Code Project Browser Add-in for Visual Studio 2005
I've written a few articles on CodeProject (see: My Articles) and I find a lot of examples for my work there too. I check CodeProject regularly, especially if I'm trying to figure out how to solve a particular problem. I was therefor very happy to be pointed to the Code Project Browser Add-In created by one of the developers at SlickEdit.
When I find an example I like to test on CodeProject I always need to take the following steps:
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Logon to CodeProject.
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Download the zip file containing the sources.
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Extract the zip file.
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Open the project.
The Add-in does all that for you. Once you have installed it, a new menu item appears in the Tools menu
When you select that menu item, a new tab is added to the ones already there, which may contain your code or designer windows. If it's the first time you've started this menu item, the browser will ask for your email address and password which it needs to logon to the CodeProject web site. What you then see is basically your normal webbrowser. You can now browse the CodeProject website for code you're interested in.
Once you've found the article you're interested in, simply click on the download link. You will get the following dialog:
Click Yes, and the Code Project Browser will download the zip file to your system. It will extract all the code and load the project into Visual Studio and you're ready to compile the downloaded project. The Code Project Browser has it's own window that will show you all the projects that you've downloaed in this way:
I really like it and I've only been using it since this morning. If you're a regular visitor of Code Project and download code from that site, then you have to give this add-in a try. I'm sure you'll love it as much as I do.