Visual Studio Tip: Setting Up Code Snippets with Variable Parameters: Listing 1
XML for creating a code snippet.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CodeSnippets
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
<Header>
<Title>???Assign a title???</Title>
<Shortcut>???Assign a shortcut???</Shortcut>
</Header>
<Snippet>
<Declarations>
<Literal>
<ID>???Assign a replacement parameter name???</ID>
<ToolTip>???Describe the replacement parameter</ToolTip>
<Default>"???Assign a default replacement parameter???"</Default>
</Literal>
</Declarations>
<Code Language="VB">
<![CDATA[
…code goes here…
]]>
</Code>
</Snippet>
</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>
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