Is the StrataFrame menu from within Visual Studio missing? If so, the problem is probably two-fold. First, make sure that you have the StrataFrame.AddIn file located on your user folder. Here is an example path:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\AddIns
The file name is "StrataFrame.AddIn"
If this file exists, then more than likely an error occured when Visual Studio was loading StrataFrame which caused the AddIn to remove itself. First, the StrataFrame database MUST be installed and accessible. The first time that you go into Visual Studio after installing SF, it will pop-up a window asking you to point the SQL Server where the StrataFrame database was installed. If this doesn't happen, then we can go from there.
First, make sure that your StrataFrame.AddIn file exists and looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<Extensibility xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/AutomationExtensibility">
<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio Macros</Name>
<Version>8.0</Version>
</HostApplication>
<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
<Version>8.0</Version>
</HostApplication>
<Addin>
<FriendlyName>StrataFrame Add-In Manager</FriendlyName>
<Description>Adds extended functionality to the Visual Studio development environment for teh MicroFour StrataFrame Application Framework and Database Management Toolkit.</Description>
<AboutBoxDetails>For more information about MicroFour StrataFrame, visit our website at\rhttp://www.strataframe.net\rCopyright (c) 2005 MicroFour, Inc. Inc.</AboutBoxDetails>
<Assembly>C:\Program Files\Common Files\MicroFour\StrataFrame\MicroFour StrataFrame AddIns.dll</Assembly>
<FullClassName>MicroFour.StrataFrame.AddIns.AddInManager</FullClassName>
<LoadBehavior>1</LoadBehavior>
<CommandPreload>0</CommandPreload>
<CommandLineSafe>0</CommandLineSafe>
</Addin>
</Extensibility>
After you change the StrataFrame.AddIn file to match what is above, go back into Visual Studio to see if you get any type of warning or error. If so, then post it here so we can go from there.