Press &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;J&lt;/kbd&gt; then type your snippet shortcut... this is [mentioned here][1] on the Resharper site


  [1]: http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/webhelp/Templates__Applying_Templates__Inserting_Imported_Code_Snippets.html

[This][1] answer demonstrates another work around. 

1. Right-clicking in your code editor and selecting &quot;Insert Snippet&quot;

2. &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;,&lt;kbd&gt;X&lt;/kbd&gt;

This is what I am using to use mvvmlight snippets.

  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2960865

I have the same problem and would gladly see a solution. The snippets work even though they won&#39;t show up in the intellisense popup, so if you hit &quot;cr&quot;+tab you would probably get the snippet anyway.

There is a &quot;workaround&quot; though. If you go to open the ReSharper settings and Environment-&gt;IntelliSense-&gt;General and change from ReSharper to Visual Studio intellisense mode. This will make your snippets show as expected, however some of the resharper intellisense additions won&#39;t be available.

I&#39;ve tried with the latest nightly build of ReSharper 5.1 and it&#39;s still not fixed, unfortunately.

Hope this helps.




I have a directory called c:\RemoteSrc . Under this there are 3 directories which are currently source folders (I think? the icon is an open folder with a little orange grid in it) in my Eclipse project. I have dropped a new directory under c:\RemoteSrc which I also want to add to my project.

BUT

If I right click on my project and go &quot;Build Path...&quot; -&gt; &quot;Link Source&quot; and try to add it it tells me &quot;Folder already exists with a different case&quot;. Yes i KNOW that the folder already exists THATS WHY IM TRYING TO ADD IT.

Eclipse: How to add an existing source folder?

I would like some text to be centered in the bottom of the screen.

I tried [this][1], but it doesn&#39;t work. It looks like absolute positioning conflicts with the alignment.

How could I achieve this simple task ?


  [1]: http://jsfiddle.net/HRz6X/

Absolute Positioning &amp; Text Alignment

I am trying to use Code Contract&#39;s Code Snippets but since I turned Resharper back on it doesn&#39;t recognize them. On the other hand, it is recognizing some snippets I&#39;ve implemented myself in the past.

Any ideia of what might be the problem? I&#39;m specifically trying to use `cr` and `ce`, which I think, don&#39;t collide with any other snippets (at least from what I see in the intellisense).

I&#39;m using R# 5 with VS 2010

Thanks

Using VS Code Snippets with Resharper

I am trying to use Code Contract's Code Snippets but since I turned Resharper back on it doesn't recognize them. On the other hand, it is recognizing some snippets I've implemented myself in the past.
Any ideia of what might be the problem? I'm specifically trying to use <code>cr</code> and <code>ce</code>, which I think, don't collide with any other snippets (at least from what I see in the intellisense).
I'm using R# 5 with VS 2010
Thanks

(See below solution I created using the answer I accepted)

I&#39;m trying to improve the maintainability of some code involving reflection. The app has a .NET Remoting interface exposing (among other things) a method called `Execute` for accessing parts of the app not included in its published remote interface. 

Here is how the app designates properties (a static one in this example) which are meant to be accessible via Execute:

    RemoteMgr.ExposeProperty(&quot;SomeSecret&quot;, typeof(SomeClass), &quot;SomeProperty&quot;);

So a remote user could call: 

    string response = remoteObject.Execute(&quot;SomeSecret&quot;);

and the app would use reflection to find SomeClass.SomeProperty and return its value as a string.

Unfortunately, if someone renames SomeProperty and forgets to change the 3rd parm of ExposeProperty(), it breaks this mechanism.

I need to the equivalent of: 

    SomeClass.SomeProperty.GetTheNameOfThisPropertyAsAString()

to use as the 3rd parm in `ExposeProperty` so refactoring tools would take care of renames.

Is there a way to do this?

Okay, here&#39;s what I ended up creating (based upon the answer I selected and the question he referenced):

    // &lt;summary&gt;
    // Get the name of a static or instance property from a property access lambda.
    // &lt;/summary&gt;
    // &lt;typeparam name=&quot;T&quot;&gt;Type of the property&lt;/typeparam&gt;
    // &lt;param name=&quot;propertyLambda&quot;&gt;lambda expression of the form: &#39;() =&gt; Class.Property&#39; or &#39;() =&gt; object.Property&#39;&lt;/param&gt;
    // &lt;returns&gt;The name of the property&lt;/returns&gt;
    public string GetPropertyName&lt;T&gt;(Expression&lt;Func&lt;T&gt;&gt; propertyLambda)
    {
        var me = propertyLambda.Body as MemberExpression;
    
        if (me == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentException(&quot;You must pass a lambda of the form: &#39;() =&gt; Class.Property&#39; or &#39;() =&gt; object.Property&#39;&quot;);
        }
    
        return me.Member.Name;
     }

Usage:

    // Static Property
    string name = GetPropertyName(() =&gt; SomeClass.SomeProperty);
    
    // Instance Property
    string name = GetPropertyName(() =&gt; someObject.SomeProperty);

Now with this cool capability, it&#39;s time to simplify the ExposeProperty method. Polishing doorknobs is dangerous work...


Get name of property as a string

How do I get the time difference between two `DateTime` objects using C#?


How do I get the time difference between two DateTime objects using C#?

I have a C# application which emails out Excel spreadsheet reports via an Exchange 2007 server using SMTP. These arrive fine for Outlook users, but for Thunderbird and Blackberry users the attachments have been renamed as &quot;Part 1.2&quot;.

I found this [article][1] which describes the problem, but doesn&#39;t seem to give me a workaround. I don&#39;t have control of the Exchange server so can&#39;t make changes there. Is there anything I can do on the C# end? I have tried using short filenames and HTML encoding for the body but neither made a difference.

My mail sending code is simply this:

    public static void SendMail(string recipient, string subject, string body, string attachmentFilename)
    {
        SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
        NetworkCredential basicCredential = new NetworkCredential(MailConst.Username, MailConst.Password);
        MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
        MailAddress fromAddress = new MailAddress(MailConst.Username);

        // setup up the host, increase the timeout to 5 minutes
        smtpClient.Host = MailConst.SmtpServer;
        smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
        smtpClient.Credentials = basicCredential;
        smtpClient.Timeout = (60 * 5 * 1000);

        message.From = fromAddress;
        message.Subject = subject;
        message.IsBodyHtml = false;
        message.Body = body;
        message.To.Add(recipient);

        if (attachmentFilename != null)
            message.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(attachmentFilename));

        smtpClient.Send(message);
    }

Thanks for any help.

  [1]: http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/microsoft-outlook-tnef.html

Sending email with attachments from C#, attachments arrive as Part 1.2 in Thunderbird

What is the difference between `Convert.ToString()` and `.ToString()`?

I found many differences online, but what&#39;s the major difference?

Difference between Convert.ToString() and .ToString()

I am working with the Exchange Web Services Managed API, with contact data. I have the following code, which is *functional*, but not ideal:

    foreach (Contact c in contactList)
    {
        string openItemUrl = &quot;https://&quot; + service.Url.Host + &quot;/owa/&quot; + c.WebClientReadFormQueryString;

        row = table.NewRow();
        row[&quot;FileAs&quot;] = c.FileAs;
        row[&quot;GivenName&quot;] = c.GivenName;
        row[&quot;Surname&quot;] = c.Surname;
        row[&quot;CompanyName&quot;] = c.CompanyName;
        row[&quot;Link&quot;] = openItemUrl;

        //home address
        try { row[&quot;HomeStreet&quot;] = c.PhysicalAddresses[PhysicalAddressKey.Home].Street.ToString(); }
        catch (Exception e) { }
        try { row[&quot;HomeCity&quot;] = c.PhysicalAddresses[PhysicalAddressKey.Home].City.ToString(); }
        catch (Exception e) { }
        try { row[&quot;HomeState&quot;] = c.PhysicalAddresses[PhysicalAddressKey.Home].State.ToString(); }
        catch (Exception e) { }
        try { row[&quot;HomeZip&quot;] = c.PhysicalAddresses[PhysicalAddressKey.Home].PostalCode.ToString(); }
        catch (Exception e) { }
        try { row[&quot;HomeCountry&quot;] = c.PhysicalAddresses[PhysicalAddressKey.Home].CountryOrRegion.ToString(); }
        catch (Exception e) { }

        //and so on for all kinds of other contact-related fields...
    }

As I said, this code _works_. Now I want to make it suck _a little less_, if possible.

I can&#39;t find any methods that allow me to check for the existence of the key in the dictionary before attempting to access it, and if I try to read it (with `.ToString()`) and it doesn&#39;t exist then an exception is thrown:

&gt;500&lt;br/&gt;
&gt;The given key was not present in the dictionary.

How can I refactor this code to suck less (while still being functional)?

How can I detect if this dictionary key exists in C#?

I have an web application that I&#39;m working on, it was working fine until my curiosity got the better of me and I right-clicked on a view and chose Set As Start Page option.  Now, whenever I run my application it takes me to the Resource Not Found error page.  I have the default register route set in my Global config route which was working fine before.  I notice that the URL now reads:

http://localhost:1234/Views/User/Login.aspx

instead of

http://localhost:1234/

like it was before.  I&#39;m not sure how to undo this action or what was changed, I&#39;ve looked in my web.config file but I&#39;m not sure what to look for exactly, Help is appreciated.

Visual Studio ASP.Net MVC undo set as start page action

I am wondering what these greens things are in Visual Studio 2010. What are they for? They look pretty random but of course they have to have some meaning. Can any one tell me?

At first glance they don&#39;t mean any thing to me.

**Picture 1:**

![Image 1][1]

**Picture 2:**

![Image 2][2]

**Edit:**

They show saved changed content during the document open. Once you close the document they disappear.


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/J3dvn.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/yc5W8.png

Green Bars in Visual Studio 2010

Would be a nice thing - do I have to write a script or can&#39;t I just tweak the build script to do some task?


Visual Studio IDE: I want it to make a sound after it compiles so I can get back to work

I have Visual studio 2010 Premium installed on Windows 7. When I try to connect to an online gallery or online template, I get an error message like this:

&gt; Cannot search for online exensions because an error occured while trying to contact the server

It asks me to enable access to extensions on the vistual studio gallery. I did enable those in Extension Manager Tools/Options page. Internet connection was fine, too. 

My computer firewall was turned off. I have proxy to connect to internet but it&#39;s working fine when the browser connects to internet (even the internal browser in vs2010 is working fine). So where is the place in VS2010 to set up the proxy for connection to other online resources?

I am running the VS2010 Ultimate trial on another computer and that works fine.


Cannot connect to any online resource

Visual Studio 2010 adds a zoom setting on the bottom left of the text editor (to the left of the horizontal scroll bar) and also adopts the &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+mouse scroll idiom for zooming in and out.

The former is fine, but I dislike the latter as I am occasionally still holding control when I start scrolling my source code (which results in the text size radically changing and completely throwing me off whatever I was doing).

How do I disable it?

How to disable zoom on Ctrl+scroll in Visual Studio 2010?

I&#39;m considering purchasing a [ReSharper][1] license, but are there any possible alternatives to ReSharper and how would you rate these compared to ReSharper?

It doesn&#39;t necessarily have to be a free alternative, but I would just like to know how good equivalent products are.

  [1]: http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/


What are some alternatives to ReSharper?

I&#39;ve gotten accustomed to many of the Java IDEs ([Eclipse][1], [NetBeans][2], and [IntelliJ IDEA][3]) providing you with a command to generate a default constructor for a class based on the fields in the class.

For example:

    public class Example
    {
        public decimal MyNumber { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
        public int SomeInteger { get; set; }

        // ↓↓↓ This is what I want generated ↓↓↓
        public Example(decimal myNumber, string description, int someInteger)
        {
            MyNumber = myNumber;
            Description = description;
            SomeInteger = someInteger;
        }
    }

Having a constructor populate all of the fields of an object is such a common task in most OOP languages, I&#39;m assuming that there is a some way for me to save time writing this boilerplate code in C#. I&#39;m new to the C# world, so I&#39;m wondering if I&#39;m missing something fundamental about the language? Is there some option in Visual Studio that is obvious?

  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_%28software%29
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBeans
  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntelliJ_IDEA


How do I generate a constructor from class fields using Visual Studio (and/or ReSharper)?

When I add new event handler for any event, VS creates method like `object_Click`. 
But ReSharper underlines this method as Warning, because all methods should not have any delimeters such as &quot;_&quot;. 

How can I customize rules of ReSharper so that it doesn&#39;t underline such methods? Or may be I should rename such methods?

Thanks in advance.


ReSharper conventions for names of event handlers

I have a trial version of ReSharper and it always suggests that I switch regular strings to verbatim strings. What is the difference?

What is the difference between a regular string and a verbatim string?

Can I configure ReSharper to fix C# code when curly braces are not used to surround a single-line code block, like this:

    if (blnSomeCondition)
       DoSomething();  // complain

    if (blnSomeOtherCondition)
    {
       DoSomethingElse(); // don&#39;t complain
    }


Thanks







ReSharper - force curly braces around single line

I find myself doing a ton of jQuery these days, so I started to abstract out some of the common things I do into snippets. I look forward to sharing these with the community, but I&#39;m running into an issue right now.

The literals in snippets are defined by adding dollar signs ($) around the name of the literal to delimit where the value you would like to provide will go. This is difficult because jQuery uses the dollar sign notation in order to use a lot of its functionality.

What is the escape sequence for snippets, so I am able to use the dollar sign, and have my snippets still function?



Escaping the $ character in snippets

Does anyone know of a complete choose file dialog? Maybe one where you can filter out all files except for ones with specific extensions? 

I have not found anything lightweight enough to implement easily into one of my projects. The only other option seems to be using OI FileManager&#39;s open intents, but that requires the user already having the file manager installed. 

I would be grateful if someone could point out a Dialog that would allow the user to browse folders and select a file, and return the path.

Choose File Dialog

I have seen some people creating properties in C# really fast, but how did they do it?

What shortcuts are available in Visual Studio (currently using Visual&amp;nbsp;Studio&amp;nbsp;2010) to create properties?

I am using C#.

For example,

    public string myString {get;set;}


Shortcut to create properties in Visual Studio?

What is the code snippet or shortcut for creating a constructor in Visual Studio?

Visual Studio 2010 and C#.



Code snippet or shortcut to create a constructor in Visual Studio

Can I create a custom snippet that takes a parameter that is replaced multiple times inside the code?

I tried something like:

    &lt;#class#&gt; instanceOf&lt;#class#&gt;;

but it doesn&#39;t replace both `class` placeholders when I insert the snippet and write over the first parameter.

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Using VS Code Snippets with Resharper

C# Problem Overview

C# Solutions

Solution 1 - C#

Solution 2 - C#

Solution 3 - C#

Absolute Positioning & Text Alignment

Eclipse: How to add an existing source folder?

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