Settings Add-in ver. 1.0 released on GotDotNet

5 Comments

• Hi Roy,
  
  
  
  
  
  Hmm, the download won't work (D/L takes ages to start, but then only a 0k file is saved). The whole gotdotnet site seems to be pretty slow... Maybe they're doing maintenance work (taking the time zones into account, this would be a typical time for a US site).
  
  
  I'll try later.
  

• Yeah its slow on my end as well....
  

• Hi Roy,
  
  
  
  
  
  I tried it with both VS.NET 2002 and 2003. The addin doesn't appear in VS.NET 2003. In VS.NET 2002 I only tried the export, but that went fine.
  
  
  
  
  
  Suggestions for future versions (yeah, it's always the same... people see a new program and the first thing they say is "it's nice, but could you please add X and change Y" ;-):
  
  
  
  
  
  - use of an XML file for the settings
  
  
  - colors as hex numbers
  
  
  - only ship the MSI of the setup to reduce the download size
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Roland
  

• Rolang: Thanks for the input! :)
  

• Pretty easy to get running in 2003, actually. It's just a matter of making the right registry settings. Find the keys that the setup creates at
  
  
  
  
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0\AddIns\SettingsAddin.Connect]
  
  
  
  
  
  and make a copy of them at
  
  
  
  
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\AddIns\SettingsAddin.Connect]
  
  
  
  
  
  (The easy way to do this is to export a .reg file from regedit, edit it to change the location, and then import the changed file).
  
  
  
  
  
  After this, it will show up on the 2003 menu as well.
  
  
  
  
  
  Be nice if it at least warned you before overwriting an existing file.