Visual Studio SDK reference

This section contains information about Visual Studio namespaces, related namespaces, and other areas of interest for developers who use the Visual Studio SDK.

In this section

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop Legacy interop interfaces used for the editor and language services.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense Classes used in the new editor for IntelliSense.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.StandardClassification Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Adornments Classes used in the new editor for adornments.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Classification Classes used in the new editor for classification.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Differencing Classes used in the new editor for differencing.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Document Classes used in the new editor for documents.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.DragDrop Classes used in the new editor for drag and drop.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.OptionsExtensionMethods Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Formatting Classes used in the new editor for formatting.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.IncrementalSearch Classes used in the new editor for incremental search.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Operations Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Outlining Classes used in the new editor for outlining.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Projection Classes used in the new editor for projection.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Tagging Classes used in the new editor for tagging.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities Classes used in the new editor.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop

• Microsoft.VisualStudio Classes for Visual Studio constants and helpers.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars Classes for Visual Studio command bars.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost Classes used for the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) in Visual Studio.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Designer.Interfaces Interfaces used with Visual Studio designers.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.ProjectDesigner Interfaces used with the Visual Studio project designer.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces.Publish Classes used for publishing applications.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop Interop interfaces used in Visual Studio for OLE components.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package Classes used for Visual Studio managed language services.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.OleComponentSupport Microsoft internal use only.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectAggregator Classes used for Visual Studio projects.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.Serialization Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.Serialization.CodeDom Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Flavor Classes used for the Visual Studio projects.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Interop interfaces used for the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings Classes used in the Visual Studio shell.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp Classes used for help.

• VSLangProj Classes used for language service projects.

• XamlGeneratedNamespace Microsoft internal use only.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ManagedInterfaces9 Interfaces used for Visual Studio.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.WCFReference.Interop Classes used for the Windows Communication Framework.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Vsip Classes used for test tools.

• EnvDTE Used for Visual Studio automation.

• Extensibility Used for Visual Studio automation.

• EnvDTE80 Used for Visual Studio automation.

• EnvDTE90 Used for Visual Studio automation.

• EnvDTE90a Used for Visual Studio automation.

• EnvDTE100 Used for Visual Studio automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel Used for Visual C++ project automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProject Classes used for Visual C++ project automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Used for Visual C++ project automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.VsWizard Used for the Visual Studio wizard.

• VSLangProj Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• VSLangProj2 Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• VSLangProj80 Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• VslangProj90 Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• VslangProj100 Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• VSLangProj110 Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• VSLangProj140 Used for C# and Visual Basic project automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.CallHierarchy Used for C# and Visual Basic automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.NavigateTo.Interfaces Used for C# and Visual Basic automation.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading Used for Visual Studio threading.

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.ConnectedServices Namespace Used for Visual Studio connected services.

• IntelliSenseHostFlags enumeration Specifies IntelliSense host flags.

• VSCT XML Schema Reference Provides a table of Visual Studio Command Table schema elements, with allowed child elements and attributes for each.

• GUIDs and Constants Gives a list of GUIDs used throughout the SDK.

• COM Constants in Managed Code Gives a list of identifiers for user interface elements used throughout the Environment SDK.

• Source Control Plug-ins Links to topics for the Source Control Plug-in API.

• Command-Line Switches Information about how you can automate several tasks from the command line.

• Error Handling and Return Values Explains the error architecture for VSPackages, which is the same as that employed in other Windows programming.

• Glossary Gives a list of helpful terms and their definitions for use when you are reading the Visual Studio SDK documentation.

• Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Construction Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Conversion Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Debugging Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Exceptions Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Execution Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Framework Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Framework.XamlTypes Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Logging Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Tasks Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.Bootstrapper Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Hosting Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Xaml Used for MSBuild.

• Microsoft.Build.Utilities Used for MSBuild.

Related sections

Visual Studio SDK includes documentation, samples, and code to help you develop products that integrate with Visual Studio.