03.21 Understanding Commands: Arguments and Switches

DEFAULT

Ctrl+Alt+A

VISUAL BASIC 6

Ctrl+Alt+A

VISUAL C# 2005

Ctrl+Alt+A; Ctrl+W, A; Ctrl+W, Ctrl+A

VISUAL C++ 2

Ctrl+Alt+A

VISUAL C++ 6

Ctrl+Alt+A

VISUAL STUDIO 6

Ctrl+Alt+A

WINDOWS

Alt,V, E, C

MENU

View | Other Windows | Command Window

COMMAND

View.CommandWindow

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipTool0069

Some commands take arguments and switches so that you can quickly execute them without having to deal with user interface elements. You can get a list of commands that take arguments by going to the MSDN Documentation article entitled “Visual Studio Commands with Arguments,” at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c338aexd.aspx.

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