Visual Studio .NET- Old style member function wizard

Introduction

I switched from VS6 to VS7 and I wondered if it can be true that i can only add a member function by using the new "Add member function" Wizard. I searched for the sourcecode of the add member function wizard and found it in my Visual Studio directory in \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\VC7\VCWizards\MemFunctionWiz\HTML\default.html. I changed a few values and tested my changes in a new opened instance of VS7 and it worked. I added a checkbox, and changed a few things, and now I can enter a name of a function into the function name textbox like this "TestFunction(int nTest, BOOL bTest)", like good old VS6. It saves a lot of time. The checkbox exists to switch from old-style to new-style. If it is disabled I have to use the param list to define a new function.

1. Open the default.html in notepad.exe

2. Scroll to:

   <TR>
   <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT="23" WIDTH="12">
    
   </TD>
   <TD VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="23">
   
   //Add this
   <input ID="CHECKBOXOLDSTYLE" type="checkbox" CHECKED>
   <LABEL FOR="CHECKBOXOLDSTYLE" 
   ID="OLDSTYLE_LABEL">Enter old-style function name</LABEL>
   //<-- end add
   
    
   </TD>
   <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT="23" WIDTH="75">
   <BUTTON CLASS="BUTTONS" ID="FinishBtn" 
   onClick="OnFinish(document);">Fertig stellen</BUTTON>
   </TD>
   <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT="23" WIDTH="4">
    
   </TD>
   <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT="23" WIDTH="75">
   <BUTTON CLASS="BUTTONS" ID="CancelBtn" 
   onClick="window.external.Finish(document, 'cancel');">Abbrechen</BUTTON>

   If you save the default.htm and start a new instance of VS7, a checkbox appears on the bottom-left.

3. Scroll to:

   function Validate(obj)
   {
       try
       {
           var bValid = true;
           switch(obj.id)
           {
               case "FUNCTION_NAME":
               {
   // Change the code to:
                   var strNameWithParamList = "";
                   if( CHECKBOXOLDSTYLE.checked )
                   {
                       strNameWithParamList = FUNCTION_NAME.value;
                   }
                   else
                   {
                       strNameWithParamList = FUNCTION_NAME.value + "(" +
                                              strParameters + ")";
                   }
   // <- end change
                   window.external.AddSymbol("FUNCTION_FULLNAME", 
                                             strNameWithParamList);
                   bValid = window.external.ParentObject.ValidateMember.....

4. Save the file and try in VS7

5. Finished, now you can enter a member function the old way.

This article has no explicit license attached to it but may contain usage terms in the article text or the download files themselves. If in doubt please contact the author via the discussion board below.

A list of licenses authors might use can be found here