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Home >> Visual C++ / C++ >> Visual Studio >> Editor Tips


Editor Tips

Customizing the IDE



Visual C++: Protecting Against Buffer Overruns With the /GS Switch
Rating: none
Nick Wienholt - 07/08/2005
This final installment wraps up the coverage of what's new in the IDE with a look at Tracepoints, new project types, enhancements to the Server Explorer, and new functionality for creating C++ projects.

Visual C++ 2005 IDE Enhancements, Part 4: Beta 2 Changes
Rating: none
Nick Wienholt - 05/09/2005
The Visual C++ 2005 IDE team made two painful cuts in Beta 2 related to the Class Designer and IDE Click Once support. Read up on these significant changes and find out how C++/CLI programmers can still take advantage of ClickOnce to deploy their applications.

Visual C++ 2005 IDE Enhancements, Part 3: MSBuild
Rating: none
Nick Wienholt - 05/09/2005
MSBuild is one of the major new features in Visual Studio .NET 2005. Discover the motivation for MSBuild, how it works, and how Visual C++ developers can get their hands on it.

Macros for C++, in C++
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Kate Gregory - 04/30/2004
Learn how to write macros for C++ in Visual Studio.

More colors in Visual C++ Editor
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Gregory Goeppel - 04/04/1999
Very cool Registry hack to allow for the selection of ANY COLOR for syntax hilighting


Debugging



Function Calls, Part 2 (Stack and Calling Conventions)
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kirants - 01/23/2008
Read a dissasembly view of function calls, explaining organization of the stack and the behavior in the context of different calling conventions.

Customizing the appearence of your own classes in debug windows
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Ville Herva - 04/19/1999
Customizing the appearence of your own classes in debug windows


Editor Tips



BLOG: What's the goal of Visual Studio 2010?
02/25/2009
Find out the answer according to Jason Zander, General Manager of Visual Studio.

Handle any category of messages using Class Wizard
Rating: none
Zafir Anjum - 10/01/2002
Handle any category of messages using Class Wizard

Recovering Lost Toolbar and Keyboard Layouts in Developer Studio
Rating: none
Alan Bolton - 05/20/2002
When Microsoft Developer Studio crashes, it often loses your custom settings. Learn how to protect yourself from hours of resetting your customized settings!

Right-button Command to Remove Extra VS Files
Rating: none
Ed - 10/11/2001
Rather than having to remember to go through your project directory and clean it manually for release, why not right-click the folder and make your computer do the hard work?

GPF in Devshl.dll when starting VC++
Rating: none
Sean Echevarria - 03/31/1999
GPF in Devshl.dll when starting VC++

How to use the MSDN Jan99 library from a shared location
Rating: none
Victor Vogelpoel - 03/21/1999
How to use the MSDN Jan99 library from a shared location

Auto-Expanding User-Defined (and STL) Types in the Debugger
Rating: none
Randy Coulman - 03/14/1999
Auto-Expanding User-Defined (and STL) Types in the Debugger

Running DevStudio 6.0 builds in low priority
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Leigh Stivers - 01/07/1999
Running DevStudio 6.0 builds in low priority

Using VC5 and VC6 together
Rating: none
Mike Haney - 11/06/1998
Using VC5 and VC6 together

ClassWizard VirtualFilter Options
Rating: none
Jim Barry - 09/01/1998
ClassWizard VirtualFilter Options

Enhance the DevStudio help
Rating: none
Zafir Anjum - 08/08/1998
Enhance the DevStudio help

Hide a function or variable from the Class View
Rating: none
Zafir Anjum - 08/08/1998
Hide a function or variable from the Class View

Multiple Platforms in VC++ 5.0 Professional
Rating: none
Matthew Ellis - 08/08/1998
Multiple Platforms in VC++ 5.0 Professional

Opening a File
Rating: none
Brian MacKay - 08/08/1998
Opening a File

The InfoViewer Assistant
Rating: none
Tom Malcolmson - 08/08/1998
The InfoViewer Assistant

DevStudio Tips
Rating:
Zafir Anjum - 08/08/1998
DevStudio Tips

Editor Tips
Rating: none
Zafir Anjum - 08/08/1998
Editor Tips


Syntax Highlighting



A Primitive Spellchecker in MS VC++ 6.0
Rating: none
tholz - 09/06/2005
Learn how to use MS VC++ as a spellchecker while programming by making excessive use of the user-defined keyword feature.

Set Syntax Coloring for User-Defined Keywords
Rating: none
Zafir Anjum - 08/11/2003
This article shows you how to create syntax coloring for user-defined keywords'—for C++ files only.

Visual Studio Syntax Highlighting for C# Files
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Tom Archer - MSFT - 10/03/2000
Illustrates what you need to do in order to get syntax highlighting for C# keywords within Visual Studio