The Macro Explorer and the Macros IDE
Les Smith · Apress eBooks · 2002
While Developing Code in Visual Studio, you’ll often find yourself repeatedly performing a particular process or series of keystrokes. In previous versions of Visual Studio, with the exception of Visual C++, the only way to do this was to perform the tedious actions over and over again. But now in Visual Studio .NET, you can automate the process by using macros. If you’ve used Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, you’re probably familiar with macros. A macro is a set of instructions saved in a file (.Vsmacros) that can be executed later. You can either create the macro manually by typing the code in the Macros IDE, or you can have the environment record a macro for you automatically as you type and click.