Object Browsing in 2003/ SharpDevelop

[Mark Broadbent]

In SharpDevelop, there is a lovely utility called assembly scout which
allows you to search through all the namespaces for members and namespaces
equal to your search criteria.

I have looked for the similar kind of functionality in 2003 but yet to find
it (object browser is similar but you cannot search and doesnt have the same
kind of functionality).
Am I looking in the wrong place for it OR as I suspect it is just not there?

Cheers.

P.S. The Search function in VS 2003 is not what I am looking for.

 

[Mohamoss]

Hi Mark
Not exact equivalent however , as for equivalent functionality with
VS.net there is specific search for the object browser "find symbol " you
can use that to locate a certain class , interface , etc.. .i guess you
can use that along with MSDN if you are looking for info about namespace
or a class on it

Mohamed Mahfouz
MEA Developer Support Center
ITworx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC

 

[Mark Broadbent]

Funnily enough I just stumbled on the binoculars just before I read your
post, and yes it is similar. Having just looked at the new 2005 I see they
have improved the search slightly, but sharpDevelop really does kick ass
with it's implementation of the class search.

I wish/ hope that the MS Architects took a look at great features in
existing products (or to improve on current ones) to implement in new
versions of their products rather than trying to add wizz bang gui features
that dont always improve the product significantly.

However that said, they do get it right a lot of the time.

Thanks for your post.