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  • SonicFileFinder 1000 Downloads Anniversary

    By in .NET, SonicFileFinder, Tools on

    Now this is a great way for closing the weekend:

    Since the first release of SonicFileFinder on the 17th of September 2006 it has been downloaded 1000 times!

    I thank you all for sending me feature requests, bug reports, compliments, things from my amazon wishlist and of course for downloading SonicFileFinder!

    Here’s to the next 1000 downloads! 😉

    Regards
    Jens

    P.S: No, this isn’t an April fool’s joke 😛

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  • Visual Studio anpassen und erweitern – in Paderborn

    By in .NET, Code Snippets, Development on

    Wahrscheinlich habt Ihr es bereits in Rolands Blog-Eintrag gelesen:

    Am 02.04.2007 halten wir von 18:00 bis 21:00 einen Vortag bei der .NET User Group Paderborn zum Thema “Visual Studio anpassen und erweitern“.

    Wir reden dabei über:

    • Code Snippets
    • Project und Item Templates
    • Makros
    • Add-ins
    • VSPackages

    Ob sämtliche Themen behandelt werden, hängt ganz und gar vom Publikum ab. Wir werden uns den Wünschen, den Interessen bzw. dem Kenntnisstand anpassen.

    Wir freuen uns auf Euch!

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  • SonicFileFinder releasethon: Version 1.8.2 released

    By in Development, SonicFileFinder, Tools on

    SonicFileFinder is a free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that allows a fast and convenient search for any file within every Project of the loaded Solution by entering the complete filename or just a part of it. The found file(s) can either be edited with a single keystroke or a Windows Explorer / CommandLine prompt can be opened at the file’s location.

    Welcome to the SonicFileFinder releasethon: 3 releases in 3 days! Roland tested version 1.8.1 today, found some bugs and proposed the search by initials + wildcards feature. What can I say: Here we go again…

    What’s new?

    Version 1.8.2 is a small bugfix/feature release of SonicFileFinder.

    • ADDED: Search by intials can now be used in conjunction with wildcards. Example: There are two files MyFirstClass.cpp and MyFirstClass.cs. Searching for MFC would match both files, but searching for MFC*p would only match MyFirstClass.cpp.
    • CHANGED: Selected files in the SonicFileFinder result list can now only be deleted using the context menu. The Del-Key works now as expected in the search box.
    • FIXED: Unexpected behavior when using wildcards: a* found all files starting with a, but a*.cs found all files ending with .cs and contaning a

    Download it on the SonicFileFinder website.

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  • SonicFileFinder 1.8.1 released

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    SonicFileFinder is a free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that allows a fast and convenient search for any file within every Project of the loaded Solution by entering the complete filename or just a part of it. The found file(s) can either be edited with a single keystroke or a Windows Explorer / CommandLine prompt can be opened at the file’s location.

    After releasing Version 1.8 yesterday, I got an e-mail from Marc Templin. He detected two annoying bugs I did not recognize. Thanks Marc for your great feedback!

    What’s new?

    Version 1.8.1 is a small bugfix release of SonicFileFinder.

    • FIXED: When launching a file into the editor in popup window mode, the editor didn’t get the focus.
    • FIXED: When launching a file into the editor in tool window mode, a new line was added to the file.

    Download it on the SonicFileFinder website.

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  • SonicFileFinder 1.8 released

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    SonicFileFinder is a free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that allows a fast and convenient search for any file within every Project of the loaded Solution by entering the complete filename or just a part of it. The found file(s) can either be edited with a single keystroke or a Windows Explorer / CommandLine prompt can be opened at the file’s location.

    Finally a bunch of new features found their way into SonicFileFinder after circling around in my head for some time now. I hope you’ll enjoy using this release as much as I enjoyed shaping it.

    What’s new?

    Version 1.8 is a quite large feature release of SonicFileFinder. Beside a bunch of new features, SonicFileFinder has now full Vista compatibility.

    • ADDED: Context menu on the result list for deleting selected files or showing the Standard File Properties dialog.
    • ADDED: The Windows Standard File Properties dialog can now be shown for a selected file using Alt+Enter or the context menu.
    • ADDED: A CommandLine can now be opened at the file’s location – similar to the Explore feature – by pressing either the new CommandLine button or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+E.
    • ADDED: The search box of SonicFileFinder will now be preset with the current editor selection. (You can disable that feature using the configuration dialog.)
    • ADDED: The columns of the result list can now be sorted in either direction using Ctrl+<column number>.
    • ADDED: Page Up/Down buttons can now be used to navigate the result list.
    • ADDED: When opening a Windows Explorer using the Explore feature, the file to explore is now selected in Windows Explorer.
    • ADDED: The focus now always stays on the search box, even while navigating through the result list.
    • ADDED: A sophisticated logging mechanism has been implemented using SmartInspect from GurockSoftware.
    • ADDED: Better support for multi-monitor setups in Popup mode.
    • ADDED: Search by initials now supports partial matches.
    • ADDED: Selected files in the SonicFileFinder result list can now be deleted using the context menu or the Del-Key. (Of course not without asking your permission 😉
    • FIXED: When using search by initials, only the files matching the uppercase letters are shown.
    • FIXED: The match percentage is calculated correctly, when using search by initials.
    • FIXED: SonicFileFinder is now disabled, when using Visual Studio in CommandLine (aka non-interactive) mode. This caused SonicFileFinder to crash while trying to remove the menu, which obviously didn’t work.

    Download it on the SonicFileFinder website.

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