10 GMT

Hello Kalpana,

I am not expert in services of the SDK so I can't help. Try posting at:

social.msdn.microsoft.com/.../threads

Also, please don't post comments unrelated to the subject of the post.

re: VB.NET 10.0 and C# 4.0 future directions: co-evolution and "compiler as service"

carlosq — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:01:52 GMT

Hello Smiley,

If you already know VB.NET and more importantly, the .NET concepts and the Base Class Library (BCL), then to learn C# will be quite easy because it is syntax for the most part. I personally can use both VB.NET and C# but I use VB.NET most of the time because I like more its syxtax.

re: VB.NET 10.0 and C# 4.0 future directions: co-evolution and "compiler as service"

Smiley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:34:44 GMT

Yeah... actually i know vb.net, but

it seem c# have more powerfull ex: for generating 3d.

but i wonder, should i have to leave my vb.net and try to learn c# or what?

is there good future vith vb.net?

Thanks

re: The strange case of VS 2010 (Beta 2 /CTPs) closing at startup or failing to create add-ins

Kalpana — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:13:12 GMT

Hi Carlos,

Just wanted to check if you have come across a problem that i am going to describe.

Basically i have a desginer that i am trying to open and this designer has an embedded editor. Following is the code:

IVsUIShellOpenDocument shell = (IVsUIShellOpenDocument)DesFMPkg.Instance.GetService(typeof(IVsUIShellOpenDocument));

IOleServiceProvider sp = (IOleServiceProvider)DesFMPkg.Instance.GetService(typeof(IOleServiceProvider));

Guid editorType = GuidList.guidMultiViewEditor;

Guid logicalView = GuidList.guidDesignView;

int hr;

if (des.HasCodeEditorView)

{

IVsSolution vsSolution = (IVsSolution)DesFMPkg.Instance.GetService(typeof(SVsSolution));

object obj;

hr = vsSolution.GetProperty((int)__VSPROPID.VSPROPID_IsSolutionOpen, out obj);

if (!(bool)obj)

{

hr = vsSolution.CreateSolution(string.Empty, string.Empty, (uint)__VSCREATESOLUTIONFLAGS.CSF_TEMPORARY);

}

this.m_designer = des;

string caption = "";

// Find the item id assigned to this document by the project.

uint pitemid = VSConstants.VSITEMID_NIL;

string moniker = des.Moniker;

VSVirtualProject project = DesFMPkg.Instance.GetService(typeof(VirtualProject));

IVsUIHierarchy hier = project as IVsUIHierarchy;

IVsProject proj = project as IVsProject;

hr = project.AddDesigner(des, out pitemid);

ErrorHandler.ThrowOnFailure(hr);

hr = shell.OpenSpecificEditor(

(uint)0,

moniker,

ref editorType,

null,

ref logicalView,

caption,//node.Caption,

hier,

pitemid,

System.IntPtr.Zero,

sp,

out editorFrame);

if (ErrorHandler.Succeeded(hr)) {

editorFrame.SetGuidProperty((int)__VSFPROPID.VSFPROPID_InheritKeyBindings, ref GuidList.guidCmdUI_TextEditor);

if (this.DontShowWindow == false)

rrorHandler.ThrowOnFailure(editorFrame.Show());

}

on the EditorFrame.show, i get AccessViolationException. "Attempt to read to write protected memory".

Do you know if this is some known problem in Vs2010 Beta2?

Thanks,

Kalpana

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

Kalpana — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:13:08 GMT

Thanks Carlos. That helped. I cast the CommandBarControl to CommandBarPopup and got the commandBar by doing CommandBarPopup.CommandBar.

I think the information that you posted on your blog is very helpful.

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

carlosq — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:23:15 GMT

Hello Kalpana,

Basically given a CommandBarControl if it is a CommandBarPopup to cast to it and then get CommandBarPopup.CommandBar.

See the approach described at:

HOWTO: Locate commandbars in international versions of Visual Studio

www.mztools.com/.../MZ2007002.aspx

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

Kalpana — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:26:05 GMT

Ho carlos, I am facing a problem related to command bars. I had the following code which works in Vs2005/2008. Basically i am trying to get a commandbar given a commandbarcontrol. Following is the code which worked in VS2005/2008:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBars cmd = ((EnvDTE._DTE)applicationObject).CommandBars as Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBars;

IEnumerator toolbarEnum = cmd.GetEnumerator();

while (toolbarEnum.MoveNext())

{

Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBar toolBarVal =

(Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBar)toolbarEnum.Current;

if (toolBarVal != null)

{

CommandBar mainMenu = cmd["Menubar"];

IEnumerator enum2 = mainMenu.Controls.GetEnumerator();

while (enum2.MoveNext())

{

CommandBarControl c1 = (CommandBarControl)enum2.Current;

//if (c1.Caption.Replace("&", "").Equals("Schema")) MessageBox.Show("Schema");

if (c1.Caption.Replace("&", "").Equals(toolbarName) || c1.Caption.Equals(translatedtoolbar) || c1.Caption.IndexOf(translatedtoolbar) > -1){

CommandBar commandBar22 = (CommandBar)c1.GetType().InvokeMember("CommandBar", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.GetProperty, null,c1, null);

But in VS2010 when it hits the (CommandBar)c1.GetType().InvokeMember, i get an exception "Missing Method exception Method 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.Automation.CommandBarPopup+_Marshaler.CommandBar' not found"

Do you have any idea how to get around this bug?

Thanks,

Kalpana

Another critical VS 2010 Beta 2 bug that causes the IDE to hang

Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:23:16 GMT

This bug eluded me during several days because there was another bug that already caused VS 2010 Beta

More on CommandBarButton.Mask property deprecated in VS 2010

Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:53:05 GMT

In the post CommandBarButton.Mask property deprecated in VS 2010 I mentioned that VS 2010 will deprecate

re: Workaround for VS 2010 Beta 2 Bug: CommandBarButton.Style not honored, always Icon + Caption

BethMackenzie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:44:23 GMT

In the last few days I was preparing to submit this bug to Microsoft, but we've been attending the StackOverflow DevDays event in London and was caught short.

Thanks for reporting this one.

Beth

re: The convoluted build configuration automation model (EnvDTE/EnvDTE80)

Brandon Bloom — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:37:37 GMT

This post is supremely confusing, but infinitely helpful. Thank you!

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

carlosq — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:36:02 GMT

Hello Beth,

I haven't played yet with the button style in the command creation, I will do in the next days. If you think there is a bug with, please isolate it and report it to Microsoft Connect so they can fix it in next builds.

FWIW, I have played with CommandBarButton.Style and there is a bug that I reported and it will be fixed in builds after beta 2:

VS 2010 Beta 2 Bug: CommandBarButton.Style not honored, always Icon + Caption

connect.microsoft.com/.../ViewFeedback.aspx

re: VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

BethMackenzie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:23:05 GMT

Hi Carlos,

I'm testing the VS Beta 2 milestone as you are except I'm working with the C++/COM interface.

Creating Toolbars with Command Popups can be created in the IDE correctly. However the commands being generated by my code are set to the style PictAndText. So I'm anticipating the popup to only show icons, and menus to show icons and text.

Hang on, the popup now shows Icon and Text (different behaviour to pre-Beta 2) instead of just an Icon. (The command is associated with a menu as well).

I then modified the command creation style to be just icon. The toolbar now looks correct, however the menu now only shows just text and no icon.

Back to the drawing board?

re: Debugging add-ins for VS 2010 (Beta 2) created with VS 2008: The debugger's protocol is incompatible with the debuggee

Laurent — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:10:33 GMT

I wonder why do they changes this ? I mean debugger's protocol. Is it related just to .Net 4.0, or something else ? Does anybody have more informations about that ?

VS 2010 and the Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarPopup interface

Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:54:35 GMT

This is going to be messy, so step by step: Imagine that you are developing an add-in that uses a temporary

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 too slow on Virtual PC

Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:56:50 GMT

I have spent the last days testing my MZ-Tools add-in with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and there are a

MS fixing problem with 32-bit bitmaps with alpha channel for transparency in SetTabPicture method of toolwindows

Carlos Quintero (Microsoft MVP) blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:53:38 GMT

The little problem that I reported when using the SetTabPicture method with a 32-bit bitmap with alpha