Carlos Quintero (MVP) has just released MZ-Tools 6.0 for VS.NET (http://www.mztools.com/v6/mztools6.aspx).
MZ-Tools is a productivity add-in for Visual Studio .NET that supports VB.NET, C#, Visual J# and C++ (partial support) and adds 40+ features to the IDE to locate code faster, to code faster, to design faster, to generate documentation and to enhance your IDE experience. This new version targets VS.NET 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008 (aka "Orcas") in a single version."
MZ-Tools will allow you to enjoy the following benefits during the development of your applications:
- To write code faster: There are features that will allow you to insert exception handlers, snippets of code, etc. with a single mouse click, keyboard shortcut or expansion keyword, and to use assistants to create new procedures, message boxes, connection strings, etc.
- To find code faster: With the enhanced Find feature of this add-in, all the results are shown in a hierarchical tree inside a dockable window that allows you to remove occurrences that are not of interest. Other features allow you to find all code locations that call a given procedure, to keep a list of favorite procedures, etc.
- To design forms faster: There are features that will allow you to apply default properties to a control when it is added to a form, to set the TabIndex property of all the controls of a form with one click, etc.
- To document your code faster: There are features that will allow you to insert headers (to a procedure, class or file) with a single mouse click or keyboard shortcut. These headers are customizable and allow the use of predefined variables (such as the procedure name) or user-defined variables. Furthermore, other features will generate documentation about your source code in XML and HTML formats.
- To ensure the quality of your code and applications: There are features that can sort code, add line numbers for error handlers, code reviews that can detect dead code, review the TabIndex or access keys of your controls, review forbidden or mandatory text, etc. Even better, from version 4.0 for Visual Studio .NET onwards you can use the MZ-Tools SDK to write your own review operations with very little effort.
And many more features (40+ in each toolset) to make coding more enjoyable by eliminating the tedious tasks!
There are several versions of MZ-Tools, some of them freeware, depending on your Microsoft programming environment.
For more details see http://www.mztools.com