This is the archived version of Roland Weigelt's weblog that ran from 2003 to 2023 at weblogs.asp.net

Contents tagged with Visual Studio

  • GhostDoc 2.1.2 Released

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    <summary>
    GhostDoc is a free add-in for Visual Studio that automatically generates XML
    documentation comments for C#. Either by using existing documentation inherited
    from base classes or implemented interfaces, or by deducing comments from
    name and type of e.g. methods, properties or parameters.
    </summary>

    20071125_GhostDocQuick Facts

    • Bugfix release
    • Download on the GhostDoc Website
    • Users of earlier versions: Please read the ReadMe on upgrading!

    About this Release

    Version 2.1.2 fixes a problem with side-by-side installations of GhostDoc versions for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

    What’s New in GhostDoc 2.1.2:

    • Fixed: GhostDoc versions for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 interfering when installed side-by-side.
    • Changed: An upgrade installation by starting the MSI file while an older version is installed is no longer supported, i.e. you have to uninstall GhostDoc before running the new setup. Note that this does not affect an upgrade of the configuration of earlier versions: the configuration file is not removed during uninstallation of the GhostDoc add-in, so you'll still be offered to upgrade your configuration when installing the new version. For detailed installation instructions, please take a look at the ReadMe in the ZIP file.
    • Added: A few special words for ("of the" trigger and prefix words, "no the" words).

    Note that VB.Net support is turned off by default and has to be turned on in the configuration dialog.

  • Is Your IDE Hot or Not?

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    Interesting: Devs posting their font and color settings to a website (http://idehotornot.ning.com).

    Most of the themes are pretty dark, seems like people either have fond memories of their first PC or watched too many Hollywood “hacker” movies (no offense guys, just kidding ;-). Right now reading the tag cloud is like “tag tag tag tag DAAAHAAAAARK!!!! tag tag tag light” (note that due to the dynamic nature of the website this may no longer be the case at the time you’re reading this).

    Long time readers of my blog know that I’m a proponent of proportional width fonts for editing source code, and I like to play around with all the customization features of the IDE (e.g. bold fonts for certain elements). I published the results of my experiments last year a blog post, now I’ve uploaded my settings for Visual Studio 2005 to the “IDE hot or not” website where you can review and rate it.

    Update 2007–07–28: The “IDE hot or not” website has downscaled my original image showing the color scheme down to a point where it’s hard too see anything. So I’ll post the image here:

  • Vortrag über Visual Studio Extensibility in Braunschweig

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    Nach Leipzig bin ich nun am nächsten Montag, 16.7.2007, in Braunschweig bei der dortigen .NET Developer Group zu Gast. Ab 19:00 halte ich einen Vortrag über Visual Studio Extensibility mit den folgenden Themen:

    • Code Snippets
    • Project/Item Templates und Wizards
    • Makros
    • Add-ins

    Ein gewisser Schwerpunkt wird bei den Visual Studio Add-ins liegen, wo ich u.a. auf den einen oder anderen Fallstrick hinweisen werde, über den ich bei der Entwicklung von GhostDoc gestolpert bin.

    Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos und ohne vorherige Anmeldung möglich, die Veranstalter freuen sich aber bestimmt über einen kurzen vorherigen Kontakt. Veranstaltungsort ist das Restaurant Flair.

    Zur offiziellen Ankündigung

  • GhostDoc 2.1.1 Released

    5 Comments 
    <summary>
    GhostDoc is a free add-in for Visual Studio that automatically generates XML
    documentation comments for C#. Either by using existing documentation inherited
    from base classes or implemented interfaces, or by deducing comments from
    name and type of e.g. methods, properties or parameters.
    </summary>

    20070624_GhostDocQuick Facts

    • Bugfix release
    • Download on the GhostDoc Website
    • Users of earlier versions: Please read the ReadMe on upgrading!

    About this Release

    While adding VB.Net support in 2.1.0 I somehow introduced a bug that broke a few things, causing the “Document this” command to not work properly in some situations. In full accordance to Murphy’s Law the bug was hidden in the thin layer between Visual Studio and the main portion of GhostDoc that isn’t covered by unit tests…

    What’s New in GhostDoc 2.1.1:

    • Added: A bit more detailed logging information at certain places. Please take a look at the topic “How to Enable Logging” in the help file for details.
    • Fixed: "Document this" not working on properties defined in interfaces.
    • Fixed: Readonly properties in interfaces not recognized properly in VB.Net.