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 Hmmm... shame... now that I have an idea for one
Mauricio Ritter - Brazil
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Mauricio Ritter wrote:
now that I have an idea for one
No, it's impossible. Outlook is a perfect product, there is no room for improvement, ever. 
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>>> Outlook is a perfect product, there is no room for improvement
LOL - 
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This addin is the strongest and most impactful add-in of all posted add-ins. That's just a shame it was posted that late, and will have hard time catching up others.
Again. Kuddows to the guy. And kuddows to Lutz of course. 
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Reflector catches up. Glad to see there is some logic of truth outta there.
For those who wouldn't know yet, Reflector decompiles the source code from the .NET framework (and in fact all assemblies) into readable C# and VB.NET code. It also lets one find types by name, and a few other ways to quickly browse the class hierarchy. It's the handiest .NET tool to work with, and an unmatched way to make quick progress into the 5000+ classes.
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Stephane Rodriguez. wrote:
Glad to see there is some logic of truth outta there.
There ins't anything new on that addin, nothing build for the coder. The whole Reflector addin is purely the Reflector standalone tool(????)
Stephane Rodriguez. wrote:
It's the handiest .NET tool to work with, and an unmatched way to make quick progress into the 5000+ classes.
what do you mean by that?????
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What is worth in that article is the Managed addins section which is not part of the context of the addin. If the addin was totaly revolving how to build a managed addin then it would get my vote. No architecture No Vote
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The Managed Add-Ins framework *is* the add-in that I'm submiting. Reflector is just one example of an application that can now be quite easily made into an add-in. The whole point is that it is now easy to leverage existing technology even if you don't have the source!
It would have been much easier for me to submit NUnit Add-In [1] that I have been working on for a good number of months. Instead I wrote the Managed Add-Ins framework from scratch within the two months that the competition ran. It can host dynamicaly updatable add-ins (i.e. Whaoo!) as specified in the brief.
If you're thinking that NUnit Add-In hosts the NUnit GUI in the same way that Reflector is hosted you are wrong. It uses the NUnit.Framework assembly in the same way that the NUnit GUI and NUnit Console does. It is a pity that the NUnit GUI couldn't just be hosted in Visual Studio.NET. With the Managed Add-Ins framework is will be very easy to do so!
Run NUnit, JUnit and Ad-Hoc methods within VS.NET
[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/nunitaddin
Have fun, Jamie.
P.S. If you're using a build prior to 32, please upgrade. The add-ins toolbox has been completely revamped form the pathetic excuse for a UI it was before!
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daggyosires wrote:
what do you mean by that?????
Without this tool, how to you see the source code of the .NET framework?
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I am not sure if there is any advantage doing that as a addin....
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<sarcasm>Why use intellisense when you have the MSDN documentation waiting for you. Huh?</sarcasm>
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<getreal>Nothing better to do??
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Minase Tue wrote:
Nothing better to do??
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However we are not paying attention to other articles such as line counter and Collection builder or even Code store, these have put a lot of work on the addin and not around existing ideas.;P
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Thank god.@!!!!
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You are probably right, they have put work to it. But, if I just express my opinion, I would give full votes for Reflector because it is THE tool for .NET programming. It is my belief you can't do serious stuff without the actual code from the CLR and as such, I would vote for the way it gets integrated in the IDE with this add-in. Why Reflector (or Anakrino) are necessary is that the MSDN .NET reference documentation is mostly the result of an automated process, not human documentation. There had to be a nice compliment to it.
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Stephane Rodriguez. wrote:
Reflector (or Anakrino)
I only have Anakrino and have not used Reflector yet. How is Reflector better? I better make sure before even attempting to download it... My connection is quite slow...
Nish
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Nishant S wrote:
How is Reflector better?
I don't want to criticize Jay Freeman's Anakrino but if we compare them :
- reflector has a much stronger C#/VB.NET decompiler, such that the decompiled code fully supports all IL commands. On the other hand, the labelling (goto statement) is much better handled.
- reflector provides navigation links everywhere. It's just unbelievable how easy navigation becomes. In short, you don't even use the class tree anymore. The most obvious use of it is for all base.xxxx method calls.
- reflector provides a fast type finder. Use it once, only once and you'll see.
- reflector provides parent/children hierarchy names.
- ...
Pardon me Nish, I am totally bought to Reflector (although my former boss would bite me to death because he's publishing a class browser in MSDN mag in the near future, and there are chances that it's somewhat more primitive than reflector).
Of course, anyone can use Rotor instead. But now that Reflector is integrated in the IDE, I guess the choice becomes obvious...
Nishant S wrote:
My connection is quite slow...
It's 350KB, roughly 5 codeproject pages. 
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At that time, Reflector had no decompiler at all. Quite a change.
Conclusion of the day, don't believe a developer, his mind is always changing. 
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Stephane Rodriguez. wrote:
At that time, Reflector had no decompiler at all. Quite a change.
Very true. The decompiler is awesome. It's still also the best class browser out there.
Stephane Rodriguez. wrote:
Conclusion of the day, don't believe a developer, his mind is always changing.
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Is me or is too many people for this competition from rules?
- Submissions up to 30 June 2003 from May 2003 when competition started.
- VS.NET or Outlook add-in, not VC 6
One of these been in development with nearly two years, other one with over three years! Is this fair to all?
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I also don't think this is fair!
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