ASPX Edit Helper

by F-Jo81 | March 22 2010

I have been using this addin now for a year.

Only problem is that it took some work to install it.

It is a real timesaver. Sometimes it adds runat to controls it shouldn't, such as to ItemTemplate. But I am not bothered by it.

Does what it should, does it well.

by JohnF | September 27 2008

Excellent timesaver. Easily customized by editing the XML file.

To install, I created a folder called "Addins" under MyDocuments/Visual Studio 2008/ and then added this as an Addin folder in Visual Studio (Tools | Options | Addins/Security)

As an example of saving time, I added a shortcut called "txtemail" that creates the standard email textbox, makes it required and checks to make sure it's a valid email address…

<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmail" runat="server" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="valEmailReqd" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtEmail" Text="*" ErrorMessage="Email is required" Display="Dynamic" SetFocusOnError="true" CssClass="validationError"/>
<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="valEmail" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtEmail" Text="*" ErrorMessage="Invalid email" ValidationExpression="\w+(&