VS File Finder

J W Payne

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A Visual Studio add-in to help navigate around large projects.

vsfilefindersetup.zip
- VSFileFinderSetup.msi
vsfilefindersource.zip
- VSFileFinder
  - docs
    - 1.htm
    - 2.htm
    - 3.htm
    - 4.htm
    - back.gif
    - finder.gif
    - menu.gif
    - modified
      - 1.htm
      - 2.htm
      - 3.htm
      - 4.htm
      - back.gif
      - finder.gif
      - home.gif
      - menu.gif
      - monster.gif
      - next.gif
      - noback.gif
      - nonext.gif
      - solutionexplorer.gif
    - monster.gif
    - next.gif
    - noback.gif
    - nonext.gif
    - orig
      - 1.htm
      - 2.htm
      - 3.htm
      - 4.htm
      - back.png
      - finder.png
      - home.png
      - menu.png
      - monster.gif
      - next.png
      - noback.png
      - solutionexplorer.gif
    - solutionexplorer.gif
  - ToDo.txt
  - VSFileFinder.sln
  - VSFileFinder
    - AddIn.cpp
    - AddIn.def
    - AddIn.idl
    - AddIn.rc
    - AddIn.rgs
    - AutoSelectEdit.cpp
    - AutoSelectEdit.h
    - ColourListCtrl.h
    - Connect.cpp
    - Connect.h
    - Resource.h
    - stdafx.cpp
    - stdafx.h
    - VSFileFinder.vcproj
  - VSFileFinderCtrl
    - AutoSelectEdit.cpp
    - AutoSelectEdit.h
    - ColourListCtrl.cpp
    - ColourListCtrl.h
    - ColourUtils.cpp
    - ColourUtils.h
    - EventSinks.cpp
    - EventSinks.h
    - ExcludeFilterDlg.cpp
    - ExcludeFilterDlg.h
    - HighlightFilterDlg.cpp
    - HighlightFilterDlg.h
    - icon1.ico
    - Options.cpp
    - Options.h
    - Options.ico
    - OptionsDlg.cpp
    - OptionsDlg.h
    - ProjectItemData.h
    - ProjectItemFinder.cpp
    - ProjectItemFinder.h
    - ProjectItemSort.cpp
    - ProjectItemSort.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - resource.h
    - SolutionExplorer.cpp
    - SolutionExplorer.h
    - stdafx.cpp
    - stdafx.h
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.cpp
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.def
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.h
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.idl
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.rc
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.rgs
    - VSFileFinderCtrl.vcproj
    - VSFileFinderCtrlApp.cpp
    - VSFileFinderCtrlApp.h
    - VSFileFinderCtrlCtrl.bmp
    - VSFileFinderCtrlidl.h
    - VSFileFinderCtrlPropPage.cpp
    - VSFileFinderCtrlPropPage.h
    - VSFileFinderCtrlps.def
    - VSFileFinderCtrlps.mk
  - VSFileFinderSetup
    - Binary
      - bannrbmp.bmp
      - completi.ico
      - custicon.ico
      - dlgbmp.bmp
      - exclamic.ico
      - info.ico
      - insticon.ico
      - New.ico
      - removico.ico
      - repairic.ico
      - Up.ico
    - build.cmd
    - clean.cmd
    - Product.wxs
    - rebuild.cmd
    - Text.wxs
    - UI.wxs
    - VSFileFinderSetup.vcproj

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<title>VS File Finder</title>
<style>
<!--
body         { font-family: Verdana }
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>

<table width="100%" align="center">
 <tr>
  <td>
   <font face="Verdana" size="5">Finding files using the Solution Explorer</font>
  </td>
 <tr>
 <tr>
  <td>
   <table bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1" bordercolor="#000000" align="center" cellpadding="10" height="500">
    <tr>
     <td align="center" valign="top" width="420">
      <img border="0" src="Images.aspx?FileID=9de7e89c-c2b2-498d-9030-cfe53a7b0978&amp;id=4108bcc0-bf1f-4770-9ac8-b12a7deb9fe2" width="399" height="452">
     </td>
     <td height="100%">
      <table width="100%" height="100%">
       <tr>
        <td valign="top">
         In big projects, it can be difficult to
         find files in the Solution Explorer.
         <p>
         If you solution is split up into multiple projects and each
         project has a lots of folders, remembering where a file is can take
         a while.
        </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" align="right">
         <img border="0" width="116" height="60" src="Images.aspx?FileID=9edb3338-6248-41f4-99d9-c5b0b75e7e6d">
         <a href="2.htm"><img border="0" width="116" height="60" src="Images.aspx?FileID=c673a00b-3953-44f4-b7dc-20cf446b13bb"></a>
        </td>
       </tr>
      </table>
     </td>
    </tr>
   </table>
  </td>
 <tr>
</table>

</body>

</html>

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