Code completion in VS 2008 Express

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Hi,

Does anyone know whether it is possible to edit or add "entries" in the code completion functionality in VS 2008 Express editions ?

In other words, for example, now when I type "Try" and press tab the whole try catch statement is written ready for me, but I would like to have vs write

<br />Try<br /><br />Catch ex as Exception<br /> MsgBox(Ex.ToString) 'being the extra bit<br />End Try<br />

P.S. I may have the terminology wrong.

Best regards,

Johan

Posted 10-Sep-08 22:01pm

Johan Hakkesteegt

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Simon P Stevens · Accepted Answer · 2008-09-17T01:44:00

They are called "code snippets". Not sure about VS express, but look under tools->code snippet manager. If it's not there, try right click on the toolbar ->customise-commands tab->tools category->"code snippets manager" command, and drag it into what ever menu you want.

If you can't find it, I'm assuming VS express doesn't support it.

Look in these folders:
"My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Code Snippets\Visual C#\My Code Snippets\"

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C#"

Copy from the main ones supplied with VS, and place your modified one in the my code snippets folder.