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  • K K Shaffer

    I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

    --Kevin

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    Nemanja Trifunovic
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    I am in a similar situation (except for the XP part) and simply use cmd window. To enable tab completion on XP, look at this KB article[^].

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      I am in a similar situation (except for the XP part) and simply use cmd window. To enable tab completion on XP, look at this KB article[^].

      utf8-cpp

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      PIEBALDconsult
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      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

      cmd window

      DOS box for the win! :cool: That's what I use too; I spend most of my day in a DOS box. At least it's bigger than the cubicle.

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      • K K Shaffer

        I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

        --Kevin

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        archymeta
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        There is one :-O We have developed a visual system that virtually turns a file system into a hierarchic sets of SQL databases (it's more in some aspects). User can do accurate search and sort on meta properties of files using unlimited expressions (like what is done in SQL) with the help of intellisense, starting from any directory recursively downward. It's unlike the current ones and I am sure you have never seen something like it before. It is under testing, if you are interested, please reply using the e-mail button below and I will send you a (.net WPF 4.0) copy using your e-mail...

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          There is one :-O We have developed a visual system that virtually turns a file system into a hierarchic sets of SQL databases (it's more in some aspects). User can do accurate search and sort on meta properties of files using unlimited expressions (like what is done in SQL) with the help of intellisense, starting from any directory recursively downward. It's unlike the current ones and I am sure you have never seen something like it before. It is under testing, if you are interested, please reply using the e-mail button below and I will send you a (.net WPF 4.0) copy using your e-mail...

          modified on Thursday, December 30, 2010 3:01 AM

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          Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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          Are you really thinking he would post his email in this forum? Dream on! Please ignore my stupidity! I ought to go to sleep now, it is 4:30 AM.

          modified on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:23 PM

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          • K K Shaffer

            I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

            --Kevin

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            Robert M Greene
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            Source Insight http://www.sourceinsight.com/ We use it where I work.

            ............................. Two words you don't ever want to hear. "Fix bayonets" US Marine Corps When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

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            • M Manfred Rudolf Bihy

              Are you really thinking he would post his email in this forum? Dream on! Please ignore my stupidity! I ought to go to sleep now, it is 4:30 AM.

              modified on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:23 PM

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              Luc Pattyn
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              I think the suggestion was to use the e-mail widget and send him his e-mail address, not to publish it here. :)

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              • L Luc Pattyn

                I think the suggestion was to use the e-mail widget and send him his e-mail address, not to publish it here. :)

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                Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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                E-Mail widget? Have I gone blind? Please Luc, tell me where that is already. Yes of course what says email better than "email". Somehow I've always seemed to ignore that link! My bad! Think I'd better go to bed now. :)

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                • K K Shaffer

                  I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

                  --Kevin

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                  Rajesh R Subramanian
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                  Will visual studio express edition (freely available) not do? :~

                  It was ever thus, the Neophiles will always rush out and get 'The Latest Thing' at a high price and with all the inherent faults - Dalek Dave.

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                  • K K Shaffer

                    I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

                    --Kevin

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    There's this[^]. No-one I know who's tried it has ever looked back.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    • K K Shaffer

                      I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

                      --Kevin

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      Um, I just tried typing a filename into the address bar (after a backslash, of course), and it does the trick very nicely.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • M Manfred Rudolf Bihy

                        Are you really thinking he would post his email in this forum? Dream on! Please ignore my stupidity! I ought to go to sleep now, it is 4:30 AM.

                        modified on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:23 PM

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                        The original message was a bit misleading, I have corrected it ...

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                        • K K Shaffer

                          I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

                          --Kevin

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                          Lost User
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                          why dont ya just make one with an autocomplete. childsplay. if you got so much 'code' you must be an average programmer, should take you a couple hours to make an app for it.

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                          • K K Shaffer

                            I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

                            --Kevin

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                            Gary R Wheeler
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                            The fact that this project involves other programmers doesn't necessarily prevent you from creating a Visual Studio project and/or solution to manage it.

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                              The original message was a bit misleading, I have corrected it ...

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                              Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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                              And I have amended my vote! :-D

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                              • M Mark_Wallace

                                Um, I just tried typing a filename into the address bar (after a backslash, of course), and it does the trick very nicely.

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                K Shaffer
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                                Thanks. Another thing I hadn't tried. This will work fine in the majority of cases.

                                -mE

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                                • M Marc Clifton

                                  Shaffer wrote:

                                  I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution.

                                  Uh, why not? Marc

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                                  Dale Hoover
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                                  Have you tried using TortoiseSVN .. It's free and a lot of larger companies are using it to manage there code base.

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                                  • D Dale Hoover

                                    Have you tried using TortoiseSVN .. It's free and a lot of larger companies are using it to manage there code base.

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                                    Marc Clifton
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                                    Dale Hoover wrote:

                                    Have you tried using TortoiseSVN

                                    Use it all the time. :) Marc

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                                    • K K Shaffer

                                      I have to use Windows XP as my desktop environment. I don't have the luxury of having all of my source code organized into a Visual Studio solution. Many of the source code directories have hundreds of files. I find myself clicking on files in explorer quite a bit but many of these directories have hundreds of files. Scrolling down to find a file or group of files is a pain. I can press a character and explorer will find the first file that begins with that character but I wish I could just keep typing and find the file I'm looking for. Windows search is too cumbersome. Does anyone have a suggestion for a tool that would do something similar to this?

                                      --Kevin

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                                      emartinho
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                                      Not exactly similar, but you did mention that you tried windows search, so I'll suggest an alternative... Agent Ransack Link[^]is the free little brother to FileLocator Pro. It's pretty fast and you can save your search criteria as well as the search results. Hope this helps. -EM

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