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QuestionTeam Build integration: addin or package?

  • Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:36 PMAlexander Sviridov Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     

    Hi all,

    I am writing the extension for Visual Studio (for versions 2005, 2008 and 2010) which connected with managing builds via Team Build engine.

    At first, I have created the Addin but now I need to create Visual Studio Document tool windows and, as I understood, I can create such windows only inside a VS integration package.

    Then I took a decision to write a package - not an addin. But I need to extend the build definition context menu (it is easy if it doing inside an addin) and now I cannot find any way to do this via CTC file (what parent group ids must be used?).

    And my summary is:

    I need:

    1. extend build definition context menu;

    2. Visual Studio document tool windows.

    I can:

    1. extend build definition context menu inside an Addin;

    2. work with Visual Studio document tool windows inside a package.

    My questions:

    1. is there any way to extend build definition context menu via CTC file?

    or

    2. is it possible to work with Visual Studio document tool windows inside an Addin?

     

    I think that it maybe possible to combine an Addin and a Package together (they can use each other). But it is preferable for me to implement the functionality either inside an Addin or a Package.

     

    Thanks in advance