VS2005 Code Snippets
In VS2005, Code Snippets can be found by right-clicking in your code page and choosing Insert Snippet. Also, all of the snippets have a shortcut. Type the shortcut and then press tab and the code snippet will be automatically inserted. For instance to automatically insert a code snippet for a for each loop type "foreach" and then press tab.
All of the code snippets can be found here:
VB: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VB\Snippets
C#: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\Snippets
All of the code snippets can be found here:
VB: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VB\Snippets
C#: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\Snippets
and then you can use the manager to register your own code snippet folder and create your own.
Here's one that I use for inserting a public property
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>Insert Property String</Title>
<Author>Jeff Widmer</Author>
<Description>Insert Property String</Description>
<Shortcut>vbpropstring</Shortcut>
<HelpUrl></HelpUrl>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Imports>
<Import>
<Namespace>System</Namespace>
</Import>
</Imports>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>PropertyName</ID>
<Type>String</Type>
<ToolTip>Replace with property name.</ToolTip>
<Default>X</Default>
</Literal>
<Literal>
<ID>PropertyType</ID>
<Type>
</Type>
<ToolTip>Replace with the property type.</ToolTip>
<Default>String</Default>
</Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="VB" Kind="method decl">
<![CDATA[Private _$PropertyName$ As $PropertyType$ = String.Empty
Public Property $PropertyName$() As $PropertyType$
Get
Return _$PropertyName$
End Get
Set(ByVal value As $PropertyType$)
_$PropertyName$ = value
End Set
End Property]]></Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
<CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>Insert Property String</Title>
<Author>Jeff Widmer</Author>
<Description>Insert Property String</Description>
<Shortcut>vbpropstring</Shortcut>
<HelpUrl></HelpUrl>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Imports>
<Import>
<Namespace>System</Namespace>
</Import>
</Imports>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>PropertyName</ID>
<Type>String</Type>
<ToolTip>Replace with property name.</ToolTip>
<Default>X</Default>
</Literal>
<Literal>
<ID>PropertyType</ID>
<Type>
</Type>
<ToolTip>Replace with the property type.</ToolTip>
<Default>String</Default>
</Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="VB" Kind="method decl">
<![CDATA[Private _$PropertyName$ As $PropertyType$ = String.Empty
Public Property $PropertyName$() As $PropertyType$
Get
Return _$PropertyName$
End Get
Set(ByVal value As $PropertyType$)
_$PropertyName$ = value
End Set
End Property]]></Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>