Recording a Macro
The simplest way to create a macro is to record one: Just turn on Visual Studio’s macro recorder and perform a series of actions in the IDE. The macro recorder turns your IDE interactions into macro code.
To start recording a macro, select Tools, Macros, Record TemporaryMacro (or press Shift+Ctrl+R). This immediately starts the recorder; a small toolbar, as shown in Figure 14.1, appears at this point to enable you to control the recording.
Figure 14.1 The Macro Recorder toolbar.
The three buttons on the toolbar enable you to pause and resume the recording, stop the recording, or cancel the recording. Pausing the recording does ...
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