Creating a new SSMS Ecosystem Project Plugin
I recently wanted to create an SSMS plugin so I was happy to run across Red Gate’s SSMS ecosystem project . It comes with the C# code for a sample plugin, which is nice. But I couldn’t find any documentation on how to setup a new plugin from strach. It wasn’t hard to figure out though. One Time Setup The first thing you need to do is to install the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem Framework . This only has to be done once – it doesn’t have to be repeated for every plugin you write. Each Time Setup Here are the steps to follow in Visual Studio for every plugin you create: 1) Create a new Class Library 2) Search Nuget for “Redgate SSMS” and install the RedGate.SIPFrameworkShared package. 3) Rename Class1 to something more fitting. 4) At the top of your code add “using RedGate.SIPSharedFramework”. 5) Create a registry entry for your plugin. The location will depend on whether you’re running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows. 32-bit: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Red Gate\SIPFramework\Plugins 64-bi...