This extension to Visual Studio 2017 adds support to help build and test Win32/.NET applications you might have packaged into an APPX manually or using the Desktop App Converter.
A new project type with a configuration file you can modify to enable Visual Studio to deploy any updates you make to the binaries from editing your Win32/.NET projects directly into any existing AppX for testing purposes.
You can launch and debug the AppX directly from within Visual Studio when you hit F5. You can set a break point in your Win32/.NET code and step thru your code.
Show debugger configuration in the properties page after re-opening the project
What's new in this version (0.3)
New name that better reflects the purpose of the extension
PackageLayout property is stored in the project file (vsdproj) instead of the .user file
What's new in this version (0.2)
Allows specific of the Package Layout as a relative path
Addresses an issue where Visual Studio automatically converts the Desktop to UWP Packaging project type to a default C# project type.
Better error reporting when files specified in the manifest are not found in the project.
Known Issues
Projects created with the previous version of the extension (0.1) need to be manually upgraded : Add the following ProjectTypeGuid property to the first property group in the .vsdproj file:
