<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.codeplex.com/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>VSShell Assist - A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell applications.</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Project/ProjectRss.aspx</link><description>VSShell Assist - A visual toolset of utilities to create VSShell Isolated applications.</description><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=22</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
Introduction
&lt;/h2&gt;This is the home of &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;. A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Status update:
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Links
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Releases&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=11787"&gt;March 2008 CTP release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Documentation&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;What is included?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Purpose
&lt;/h2&gt;The purpose of this project is to provide tools and guidance to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Target audience
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio enthusiasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Features overview
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell Setup project (wix based)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test VS Splash Screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utility:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create VS Package pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Screenshots&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Screenshots&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Revision history&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Getting started
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Contact
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information about the project and VSX related via my blog: &lt;a href="http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga" class="externalLink"&gt;http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact Pablo Galiano (&lt;a href="mailto:pga@clariusconsulting.net" class="externalLink"&gt;pga@clariusconsulting.net&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) if you are interested in helping out with this project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=22546" alt="VS_shell_logo.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=20334" alt="sf.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:13:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080318011354A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED RELEASE: March 2008 CTP (Mar 17, 2008)</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=11787</link><description>This is the March 2008 CTP release of VSShell Assist</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:54:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED RELEASE: March 2008 CTP (Mar 17, 2008) 20080318125403A</guid></item><item><title>CREATED RELEASE: March 2008 CTP (Mar 17, 2008)</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=11787</link><description>This is the March 2008 CTP release of VSShell Assist</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:50:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CREATED RELEASE: March 2008 CTP (Mar 17, 2008) 20080318125041A</guid></item><item><title>Source code checked in</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx</link><description>Setup project updated&amp;#13;&amp;#10;Header and overview updated</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:32:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Source code checked in 20080317053226P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Usage</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;version=3</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
How to use it
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Once &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Usage"&gt;installed&lt;/a&gt;, you need to open Visual Studio 2008, and create or open an existing VShell Isolated solution. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In order to use &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;, you need to enable the &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; &amp;quot;Guidance Package&amp;quot; with the solution. &lt;br /&gt;You do this by following the steps:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select the &amp;quot;Tools&amp;quot; menu and select &amp;quot;Guidance Package Manager&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click on the &amp;quot;Enable/Disable packages&amp;quot; button&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check the &amp;quot;VSShell Assist&amp;quot; guidance package in the list&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click OK and close the ‘Guidance Package Manager’ window &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29888" alt="Enable1.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29889" alt="Enable2.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Available guidance
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29890" alt="AddSetup.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29893" alt="TestSLK.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29891" alt="TestSplash.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29894" alt="CreatePkgdef.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Note: For the Create pkgdef file Recipe, If it is a new VSIP Package Project, it must be compiled &lt;b&gt;once&lt;/b&gt; to see the menu
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
In-Context Guidance
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Guidance Navigator Window 
&lt;/h3&gt;Once &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; is enabled for the solution, the &amp;quot;Guidance Navigator Window&amp;quot; will be activated and display details about the available guidance. &lt;br /&gt;If the window is not visible, you can open it by clicking on the &amp;quot;View\Other Windows\Guidance Navigator Window&amp;quot; vs menu.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29897" alt="ContextGuidance1.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29898" alt="ContextGuidance2.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:18:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Usage 20080314061821P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Usage</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;version=2</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
How to use it
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Once &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Usage"&gt;installed&lt;/a&gt;, you need to open Visual Studio 2008, and create or open an existing VShell Isolated solution. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In order to use &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;, you need to enable the &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; &amp;quot;Guidance Package&amp;quot; with the solution. &lt;br /&gt;You do this by following the steps:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select the &amp;quot;Tools&amp;quot; menu and select &amp;quot;Guidance Package Manager&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click on the &amp;quot;Enable/Disable packages&amp;quot; button&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check the &amp;quot;VSShell Assist&amp;quot; guidance package in the list&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click OK and close the ‘Guidance Package Manager’ window &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29888" alt="Enable1.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29889" alt="Enable2.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Available guidance
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29890" alt="AddSetup.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29893" alt="TestSLK.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29891" alt="TestSplash.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29894" alt="CreatePkgdef.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Note: For the Create If it is a new VSIP Package Project, it must be compiled &lt;b&gt;once&lt;/b&gt; to see the menus
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
In-Context Guidance
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Guidance Navigator Window 
&lt;/h3&gt;Once &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; is enabled for the solution, the &amp;quot;Guidance Navigator Window&amp;quot; will be activated and display details about the available guidance. &lt;br /&gt;If the window is not visible, you can open it by clicking on the &amp;quot;View\Other Windows\Guidance Navigator Window&amp;quot; vs menu.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:InContextGuidance1.png]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:59:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Usage 20080314055916P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Usage</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;version=1</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
How to use it
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Once &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Usage"&gt;installed&lt;/a&gt;, you need to open Visual Studio 2008, and create or open an existing VShell Isolated solution. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In order to use &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;, you need to enable the &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; &amp;quot;Guidance Package&amp;quot; with the solution. &lt;br /&gt;You do this by following the steps:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Select the &amp;quot;Tools&amp;quot; menu and select &amp;quot;Guidance Package Manager&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click on the &amp;quot;Enable/Disable packages&amp;quot; button&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check the &amp;quot;VSShell Assist&amp;quot; guidance package in the list&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click OK and close the ‘Guidance Package Manager’ window &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:Usage.png]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Available guidance
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;To get started using &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;, right-click on the VSIP Package Project in the &amp;quot;Solution Explorer&amp;quot; and select &amp;quot;VSSDK Assist&amp;quot; from the context menu. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:Guidance1.png]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Note: If it is a new VSIP Package Project, it must be compiled &lt;b&gt;once&lt;/b&gt; to see the menus
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
In-Context Guidance
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
Guidance Navigator Window 
&lt;/h3&gt;Once &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt; is enabled for the solution, the &amp;quot;Guidance Navigator Window&amp;quot; will be activated and display details about the available guidance. &lt;br /&gt;If the window is not visible, you can open it by clicking on the &amp;quot;View\Other Windows\Guidance Navigator Window&amp;quot; vs menu.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:InContextGuidance1.png]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:53:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Usage 20080314055316P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Details</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;version=2</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
March 2008 CTP
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Features:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio 2008 RTM support&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX February 2008 support&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;DesignTime:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VSShell Setup Project Template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX recipe for testing the SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX recipe for testing the splash screen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX recipe for creating a pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Deliverables:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VSSDK Assist Asset Library reference&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VSShell Assist Platform VS Package&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VSShell Assist Guidance Package&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Details 20080314054943P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Details</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;version=1</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
March 2008 CTP
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Features:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio 2008 RTM support&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX February 2008 support&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;DesignTime:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VSShell Package Setup Project Template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX recipe for testing the SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX recipe for testing the splash screen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GAX recipe for creating a pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Deliverables:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VSSDK Assist Asset Library reference&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VSShell Assist Platform VS Package&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VSShell Assist Guidance Package&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Details 20080314054923P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Screenshots</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Screenshots&amp;version=2</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Enabling VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29884" alt="Enable1.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29885" alt="Enable2.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creating a VS Shell setup project&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29886" alt="AddSetup.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29887" alt="Setup1.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Testing the SLK/PLK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29883" alt="TestSLK.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Testing the splash screen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29882" alt="TestSplash.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creating a pkgdef file&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=29881" alt="CreatePkgdef.png" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:40:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Screenshots 20080314054008P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Screenshots</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Screenshots&amp;version=1</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Enabling VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:EnableGP.jpg]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creating a VS Shell setup project&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:EnableGP.jpg]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Testing the SLK/PLK&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:EnableGP.jpg]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Testing the splash screen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:EnableGP.jpg]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creating a pkgdef file&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="unresolved"&gt;Cannot resolve link: &lt;/span&gt;[image:EnableGP.jpg]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:37:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Screenshots 20080314053717P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=21</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
Introduction
&lt;/h2&gt;This is the home of &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;. A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Status update:
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Links
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Documentation&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;What is included?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Purpose
&lt;/h2&gt;The purpose of this project is to provide tools and guidance to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Target audience
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio enthusiasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Features overview
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell Setup project (wix based)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test VS Splash Screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utility:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create VS Package pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Screenshots&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Screenshots&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Revision history&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Getting started
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Contact
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information about the project and VSX related via my blog: &lt;a href="http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga" class="externalLink"&gt;http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact Pablo Galiano (&lt;a href="mailto:pga@clariusconsulting.net" class="externalLink"&gt;pga@clariusconsulting.net&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) if you are interested in helping out with this project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=22546" alt="VS_shell_logo.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=20334" alt="sf.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:34:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080314053447P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=20</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
Introduction
&lt;/h2&gt;This is the home of &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;. A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Status update:
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Links
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Documentation&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;What is included?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;| |&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;||&lt;br /&gt;| |&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;||&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Purpose
&lt;/h2&gt;The purpose of this project is to provide tools and guidance to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Target audience
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio enthusiasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Features overview
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell Setup project (wix based)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test VS Splash Screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utility:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create VS Package pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Screenshots&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Screenshots&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Revision history&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Getting started
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Contact
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information about the project and VSX related via my blog: &lt;a href="http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga" class="externalLink"&gt;http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact Pablo Galiano (&lt;a href="mailto:pga@clariusconsulting.net" class="externalLink"&gt;pga@clariusconsulting.net&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) if you are interested in helping out with this project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=22546" alt="VS_shell_logo.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=20334" alt="sf.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:34:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080314053403P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=19</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
Introduction
&lt;/h2&gt;This is the home of &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;. A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Status update:
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Links
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Documentation&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;What is included?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;| |&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;||&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Purpose
&lt;/h2&gt;The purpose of this project is to provide tools and guidance to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Target audience
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio enthusiasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Features overview
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell Setup project (wix based)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test VS Splash Screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utility:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create VS Package pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Screenshots&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Screenshots&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Details&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Revision history&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Getting started
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Usage&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Contact
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information about the project and VSX related via my blog: &lt;a href="http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga" class="externalLink"&gt;http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact Pablo Galiano (&lt;a href="mailto:pga@clariusconsulting.net" class="externalLink"&gt;pga@clariusconsulting.net&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) if you are interested in helping out with this project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=22546" alt="VS_shell_logo.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=20334" alt="sf.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:22:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080314052237P</guid></item><item><title>Source code checked in</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx</link><description>NoImpersonate.js added</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:57:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Source code checked in 20080314035733A</guid></item><item><title>Source code checked in</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx</link><description>GAX 1.4 support&amp;#13;&amp;#10;Setup project updated&amp;#13;&amp;#10;Recipes updated</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:56:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Source code checked in 20080314035639A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=18</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
Introduction
&lt;/h2&gt;This is the home of &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;. A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Status update:
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Links
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Documentation&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Purpose
&lt;/h2&gt;The purpose of this project is to provide tools and guidance to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Target audience
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio enthusiasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Features overview
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell Setup project (wix based)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test VS Splash Screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utility:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create VS Package pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Getting started
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Contact
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information about the project and VSX related via my blog: &lt;a href="http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga" class="externalLink"&gt;http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact Pablo Galiano (&lt;a href="mailto:pga@clariusconsulting.net" class="externalLink"&gt;pga@clariusconsulting.net&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) if you are interested in helping out with this project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=22546" alt="VS_shell_logo.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=20334" alt="sf.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:14:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080313071417P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Pre-requisites</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;version=4</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
This is the list of software pre-requisites for &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>PabloGaliano</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:11:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Pre-requisites 20080313071113P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=17</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
Introduction
&lt;/h2&gt;This is the home of &lt;b&gt;VSShell Assist&lt;/b&gt;. A visual toolset of utilities to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Status update:
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
March 2008 CTP version pre-requisites
&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 (Professional / Team Suite)&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30402623-93ca-479a-867c-04dc45164f5b&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 CTP&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF79C099-4753-4A59-91E3-5020D9714E4E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" class="externalLink"&gt;Guidance Automation Extensions February 2008 &lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Links
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Documentation&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Purpose
&lt;/h2&gt;The purpose of this project is to provide tools and guidance to create VS Shell Isolated applications.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Target audience
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visual Studio enthusiasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Features overview
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VS Shell Setup project (wix based)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configure VS Shell Load Key (SLK)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure VS Package Resources Load Key (PLK)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Test SLK/PLK&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test VS Splash Screen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Utility:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create VS Package pkgdef file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Getting started
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Pre-requisites&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/vsshellassist/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Install&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;How to install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
Contact
&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information about the project and VSX related via my blog: &lt;a href="http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga" class="externalLink"&gt;http://www.clariusconsulting.net/pga&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact Pablo Galiano (&lt;a href="mailto:pga@clariusconsulting.net" class="externalLink"&gt;pga@clariusconsulting.net&lt;span class="externalLinkIcon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) if you are interested in helping out with this project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=22546" alt="VS_shell_logo.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=vsshellassist&amp;amp;DownloadId=20334" alt="sf.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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