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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Barcode Image Generation Library Updated: 30 May 2008   This library was designed to give an easy class for developers to use when they need to generate barcode images from a string of data .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Brad Barnhill	4.69
Adding iCalendar support to your program - Part 1 Updated: 11 Mar 2007   This article describes the steps to load and view iCalendars in your program by using the DDay.iCal library .NET 2.0, C#, Windows, Dev, Beginner	Douglas Day	4.62
Reusable Rules Wizard Updated: 7 Apr 2007   A small reusable framework that implements a Rules Wizard resembling Outlook's Rules and alerts feature allowing users to configure and store their own rules. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, C# 2.0, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Herre Kuijpers	4.62
C# FTP Client Library Updated: 23 May 2007   Easy to use FTP client library with features in mind. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C# 1.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	jmers, J.P. Trosclair	4.47
.NET Based Add-in/Plug-in Framework with Dynamic Toolbars and Menus Updated: 2 May 2006   An article on a .NET based add-in/plug-in framework, with dynamic toolbars and menus. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, XML, Dev, Intermediate	thomas_tom99	4.33
Themer.UIApplier (Alpha) Updated: 26 Sep 2007   This article demonstrates Themer, an attrative User Interface (UI) at runtime .NET 2.0, C#, XML, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Amar Chaudhary	4.31
Plug-in Engine with Event Support Updated: 16 Mar 2006   An article describing how to make a fully extensible plug-in manager that supports events from one plug-in to the other. .NET 2.0, WinXP, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	James J. Regan IV	4.30
FlashSelector - Block Flash selectively Updated: 5 Mar 2006   Flash block add-in using Internet Explorer BHO. VC6, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	JaeWook Choi	4.23
Task Plug-in: A Flexible .NET Plug-in Architecture Updated: 12 Jun 2007   The Task Plug-in library is a set of classes, interfaces, enumerations and attributes that collectively support the ITaskPlugin interface. The ITaskPlugin interface is a .NET interface created to demonstrate how to create a “Plug-in” architecture utilizing the Microsoft .NET Framework. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Arch, Dev, Intermediate	Joseph Guadagno	4.16
Number base conversion class in C# Updated: 23 Dec 2006   Library class to convert numbers between any number bases (from 2 to 36) .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	MarkGwilliam	4.08
Internet Explorer AdBlock Updated: 17 Jan 2008   Internet Explorer AdBlock Add-on VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, C++/CLI, C, Windows, Win32, ATL, WTL, Dev, COM, Intermediate	Geert van Horrik	4.00
Macros and Add-ins - DevStudio Add-ins			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
SppMk - a unit testing and GNU make support add-in for Visual Studio 6.0 Updated: 11 Jul 2002   A DevStudio add-in described provides two interesting IDE integration features: adding a new tab to VC WorkspaceView window and running an arbitrary process under IDE with output sent to "Build" tab of VC Output window. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, ATL, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Pavel Kobyakov	4.83
Restore Class View Add-In Updated: 21 Jun 2001   An add-in to restore class view information for a workspace. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Jignesh Patel	4.82
Mouse Gesture Add-in for MS DevStudio 6 Updated: 8 Nov 2004   An article on Mouse Gesture add-in for MS DevStudio 6. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	JaeWook Choi	4.81
WWhizInterface: Enhancements to the Visual C++ Automation Interface Updated: 28 Jul 2001   A C++ interface with a number of Visual C++ automation enhancements, allowing for more robust add-in programming. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Joshua Jensen	4.81
Tags Visual Studio Add-In Updated: 22 May 2003   Add-In to add Tags support to Visual Studio VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paul S. Vickery	4.80
Window Tabs (WndTabs) Add-In for DevStudio Updated: 11 Jul 2002   Window and File Management add-in for Visual C++ VC6, eVC 3.0, VS6, Windows, WinCE, Mobile, Dev, Advanced	Oz Solomon	4.79
Undocumented Visual C++ Updated: 17 Sep 2000   Spelunking in the Badlands of MSDEV VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Nick Hodapp	4.79
Strip'em Add-in for Visual Studio 6.0 Updated: 7 Mar 2001   This Add-in converts the text format (DOS or UNIX) of a file when it is saved in Visual Studio. VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Itay Szekely	4.78
Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++ 5.0/6.0/.NET Updated: 10 Jan 2005   An application/add-in to organise and renumber resource symbol IDs VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Anna-Jayne Metcalfe	4.77
GUIDGen Developer Studio AddIn Updated: 26 Dec 2001   An Add-In that replaces and extends the GUID Generator component included with Developer Studio VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Eddie Velasquez	4.73
CodePlotter 1.6 - Add and edit diagrams in your code with this 'Visio-like' tool Updated: 27 Sep 2003   A Visual Studio addin for creating and editing ASCII diagrams in source files VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	.dan.g.	4.70
ProjectZip 1.6 - Zip up the source code for your latest CodeProject article Updated: 31 Mar 2004   A one-click process to building the source files in the active project into a self contained zip file, using this simple-to-use Visual Studio Add-In VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	.dan.g.	4.68
ToDoList Add-on Updated: 20 Apr 2002   A Visual Studio add-in to help navigate to TODO:, TASK: etc comments, as well as showing STL containers in debug mode such as std::string, std::list etc VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Kucherenko	4.66
WizGen Add-in for Visual Studio 6.0 Updated: 4 Oct 2000   This Add-in is similar to class wizard but can be used for MFC extension libraries VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Philip Oldaker	4.64
AutoText Add-in for Visual Studio 6.0 Updated: 3 Mar 2001   Adds the auto text feature from MS Word (tm) to the Developer Studio (tm) VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Christoph Weber	4.64
Visual Studio Bookmark Saver Add-In Updated: 6 Feb 2000   Visual Studio add-in which saves and restores bookmarks after closing and re-opening a file. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jignesh Patel	4.63
True Colour Developer Studio Addin Updated: 26 Jan 2000   Use any colour in the Developer Studio IDE VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Simon Capewell	4.62
Structured Storage File Viewer Visual Studio Add-In Updated: 3 Dec 2001   Visual Studio add-in that allows you to view the contents of a Structured Storage File. VC6, NT4, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Lim Bio Liong	4.62
SmartReplace AddIn [VC 6.0] Updated: 23 Aug 2003   Yet another replace dialog VC6, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Roman Keskenti [SmoCoder]	4.58
Increment File and Product Version Number Updated: 29 Nov 2004   An add-in to automatically increment the FileVersion and ProductVersion fields in your application's resource file. VC6, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Jordan Walters	4.57
Image Watch Add-in for DevStudio 6.0 Updated: 12 Jun 2003   A debug tool to Display the Images in CDC, HDC, HBITMAP, Data in a complex arrays, etc. just like Quick Watch in VC, without adding code to your project. VC6, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	HuangShansong	4.50
Build Manager AddIn [VC 6.0] Updated: 27 Jul 2003   Enhancement of the AutoBld sample AddIn VC6, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Roman Keskenti [SmoCoder]	4.50
Enhanced Windows List Developer Studio Addin Updated: 13 Feb 2001   A smart replacement for standard Developer Studio' "Windows" dialog. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Yuri Tkachov	4.48
ThePalette Visual Studio Add-in Updated: 13 Jul 2005   Color picker/dropper with zoom, user-defined multiple palettes, automatic parsing/replacement/insertion into code, and support for RGB, HSV, HLS, CMYK macros as well as HTML and plain (hexa)decimal color formats. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, HTML, Dev, Intermediate	Franc Morales	4.48
Pocket UML Updated: 25 Oct 2002   PocketUML is a portable UML add-in for Visual Studio.NET .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C++, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Jie Tang	4.47
FreeVCS++ - FreeVCS Visual C++ add-in Updated: 8 Jan 2002   The add-in enables you to use FreeVCS, the free Version Source Control, in Visual C++ VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Vitaly Belman	4.43
Import and Static Library Symbols Explorer Add-In for Visual Studio : Version 2. Updated: 23 Dec 2001   Visual Studio add-in that allows you to list down all the exported symbols inside an Import or Static Library. This add-in also allows you to save the exported symbols listing and to include a library file into your current Project. This add-in also includes a facility to scan through library files. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Lim Bio Liong	4.43
Finding an add-in toolbar in Visual Studio Updated: 18 Aug 2001   Adding GUI support in Visual Studio Add-ins can be difficult. This class makes the task a lot easier. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Kucherenko	4.41
Auto File Save Add-in for Visual Studio 6.0 Updated: 9 Mar 2000   Add auto-save feature to Visual Studio 6.0. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Itay Szekely	4.40
An Add-in to show Visual C++ DeveloperStudio Object Model Updated: 17 Jun 2003   This small add-in provides DeveloperStudio Object Model in a hierarchy TreeView and enables users to see its properties. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	YuHao	4.39
DebuggerEx – Customizing Visual C++ Debugger Updated: 12 Jun 2005   This is a Visual Studio add-in component built in ATL COM. This will help you to customize some features of the Visual C++ debugger. The addin will configure your own data types into debugger's tool-tip display using Autoexp.dat file. VC6, WinXP, VS6, ATL, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Brigil V	4.39
MoreFast Add-In for faster Development Updated: 8 Aug 2002   A VS addin that does a variety of different tasks to make programming easier. VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Manish Pansiniya, Bhavesh Pethani	4.35
Auto-Incrementing Build Numbers Updated: 8 Mar 2000   Describes a way to automatically generate an application build number. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Navi Singh	4.22
Replace in Files AddIn Updated: 24 Aug 2000   Search and Replace in multiple files Add-in for Visual C++ 6.0 VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Zilcsak	4.15
VS Service Pack Updated: 31 Mar 2001   Visual Studio Add-In that displays the latest service pack installed VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Sardaukar	4.08
RescueAgent Updated: 27 Dec 2000   A code Rescue Add-in for Visual C++ Developers. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Michael Pelts	4.00
Visual Studio Source Code Control Provider Switcher Add-in Updated: 29 May 2002   This article shows how to create a VS Add-in that allow you to change the source code control provider VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Bassam Abdul-Baki	4.00
Increment Private Build Number Updated: 8 Feb 2000   An add-in to automatically increment the PrivateBuild field in your applications resource file. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mihai Filimon	3.89
Useful Managers Updated: 11 Aug 2001   An add-in for Devstudio that provides tag indexing and search, window, bookmarks, session and other managers VC6, NT4, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Mike Melnikov	3.87
Creating an Add-in to host a GUI inside the Developer Studio IDE Updated: 5 Jun 2002   An article on hosting your own custom window inside of Microsoft Developer Studio VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jim Crafton	3.85
Morefast Doc-Comments Maker Updated: 5 Dec 2002   This Add-In Is About Easy File/Function Commenting ... VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Manish Pansiniya	3.85
Add-in to create a class derived from CObject Updated: 7 Jul 2001   Visual studio add-in to generate classes derived from CObject or subclasses. Includes serialization, Dump, AssertValid etc. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Rudolf Jan Heijink	3.75
VC6 with XP look Updated: 22 Dec 2002   How to make VC6 look a little more XP VC6, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	soundman32	3.72
Restore Class View Add-In 2.0 Updated: 21 Jan 2004   An add-in to restore class view information for a workspace, using binary or XML format VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Paolo Messina	3.67
Visual Studio Favorites Updated: 16 Mar 2003   Add shortcuts, favorites, and more to Visual Studio. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Todd C. Wilson	3.67
Kill Running Project Process Add-In Updated: 24 Jun 2004   Killing a running project process within Visual Studio VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Fabio Fornaro	3.67
Extended Command Line Wizard and Fast Project Change - Unedited Updated: 27 May 2008   I work with about 1500 projects, and usually I need to change of Project a lot of times in a day, also, I’m command line enthusiast, and I don’t like the default command window of the DevStudio, for this two reason I build this small plug-in to improve this two things C++, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Vider	3.64
Extending WndTabs - The WndTabs SDK Updated: 4 Apr 2001   Make the WndTabs tabs work for you - with this powerful API. VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Oz Solomon	3.62
WinDiff Visual Studio Add-in Updated: 1 Jan 2002   A Visual Studio Add-in that allows the current file, or it's containing folder to be compared using WinDiff VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Derek Lakin	3.60
Time Stamp Add-In for Visual C++ Updated: 18 May 2002   This Add-In automatically adds the last modified date and time to a file VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Pavel Sokolov	3.54
Project Explorer Updated: 29 Apr 2000   A DevStudio Add-in that adds the ability to launch windows explorer in the directory of the currently active project VC6, NT4, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Mark Wickman	3.54
WTL message map wizard add-in Updated: 5 Nov 2004   Ease the work with the WTL message map. VC6, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Black Horus	3.50
Custom Auto Complete for Visual C++ 6 Updated: 17 Mar 2004   Add-In that enables customized auto complete to code/comment blocks in Developer Studio IDE Win2K, WinXP, VB 6, C++, Dev, Intermediate	Ilan Shapira	3.47
Method Documentation Utility for Visual C++ 6 Updated: 26 Mar 2004   Add-in that generate automatic documentation template for C++ methods. Win2K, WinXP, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Ilan Shapira	3.33
Improved Method Documentation for Visual C++ Updated: 24 Jun 2004   Customizable method documentation generator Win2K, WinXP, VS6, VB 6, C++, Dev, Intermediate	Ilan Shapira	3.27
Cleaning Directories Add-In for Visual C++ Updated: 21 Jan 2004   Cleaning the output directories' junk files. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Bogdan Rechi	3.22
Active Tools v1.0 Updated: 4 Dec 2001   This addin provides some useful functions for editing source code: change selection case to upper case, change selection case to lower case, capitalize selection and conver spaces in a selection to TABs. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	AndreyLG	3.14
Windows Switcher Add-In Updated: 4 Jan 2004   How to speed-up navigating in big workspace using keyboard VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Mariusz Wojtysiak	3.10
Active Comments 1.25 Updated: 4 Dec 2001   This addin allows your source code to have references to external files, MSDN articles, voice comments etc. VC6, NT4, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Andrei Levin	2.92
DebugHelp Devstudio Add In Updated: 31 Jan 2001   Debug Help is a Visual C++ 6.0 AddIn that helps developers insert debug statements in their program code. VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Amit Dey	2.40
Level Add-in Updated: 29 Jan 2001   An add-in that helps you hide 'inactive' pieces of your code in include files VC6, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Red Pilgrim	1.93
Macros and Add-ins - DevStudio AppWizards			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Win32 Simple Application AppWizard Updated: 22 Jun 2004   An article on creating an AppWizard to create Win32 based applications. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Fabio Fornaro	4.62
CORBA Application Wizard - A Tutorial on usage. Part II Updated: 3 Nov 2003   A tutorial on how to use the CORBA Application Wizard VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Franz Klein	4.55
CORBA Application Wizard - An Introduction Updated: 19 Sep 2004   An Application Wizard making it easier to start using CORBA in your Console and Windows Applications VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Franz Klein	4.45
CORBA Application Wizard - A Tutorial on usage. Part I Updated: 3 Nov 2003   A tutorial on how to use the CORBA Application Wizard VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Franz Klein	4.40
Screen Saver AppWizard Updated: 17 Jun 2004   An article on creating a Screen Saver AppWizard VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Fabio Fornaro	4.29
Small Application Wizard Updated: 23 Aug 2006   A wizard for Visual Studio .NET to build small applications with just a few clicks. VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Pistelli	4.22
Win32 AppWizard (exe) Updated: 18 Aug 2001   A simple AppWizard for writing Win32 Applications VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Young-Cheol Bok	3.42
Macros and Add-ins - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Integrate the latest MSDN with VC6 and Hook functions of COM Updated: 27 Mar 2005   Integrate the latest MSDN with VC6 and Hook functions of COM. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, COM, Intermediate	Chunhua Liu	4.87
Excel user defined functions unlimited Updated: 30 Nov 2006   Describes how to return tables of values as the result of user defined functions (UDF) in Excel. NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, SQL, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev, COM, ADO, Intermediate	HerbD	4.74
A simple Switch Framework for the Visual Studio prompt and the devenv command Updated: 20 Apr 2007   A library for creating custom switches for the devenv command prompt (extensibility example). .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, C++, Dev, Intermediate	jonnynolimits	4.63
Sample Excel Function Add-in in C Updated: 21 Dec 2004   How to program an Excel XLL add-in in C. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	JChampion	4.59
Using MatLab Add-in for MS Visual Studio 6 Updated: 4 Jul 2003   How to Use the MatLab Add-in for MSVC++ 6 VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Cambalindo	4.54
How-to create a custom project template using Visual C++.Net - Unedited Updated: 10 Apr 2006   A tutorial on writing your own project template for Visual C++.Net VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++/CLI, C, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Hugo.Pereira	4.48
Extended Outlook Textbox to prevent text erase on lost focus Updated: 17 Aug 2005   This article is provided to change the default behaviour of the Outlook textbox. The lost Win32 focus message is handled to save the text before the textbox looses focus. VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Advanced	Pablo Yabo	4.43
Visual Studio Add-ins with Icons Made Easy - Unedited Updated: 26 May 2006   How to create a Visual Studio Addin with a Custom Icon VC7.1, VC8.0, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate	Moxxis	4.39
Customized Visual Studio .NET package: your fully integrated document window inside the IDE Updated: 20 Dec 2003   Create a fully integrated document window inside the Visual Studio IDE. VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, Dev, Advanced	Michael Sheinin	4.39
Excel Add-in Using Excel C API and COM Updated: 7 Jul 2003   Demonstrates an Excel add-in that uses the excel4 C API as well as COM automation techniques. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	basementman	4.19
SS_Log, *easily* implement logging in code, then double-click on log message to jump to code. Updated: 29 Apr 2002   This is a logging class that outputs to a file or log window, provides filtering of messages without re-compile, and allows double-clicking on log message to jump straight to code location. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Steve Schaneville	4.15
CvsIn Addin for Visual Studio .Net 2002 and 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 - Unedited Updated: 22 Sep 2006   CvsIn Addin for Visual Studio .Net 2002 and 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	jiulun	4.14