Weak Examples, Not Much Meat
This book may have some content that is hard to find anywhere else but overall it was a big disappointment for me. I was looking for some real insight in how to write effective macros for manipulating text and this book only had 1 chapter on "the code model." The chapter was devoid of any decent example of using the TextSelection object.
I also didn't like the fact that the 3 author approach was so obvious. Some examples were in VB and some in C#. You would think they'd write the whole book in 1 language. I don't care which one but pick one. Since macros have to be written in VB.Net you'd think the whole book would have been in VB.Net.
This one missed the mark for me.
Probably the most frustrating and poorly informative book I've ever read
Title pretty much says it all. For each item covered the coverage is peurile and sparse. Each example tantalises you with lore, only to keep most of it hidden inside the authors' brains.
Admittedly attempting to document the dog's breakfast that is Visual Studio was always going to be an impossible task, but I think the authors have managed to fail to live up to even that low ceiling. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
Good Stuff
This book does a good job of filling in the holes the online help leaves when it comes to the autmoation object model. I found ti very helpful. Much better than the other Micorsoft Press books I've purchased.
Exactly what you need to automate or extend VS.NET
All the tools in just one place.
Title is misleading
The title of this book should have been ".NET Add-in's and Macros" instead of "Inside Visual Studio .NET". I wonder how many people have been misled thinking they were getting a book on how to use the IDE. In fact the first few chapters seem to indicate this confusingly!
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