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PInvoke.net add-in support for Visual Studio 2008

Category: How do I?
Date: 06 Jul 2009
Product: PInvoke
PInvoke.NET's add-in is written for Visual Studio 2005, but can also be added to Visual Studio 2008, by making a small modification to the configuration file.

First, locate the PInvokeDotNetAddIn.Addin file located in %programfiles%\red gate\PInvoke.NET, open it with a text editor such as notepad.exe, and make the following changes:

After the text:
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<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio Macros</Name>
<Version>8.0</Version>
</HostApplication>
<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
<Version>8.0</Version>
</HostApplication>

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Add:
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<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio Macros</Name>
<Version>9.0</Version>
</HostApplication>
<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
<Version>9.0</Version>
</HostApplication>

and save the file.

It may also be necessary to add the path to the PInvoke add-in to the list of folders where Visual Studio will look for add-ins. From Visual Studio 2008's Tools menu, select Options, then Add-in/Macros security. If the path to the PInvoke.NET installation folder (c:\program files\red gate\PInvoke.NET) is not listed in the collection of add-in file paths, click the add button and select the installation folder.

After restarting Visual Studio 2008, the add-in will function as it does in previous versions of Visual Studio.