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Note

All code expansion templates are XML-based descriptions of the code to generate within the IDE.

Using Visual Studio 2008 (as well as Visual C# 2008 Express), you can create your own custom code templates.

Details of how to do so can be found in my article “Investigating Code Snippet Technology” at 

http://msdn.

microsoft.com

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The Visual Class Designer

Visual Studio 2008 gives us the ability to design classes visually (this capability is not included in

Visual C# 2008 Express). The Class Designer utility allows you to view and modify the relationships

of the types (classes, interfaces, structures, enumerations, and delegates) in your project. Using this

tool, you are able to visually add (or remove) members to (or from) a type and have your modifica-

tions reflected in the corresponding C# file. As well, as you modify a given C# file, changes are

reflected in the class diagram.

To work with this aspect of Visual Studio 2008, the first step is to insert a new class diagram file.

There are many ways to do so, one of which is to click the View Class Diagram button located on

Solution Explorer’s right side (see Figure 2-24).

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