Visual Studio Tools for Office: Code Snippets 1.0.0

Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) code snippets are pre-written pieces of code that can be inserted into your VSTO projects to provide common functionality or accelerate development.

To use VSTO code snippets in Visual Studio, you can either manually insert them into your code files or use the code snippet picker to browse and insert them.

VSTO code snippets can be found in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), under the 'Code Snippets' section in the 'Insert Snippet' menu.

Yes, you can create your own VSTO code snippets by defining the desired code snippet structure using XML and saving it with a .snippet file extension.

Some common use cases for VSTO code snippets include adding event handlers, implementing ribbon customization, working with document properties, and interacting with Office APIs.

Yes, you can customize existing VSTO code snippets by modifying their XML structure or code content to suit your specific requirements.

VSTO code snippets are designed to provide frequently used or boilerplate code, but they may not cover all possible scenarios. Customization or manual coding might be required for complex requirements.

Yes, you can share VSTO code snippets with your team by distributing the .snippet files or by providing them with the XML structure to manually create the code snippets in their Visual Studio installations.

VSTO code snippets are supported in Visual Studio 2010 and later versions.

Yes, the official Microsoft documentation provides detailed information on using VSTO code snippets and creating custom snippets.