Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications Namespace

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2015-10-27

The Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications namespace contains classes that enable an add-in to communicate across AppDomain and process boundaries.

Classes

	Class	Description
	BinaryItem	Provides access to name and bytes of an assembly or other artifacts produced as the result of building a project by using Visual Studio Tools for Applications.
	BinaryManager	Manages and provides access to the outputs (assemblies, pdbs, xml documentation files) of a Project.
	Breakpoint	Provides the ability to enable and disable a Breakpoint in the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
	CodeClass	A class in a ProjectItem.
	CodeElement	A unit of code in a ProjectItem of the type defined by CodeElementKind.
	CodeFunction	A function in a ProjectItem.
	Ide	Controls the launch and visibility of the IDE.
	Project	Manages a collection of ProjectItem items and provides a BinaryManager to manage access to binary output.
	ProjectChangedEventArgs	Provides data for the ProjectChanged event.
	ProjectItem	Any item in a project.
	ProjectStorage	Methods for creating and manipulating storage of type IProjectStorage.
	Reference	A reference to an assembly in an MSBuild project.
	Session	Manages a collection of related items of type Project and provides an Ide.
	SessionManager	Creates and manages instances of Session objects.
	SourceError	Provides access to an error from a BinaryManager object.
	TargetFramework	Constants for supported .NET Framework targets.
	VSVersion	Constants for supported Visual Studio versions.

Interfaces

	Interface	Description
	IExternalDebugHost	Notifies the host application of debugging checkpoints for loading and unloading add-ins during external host debugging.
	IProjectStorage	An interface that allows a project to be loaded and saved from an externally-defined medium.

Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	CodeElementKind	The kind of a CodeElement