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Xaml Viewer for Whidbey

Gaston Milano posted a VSIP based Xaml viewer for Whidbey. "Features: Right click in xaml files to...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/24/2004

VBCommenter for XML Comment Generation in VS .Net 2003

A personal entry for me. Today I reached the end of my intended roadmap and released version 1.2 of...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/23/2004

Guidelines – a hidden feature for the Visual Studio Editor

By popular request... Guidelines are visible column indicators for the VS Editor. For more info on...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/18/2004

Beyond Google... Koders.com - Open Source Code Search Engine

Found Via DotNetBoy... www.koders.com - Open Source Code Search Engine You'll want to be careful...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/16/2004

PowerTrack 2004 for Project Management inside Visual Studio.NET

Official Site: https://www.axosoft.com/products/powertrack.aspx Official Line: "This Must-Have Add-In...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/10/2004

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

This looks pretty cool - Josh Web Site: https://www.add-in-express.com Quick Description: "Add-in...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/08/2004

Zanebug: Unit Testing With Cool Perf Analysis

Via Adapdev.com: Zanebug is an advanced unit testing application for .NET. It supports existing...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/08/2004

VS Addin for Managing Version Information

Via Matt Hawley: "I was reading this weeks Code Project newsletter, when I came across an updated...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/08/2004

Make Code Comments Pretty with CommentReflower

Ian wrote a cool VS 2003 plugin that makes comments in code more readable. From the Site: "Comment...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/08/2004

NUnit & VS Integration Macro (Via Rido)

Rido sent me mail about this macro this morning. "I've written a macro that sets the project...

Author: Powertoys Date: 11/06/2004

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...

Author: Powertoys Date: 10/21/2004

SharpTools Extensible VS Add-In with Plug-in style SDK

If you've ever created an add-in for Visual Studio .Net you know that, for first timers, the...

Author: Powertoys Date: 10/13/2004

VB.NET Class Builder Utility 1.0

Sure... I think the Whidbey Class Designer rocks. But you don't have Whidbey today, so you might be...

Author: Powertoys Date: 10/12/2004

Simple Macro for Formatting Code to HTML from within VS 2003

Via .Avery: "Code -> HTML in VS.NET - Cory comes up with a cool macro to send your code to word...

Author: Powertoys Date: 10/07/2004

Write and Execute C# Files from the Command Line with C# Script Executor

I'll admit... I've never been a scripting junkie. I've only dabbled in perl. Even if it takes me...

Author: Powertoys Date: 10/06/2004

Spell Checking your Source Code

I’m going to try something new today… a pseudo review/comparison of two similar add-ins that people...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/29/2004

Notepad++ Another Fast Notepad replacement with syntax highlighting

We covered Notepad2.exe before, but Don sent me his "NotePad++" application to try. The main...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/28/2004

WsContractFirst Add-In for improved “Contract First” Web services development

Christian, an RD from thinktecture sent us mail about thier WSContractFirst Add-In. From the Add-In...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/15/2004

Unleash It for file deployment hits Version 2.0

I blogged about the 1.0 release of this tool that was called "WebDeploy". Well, it's grown up a lot...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/09/2004

Verify Web Site Accessibility with the Web Accessibility Toolbar

Via Roberdan: https://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/toolbar/ The Web Accessibility Toolbar is...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/09/2004

DPack Free Add-In Collection (Code/File/Framework Browsing, Bookmarking, Surround With, and Code Nav)

Out of the mailbag Sergey, from Usysware, sent along this collection of free add-ins for your...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/09/2004

Special QuickWatch for a DataSet Add-In (A glimpse into the Visualizer Future)

Another one I found Via Roy. Mohammed developed, what is essentially, a visualizer you can use with...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/09/2004

FinalBuilder for Automated Software Builds Now

Sure, in Whidbey you'll have the all powerfull MSbuild solution, but FinalBuilder looks like a...

Author: Powertoys Date: 09/09/2004

Regions Add-In for VS.NET 2003

I found this one submitted as an entry to the contest. It's simple, does just what it says it will...

Author: Powertoys Date: 08/17/2004

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...

Author: Powertoys Date: 08/12/2004

PagePorter Professional 1.0 to Ease Frontpage <-> Visual Studio Migration

Honestly, I haven't been able to try this one out since there is a restriction on the install if you...

Author: Powertoys Date: 08/04/2004

Welcome to the Developer PowerToys

The Developer PowerToys site is a "work in progress" directory of cool utilities and tools developed...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/27/2004

Regular Expression Language Service

At TechEd the VS Extensibility team held a “feature cook-off” where the audience was...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/27/2004

Annotation Package

Do you want to be a part of this cool VSIP package that allows you to annotate your source code and...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/21/2004

Add Functionality Anywhere in VS with PocketProd

I would describe this add-in as “External Tools on Steroids“, but Richard, from...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/15/2004

Bootstrapper Manifest Generator

The Bootstrapper Manifest Generator was created to make it easier to create custom packages for...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/07/2004

Code Template Autocompletion for VS 2002 and VS 2003

When it rains it pours. I found this in my inbox this morning and it looks pretty cool. Here is the...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/07/2004

Spices.VSIP.Net development build obfuscation verification debug deploy

Spices.VSIP.Net delivers full features set of Spices.Net into Visual Studio, now you can expand you...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/07/2004

devAdvantage for C# code analysis and automated code reviews

Another one from the mailbag via Dan! devAdvantage beta 2.0 is now available for free download and...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/07/2004

Toggle Design and Source Windows Macro

This one comes from Austin out of our mailbag. Thanks - Josh I got tired of using the F7, Shift-F7...

Author: Powertoys Date: 07/02/2004

Codebrarian Add-in BETA Release for VS Plugins

This looks like the start of something pretty cool if you like the concept of a plugin environment...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/29/2004

Send F1 Searches Online to Google with this Macro

Marty wrote a Macro for VS that performs a google search on the current F1 keyword in the IDE. Check...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/26/2004

WebDeploy 1.0 for Extension Based File Deployment

[Via eWorld.UI - Matt Hawley] WebDeploy has hit 1.0! There aren't any earth shattering additions,...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/24/2004

IAccessible Implementation Sample for a Custom Push Button Published!

Fiona, one of the devs on my team VSCore, has put together a really nice sample on how to implement...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/18/2004

CoadTools Quick Test C# Project Template

Noah Coad left a comment to our entry about the Snippet Compiler to inform us of a quick c# project...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/18/2004

MbUnit 2.15.1 Beta released....

[Via Peli's Blog] MbUnit 2.1.5.1 Beta is ready for download. Try it and send me the problems you...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/16/2004

VSBlogger

At TechEd 2004 I demoed a RSS Reader Add-in for Visual Studio. I finally packaged up the sources and...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/14/2004

VSTabs: VS 2003 File Tab Channel Replacement

Hot off the presses from Jonathan Payne: VSTabs is a new Visual Studio 2003 add-in that replaces the...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/12/2004

Reflector Graph v1.2 Add-In released

After I posted about Reflector a user asked "What does this do that the built in object browser...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/12/2004

Regex Much? Check out "The Regulator"</Arnold Voice>

So recently I've been tinkering a bit with an app to scrape my .Text referral logs. I also wanted to...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/10/2004

ReSharper: C# Refactoring and More Tool

Even when Whidbey gives you refactoring you'll probably still want some of the other features that...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/09/2004

devMetrics 1.0: Free C# Software Metrics

From Dan at anticipatingminds.... Anticipating Minds has a new Visual Studio .NET Add-in: devMetrics...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/05/2004

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...

Author: Powertoys Date: 06/05/2004

Threat Modeling Tool Posted

I've seen Micheal talk about security a number of times and it's always entertaining as well as...

Author: Powertoys Date: 05/25/2004

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