NppCppMSVS version 1.6: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

• Updated files in the Host directory to Notepad++ 8.8.9.
• Added support files FileDialogBase.h and UnicodeFormatTranslation.h and updated documentation.

To install the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.6.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find C++ Plugin for Notepad++ available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose Continue without code; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options...; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.

NppCppMSVS version 1.5: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

• Updated files in the Host directory to Notepad++ 8.8.6.

To install the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.5.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find C++ Plugin for Notepad++ available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose Continue without code; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options...; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.

NppCppMSVS version 1.4: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

• Corrected errors in fromWide and toWide functions that could cause them to fail with very large strings.
• Updated files in the Host directory to Notepad++ 8.8.5 and Scintilla 5.5.7.
• Updated Nlohmann JSON for Modern C++ to version 3.12.0.

To install the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.4.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find C++ Plugin for Notepad++ available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose Continue without code; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options...; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.

NppCppMSVS version 1.3: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

• Updated files in the Host directory to Notepad++ 8.8.1 and Scintilla 5.5.6.

To install the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.3.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find C++ Plugin for Notepad++ available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose Continue without code; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options...; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.

NppCppMSVS version 1.2: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

• Added a PowerShell script, ZipForRelease.ps1, to make zip files for x86 and x64 releases. This script is in the root folder, and it puts the zip files in the Releases folder under the root folder. It also adds hashes for the zip files to Releases\Hashes.txt; these are needed if you want to add the plugin to the Notepad++ Plugins List.

To install the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.2.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find C++ Plugin for Notepad++ available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose Continue without code; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options...; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.

NppCppMSVS version 1.1: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

• Updated Scintilla files in the Host directory to Scintilla 5.5.5 (will be in Notepad++ v8.7.9).
• Changed npp template in Framework\UtilityFramework.h to support enum arguments without casting.
• Changed the name that shows in the Visual Studio project templates list to C++ Plugin for Notepad++.
• Corrected installation instructions.

To install the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.1.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find C++ Plugin for Notepad++ available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose Continue without code; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options...; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.

NppCppMSVS version 1.0: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin

This is the first release of NppCppMSVS: A Visual Studio Project Template for a Notepad++ C++ Plugin.

This project is not a part of Notepad++ and is not endorsed by the author of Notepad++.

To use the template, download NppCppMSVS-1.0.zip and place it in the Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates folder within your Documents folder. Don’t unzip it! The next time you start Visual Studio and choose Create a new project, you’ll find Notepad++ C++ Plugin available as a C++ project template.

(If you don’t have the folder described above: Open Visual Studio 2022 and choose “Continue without code”; from the menu bar, select Tools | Options…; in the Projects and Solutions section, select Locations. User project template location shows the path to the correct folder in which to place the zip file.)

There is a help file, which is also included in the template.