An Important Note About Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 1. Master Projects and Solutions
Hack 1. Manage Projects and Solutions
Hack 2. Master Assembly and Project References
Hack 3. Organize Projects and Solutions
Hack 4. Hack the Project and Solution Files
Hack 5. Remove SourceSafe Bindings
Hack 7. Make Pasting into Visual Studio Easier
Hack 10. Add Guidelines to the Text Editor
Hack 11. Select the Best Editor
Hack 12. Customize Syntax Coloring
Hack 13. Edit the Most Recent File and Project Lists
Hack 15. Use and Share Code Snippets
Chapter 3. Navigating Visual Studio
Hack 16. Take Control of Your Workspace
Hack 19. Search for Patterns in Your Files
Hack 20. Navigate Your Source Code
Hack 21. Never Forget a TODO Again
Hack 23. Enhance the Tabs in Visual Studio
Chapter 4. Customizing Visual Studio
Hack 24. Create Your Own Shortcuts
Hack 25. Customize Menus and Toolbars
Hack 26. Create Custom Window Layouts
Hack 27. Customize the Toolbox
Hack 28. Package Your Toolbox Settings
Hack 29. Add Support for Nonstandard File Extensions
Hack 31. Save and Move Your IDE Settings
Hack 32. Enable IntelliSense for HTML and XML Documents
Hack 34. Customize Your Project Build Process
Hack 35. Modify the Build Output and Navigate the Results
Hack 37. Troubleshoot Breakpoints
Hack 38. Customize Visual Studio''s Reaction to Exceptions
Hack 41. Debug a Running Process
Hack 42. Debug a Failing Application
Hack 43. Write a Custom Visualizer
Hack 44. Speed Up Visual Studio
Hack 45. Load Files from the Command Prompt
Hack 46. Master the Command Window
Hack 48. Extend the Application Configuration File
Hack 49. Generate Strongly Typed DataSets
Hack 50. Define Templates for Generating Code
Hack 52. Generate Code with Macros
Hack 53. Create Connection Strings Quickly
Hack 54. Quickly Sign Assemblies
Hack 55. Update Project References Quickly
Hack 56. Automatically Add using and Imports Statements
Hack 57. Insert Commonly Used Code Automatically
Hack 58. Move Quickly Between Source Control Providers
Hack 60. Search the Internet from Visual Studio
Hack 61. Redirect Help to Google
Hack 62. Use P/Invoke with Ease
Hack 63. Examine the IL Generated by Your Code
Hack 64. Examine the Innards of Assemblies
Hack 65. Follow the Rules with FxCop
Hack 66. Generate Statistics on Your C# Code
Hack 67. Profile Heap Allocations
Chapter 8. Comments and Documentation
Hack 68. Master C# XML Comments
Hack 69. Create Comments Faster
Hack 70. Create XML Comments with VB.NET
Hack 71. Create Documentation from XML Comments
Hack 72. Integrate Your Own Documentation into Visual Studio
Chapter 9. Server Explorer Hacks
Hack 73. Access Performance Counters
Hack 74. Diagram and Modify a Database
Hack 76. Enumerate Processes, Drives, Shares, and More
Chapter 10. Work with Visual Studio Tools
Hack 77. Master the Visual Studio Command Prompt
Hack 78. Launch Visual Studio from the Command Prompt
Hack 79. Stress Test Web Applications
Hack 81. Generate Code from UML
Hack 82. Generate UML Design Documents from Code
Chapter 11. Visual Studio Tools for Office
Hack 83. Install Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003
Hack 84. Create a Command Bar in Word 2003
Hack 85. Display a Windows Form from Excel 2003
Chapter 12. Extending Visual Studio
Hack 86. Automate Visual Studio
Hack 87. Access Visual Studio from Standalone Applications
Hack 88. Create a File Template
Hack 89. Writing a Visual Studio Add-in
Hack 90. Find the Name of That Command Bar
Hack 91. Change the Icon for Your Add-in
Chapter 13. Enhancing Visual Studio
Hack 93. Run Unit Tests Inside Visual Studio
Hack 94. Spellcheck Your Code and Comments
Hack 95. View an Outline of Your Controls
Hack 96. Blog Code from Visual Studio
Hack 97. Collapse and Expand Your Code
Hack 98. Combine the Visual Studio Command Prompt and the Command Window
Hack 99. Generate Web Services Code
Hack 100. Test Regular Expressions in Visual Studio