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Creating Snippets with VB Snippet Editor

Creating code snippets by manually editing XML files can be tedious. It can also result in errors that are hard to track down. Fortunately, a third-party tool called Snippet Editor can make your life a lot easier. You’ll find the Snippet Editor at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ vbasic/downloads/tools/snippeteditor/. Download it and install it in a location that you can locate easily, as it doesn’t create an entry in the Start menu. The default location is C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\MSDN\Code Snippet Editor.

You may also want to create a desktop shortcut to the program if you’ll be using it frequently.

When you start the Snippet Editor, it will display a welcome screen showing you how to browse and create new snippets. The left side of the screen is populated with a tree view containing all the Visual Basic snippets defined in your system known to Visual Studio 2005. Initially the tree view is collapsed, but by expanding it you’ll see a set of folders similar to those in the code snippet library (see Figure 19-9).