Visual Studio integration

To enhance the developer experience, custom ArcGIS templates, wizards, classes, and dialog boxes have been added to the Visual Studio integrated developer environment (IDE). The ArcGIS Visual Studio IDE Integration Framework is an optional installation feature included with the ArcObjects software development kit (SDK) for .NET.

The IDE Integration Framework includes features for both add-in development (introduced with ArcGIS 10) as well as extending ArcObjects. See the following topics for additional information about each of the IDE frameworks:

In addition, there are IDE integration components that both add-in developers and developers extending ArcObjects will find useful. These are covered in the following topics:

You may also encounter issues when working with IntelliSense and F1 help. If you do encounter issues, review Common issues with IntelliSense and F1 help to understand them.