brokeMyLegBiking
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auto-format feature available in C#
one thing I like better about VB.NET over C#.net is that VB.NET will auto-format your code for you, adding capitalization and indentation.
Is this feature available in C#? (capitilization is not of course because C# is case sensitive, but indentation, and other auto-formating would be nice in order to same me some work)
if it is not available in VS 2003, is it available in VS 2005?
thx
-brokeMyLegBiking
Is this feature available in C#? (capitilization is not of course because C# is case sensitive, but indentation, and other auto-formating would be nice in order to same me some work)
if it is not available in VS 2003, is it available in VS 2005?
thx
-brokeMyLegBiking
This is already available in C# 2003, possibly you need to change Visual Studio settings. See: Tools - Options - Text Editor - C# - Formatting.
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ok, cool. so you have to press these keys every time you want it to auto-format, there is no way for it to trigger when I press return or hit a ";" ?
that is helpful. I wish it were more automatic
that is helpful. I wish it were more automatic
The VS.NET 2003 editor does not "pretty" any C# code and there is no option for this you could turn on.
Don't know about the 2005 editor.
Don't know about the 2005 editor.
Edit: This applies to "capitalization" only - indentation works like [cupawntae] wrote.
The only "automatic" feature (to my knowledge) is code completion. E.g. if you type some of a method name and press <ctrl-space> it will complete the name (sometimes with various options listed). In this case, it *will* fix capitalization for you.
E.g. type varName.tostr<ctrl-space> and it'll change to varName.ToString
I find this very useful being a java programmer "in real life", because the capitalization is similar but annoyingly different...
Oh and <tab> works in most cases for completion too...
E.g. type varName.tostr<ctrl-space> and it'll change to varName.ToString
I find this very useful being a java programmer "in real life", because the capitalization is similar but annoyingly different...
Oh and <tab> works in most cases for completion too...
Actually, I forgot there are actually two more auto-format features, listed in the settings mentioned by AlexFM...
Firstly, when you close a block (i.e. type a '}') it can reformat the code inside the block.
Secondly, it can reformat code that you paste in from another file.
Doesn't do what you're looking for but worth a mention!
Firstly, when you close a block (i.e. type a '}') it can reformat the code inside the block.
Secondly, it can reformat code that you paste in from another file.
Doesn't do what you're looking for but worth a mention!
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ok, thx, that is good to know.