Customize Visual Studio defined value and Function name foreground color

Question

Does anyone know how to change the color for defined value (eg: #define MyValue 1) and the function name.

For example on this video:

http://ddkwizard.assarbad.net/demo/

NTSTATUS is colored with blue whilst NT_SUCCESS is colored with pink DRIVER_ENTRY is colored with red

Please share if anyone knows how to achieve this.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I can change the colors of the text in the Tools Menu and then select options, and click on Fonts & Colors

Answer 2

Hello,

Yup, you can change the color from Tools > Options > Fonts and Colors > Text Editor > Display items, however there is no items such as "Function name" or "constant" which allow me to customize the color for them, for example like here: http://visualddk.sysprogs.org/screenshots/dbg1.gif

NTSTATUS foreground color is light purple (default is black); IoCreateDevice foreground color is light brown (default is black); PDEVICE_OBJECT foreground color is blue (default is black);

I'm thinking there is VS addin that can achieve this but still cannot find it.

Anyone has any thought?

Thanks.

[SOLVED]

Hello,

Thanks for Oliver Schneider from assarbad.net for providing me the answer.

Below is his reply:

Hi,

the solution is easy, you purchase Visual Assist X from Whole Tomato Software. You will notice the price is relatively high, but once bought you only pay the maintenance and this program is worth every cent. Try it, if you don't believe me. I also think it is ideal for driver writers.

// Oliver