SmartPaster 2010

New Post: Could not get this to run

lozinakr — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:32:24 GMT

Thank you. I did not see where the UnBlock was. Thanks again.

Bob Lozinak

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New Post: Could not get this to run

martinjw — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:55:45 GMT

That's the UAC-related permissions error.

See http://smartpaster2010.codeplex.com/workitem/1

When you download the zip, you need to unblock it in the Properties window.

There are other possible security issues which are noted on the Documentation page

New Post: Could not get this to run

lozinakr — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:32:05 GMT

Installed as stated and I am getting an 'unknown error #80131515

Bob Lozinak

Updated Wiki: Documentation

Martinjw — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:04:17 GMT

Important! When you download the zip, right click and select properties, and on the General tab click the "Unblock" button. Otherwise the files will be tagged as coming from the internet and Visual Studio will refuse to load them.

You can just put the dll and .AddIn file in the \Visual Studio 2010\AddIns folder and it should work.
Potential problems:

If you don't have a standard location for AddIns, consult this list of default locations for AddIns: http://www.mztools.com/Articles/2008/MZ2008001.aspx
If your \Visual Studio 2010\ folder is a network drive, you may get security problems.
MSDN on the Visual Studio 2010 AddIn Manager: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xwdatdwh.aspx
See this StackOverflow answer for another solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4653436/how-to-visual-studio-add-in-manager

To remove/uninstall the AddIn, normally you can just delete the two files from the AddIns folder.
More here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228765.aspx

One reported incompatibility is if you have the flag <NetFx40_LegacySecurityPolicy enabled="true"/> in devenv.config. You must remove it for the addin to work.

If you want to customize the AddIn, here are useful links for AddIn programming:

Resources about Visual Studio .NET extensibility http://www.mztools.com/resources_vsnet_addins.aspx
MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5abkeks7.aspx

Reviewed: SmartPaster2010 v3 (Oct 03, 2012)

Anders_Rask — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:10:28 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - I love SmartPaster and this version works really well with VS 2012. If your development often requires you to import large strings into your code, this is the addin that does the trick for you. Brilliant work to the people behind this. Thank you so much for contributing this.

New Post: VS 2012 RTM not working?

Anders_Rask — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:06:10 GMT

Thank you for you help Martin.

I eventually got it to work, though it turned out that the "C:\Users\userName\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\AddIns" wasn't configured as an addin directory in my Visual Studio 2012 configuration. Odd. This StackOverflow answer helped me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4653436/how-to-visual-studio-add-in-manager

Once again thank you for your help and also for creating this version of Smart Paster. Keep up the good work :)

New Post: VS 2012 RTM not working?

martinjw — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:20:18 GMT

The "Visual Studio 11" instructions on the front page were wrong for Visual Studio 2012 RTM (I've just corrected them as follows...)

The visual studio directory during the RC was C:\Users\userName\Documents\Visual Studio 11\AddIns, but in RTM it is C:\Users\userName\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\AddIns. Unless you installed the RC then upgraded to RTM, in which case you still use "Visual Studio 11"...

The most common reason VS refuses to load addins is the dll and/or addin still have a web origin.

When you download the zip, open the properties and it'll say at the bottom "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer" with an Unblock button. You must click the Unblock button. When you unzip, the dll and addin file have the same origin as the zip archive. If it's not unblocked, Visual Studio will refuse to load it.

Updated Wiki: Home

Martinjw — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:01:32 GMT

Project Description
A port of Alex Papadimoulis' Smart Paster Visual Studio AddIn for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 11.

A "Paste As" right-click option that allows clipboard text to be

Paste as comments
Paste as a string (multi-line strings are @"verbatim style")
Paste as StringBuilder

Installation (Visual Studio 2010)

Before you unzip the download, right click and "Unblock" it.
You should copy the SmartPaster2010.dll and SmartPaster2010.AddIn files into the Visual Studio 2010 AddIns folder.
By default this is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\AddIns
If the AddIns folder does not exist, you can create it in Windows Explorer.
If your Visual Studio 2010 folder is on a network drive you may have security errors when using addins.

Installation (Visual Studio 2012)

Before you unzip the download, right click and "Unblock" it.
You should copy the SmartPaster2010.dll and SmartPaster2010.AddIn files into the Visual Studio 2012 AddIns folder.
By default this is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\AddIns
If the AddIns folder does not exist, you can create it in Windows Explorer.
If your Visual Studio 2012 folder is on a network drive you may have security errors when using addins.

Credits

This code was originally published on my blog: http://www.martinwilley.com/blog/2010/06/06/SmartPasteIn2010.aspx
The original SmartPaster (for VS 2003/2005/2008) by Alex Papadimoulis is here: http://weblogs.asp.net/alex_papadimoulis/archive/2004/05/25/Smart-Paster-1.1-Add-In---StringBuilder-and-Better-C_2300_-Handling.aspx
The original source code is here: http://code.google.com/p/smartpaster/

Details

The main differences from the original:

Ported it to C# and updated to support Vs2010 and Vs11 in v3
~~There is no VB support.~~ VB support is included in v2
There is no "Paste as Region"
There is no configuration form (generally this isn't needed).

New Post: VS 2012 RTM not working?

Anders_Rask — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:55:47 GMT

Hi all,

Great work on the SmartPaster to the people behind it.

I actually can't get this version to work on VS 2012 RTM. It just says it can't load the extension. Does anyone out there having the same problem, or does it work for you?

Thanks,

Created Issue: tabs chars are translated as /t [2]

eloycm — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:41:11 GMT

tabs chars are translated as /t when pasting from notepad++

Reviewed: SmartPaster2010 v3 (May 16, 2012)

RobLove2Code — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:16:43 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - Christmas has come early! After we upgraded from VS2008 to VS2010, I was gutted to see that I couldn't use SmartPaster, because I had got so used to using it!!! Now thanks to these developers, I can once again.... Paste As.... Awesome work guys!! Thank you!

New Post: Paste like intellij

someotherdevguy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:31:14 GMT

I modified the StringinizeInCs method to this.... (this acts like intellij where it will escape multiple lines - think copying multi-line sql query)

        private static string StringinizeInCs(string txt)
        {
            //c# quote character -- really just a "
            const string qChr = "\"";

            //sb to work with
            var sb = new StringBuilder(txt);

            //escape appropriately
            //escape the quotes with ""
            sb.Replace(qChr, "\\\"");
            sb.Replace("\r\n", "\\r\\n \" + " + Environment.NewLine + " \"");
            //insert " at beginning and end
            return sb.ToString();
        }

Updated Wiki: Home

Martinjw — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:46:34 GMT

Project Description
A port of Alex Papadimoulis' Smart Paster Visual Studio AddIn for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 11.

A "Paste As" right-click option that allows clipboard text to be

Paste as comments
Paste as a string (multi-line strings are @"verbatim style")
Paste as StringBuilder

Installation (Visual Studio 2010)

Installation (Visual Studio 11)

Before you unzip the download, right click and "Unblock" it.
You should copy the SmartPaster2010.dll and SmartPaster2010.AddIn files into the Visual Studio 11 AddIns folder.
By default this is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 11\AddIns
If the AddIns folder does not exist, you can create it in Windows Explorer.
If your Visual Studio 11 folder is on a network drive you may have security errors when using addins.

Credits

Details

The main differences from the original:

Ported it to C# and updated to support Vs2010 and Vs11 in v3
~~There is no VB support.~~ VB support is included in v2
There is no "Paste as Region"
There is no configuration form (generally this isn't needed).

Created Release: SmartPaster2010 v3 (Mar 02, 2012)

martinjw — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:35:36 GMT

Right click and "Unblock" the zip file after downloading.
The zip file contains two files:

SmartPaster2010.AddIn
SmartPaster2010.dll

Copy both these files to the Visual Studio AddIns folder.
By default this is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\AddIns
E.g. on Windows 7 C:\Users\Me\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\AddIns
For Visual Studio 11 it will be %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 11\AddIns
If the AddIns folder doesn't exist, just create it in the Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 11 folder.

When you next start Visual Studio it should load SmartPaster.
If it doesn't, check in Tools/AddIn Manager... to see if it listed.

This version includes both C# and VB.Net support, and supports Visual Studio 11

Released: SmartPaster2010 v3 (Mar 02, 2012)

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:35:36 GMT

Right click and "Unblock" the zip file after downloading.
The zip file contains two files:

SmartPaster2010.AddIn
SmartPaster2010.dll

Updated Wiki: Home

Martinjw — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:12:57 GMT

Project Description
A port of Alex Papadimoulis' Smart Paster Visual Studio AddIn for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 11.

A "Paste As" right-click option that allows clipboard text to be

Paste as comments
Paste as a string (multi-line strings are @"verbatim style")
Paste as StringBuilder

Installation (Visual Studio 2010)

Installation (Visual Studio 11)

Before you unzip the download, right click and "Unblock" it.
You should copy the SmartPaster2010.dll and SmartPaster2010.AddIn files into the Visual Studio 11 AddIns folder.
By default this is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 11\AddIns
If the AddIns folder does not exist, you can create it in Windows Explorer.
Edit the SmartPaster2010.AddIn file in Notepad (it is xml). Look for this section

<HostApplication>
	<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
	<Version>10.0</Version>
</HostApplication>

Change the 10.0 to 11.0

<Version>11.0</Version>

If your Visual Studio 11 folder is on a network drive you may have security errors when using addins.

Credits

Details

The main differences from the original:

Ported it to C# and updated to support Vs2010
~~There is no VB support.~~ VB support is included in v2 (currently a beta download)
There is no "Paste as Region"
There is no configuration form (generally this isn't needed).

Updated Wiki: Documentation

Martinjw — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:40:56 GMT

If you don't have a standard location for AddIns, consult this list of default locations for AddIns: http://www.mztools.com/Articles/2008/MZ2008001.aspx
If your \Visual Studio 2010\ folder is a network drive, you may get security problems.
MSDN on the Visual Studio 2010 AddIn Manager: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xwdatdwh.aspx

Resources about Visual Studio .NET extensibility http://www.mztools.com/resources_vsnet_addins.aspx
MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5abkeks7.aspx

Commented Issue: Error on Startup [1]

headhunter45 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:09:43 GMT

Commented Issue: Error on Startup [1]

Martinjw — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:46:56 GMT

The Add-in 'SmartPaster2010' failed to load or caused an exception.
Would you like to remove this Add-in?
If you choose yes, the file it was loaded from,
'C:\Users\Tom\Documents\VisualStudio 2010\Addins\SmartPaster2010.AddIn', will be renamed.

Error Message: <Unknown Error>
Error number: 80131515
Comments: The error is due to permissions problems. After you download the zip, right click the zip file to open the Properties - General tab and click the "Unblock" button. Otherwise the files will be tagged as internet origin and UAC will refuse to load them. You can also see the error if your visual studio addins folder is on a network share, although this will not be the case for the path shown in your error (C:\), See http://forums.reflector.net/questions/185/error-code-80131515 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brada/archive/2009/12/11/visual-studio-project-sample-loading-error-assembly-could-not-be-loaded-and-will-be-ignored-could-not-load-file-or-assembly-or-one-of-its-dependencies-operation-is-not-supported-exception-from-hresult-0x80131515.aspx http://blog.tabsstudio.com/2010/06/23/running-add-ins-from-a-network-location-in-visual-studio-2010/

Created Issue: Error on Startup [1]

headhunter45 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:36:21 GMT