Visual Studio 2005 IDE Enhancements

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Visual Studio 2005IDE Enhancements
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Agenda
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Application Designer
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Application designer
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Application Designer
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Application designer
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Application designer
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Resources
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Configuration and Settings
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Configuration and Settings
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Settings Architecture
SettingsBase
ApplicationSettingsBase
WindowsApp1Settings
My.Settings
Provider Interface
LocalSettings
Remote
Sql
Custom
Access
Custom
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Settings Architecture
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Settings
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Settings Architecture
Myapp.exe.config ltapplicationSettingsgt lt/a
pplicationSettingsgt
fred.config ltuserSettingsgt lt/userSettingsgt
ethel.config ltuserSettingsgt lt/userSettingsgt
gladys.config ltuserSettingsgt lt/userSettingsgt
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Managing settings
My.Settings.UseHighQuality True Settings
automatically loaded on first access
My.Settings.UseHighQuality TrueMy.Settings.Save
()
Private Sub Settings_SettingChanging(ByVal sender
As Object, ByVal e As SettingsArg) Handles
MyBase.SettingChanging If e.SettingName
SignatureFile Then If Not
My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(e.Setting.Value)
Then Cancel event End If
End If End Sub
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Productivity
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Extensible Code Snippets
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Rename Symbol (VB)Quick way to change identifiers
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Visualize Code
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Visual C-only features
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Write Code
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Write Code
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Write Code
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Write Code
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Code formatting options
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Navigate Code
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Navigate Code
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Navigate Code
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Refactor Code
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Refactor Code
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Refactor Code
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Migrate Code
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Debugging
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Tools for RAD DevelopmentDebugging VB Code
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Viewing Data in VS.NET 2003
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Customizing Data Display
public class Employee private string
firstName private string lastName // ...
public override string ToString() return
(this.firstName this.lastName)
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Customizing Data Display (2)
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Customizing Data Display (3)
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Customizing Data Display (4)
Application
Visual Studio
Inherit from VisualizerObjectSource for custom
serialization
Inherits DialogDebuggerVisualizer
Check if Image has viewer
Debugger
VisualizerObjectSource
Image
ImageVisualizer (Custom Viewer)
System.Drawing.dll
Image Viewer DLL
Image Viewer DLL
load
CacheDir
load
Image Viewer DLL
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The Debugger Toolbox

• Everything you have in VS 2003 plus
• Debug in-zone
• Filtered breakpoints
• MachineName, ProcessName, ProcessID, ThreadName,
  ThreadID
• per-thread breakpoints
• Tracepoints
• display a message or run a macro
• optionally continue execution

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Extensibility
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Macros and addins
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Managing projects and code
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Automation Model
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