>>>>To All:
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>>>>I often see complete, self-contained code samples on the Internet for C# .NET programs. What type of Project/File do I have to create within VS to be able to copy/paste/compile/run these code samples?
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>>>>It seems the projects and files I can create are too specific for my needs. I just want something like a generic code container, such as the PRG file in FoxPro.
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>>>>Thanks for your help,
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>>>If they're just .cs files that can be run by themselves, then don't use VS to play with them. Get a text editor and do the compiles by command line. I also find that projects are overkill for some testing. In those sorts of situations, I use UltraEdit and I compile and run .cs files using macros. Works very nicely.
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>>Alan,
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>>I tried copying/pasting code examples into VS C# class files so I could see the syntax coloring and use intellisense. The examples run fine, and I can add code and re-compile, etc., but I'm having some problem getting intelliense to work.
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>Take a look at Snippet Compiler: http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/ - it's a nice lightweight app. that gives you a simple way of testing out code segments w/o Visual Studio. It creates a simple command-line style class for you with a few helper methods to read/write stuff out to the console.

Cool, it looks interesting; I'll check it out, thanks!