.NET Framework - Visual Studio 2003 Powertoys

Asked By Philip Rayner

08-Apr-08 02:43 AM

I have found many websites that refer to Visual Studio 2003 Powertoys.
Like this one:
http://sharptoolbox.com/tools/powertoys-for-visual-studio-net-2003

Unfortunately they all refer to
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/ide/#powertoys which no longer exists and
redirects to http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/
I have tried searching this site and all it has come up with is and
article on MSDN that refers me back to gotdotnet.com which has been
depricated:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-nz/magazine/cc300778(en-us).aspx

I have found the link to download the power toys pack installer for VS
2005, but I need it for VS 2003 as the project I am working on is in 2003,
and the client wants to keep it that way.

Particularly I'm after the VSMouseButtons plugin so I can use the back
button on my mouse to navigate back through my code.

Any help in hunting down the download for this would be much appreciated.

Philip Rayner

08-Apr-08 06:07 AM

Hello Philip,

It seems VSMousButtons plugin has been removed from MSDN website.
I will check our internal library list. If I can get it, I will pass you
information as soon as possible. Thanks.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any more concern. We are glad
to assist you.
Have a great day,
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08-Apr-08 07:48 PM

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Can you let me know if you find this plugin. Thanks.

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09-Apr-08 02:51 AM

Hello Philip,
Thanks for your waiting.

I know which plugin you are after. But, I'm afraid to say I cannot find it
in our internal list, either. It has been removed. Maybe this is because
it's too old. It seems MSDN website only has migrated popular samples
(dating back to the beginning of 2007) from gotdotnet website. I suggest
you may send a feedback to MSDN website to check if they stil have any copy
of vsmousebindings for VS 2003 so far.
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/contactusMSDN?sd=msdn

Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
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09-Apr-08 04:37 PM

I have done this Wen and am still waiting to hear back.

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appreciated.

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10-Apr-08 06:03 AM

Hello Philip,

Did you get any reply from MSDN website so far? I searched on internet
about two hours, but all links I can found refer to the gotdotnet website.
I suggest you may also try to post it in MSDN Forum. Many VS guys actively
reply in that forum. Maybe someone has a copy of that tool.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=57&SiteID=1
[Visual Studio Extensibility]

Hope this helps. Please feel free to let me know if you have any more
concern. We are glad to assist you.
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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13-Apr-08 04:51 PM

Hi Wen, I have had no reply from the MSDN website so far. I have also ha=
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no replies on forums.microsoft.com.

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gotdotnet. I really don't understand the logic for taking this site down=
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and am finding it frustrating that this plugin is no longer available. A=
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there any further steps you can take to get this actioned by someone wit=
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access to the backups, history or archive of gotdotnet?

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14-Apr-08 06:09 AM

Hello Philip,
Thanks for your reply.

I have contacted Powertoys team. They are looked into by people who use to
work on the team for PowerToys 2003, I'll let you know if they find a
resource online or whatever the answer is. If you have any more concern,
please feel free to let me know if you have any more concern. We are glad
to assist you.

Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
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17-Apr-08 02:53 AM

Hello Philip,

These downloads were on GotDotNet.com, and now that site is gone as is many
of the downloads. Some people here have the old VSMouseBindings sample on
their hard drives, but to get it online they would have to post it to Code
Gallery. This might take a week or two due to their priorities. I expect we
might see this online in a week or so, and I'll let you know when it is.

Thanks in advance. If you have any more concern, please feel free to let us
know. We are glad to assist you.

Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan
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suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
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20-Apr-08 05:03 PM

Thanks Wen, I eagerly await being able to download it. I appreciate all =
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new URL to download it from). Thanks again.

Philip

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28-Apr-08 08:49 AM

Hello Philip,

I still haven't get response from Product Team. I will send email to check
if they have upload the plug-in.
I will paste the URL in this thread once I get information from them.

Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

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28-Apr-08 10:09 PM

Thanks Wen, appreciate all your help. Let me know when you get the URL.

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09-May-08 06:35 AM

Hello Philip,
Thanks for your reply.

Actually, product team told me they will response me in this week. It seems
you are busy in something else. I still haven't gotten it, even today is
the end of week. I have send mail to check if you face any issue. I believe
we can get it in the next week. Bye the way, is it possible for you to let
me know your email address for better communication. We will update you as
soon as I get information. Moreover, if they face any issue to upload it on
code gallery, I will send it to you directly in email. You can get me at
v-wywang@microsoft.com. I will reply you once I received your email.

Thanks for your understanding. If you have any other concern, please also
feel free to let us know. We are glad to assist you.
Have a great day,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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12-May-08 06:08 PM

Hi Wen, I still haven't heard back regarding this. Have you had any luck=
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finding the VSMouseBindings power toy for VS2003?

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14-May-08 12:17 AM

To anyone else who was wondering where these power toys went, Wen has
kindly sent me a list of them as they are now on MSDN code gallery.


The VsMousebindings pluging can be found here:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSMouseBindings


The rest of the power toys for VS 2003 are also back online

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSCMDShellWindow VSCMDShell Window Access
to the command shell CMD.exe and the Visual Studio commands from the same
window. Alpha Quality Warning! Remark This is a sample that is m...
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/CustomHelpBuilder Custom Help Builder
Create a custom help collection for your XML-style commented VB or C#
class libraries. Your custom help will be fully integrated into Visual
Studi...
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSEdit VSEdit
Load a file, or a set of files, into a currently running instance of
Visual Studio .NET 2003. No more extra windows opening, just pure editing
bliss.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSTweak VSTweak
Use custom file extensions in VS, edit your command window aliases, MRU
list control, edit debugger output for classes, ...
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSMouseBindings VSMouseBindings
You have a 5 button mouse, why not be able to assign all five mouse
buttons to commands within visual studio?
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ControlOutline ControlOutline
The Control Outline PowerToy is an add-in that adds a tool window to the
IDE allowing the developer to see a hierarchical representation of the
con...
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/OnlineSearch OnlineSearch
OnlineSearch is a tool that will let you search the internet from within
the text editor of Visual Studio .NET 2003.
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSWindowManager VSWindowManager
Design custom window layouts that you can store and recall from the
Windows menu. Automatically switch from code to design layouts as well!
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VBCommenter VB Commenter Add XML comments
to your VB .Net code easily and have them extracted into an XML comment
file at build time.

Thanks Wen your persistance in getting these dug up from the archives is
much appreciated :)


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