Monthly Archives: December 2013

Visual Studio code formatting options per solution, directory and file

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Studio supports only one global set of code formatting options. If you work on several projects/solutions with different formatting styles, you need to change global text formatting options each time you change projects: If you work on a small … Continue reading →

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Visual Commander v1.5 adds navigation to relevant code from compiler errors

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander is a freemium extension for Visual Studio 2010+ allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in the IDE. Visual Commander Professional v1.5 adds the ability to double-click on a compiler error in the Compilation status box and navigate directly … Continue reading →

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Show all mnemonics in Visual Studio .rc dialog designer for native C++ code

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

“Normally, keyboard users move the input focus from one control to another in a dialog box with the TAB and ARROW keys. However, you can define an access key (a mnemonic or easy-to-remember name) that allows users to choose a … Continue reading →

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Visual Commander v1.4 enables commands reordering and adds the Save Macro command

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander is a freemium extension for Visual Studio 2010+ allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in the IDE. Visual Commander Professional v1.4 allows you to reorder commands with the mouse in the Commands window and sort them by name … Continue reading →

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Remember size and position of the Refactoring – Rename – Preview Changes window in Visual Studio

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

Many dialogs in Visual Studio don’t remember their size and position, always opening with the same size. If this default size is small, each time you need to manually resize it to make usable. One of these dialogs is Refactoring … Continue reading →

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C++ Rename refactoring for Visual Studio 2013

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual C++ Refactoring extension by Microsoft Visual C++ team lets you rename symbols in C++ code, automatically changing the declaration and all references: You select a symbol in code, invoke Refactor – Rename, enter a new name, preview and select … Continue reading →

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OzCode debugging extension for Visual Studio

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Sergey Vlasov

OzCode enhances C# debugging in Visual Studio. The extension was originally called BugAid (see my review), but in June 2013 became a part of CodeValue. Recently they filmed a demo video on Channel 9 showing major features in action. On … Continue reading →

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