Using the Macro Explorer

To become familiar with the Macros environment, create a new Windows Forms application and name it LearnMacros_vb or LearnMacros_cs, depending on your language. Macros in Visual Studio .NET only understand Visual Basic .NET, so the actual macro code that you create and examine today is in Visual Basic .NET. You can still use macros with any project template and any language in Visual Studio .NET.

The Macro Explorer is your window for managing macros in Visual Studio .NET. To open the Macros Explorer, you can press the Alt+F8 key combination, or select Other Windows, Macro Explorer from the View menu. From the Macro Explorer, you can

  • View, edit, and run your macros
  • View, edit, and run the macro samples that come with Visual ...

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