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  • D Dario Solera

    Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

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    Bassam Abdul Baki
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    Have you tried devMetrics[^]? There's also one here in CP, I think.


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      Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

      If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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      Pete OHanlon
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      We use this one[^] from Microsoft. It's not bad - although, I've never thought that counting LOC has any relevance; it's just certain clients seem to like this feature.

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        Not a VS plugin, but certainly one of the more useful tools I know, is SLOCCount[^]; I only use it in the linux terminal, but it will probably work anywhere.

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        Bassam Abdul Baki
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        I have a few more tools listed on my bookmarks (BM) site.


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        • L Lost User

          Not a VS plugin, but certainly one of the more useful tools I know, is SLOCCount[^]; I only use it in the linux terminal, but it will probably work anywhere.

          Paul

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          Dario Solera
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          Thanks, unfortunately I strictly need one that is able to process only files in the solution (I have .cs files that contain data and not code).

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          • B Bassam Abdul Baki

            Have you tried devMetrics[^]? There's also one here in CP, I think.


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            Dario Solera
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            Unfortunately devMetrics seems a bit outdated (it works with VS .NET 2003). The one here on CP is PLC, which was my favorite when I could use it.

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            • P Pete OHanlon

              We use this one[^] from Microsoft. It's not bad - although, I've never thought that counting LOC has any relevance; it's just certain clients seem to like this feature.

              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

              As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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              Dario Solera
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              The funny thing is that I searched on MSDN Code Gallery and found none. I guess that's because Microsoft struggle at making their search engine work. Anyway, it only works for VS05...

              Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

              I've never thought that counting LOC has any relevance

              It depends. It is a quick metric that let you know when your code is becoming too big for the team (or yourself).

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              • D Dario Solera

                The funny thing is that I searched on MSDN Code Gallery and found none. I guess that's because Microsoft struggle at making their search engine work. Anyway, it only works for VS05...

                Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                I've never thought that counting LOC has any relevance

                It depends. It is a quick metric that let you know when your code is becoming too big for the team (or yourself).

                If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                Pete OHanlon
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                Dario Solera wrote:

                Anyway, it only works for VS05...

                Not quite true - you can run it outside of Visual Studio (it runs in standalone mode as well).

                "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

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                  Dario Solera wrote:

                  Anyway, it only works for VS05...

                  Not quite true - you can run it outside of Visual Studio (it runs in standalone mode as well).

                  "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                  As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                  Dario Solera
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                  Yes, I've seen that, but it feels way too complex for my needs. I mean, when PLC worked I just had to click a button and get the results.

                  If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                  • D Dario Solera

                    Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

                    If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    Do something that will cause an exception. That will count the lines passed through (including iterated lines) to that point. :D

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                    • D Dario Solera

                      Thanks, unfortunately I strictly need one that is able to process only files in the solution (I have .cs files that contain data and not code).

                      If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                      Lost User
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                      Fair enough :) But now I'm thinking of ugly hacks using the find util; oh well ;P

                      Paul

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                      • D Dario Solera

                        Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

                        If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                        I use source monitor. this tool not only provide the LOC but also the complexity of code. This tool is not a plug in for VS.

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                        • D Dario Solera

                          Yes, I've seen that, but it feels way too complex for my needs. I mean, when PLC worked I just had to click a button and get the results.

                          If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                          Single Step Debugger
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                          It’s not so complicated and what I like is that it excludes the comments and blanks from the result, so you get the real picture. What’s bugging me with this tool is that you need to select manually every source file from the check list box and if the files are thousands…

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                          • D Dario Solera

                            Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

                            If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                            How something as basic as counting lines would require registry tweaking is beyond me. No help other than suggesting grep ";" *.[ch] | wc. :-O

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                              How something as basic as counting lines would require registry tweaking is beyond me. No help other than suggesting grep ";" *.[ch] | wc. :-O

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                              Dario Solera
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                              Robert Surtees wrote:

                              How something as basic as counting lines would require registry tweaking is beyond me.

                              The VS add-in I used to use (linked in my original post) was built for VS05 and never updated for VS08. You could get it working in VS08 with some registry tweaking, but for some reason I'm no more able to make it work on my new PC.

                              If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                              • D Dario Solera

                                Robert Surtees wrote:

                                How something as basic as counting lines would require registry tweaking is beyond me.

                                The VS add-in I used to use (linked in my original post) was built for VS05 and never updated for VS08. You could get it working in VS08 with some registry tweaking, but for some reason I'm no more able to make it work on my new PC.

                                If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                                You'll have to forgive my ranting. I'm one of them luddites that still uses a simple text editor and the command line for development.

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                                  You'll have to forgive my ranting. I'm one of them luddites that still uses a simple text editor and the command line for development.

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                                  Dario Solera
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                                  :omg: Really?

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                                    :omg: Really?

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                                    Robert Surtees
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                                    Really. I kinda like it. Can't think of a single crash or problem my development environment has given me in the last 30 years. This year I'm upgrading to gcc from my Watcom compiler. Should be exciting.

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                                    • D Dario Solera

                                      Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

                                      If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                                      Have you seen this one Line Counter - Writing a Visual Studio 2005 & 2008 Add-In[^]

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                                        You'll have to forgive my ranting. I'm one of them luddites that still uses a simple text editor and the command line for development.

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                                        PIEBALDconsult
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                                        Preach it, man! VS is for designing Forms; I don't do much of that.

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                                        • D Dario Solera

                                          Do you know of any add-in for Visual Studio 2008 (excluding this one[^]) that allows to count lines of code in your solution and projects? I used to use PLC (linked above) but I can't manage to install it for VS08 because it requires registry tweaking (I succeeded on another machine, but on my current PC). Any idea?

                                          If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki

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                                          PIEBALDconsult
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                                          First, define a "line of code" . Counting statements might make sense, but then you still need to define a statement . You should be able to remove all the linfeeds from a C-family program without affecting it ( unfortunately, precompiler directives break that :mad: ) .

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