Powertoys WebLog

Browse by Tags

All Tags » Purchase Required (May have free Demo) (RSS)

MaxiVista: More than Just a Good Product Name

So I've been trying out MaxiVista for a few weeks now and have some impressions that you may or may not consider a review. If you don't know... Maxivista is software that creates an additional monitor for your machine by using a second PC (or laptop) Read More...

Posted Monday, January 24, 2005 1:31 PM by Powertoys | 9 Comments

Filed under: _Productivity Tools (Non-VS), Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

BuildOne to Make Builds More Efficient

Just got mail about this add-in. Looks like a good time saver if you work with large multi-project solutions that reference each other. "While developing a large product with VS .NET, I couldn't help but notice that as the Solution larger and larger, Read More...

Posted Friday, January 14, 2005 12:40 PM by Powertoys | 3 Comments

Filed under: _Add-Ins for VS, VS 2003, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

Free Visual Studio Partner Product DVD

I should have covered this a long time ago, but I was reminded today by Brian that we offer a free VSIP partner product DVD . I can't tell from the site which ones are the full versions and which ones are only demos, but it doesn't cost much to find out. Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:50 PM by Powertoys | 3 Comments

Filed under: _VSIP Packages for VS, VS 2003, Freeware/Donationware, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

MZ-Tools 4.0 the "all-in-one" add-in for VS .Net 2002 and 2003

Via The Daily Grind " MZ-Tools 4.0 for Visual Studio .NET - I used MZ-Tools for VB6; it's a great set of add-ins. I hadn't realized that there was a version for VB .NET with such features as fast control name editing, some refactoring, private clipboards, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:32 PM by Powertoys | 1 Comments

Filed under: _Add-Ins for VS, VS 2002, VS 2003, Code Profiling, Generation, Optimizing, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

PowerTrack 2004 for Project Management inside Visual Studio.NET

Official Site: http://www.axosoft.com/products/powertrack.aspx Official Line: "This Must-Have Add-In for Visual Studio.NET 2002/2003 gives software developers the ability to track projects, defects and features without ever leaving the Visual Studio IDE. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:04 PM by Powertoys | 0 Comments

Filed under: _Add-Ins for VS, Testing Tools, VS 2003, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

Add-in Express: Make Office Add-in Development Easier

This looks pretty cool - Josh Web Site: http://www.add-in-express.com Quick Description: " Add-in Express is completely based on the rapid application development paradigm, installs several .NET or VCL components, and adds to IDE several wizards. The Read More...

Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 5:02 PM by Powertoys | 0 Comments

Filed under: _Add-Ins for VS, VS 2003, Code Profiling, Generation, Optimizing, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

Add all of Safari’s book Content to your Help in VS 2005

The Quote: Safari’s Visual Studio Help Integration (VSHI) tool lets you search across Safari’s online repository of over 2000 technical titles to find exactly the example or code fragment you need to answer the question at hand. Best of all, these results Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:26 PM by Powertoys | 3 Comments

Filed under: _Add-Ins for VS, VS 2005, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

FinalBuilder for Automated Software Builds Now

Sure, in Whidbey you'll have the all powerfull MSbuild solution, but FinalBuilder looks like a pretty cool solution you can use today. Roy likes it . :-) From the Web Site: http://www.atozedsoftware.com/finalbuilder/ Software projects are inherently complex, Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:40 PM by Powertoys | 4 Comments

Filed under: Deployment Tools, _Productivity Tools (Non-VS), Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

Visual Assist X from Whole Tomato Software

People send me mail that asks "What about Visual Assist X?". This blog gets comments like "Tool X is nothing compared to the Whole Tomato stuff". In chats I've seen "Why don't you guys just buy the Whole Tomato stuff and ship it in the box?". I'll admit, Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:26 PM by Powertoys | 6 Comments

Filed under: _VSIP Packages for VS, _Add-Ins for VS, VS 2002, VS 2003, Code Profiling, Generation, Optimizing, Purchase Required (May have free Demo), VS 6.0

ReSharper: C# Refactoring and More Tool

Even when Whidbey gives you refactoring you'll probably still want some of the other features that Resharper provides. Check it out. Josh [Via Paschal L ] When the Java world come to the .Net world, they produce something superb as Reshaper. ReSharper Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:13 PM by Powertoys | 7 Comments

Filed under: _Add-Ins for VS, VS 2003, Purchase Required (May have free Demo)

Free home edition of XMLSpy

I'll admit, until recently I've heard a number of internal people remark on how great a tool XMLSpy was. I've never personally used it, but it does seem to have a following. Anyway, they now have a free home edition that should tide you over until VS Read More...

Posted Saturday, June 05, 2004 1:33 AM by Powertoys | 11 Comments