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About this Course

This course is intended for serious computer hobbyists, IT students, and IT professionals. You need Windows and Visual C++ installed.

The free online textbook for this course is Visual C++ 6 Unleashed . Read the Introduction to the book.

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Lesson 17. Using Scripting and Other Tools
to Automate the Visual C++ IDE

Developer Studio is an open environment that you can customize to meet your own development needs. Using VBScript macros and Developer Studio add-ins, you can automate repetitive tasks and add features and commands to Developer Studio.

In this lesson, you will:

• Create a VBScript macro and look at the sample macros shipped with Visual C++.
• Create an add-in that displays information about source files in a Visual C++ project.

Reading Assignments

Read the following sections from your free online textbook:

The Developer Studio Object Model

Using VBScript to Write Developer Studio Macros

Writing Developer Studio Add-Ins

The SourceInfo Add-In

 

Learning Activities

1. Use this search box to refine and expand your understanding of new terms and concepts in the reading assignments.

2. Read the Summary of the lesson.

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