In my debugging solution for a DSL package i specify the DirectiveProcessor for the templates to generate custom code.

I am trying to understand how the corresponding class is loaded?

This class is apparently generated in the original DSL project ,but the Debugging project doesn't seem to be referencing this dll anywhere , How is the reference to the dll generated in the original project resolved.

thanks

Neeraj

Hi Neeraj,

When you build the original project, the attribute "ProvideDirectiveProcessor" on your package class is used to put some entries in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\TextTemplating\DirectiveProcessors

The text templating host for Visual Studio that we ship with the DSL Tools knows about thi sregistry location and uses it to lookup directive processors by name and thus find the assembly to load.