VisualStudio.Net Add-in written in Delphi, part 2
Ok, adding a new tool window wasn't hard at all, actually it's quite simple.
Just create an ActiveX form, get it's GUID from the type library window View -> Type Library
and call the following functions:
myToolWindow = DTE(Application).Windows.CreateToolWindow(AddInInstance, 'your_library.activex_form', 'Some Title', '{THE GUID}', dummyIDsipatch);
The form is just like any other form in Delphi, you might want to set the form's AxBorderStyle
to efbNone
.
One ting, when creating an activex form Delphi automatically changes the target extention to ocx
, I didn't like that and changed it back to the normal dll
. Also, don't forget to register the "ActiveX Server" when you added a new COM object, otherwise the GUID won't be registered in the registry.