What's New in Visual C# .NET 2003
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 includes new features in the following areas:
Compiler and Language
The compiler contains the following enhancements for this release:
- #line hidden is now added as an option to the #line directive. See C# Preprocessor Directives.
- The compiler now recognizes the
/** */delimiters for documentation tags. See Delimiters for Documentation Tags for more information.
Development Environment
The development environment contains the following enhancements for this release:
- /nowarn is now available in the property pages of a Visual C# project. See Build, Configuration Properties for more information.
- /nostdlib is now available in the property pages of a Visual C# project. See Advanced, Configuration Properties, <Projectname> Property Pages Dialog Box for more information.
- Build events are now available for Visual C# projects. See Build Events, Common Properties, <Projectname> Property Pages Dialog Box for more information.
- The General, Common Properties property page now includes the Supported Runtimes property.
IntelliSense
IntelliSense contains the following enhancements for this release:
- Automatic hook up of events in the Code Editor. See Automatically Hooking Up to Events for more information.
- Interface implementation assistance in the Code Editor. See Implementing Interfaces for more information.
- Recognition of your most frequently used members for convenient syntax completion. See IntelliSense for Most Frequently Used Members for more information.
- Assistance with overriding base class members in the Code Editor. See IntelliSense for Override for more information.
- Accessibility from the Immediate window of the debugger. See IntelliSense in Immediate Windows for more information.
Code Examples
New code example topics have been added to Visual C# .NET documentation. The topics are designed to present concise, real-world examples of common tasks. The following example categories are shipped with this release:
- General Language Example Topics
- Graphics Programming Example Topics
- Web Applications Example Topics
- Windows Forms Example Topics
