I don't know why mine is getting an error.
But I found out why my snippet looks different that the one in the video. He
must have been using the one from 2005 and in 2008, the have a different one
that isn't nearly as good. Not sure why they changed it. I just copied
the text from the 2005 version and pasted it into the prop.snippet file for
2008 and saved it and it works fine now.
The 2005 version
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>prop</Title>
<Shortcut>prop</Shortcut>
<Description>Code snippet for an automatically implemented
property</Description>
<Author>Microsoft Corporation</Author>
<SnippetTypes>
<SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
</SnippetTypes>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>type</ID>
<ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
<Default>int</Default>
</Literal>
<Literal>
<ID>property</ID>
<ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
<Default>MyProperty</Default>
</Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[public $type$ $property$ { get;
set; }$end$]]>
</Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
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The 2008 version
****************************************************
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>prop</Title>
<Shortcut>prop</Shortcut>
<Description>Code snippet for property and backing field</Description>
<Author>Microsoft Corporation</Author>
<SnippetTypes>
<SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
</SnippetTypes>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>type</ID>
<ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
<Default>int</Default>
</Literal>
<Literal>
<ID>property</ID>
<ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
<Default>MyProperty</Default>
</Literal>
<Literal>
<ID>field</ID>
<ToolTip>The variable backing this property</ToolTip>
<Default>myVar</Default>
</Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[private $type$ $field$;
public $type$ $property$
{
get { return $field$;}
set { $field$ = value;}
}
$end$]]>
</Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
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Tom
"tshad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I figured out part of the problem.
>
> The code snippet wasn't valid xml. When opening it up in IE it gave me an
> error. I had to delete the "-" from the beginning of the line and then IE
> showed it as valid.
>
> But I am still getting the error saying it is invalid:
>
> ***********************************************
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> <CodeSnippets
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
> <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
> <Header>
> <Title>propOLD</Title>
> <Shortcut>propOLD</Shortcut>
> <Description>Code snippet for a longhand property</Description>
> <Author>Daniel Moth</Author>
> <SnippetTypes>
> <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
> </SnippetTypes>
> </Header>
> <Snippet>
> <Declarations>
> <Literal>
> <ID>field</ID>
> <ToolTip>backing store</ToolTip>
> <Default>mProp</Default>
> </Literal>
> <Literal>
> <ID>type</ID>
> <ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
> <Default>int</Default>
> </Literal>
> <Literal>
> <ID>property</ID>
> <ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
> <Default>MyProperty</Default>
> </Literal>
> </Declarations>
> <Code Language="csharp">
> <![CDATA[
> private $type$ $field$;
> public $type$ $property$
> {
> get {return this.$field$;}
> set {this.$field$ = value;}
> }
>
> $end$
>
> ]]>
> </Code>
> </Snippet>
> </CodeSnippet>
> </CodeSnippets>
> ************************************************
>
> Tom
>
> "tshad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I hadn't realized that the snippet was a custom snippet.
>>
>> I found this one which is exactly what I want to do but when I try to
>> import it into the snippet manage I get an error saying it is invalid.
>>
>> What am I missing here?
>>
>> **************************************
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>> - <CodeSnippets
>> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
>> - <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
>> - <Header>
>> <Title>propOLD</Title>
>> <Shortcut>propOLD</Shortcut>
>> <Description>Code snippet for a longhand property</Description>
>> <Author>Daniel Moth</Author>
>> - <SnippetTypes>
>> <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
>> </SnippetTypes>
>> </Header>
>> - <Snippet>
>> - <Declarations>
>> - <Literal>
>> <ID>field</ID>
>> <ToolTip>backing store</ToolTip>
>> <Default>mProp</Default>
>> </Literal>
>> - <Literal>
>> <ID>type</ID>
>> <ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
>> <Default>int</Default>
>> </Literal>
>> - <Literal>
>> <ID>property</ID>
>> <ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
>> <Default>MyProperty</Default>
>> </Literal>
>> </Declarations>
>> - <Code Language="csharp">
>> - <![CDATA[
>> private $type$ $field$;
>> public $type$ $property$
>> {
>> get {return this.$field$;}
>> set {this.$field$ = value;}
>> }
>>
>> $end$ ]]>
>> </Code>
>> </Snippet>
>> </CodeSnippet>
>> </CodeSnippets>
>> **************************************
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:29:38 -0700, tshad <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was watching a video that used a code snippet to create a property
>>>> and
>>>> when you type "prop" tab tab, it would create the private variable as
>>>> well
>>>> as the property definitions with the private variable in it. When you
>>>> changed the private variable it would also change the variables in the
>>>> Property definition.
>>>>
>>>> But when I do it, I only get the property definition but no variables
>>>> in it:
>>>>
>>>> public int MyProperty { get; set; }
>>>>
>>>> Why is that?
>>>
>>> When you do what? You haven't described what the video demonstrates,
>>> nor provided a link to the video, nor described what exactly you're
>>> doing.
>>>
>>> It _sounds_ like the video demonstrates two different things: using a
>>> code snippet to insert a property with private field; and using
>>> refactoring to rename the private field.
>>>
>>>> Where is the rest of the code? [...]
>>>
>>> As for what you "get", that looks like a perfectly reasonable
>>> alternative to having the property and private field separate. In C#
>>> 3.0, there are now automatic properties, meaning that you can leave out
>>> the getter and setter implementations, and the compiler will generate
>>> the private field automatically for you. Since if you've defined a
>>> property it's generally a bad idea to write code that accesses the
>>> private field without going through the property, this is just as good,
>>> if not better, than writing the private field, getter, and setter
>>> explicitly.
>>>
>>> Of course, it only works for the simplest implementations. If you need
>>> your getter or setter to do something interesting, you'll have to
>>> implement the whole property explicitly. But lots of properties get by
>>> just fine without anything special.
>>>
>>> Pete
>>
>>
>
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