Registering VSPackages

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

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Visual Studio relies on .pkgdef files to describe and locate a VSPackage. A .pkgdef file contains all the registration information that would otherwise be added to the system registry. Managed VSPackages are registered by adding attributes to the source code and then running the CreatePkgDef Utility on the resulting assembly to generate a .pkgdef file.

In This Section

• Specifying VSPackage File Location to the VS Shell

Describes the loading path for VSPackages.

• Registering and Unregistering VSPackages

Explains how to register a VSPackage.