03.31 Using External Tools

WINDOWS

Alt,T, E

MENU

Tools | External Tools; Tools | [external tool of choice]

COMMAND

Tools.ExternalTools

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipTool0059

You can run external tools by going to the Tools menu and running your external tool of choice, as shown in the following illustration.

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If you want to add additional external tools, you can go to Tools | External Tools.

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As an example, let’s add the Visual Studio command prompt to our external tools list. First, click Add and put in a Title of Visual Studio Command Prompt.

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