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1. abdessamie February 9, 2013 at 7:07 pm

   Hi
   I am abdessamie a software engineer
   I was looking on how to make a wizard for code generation as an add_in for VS , and i ve found your article that is very intersting about the subject http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/365680/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-3-Item-Templates

   the topic is clear and understood but i keep a question on how can i control where the generated files will be put, can i have the possibility to specify in which projet i will put the first generated file and where to put the second and so on

   Thank you very much

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   1. Dave Kerr Post authorFebruary 10, 2013 at 6:05 pm

      Hi,

      For an item template, you have very little control over where the file is put unfortunately. Also, in terms of choosing which project each file goes in, this is tricky too, because by the time the insert new item command is invoked, you are essentially in the context of one project.

      Why don’t you explain a bit more about what it is you are trying to do, maybe it’ll be clearer to me how this can be achieved. If you’re looking to do something really custom, you may need to go down the route of creating an addin that runs code to generate files, and then programmatically adds them to projects.

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2. pierre February 13, 2013 at 5:58 pm

   Hi,

   I have install problems, I have vs2008, trying to install switch and get errors.

   Can send it to you?

   Regards,
   Pierre

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   1. Dave Kerr Post authorFebruary 14, 2013 at 11:30 am

      Hi,

      I’m fixing the installer soon – for now, I recommend getting the installer from:

      http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/324611/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-2-Creating-Addins

      This one works fine

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3. Utkarsh February 20, 2013 at 5:38 pm

   Hi

   I am trying use shell overlay file icon handler but am facing issues there.
   I have followed the steps in the http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/545781/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Icon-Overlay-Handlers but when i use the server manager I dont see the over lay icons on my files.

   can you please share a working C# code for the same. I am in urgent need of this.

   thanks,
   utkarhs

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   1. Dave Kerr Post authorFebruary 22, 2013 at 8:13 am

      Hi,

      Run the Server Manager in Administrator mode, go to ‘Diagnostics’ and make sure logging is enabled. Now, at the moment, the Sever Manager doesn’t support previewing what an icon overlay will look like – so you must test you server by registering it.

      If you register the server and still don’t get overlays – check the windows event log – are you getting SharpShell events? Any errors? If there are no errors, you probably have too many icon handlers registered already (windows only supports a few), so back up the icon handlers key and delete all it’s children. The icon handlers key is:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
      Software
      Microsoft
      Windows
      CurrentVersion
      Explorer
      ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

      Let me know if this helps

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4. Oliver Boones February 21, 2013 at 12:49 am

   Hi,

   i read your Article to SharpShell and i think its a good Project, but i never got, any of your samples on codeproject running. I tried to ‘Shell-Extend’ a Context-Menu and i tried to apply an overlay Icon. Nothing works. I’m Sure the Error is on my side… Would you please help me?

   Windows 7 64-bit (i think thats the Problem) 8GB Ram, Intel Core i7, Visual Studio 2012

   I need to get 2 Menu Items and 3 Overlay Icons, depending on my Database Entries.

   Greetings and thanks for all your effort.
   Oliver

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   1. Dave Kerr Post authorFebruary 22, 2013 at 8:57 am

      Hi – send me over one of your projects, I’ve got SharpShell working fine on W8 64 bit. Run the server manager in administrator mode and enable logging via the diagnostics menu – register your debug assemblies as the servers and check the event log

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