Are there any extensibility kits/ packages available for extending/adding the following features in Visual Studio .NET 2005 -

1. Adding custom menu items (say e.g "View my Designer") to the menu bar that appears on right clicking a asp.net website project.

2. Invoking a designer page on clicking the "View my designer"menu item.

3. Add custom designer toolbox (similar to the existing Class Designer toolbox) on the designer page.

4. Add custom designer items to the custom designer toolbox and drag/drop it to the designer page.

Thus the extensibility is to have my own designer on lines similar to the Class Diagram Designer available with Visual Studio .NET 2005.

If possible, suggest me on the approaches to be adopted?

What you're looking for is what is provided by the Microsoft DSL Tools: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/workshop/DSLTools/default.aspx

What you're looking for is what is provided by the Microsoft DSL Tools: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/workshop/DSLTools/default.aspx

Thanks for the useful information.

Please advise me on the steps to be performed to -

1. Extend the Visual Studio 2005 IDE by adding a custom menu item.
2. Invoke a custom graphical designer from the custom menu item. The designer has been created and deployed within VS 2005 using Microsoft Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Tools.
3. Use an XML Parser to read the XML data (containing the design information) and Save it to a database.