Secret revealed
In a previous post (Extra, Extra – Read all about it!) I mentioned an upcoming highly requested feature. Well, it’s here. Last night we released the Visual Studio, code name “Orcas” March 2007 CTP. In this release you will find a number of VS, Language, and Platform features. And the System AddIn library has a new feature. We extended Add-in activation beyond AppDomains to support activating Add-In’s out of process! I will post more on the Add-In team blog about the feature (as well as a little refactoring of the code we did) but here is a little code snippet using the calculator sample from our MSDN articles, showing how simple it is to activate an Add-In out of process and some additional control you may attain as a Host using process isolation.
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AddInToken calcToken = ChooseCalculator(tokens);
//Activate the selected AddInToken in a new AppDomain sandboxed in the internet zone
//Calculator calculator = calcToken.Activate<Calculator>(AddInSecurityLevel.Internet);
AddInProcess addInProcess = new AddInProcess();
Process HostProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Calc Host PID: " + HostProcess.Id.ToString());
// The Process ID is -1 (i.e., Unassigned. Not yet created until Activate)
System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("addInProcess PID: " + addInProcess.ProcessId.ToString());
Calculator calculator = calcToken.Activate<Calculator>(addInProcess, AddInSecurityLevel.FullTrust);
// Get the AddinProcess created
Process tmpAddinProcess = Process.GetProcessById(addInProcess.ProcessId);
// Constrain the process WS
tmpAddinProcess.MaxWorkingSet = (IntPtr)((long)tmpAddinProcess.MaxWorkingSet - (long)tmpAddinProcess.MinWorkingSet / 2);
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Where can I get the bits?
Use the following links for step-by-step instructions on installing and using the VPC images or installable bits.