LazyMagic

LazyMagic Extension for Visual Studio Windows

Prerequisites: Visual Studio 2022 IDE
Estimated Time: 2 minutes
Estimated Cost: none

This optional step installs the LazyMagic extension to the Visual Studio IDE. The LazyMagic extension adds a "Generate Projects" item to the Tools menu. If you are using Visual Studio, we highly recommend you install this extension.

Install Steps

The extension is optional, you can use the dotnet LazyMagicCLI tool instead.

  1. Close all open instances of Visual Studio.
  2. Install Visual Studio Extension
    1. Open LazyMagic Releases on GitHub.
    2. Select the v1.4.6 release.
    3. Download the LazyMagicVsExt.vsix file
    4. Execute LazyMagicVsExt.vsix to start the installation process.
    Notes:
  • We no longer support Visual Studio IDE on Mac as Microsoft is no longer supporting that product.
  • The LazyMagicMDD, which includes both the Visual Studio extension and CLI, are open source under the GPL license. None of the code in the LazyMagicMDD project are included in your generated systems. A proprietary license for commercial use and support is available from Insight Sciences Corporation. All of the LazyMagic libraries that may be included with your application are distributed under the permissive MIT License.

Updating the LazyMagic Extension

Just repeat the steps for install with a newer version of the vsix.

Uninstall the LazyMagic Extension

Use the Visual Studio IDE Extensions menu item.