how to determine the MEF imports of devenv.exe?

Question

How would I dump or otherwise examine the visual studio DEVENV.EXE file to get a list of all the MEF imports that visual studio uses?

Granted, I really do not  know what I am asking for.  I posted a question on the visual studio extensibility forum asking if there were any new MEF imports in VS11 compared to VS2010.  A microsoft rep responded by saying he did not know. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx/thread/2f2f931f-7bf9-44ac-9e56-5d5454b02581

thanks,

Answer 1

Hi Steve,

Thank you for posting here.

Based on my understanding of that reply from Ryan in that thread, I think he/she wants to say there is no such documentation for your reference. 

You can purchase for using  VS, but I also think you are permitted to analyse the product without the permission of Microsoft. 

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Answer 2

Hi Steve,

I don't hear from you a couple of days.

How about your issue now?

Do you have any update?

If you have any concerns, please feel free to follow up.

Best regards,

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Answer 3

Hi Steve,

I don't hear from you a couple of days.

How about your issue now?

Do you have any update?

If you have any concerns, please feel free to follow up.

I posted on Site Feedback asking for an explanation of why my question is one that cannot be answered. MEF is all about openness. Why would Microsoft not want customers to examine an .EXE to find its MEF extension points? I was told on the Visual Studio extensions forum that there was no documentation of new MEF extension points. Was not told there were none.