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Building a Better Notepad with Notepad2.exe

I had to add this one since it's making the rounds. The official site for Notepad2 has this to say: The original Notepad shipped with Windows is probably the handiest program of all times, small, fast, without frills! Notepad2 tries to follow this principle, Read More...
Posted Friday, April 30, 2004 7:09 PM by Powertoys | 15 Comments

Creating a Help Collection Using the Help Integration Wizard Beta

Via Robert I discovered the Help Integration Wizard. From Roberts Post: A team at Microsoft had FINALLY made it dirt-simple to create an integrated VS.NET help collection, without making it ridiculously convoluted, aka the VSHIK. They laughed and assured Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:11 AM by Powertoys | 0 Comments

AssemblyToVisio - Visio 2003 UML diagram generator

Sent to me ( Josh ) from one of our Microsoft consultants.... http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=375f1eea-c60c-4cbe-ac12-1335899c6566 AssemblyToVisio - Visio 2003 UML diagram generator This tool fulfills the need that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 1:22 AM by Powertoys | 18 Comments

Add #Region Macro

Another macro from Devhawk allows you to quickly add your own regions to code. From his site: http://www.devhawk.net/art_addregion.aspx In order to make it easier to create regions in my code, I wrote this macro. It asks the developer for a region name, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:39 AM by Powertoys | 6 Comments

Set IDE to Demo Mode Fonts

Via Devhawk comes a macro to set the editor fonts to and from a preset demo mode size and font combo. Private Sub SetEditorFonts( ByVal size As Integer , ByVal family As String , ByVal bold As Boolean ) Dim Props As Properties Props = DTE.Properties("FontsAndColors", Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:29 AM by Powertoys | 4 Comments

Share and Find Code Snippets with CodeSwap

UPDATE: Only works with VS 2002. I think this kind of thing is pretty cool. The CodeSwap tool lets you easily share and find code snippets for use right from the VS .Net IDE. I hope they release a version that compliments the new snippet features in Visual Read More...
Posted Monday, April 26, 2004 7:19 PM by Powertoys | 19 Comments

Write an Add-In or a Macro and Win!

Roy has organized a coding contest challenging you to build and submit the coolest Add-In or Macro you can for Visual Studio. I suggest watching Craig's webcast and getting started! Here is a look at the current prizes for a bit of motivation. [UPDATE Read More...
Posted Friday, April 23, 2004 1:16 PM by Powertoys | 3 Comments
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Fiddler for HTTP Debugging Issues

Another tool found it's way into my inbox today from Eric Lawrence- “ Need to monitor or modify HTTP traffic? Try Fiddler .” From the site: http://www.fiddlertool.com/fiddler/ Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:18 PM by Powertoys | 2 Comments

Code Template Add-In for Code Expansions in VS .NET 2003

Eddie sent this one my way for posting. With this Add-In you can define keywords that will be expanded out to the code chunks you've attatched to those keywords. From the site : http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/CodeTemplateNET.asp Code<Template>.NET Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:58 AM by Powertoys | 6 Comments

IL Language Service for VS

This package provides syntax highlighting for IL files in the Visual Studio .NET text editor. Its source is also a very simple example of a language service that uses the VSIP Babel library. Note that it doesn't have Intellisense support right now, so Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:33 AM by Powertoys | 9 Comments

ConfigBuilder Visual Studio Custom Code Generation Tool

Our first submission comes from John Lewicki. Thanks! From his comments: Some of you may be interested in a tool I recently posted to Workspaces, that is intended to make working with custom configuration sections as painless as possible. Workspace : Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:21 PM by Powertoys | 4 Comments

Resource Editor for VS.NET 2003 made with VSIP Extras!

Check out this Resource Editor made with the VSIPExtras by Gaston . Features listed from the site include: Integrated on Visual Studio .NET 2003 Edit .resx and .resources files Explore resources in .dll and .exe files, then for example, you can open and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:41 PM by Powertoys | 4 Comments

Easy File Finder Add-In for VS 2003

Until you get to use the swanky new Whidbey UI for navigating your solution you might find this add-in helpfull. JWPayne posted about it first here on the GDN powertoys forum . From his post: VS File Finder creates a new tool window in the IDE that lists Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:30 PM by Powertoys | 6 Comments

Create C# Code Snippets with Snippy

Gus wrote a tool that works with Visual Studio 2005 to create code snippets (aka code expansions). He calls it Snippy . Now I have this image of a smug paper clip offering me some code as I walk by. Josh Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:42 PM by Powertoys | 2 Comments

Command Prompt Bar for CMD.EXE Inside the Windows Explorer

If you love your command prompt or wondered what life would be like without the “CMDHere.exe” XP Powertoy then you really should check out the Command Prompt Explorer Bar . Now, if I can get Pavel to join the VSCMDShell project I'd be set! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:36 PM by Powertoys | 8 Comments

SlickRun to define "MagicWords" for fast app launching

Via Roy I found SlickRun which sets up a semi-transparent textbox on top of my taskbar for me to quickly define and enter shortcut words for launching apps from a command line. Pretty Cool. Josh Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:28 PM by Powertoys | 2 Comments

Welcome to the Powertoys Blog

In June 2003 Visual Studio team members worked to release the first set of Powertoys for Visual Studio 2003 . There have since been several requests for us to start featuring add-ins, packages, macros, and other tools developed by the community on that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:05 PM by Powertoys | 0 Comments
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Hello World Test Post

This blog will have something to do with http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/ide and the extensibility developer center. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:26 PM by Powertoys | 0 Comments
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