New Plugin HighlightCurrentLineInEditor

I have created a new plugin called 'HighlightCurrentLineInEditor' which unsurprisingly highlights the current active line in the editor in a nice shade of blue.

I'm sure other enhancements will follow. Perhaps the ability to choose the color or change the length of the highlighted section ( currently stuck at 150)

As is the fashion (started by me :)), I have posted the code on Google Code at http://code.google.com/p/dxcorecommunityplugins/

Binary Downloadable from http://www.rorybecker.me.uk/DevExpress/Plugins/Community/

Enjoy

P.S. My apologies to AC for this not being the next 'Testing refactorings' post

Quick templates Example: Contact XML

A simple example of using "Quick Templates" with a simple piece of XML.
This is a very quick post to show an example of using "Quick Templates" to aid you
in the creation of a repetitive piece of XML
Imagine you have the following XML.
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<Contact fname="Rory" lname="Becker"/>
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You would like to have many more of these.
What to do?

- Highlight the XML to duplicate.
- Trigger my plugin. (I suggest attaching the "Create Quick Template" action to the "Alt-Q")
- Enter a few keys to trigger your template (In this case perhaps "con")
- Add some choice (crlf separated) keywords to the "Field list". (I think Rory and Becker would work well here. )
- Optionally: Setup a suitable context for you new template.
- Click Ok

Now whenever you activate the template by typing con and hitting space, you will find that the XML is repeated back
to you but that Coderush has wrapped my name (in this case) using it's nice glowing field markers. and you can
effectively type the following
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con Mark Miller<enter>
con Carl Franklin<enter>
con Dustin Campbell<enter>
con Richard Campbell<enter>
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...and create the following XML...
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<Contact fname="Mark" lname="Miller" />
<Contact fname="Carl" lname="Franklin" />
<Contact fname="Dustin" lname="Campbell" />
<Contact fname="Richard" lname="Campbell" />
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I'm sure there are many other uses for this.
Feel free to suggest some.

Add Namespace

I just knocked up a new RefactorPro plugin which uses the refactoring menu to Add a Namespace around a Class, Module or other Namespace
Find it in this thread of the new Developer Express Forums.