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Or, we simply (albeit laboriously and tediously) typed in the code afresh each time it was needed because the boilerplate code was not at hand.

From then on, adding your custom code snippets is as easy as mashing (to mash is Southern (Southern as in Georgia, Alabama, Lousiana, etc., not Southern as in Argentina, Chile, etc.) for presspushenterkey in, etc.) CtrlK, X and selecting the required snippet.

So without further ado, adont, or Mountain Dew (either type), here are the steps.

Also, I add a Description of what the Snippet is, and a Shortcut.

This will add some values to the next empty row in the Replacements section at the bottom of the snippet designing window.

After making those Replacements, the snippet designer now appears like so.

You can then change the Replacement value declarations to whatever you want, and they will be changed throughout the snippet where they are thereafter referenced.

You no longer have any excuse to eschew creating Code Snippets, because not to do so would be penny wise and pound foolish or, to state it more directly, minutes wise and hours foolish.

I have not tested it in other versions of Visual Studio, either newer or older.

I assume it will work in newer versions, but I wouldnt bet the farm (or even my booty) on older ones.

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Hopefully, youre not stuck having to use an older version of Visual Studio than 2010, but if you are, feel free to buy yourself a beer and make it salty the organic way.

Note: A (gentle) reader wrote that it worked for him in VS 2013.

My monologue (or one-man play, entitled The Adventures of Mark Twain: As Told By Himself and set in 1896) features Twain giving an overview of his life up till then.

The performance includes the relating of interesting experiences and humorous anecdotes from Twains boyhood and youth, his time as a riverboat pilot, his wild and woolly adventures in the Territory of Nevada and California, and experiences as a writer and world traveler, including recollections of meetings with many of the famous and powerful of the 19th century - royalty, business magnates, fellow authors, as well as intimate glimpses into his home life (his parents, siblings, wife, and children).

I have never created a code snippet in VS, granted I am not a professional, but after seeing your Tip I am atleast going to give it a try.

How to use snippets is well-covered (with screen-shots) in the on-line VS documentations for versions 20052015RC.

The author also fails to describe the key aspects of the three types of snippets one can use in VS: HTML, code-surround-with, and code-expansion.

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over.

Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you cant see from the center Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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