Datasheet
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Basic Tools
Code Editing Tools
The ability to write and modify text and code is a
core function of Visual Studio 2008
Auto Using to detect when your code is missing a
using statement to qualify a data type
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Bookmark window to display and navigate to
bookmarks in your code
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Bookmarks enable you to mark lines of code and
navigate to them
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Class Designer provides a visual design surface called
a class diagram that you can use to work with classes
and other types in a project
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Class View displays the symbols defined, referenced,
or called in the application you are developing
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Code Colorization colorizes code tokens and
constructs so they are easier to scan and read
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Code Definition window is a read-only editor view
that displays the definition of a symbol in a code file
stored in, or referenced by, the active project
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Code Snippets Manager to add folders to the folder
list that the Code Snippet Picker scans for XML
.snippet files
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Code Snippets provide a way for you to insert ready-
made snippets of code into your projects
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Document Outline window provides an outline view
of elements and scripts in the current document
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Find All References enables you to find every line of
code that references a particular class or member
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Generate Method Stub is an IntelliSense Automatic
Code Generation feature that provides an easy way
to create a new method declaration when writing a
method call
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IntelliSense accelerated development by making
language references easy to access and use
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Metadata as Source enables you to view metadata
that appears as C# source code in a read-only buffer
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Object Browser enables you to explore available
objects and their members
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Organize Usings enables you to sort using statements
and remove unused usings
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Properties window enables you to view and change
the design-time properties and events of selected
objects that are located in editors, designers, and
other tools windows
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Property Manager enables you to modify project
settings that are defined in property sheets
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