Is there a 'scratch pad' window in Visual Studio 2008

Question

I currently use notepad to store little notes to myself about my code. This is usually a mixture of code and requirements.

Is there a 'scratch pad' type window in VS2008 where i could do this.

The other alternative is to use code comment blocks in the source files, but that's not quite what I'm looking for.

Answer 1

On "Solution Level" you can add files (text, html or code) to act as notes files.

Also in projects, you can add files, and set the Build Action to None.

Answer 2

Try the sticky notes add in

http://www.davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2008/03/18/VisualStudio2008AddInStickyNotes.aspx

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/StickyNotes

Answer 3

Most of the time I'd simply add a .txt file to the solution or abuse comments to do it. However, if you use the scratch pad to store todo lists et cetera you can use TODO: in your comments and visual studio will add them to the built in todo list.

Answer 4

I think Stick notes wont support VS 2005. Anyway WinDBG rocks.