The Strings DXCore service manipulates DXCore string providers. It has methods that expand and format string providers for further expansion inside the code editor using the DXCore plug-ins.
DXCore string providers are functions that return strings, and can be used to provide calculated information (e.g., date/time stamps, user names, active file name, etc) inside text expansions or DXCore plug-ins.
Text Expansions DXCore service provides methods and properties for expanding dynamic text containing encoded text commands and/or string providers. CodeRush Templates is an example of such a feature. Note that the service is hidden from Intellisense.
One of the most important methods is “Insert” (with various overloads), which allows you to expand the text you prepared. All Insert methods return the SourceRange of the expanded text. For example, when you expand the “ai” template in CSharp (to create a new auto-implemented property), the following text is being expanded:
The History service is dedicated for storing a few core feature history items for the current Visual Studio session. At the moment, it stores the history for selected text commands, string providers and regex aliases, which you can choose from the Select Dialog inside the Options Dialog: