visual studio .net ide: Hi,
I have a addin project created by MSVC C++ 7.0
It works well.

When I build this project using MSVC C++ 7.1 without
any change. The addin.dll can be created.
But it will not show up in the addin manager dialog box
from MSVC C++ 7.1 IDE.

Actually I download some addin sample from microsoft web
They are work fine under MSVC C++ 7.0.
But none of them will show up for .Net 2003 IDE after
they are built by MSVC C++ 7.1.

Why?

Hi Kimura,

Generally, addin's will target a specific version of the Visual Studio .Net
IDE. There were changes made between VS .Net 2002 and 2003, so you'll want
to test your addin in both environments. By default, the addin will be
registered to work with the version of the VS .Net that you created the
initial addin project with.

Addin's are registered in the system registry under the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0 (or 7.1)\AddIns
registry key. For additional details you may want to review the
documentation that covers Addin registration. For example:


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxconadd-inregistration.asp

Sincerely,
Ed Dore [MSFT]
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