VS.NET 2005 Beta 2 automation samples ?

There are Help topics for most of the things you are looking for. They are as follows:

1. How to: Build Basic Add-In example

See "How to: Create an Add-in" -- ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_extcore/html/50be56d2-e3a5-4cd2-8569-2a0666b268ce.htm

2. How to: Deploy the Add-In

We don't yet have a specific topic on that, although one is coming soon. The basic steps are:

a. Open your add-in solution.
b. Add a new setup project to your add-in solution. To do this, follow the instructions for creating a Setup Project: "Setup Projects" in ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_deploy/html/2095d785-43a3-4110-8311-efb2e0f5f22a.htm.
c. Copy the .MSI file to the remote machine and run it.

3. How to: Remove the deployed Add-In

After you deploy an add-in as an .MSI file on a remote system, you can remove it by going to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel and selecting it from the list of installed programs. To remove an add-in and its components from a local system, see the following topic:

"How to: Deactivate and Remove an Add-in" -- ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_extcore/html/5d9bc34f-ab3b-4477-950f-79fb820acb8c.htm

4. and finally How to: Debug the Add-In

See "Walkthrough: Debugging an Add-in Project" -- ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_extcore/html/0a9906a2-09de-4072-b7af-549471b5441c.htm

HTH!

Regards,
-Kemp Brown [MSFT]

KempBrownMSFT at 2007-9-9 >

I'm sorry the links didn't work for you. I just double-checked them, and they still work on my end. Just to be sure, are you copying the Help URL (not a web URL) and pasting it into the Help window (not a web browser)? To view the Help window, click Help | Contents (in VS 2005). In the left-hand list, click any topic node. You should see a Help topic appear in the right-hand pane. Above that topic is a text box with the word URL: in front of it. Copy a link from the previous mail and paste it into this box and press Enter. You should then see the topic. If you do not, then perhaps it is because you are using a non-English version of VS 2005? Or it could be due to some other issue.

The VS 2005 documentation is also online on the web. The unfortunate thing is, it's not as up-to-date or complete as the latest documentation included in VS Beta2. In fact, I just checked and one of the topics (removing add-ins) is not yet available online, and the other topics might have dated information. But in the interest of giving you another resource, here are the corresponding online web links to the topics I mentioned above:

How to: Create an Add-in: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/80493a3w(en-us,vs.80).aspx

Setup Projects: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/996a3fxs(en-us,vs.80).aspx
Debugging an add-in project: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/f7fb383x(en-us,vs.80).aspx

If you cannot get any of this to work, email me at kempb[REMOVEFORSPAM]@microsoft.com and I will email you the latest version of the pertinent topics.

Regards,
- Kemp Brown [MSFT]

KempBrownMSFT at 2007-9-9 >