Implementing a Language Service By Using the Managed Package Framework

You can use classes in the managed package framework (MPF) to implement a language service that supports a wide variety of features, such as syntax highlighting, brace matching, and IntelliSense completion.

In This Section

• Language Service Overview (Managed Package Framework)
  An overview of the language service features that are supported in MPF.

• Implementing a Language Service (Managed Package Framework)
  Describes what is required to implement a language service by using MPF.

• Registering a Language Service (Managed Package Framework)
  Describes the steps that are required to register an MPF-based language service with Visual Studio.

• Language Service Parser and Scanner (Managed Package Framework)
  Describes the two parsers that are required to implement all the features of a language service by using the MPF.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Language Service (Managed Package Framework)
  Provides the basic steps that are required to implement an MPF language service in a VSPackage.

• Walkthrough: Getting a List of Installed Code Snippets (Managed Package Framework)
  Demonstrates the techniques of retrieving a list of installed code snippets.

• Language Service Features (Managed Package Framework)
  Provides links to topics that detail what must be done to implement all the features of a language service by using MPF.

• Managed Babel
  Describes the Managed Babel System, which enables integration of user-defined tools and languages with the MPF.

Related Sections

• Implementing a Native-Code Language Service By Using Babel
  Provides information about how to use the Babel package to implement a language service in Visual Studio in native Visual C++, and lists the features that are supported with the Babel Package.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Language Service Package
  Shows how to use the Visual Studio Language Package solution to create a language service built on the native code Babel interfaces.