Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, and Corel PHOTO-PAINT provide an integrated development environment (IDE) for creating VSTA macro projects. Called the VSTA Editor, this IDE is similar to the Macro Editor (which is the IDE for VBA macro projects in Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, and Corel PHOTO-PAINT). You can use the VSTA Editor to perform various tasks related to VSTA macros.
To use the VSTA Editor, you must have Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 installed.
You can open the VSTA Editor from within Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, or Corel PHOTO-PAINT. To open the VSTA Editor, do any of the following:
To switch between the VSTA Editor and the application, use the Windows taskbar, or press Alt + Shift F12 or Alt + Tab.
For more detailed information on VSTA and its programming environment, please consult the Help menu in the VSTA Editor.