This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.
This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.
Coding Aids
The Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) provides a rich set of tools to aid you in creating, navigating, and modifying code.
- Editing Text, Code, and Markup
Contains subsections of help topics on identifying, marking, and modifying your project code.
- Editing Resources
How to add new resources to projects, and how to modify resources using an appropriate resource editor.
- Customizing the Editor
Describes how to customize the Editor by setting Editor options.
- Navigating Through Code
Procedures for using the Find and Replace window, Bookmarks, and the Task List and Error List to locate lines of code.
- Using the Toolbox
How to use the Toolbox and the Add Item dialog box to add controls and components to your code.
- Viewing Classes, Members, and Symbols
How to use these tools to browse hierarchies of used and available symbols and resources.
- Designing and Viewing Classes and Types
How to use Class Designer to design, view, and refactor classes and other types.