visualstudio.extension: Support offline layouts

[pascalberger]

It would be great if the visualstudio.extension could also be used to install offline layouts. Instead of passing a download URL in this case the link to the offline layout could be passed to the helper.

[jberezanski]

Yes, I've been thinking about it, too. I believe it should be quite easy to implement.

[jberezanski]

This is now supported in extension version 1.5.0, released today.

Example usage:

# Create the layout. VS will not be actually installed, the installation will "fail" with code 814.
cinst -y visualstudio2017professional --params "--layout D:\VS2017Prof"
# Install from the layout.
cinst -y visualstudio2017professional --params "--bootstrapperPath D:\VS2017Prof\vs_Professional.exe"

[jberezanski]

The feature has been available for a few months now, so I'll close the issue.