How to add date into C# snippet

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I would like to add to my c# Visual C# Express (no macros) snippet current date and time tag. How to do it? When I will use intellisense to create code with this snippet I would like to have current date and time put into code.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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Someone else asked this a few days ago: Insert current datetime in Visual Studio Snippet. Looks like you can't do it, but the macro worked for me.

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answered Jul 20 '09 at 15:08

Matt Jamieson

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I've corrected my question. Thanks for link. Hope that there will a solution for Express too. – Tom Smykowski Jul 20 '09 at 15:10
I suspect the only way will be some kind of add-in (ReSharper's Live Templates let you do this), but that's out for Visual C# Express too. – Matt Jamieson Jul 20 '09 at 15:27
I'm not familiar with the Express version. It doesn't let you have add-ins? – Erich Mirabal Jul 20 '09 at 15:33
I don't believe so. There's a list of what's missing here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/86562/what-is-missing-in-the-visual-studio-express-editions – Matt Jamieson Jul 20 '09 at 15:44
That's a shame. I wrote an add-in that does that (dynamic timestamp) and it is a shame that it wouldn't help them. – Erich Mirabal Jul 20 '09 at 15:48
Thanks Erich, but unfortunately Express does not support plugins – Tom Smykowski Jul 21 '09 at 10:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 20 '09 at 15:23

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Nothing to do here. This is list of all tree functions that is supported.

Long time ago I saw simple tools that can send key strokes to the active window. Probaly this could work for you.

answered Jul 20 '09 at 15:23

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