Tool to automatically reformat whole C# source tree in VS2008?

Question

I have inherited a large source tree, C#, Visual Studio 2008.

It has many quality issues, one of them is that the code is generally badly formatted.

I am looking for a tool, preferably a plugin for Visual Studio, that will go over the whole solution and apply the same basic formatting that Visual Studio itself applies when, for example, you close a curly brace around a block of code.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

In vs2005, you can do Edit->Advanced->Format Document for a single file, which will (I believe) do what you're asking. I assume vs2008 has a similar function somewhere.

Answer 2

ReSharper should do what you're looking for. Have a look at their Code Cleanup Feature. This can be applied to multiple files including the whole solution.

Answer 3

if you have already set your preferences in the vs editor options, you should be able to hit CTRL K, CTRL D which will tidy the code based upon your preferences

Answer 4

ok, so why not try a macro, if you want to do the entire solution, there is a vb example here

http://blogs.msdn.com/kevinpilchbisson/archive/2004/05/17/133371.aspx

it opens each file and applies the same formatting that VS does, but the macro will work across an entire solution (may not be that wise to run it if your solution is huge), beyond reflecting the internals of the format document code in VS and inling it into some sort of stream, this appears to be the easiest way to make use of what i consider to be a very useful feature in visual studio

Answer 5

Here's the simple way (for me)...

I have my Visual Studio set to reformat on "Paste"

Tools | Options | Text Editor | C# | Formatting

**Automatically format on paste** (checked)

When I hit an ugly file, I do CTRL-A, CTRL-X, CTRL-V -- poof, instant format :)

Hope this helps.

Kevin