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OK. I've downloaded the VS2010 trial version of SimpleDB Management Tools and unzipped to a folder. Looking at the files, there's no MSI or MSIX.... I feel stupid, but how am I supposed to install for use in VS?
1/10/2011 10:14 AM 2,490 AmazonDdexEntries.pkgdef
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The downloaded package is a VSIX file. By default, the VSIX format is associated with a VSIX installer, so you should just be able to double-click the VSIX file to install it. However, it is possible that for some reason the file has come down to you with a .ZIP file extension (perhaps a browser or download utility being too clever for its own good!). If so, change the .ZIP extension to .VSIX. Then double-click to run the installer. Alternatively, it is possible that the file has a VSIX extension, but that the file association has been changed from the VSIX installer to an unzip program. In this case you can still run the installer by hand: open a VS command prompt (Start > Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 > Visual Studio Tools > Visual Studio Command Prompt) and type vsixinstaller path_to_vsix. Finally, the simplest way of all is not to download the VSIX yourself, but instead: - go into Visual Studio This will download and install the package. |
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Thanks!! Hope this helps someone else. :-) After some trawling, I concluded that it must be a simple extension issue... and confirmed by the timele response above that changing .zip to .vsix is the solution. (first time I've come across .vsix) For some reason my Extension Manager Online Gallery can't contact the server (yeah, tried that route too!), but at least now Extension Manager confirms that Management Tools is installed. Time to have some more fun!
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