Automatically add namespace when adding new item

Question

When adding a new item (class, control, etc) in C# it will automatically add a namespace to the file depending on the location in the project.

Is this also available

Answer 1

You dont say what version of visual studio you are using, but it is doable by default with VS2008.

Goto : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\Code\1033\Class.zip (if this doesnt exist i will post you the contents of mine).

Inside you will find two files: Class.vb and Class.vstemplate

Open Class.vb (i extracted it and edited in notepad++ but anything will do). Change it to read:

Namespace $itemfolder$

    Public Class $safeitemname$

    End Class

End Namespace

Shut Visual stuid (all instances)

Save and replace the one inside the zip.

Openup a command prompt (easiest is to use the visual studio command prompt), and run the following:

devenv.exe /InstallVSTemplates

Open Visual Studio again, create a blank project and add a folder to the project, and add a class inside the folder and you will have your namespace automagically added to your class file.

Edit

Class.vb:

Namespace $itemfolder$

    ''' 

    ''' 
    ''' 
    ''' Class Created by $username$ on $date$
    Public Class $safeitemname$

    End Class

End Namespace

Class.vstemplate:

  
    
    
    
    VisualBasic
    100
    Class.vb
    1
    Microsoft.VisualBasic.Code.Class
    2.0
  
  
    Class.vb
  
  
    VBClassTemplateWizard, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=f12a64f29cf5aee5
    VBClassTemplates.VBClassReplacements