Building the Reflector Add-In

I've written an article for the Code Project describing how you can easily build an add-in like the Reflector one I posted screen shots of a while ago.  I'm sorry I haven't got back to many of you who expressed interest in the add-in.  The reason is I haven't been happy with the installation story (it involved too many steps).  It only takes one person to say they're having problems installing and I know it isn't good enough!  I am very close to having an installer that I am reasonably happy with.  I will notify you all when this is ready. You can then use your beta testing skills on more interesting problems than installation!

In the mean time have a read of the article. I've entered my Managed Add-Ins project for the Visual Studio .NET add-in competition.  Please check out all of the entries and place your vote.  It is making for a very close competition!

To whet your apetite here is a screenshot showing how to run pretty much any Windows Forms application as an add-in.

Just compile your application, right click on the project and select 'Managed Add-In..'.  At this point your application should pop up in a tool window running inside VS.NET!  You can continue working on it while it runs (its assemblies are shadow copied).  To refresh the add-in just select 'Mnaged Add-Ins again'.

Please send me some screen shots of any applications you have that work well as an add-in.  I'll be setting up an add-ins gallery with links back to the applications.

You can find links to Managed Add-Ins and read the latest revision of my article here www.managedaddins.net.  If you use the Reflector Add-In installer that is up at the moment, please let me know how you get on.  Otherwise drop me an email and I well let you know when the version I am happy with is up.  Please send add-in related emails here.