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Visual Studio - Adding FileLocator Pro as an External Tool

 

To launch FileLocator Pro from within Visual Studio using Visual Studio's External Tools feature.

Set the Command to be the path to FileLocator Pro, e.g.:
C:\Program Files\Mythicsoft\FileLocator Pro\FileLocatorPro.exe

And then use the argument to define the place to search.

Searching the current solution

Set the argument to be:
-d "$(SolutionDir)\"

note the trailing '\' character. Without it the trailing '\' automatically added to $(SolutionDir) will escape the quote wrapping the argument.

Searching the current file

Set the argument to be:
-d "$(ItemPath)"

You can also specify a combination of the other FileLocator Pro command line switches:
http://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/help/commandline.htm

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