The Templates option page is required to control your collection of built-in and custom CodeRush code templates. When you open the Templates option page, CodeRush will locate the last template you used by default. This is an excellent way to explore and learn how templates are built. When a template expands, if you want to see how it is built, just bring up the Template options page and the last template expanded will be displayed. Here is what it looks like:
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In case you want to share your custom code templates with others, you can easily export them. As recommended, custom templates should be stored in a separate folder. You can export the entire folder. Simply right-click the folder you wish to export on the Templates option page and select the corresponding item:
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Sometimes, you may find unexpected code template expansions when you typing code. This may happen when the template expansion key is bound to the Space Bar. Because this is a key used very often and there are tens of thousands of code templates; a complex contexts system, something may go wrong, especially if you prefer one or two key identifier names which may correspond to existing template abbreviations.
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Once you know recommendations for creating new templates and have the Templates options page open, you can start writing a template expansion starting from plain text. Any plain text typed or pasted into the Expansion area will be expanded as is, for example:
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Creating CodeRush code templates is easy. They are being created on the Templates options page in the Options Dialog. The Templates options page is an excellent way to explore and learn how templates are built. When a template expands, and you want to see how it is built, just bring up the Template options page and the last template expanded will be displayed. I recommend maximizing the Options dialog and collapse the options tree view on the left by clicking those tiny blue rectangles that appear when you hover over the area between the tree view and options page area:
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CodeRush code templates are easy to understand and learn. One of the easiest ways is to dock the CodeRush Training window inside the Visual Studio IDE. This window shows you the available templates for the current context. For example, if the editor caret is inside a namespace, the window will show you the following templates suggestion:
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CodeRush code templates allow you to generate large code blocks on the fly with just a few keystrokes. The use of code templates dramatically decreases the code writing time, because it’s not necessary to type the entire block of code manually. The Templates library shipped with CodeRush contain lots of code templates for most code blocks and regular coding structures including regions and comments.
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A DXCore plug-in is usually represented by a single assembly. It might also include some additional data, for example, language dictionaries for the Spell Checker CodeRush plug-in and, probably, setting files, such as shortcuts. To install the plug-in, simply copy an assembly to the Community Plug-ins folder that looks like this in most cases:
%Documents%\DevExpress\IDE Tools\Community
where %Documents% is your Windows Documents folder.
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