07.06 Create Custom Tokens for the Task List

WINDOWS

Alt,T, O

MENU

Tools | Options

COMMAND

Tools.Options

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipTool0032

In vstipTool0029 (07.05 TODO Comments in the Task List, page 296), I showed you how to create comments that show up in the Task List:

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The “TODO” part is known as a token. It’s a trigger to indicate that an item should be put in the Task List. Did you know you can create your own custom tokens? Go to Tools | Options | Environment | Task List | Tokens to see the following window:

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