I updated my Command Prompt Round-Up to support a VS2010 "Command Prompt Here" function. Right-click a folder and get a VS2010 command prompt. Interested? Go get it.

It's been almost a year, but I've finally got the new CR_Documentor out the door. Several bug fixes and a couple of new features including: Ability to "pause" rendering - "pause" the preview window and navigate around without having it update. Helpful if you're using the documentation preview as a reference while developing. Assignable shortcut actions - set up shortcuts for many of the actions previously only available in the context menu like "convert selection to XML doc comment" or "collapse all XML documentation blocks." Still free - head over to...

I have to admit - I'm a Windows Live Writer convert. I tried earlier versions and wasn't impressed, but I'm all over it now. I'm also an ImageShack user. I love their free image hosting service for its ability to save me bandwidth on image hosting. It makes a surprising difference. (I even use YFrog on Twitter.) The only real problem I ran into was that Windows Live Writer wants to upload every image to your blog for hosting. I don't want that - I want my images on ImageShack. That means leaving Windows Live Writer to upload...

Sometimes you have a snippet of code in Visual Studio that you'd like to share over Twitter. You used to have to post the code snippet somewhere (or take a screen shot), then manually tweet the link to that snippet. Not anymore! CR_CodeTweet is a plugin for DXCore that adds a context menu and hotkey that allows you to select code in Visual Studio and automatically post it to CodePaste.NET, then tweet a link to that posted snippet - all without leaving Visual Studio. Select your code and use a simple context menu... ...

This is sort of a niche thing, so if you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry. However, people who write DXCore plugins (CodeRush/Refactor) sometimes need to do some action based on what context the user is currently in. For example, you may need to enable a function or hide a button or something if the user is in a designer screen. The problem is, it's hard to debug that sort of thing - there's nothing that says "here's the context(s) you're currently in" so when you're writing your plugin you can do the right thing. That's what...

A while ago I wrote a little app that would let you copy iTunes metadata from one track to another. Due to a breaking change in iTunes 9 where it doesn't handle selected tracks in the UI the same way, I updated it. Still free, and source available (and updated to .NET 3.5/VS 2008). If you want it, grab it.

It's been a while since I touched these, particularly since I don't use NAnt much anymore, but I got spurred into action by one of my readers (thanks Mark!). To that end, I did some updating to get things to work with a more recent environment... Updated to .NET 2.0. Updated to NAnt 0.86 beta 1. Fixed nunitexec task to no longer output the "framework" parameter. Fixed nunitexec task to properly quote only the value of command-line parameters. Fixed alpharesx to...

With the release of DXCore 9.1.3 I've also released a new version of CR_Documentor. Some changes in DXCore caused the previous versions of CR_Documentor to fail, so if you've upgraded your DXCore/CodeRush/Refactor install, you'll want the new CR_Documentor to go with it.

CR_Documentor 2.2.1.0 is a bug fix release that fixes a UI hang that would occasionally happen on certain users' machines. If you're seeing the documentation preview "freeze," this might help you out.

CR_Documentor 2.2.0.0 has been released and includes several bug fixes for rendering issues as well as some fixes/enhancements around the internal preview web server. Check out the version history to see the list of all the resolved issues and added features, then go get it!

I just posted the new version of CR_Documentor, version 2.1.0.0, over at Google Code. This new one hosts a tiny internal web server (instead of manually poking things into the IE DOM) so as long as you can get to localhost, you should be able to see the preview without that nasty warning. I also fixed the focus issue so it shouldn't steal focus when the preview refreshes. If you upgraded before and are ready for a fix, go get it!

I know it's bad news to release things on Friday right before the day is out, but I can't hold it in any longer: I am pleased to announce that after a far-too-long silence, CR_Documentor 2.0.0.0 has been released and is now available for download. Three major things to report in this release: All reported bugs have been fixed. If you mailed me or left a comment about a bug, it should be resolved in this release. While there are some known issues, things should render right and it should behave itself reasonably. Sandcastle "Prototype" preview...

My CR_JoinLines and CR_SortLines plugins for DXCore have been joined up with the DXCore Community Plugins project headed by Rory Becker. Complete source, installation/usage info, etc., has all been put up over there and any further dev on them will be done there. Hopefully this more public release area will be helpful to folks who not only want to find and use the plugins, but also who want to learn how to write plugins.

For those using my little assembly strong name reading tool, I: Updated it for .NET 2.0. Added an option to copy/paste a generated binding redirect block out for the assembly you're looking at. Free for the taking!

I posted before about an ASP.NET 1.1 way to deploy in a close-to-binary-only format, embedding ASPX files as resources in your assemblies.  That way doesn't work in .NET 2.0... but it turns out they added something better in .NET 2.0 that lets you create a more complete solution - System.Web.Hosting.VirtualPathProvider. The basic idea is that rather than talk directly to the filesystem, ASP.NET provides a "hosting environment" and asks for files from there.  VirtualPathProviders can register and respond to these requests.  By default, ASP.NET has a file system based provider registered, so everything works out like it always did.  While you can't...