Commenting out a block of code in VS2005

[Dennis]

How do you comment out a block of VB.Net code in VS2005? It seems to me
in an earlier version of VS I just ran the CommentRegion macro from the
Macro Explorer. But in VS2005 that does nothing.

 

[Tom Shelton]

How do you comment out a block of VB.Net code in VS2005? It seems to me
in an earlier version of VS I just ran the CommentRegion macro from the
Macro Explorer. But in VS2005 that does nothing.

Comment:
Higlight code, Ctrl-K,Ctrl-C

Uncomment:
Highlight code, Ctrl-K,Ctrl-U

There's also a button in the text editor toolbar

 

[Dennis]

There's also a button in the text editor toolbar

Elementary my dear Watson!

 

[Michael C]

Elementary my dear Watson!

If you're using C# then try

/*
My comment
*/

 

[Michael C]

Elementary my dear Watson!

Ignore that, I frogot we was in the VB group!

 

[Tom Shelton]

Ignore that, I frogot we was in the VB group!







- Show quoted text -

Even in C#, it's easier to:

Highlight code, hit Ctrl-K,Ctrl-C

 

[Phillip Taylor]

Ignore that, I frogot we was in the VB group!

- Show quoted text -

Even in C#, it's easier to:

Highlight code, hit Ctrl-K,Ctrl-C

Edit Menu > Advanced > Comment Selection

 

[Tom Shelton]

Edit Menu > Advanced > Comment Selection- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

another possible way, but a lot more work then just using the
keyboard

 

[kimiraikkonen]

another possible way, but a lot more work then just using the
keyboard

And another way would be:
Press "home" button that brings you to beginning of code line then put
a apostrophe Same way to remove.