“This will change your life”

… reassured my colleague Mr Carmicheal.

Basically it’s possible in VS2010 (Pro, Premium or Ultimate) to Import & Export sets of break points for projects, handy if you have pieces of code you often have to step through for some reason or another.

The original article can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd293657.aspx

In case that page goes AWOL as MSDN pages often do, this is what it said;

To export all breakpoints that match the current search criteria

1. In the Breakpoints window toolbar, click the Export all breakpoints matching current search criteria icon.
   

   The Save As dialog box appears.

2. In the Save As dialog box, type a name in the File name box.
   

   This is the name of the XML file that will contain the exported breakpoints.

3. Note the folder path shown at the top of the dialog box. To save the XML file to a different location, change the folder path shown in that box, or click Browse Folders to browse for a new location.
4. Click Save.

To export selected breakpoints

1. In the Breakpoints window, select the breakpoints you want to export.
   

   To select multiple breakpoints, hold down the CTRL key and click additional breakpoints.

2. Right-click in the breakpoints list, and choose Export selected.
   

   The Save As dialog box appears.

3. In the Save As dialog box, type a name in the File name box.
   

   This is the name of the XML file that will contain the exported breakpoints.

4. The folder path is shown at the top of the dialog box. To save the XML file to a different location, change the folder path shown in that box, or click Browse Folders to browse for a new location.
5. Click Save.

To import breakpoints

1. In the Breakpoints window toolbar, click the Import breakpoints from a file icon.

   The Open dialog box appears.

2. In the Open dialog box, browse to the directory where your file is located, and then type the file name or select the file from the file list.
3. Click OK.

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$(document).ready(function () { // Shawsons' Teeny-Tiny Drop Downs!
    $('.drop-down-menu li ul').hide().mouseleave(function () {
        $(this).hide();
    });
    $('.drop-down-menu>li>a').mouseenter(function () {
        $('ul', $(this).parent().parent()).hide();
        $('ul', $(this).parent()).show();
    }).mouseleave(function (o) {
        if ($(this).parent().has($(o.relatedTarget)).length < 1) {
            $('ul', $(this).parent()).hide();
        }
    });
});

The Markup:

<ul class="drop-down-menu">
        <li>Available Actions : </li>
        <li><a href="">Menu 1</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="a.htm">a</a></li>
                <li><a href="b.htm">b</a></li>
                <li><a href="c.htm">c</a></li>
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            <ul>
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                <li><a href="f.htm">f</a></li>
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Some CSS:

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.drop-down-menu li { float:left; padding: 8px; }
.drop-down-menu li a { padding:8px; }
.drop-down-menu li ul
{
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    padding:5px;
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.drop-down-menu li ul li a { color:#000; }
.drop-down-menu li ul li:hover { background-color:#F68833; }

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npm install -g node-inspector

Once npm has worked it’as magic, you start node inspector by simply typing node-inspector into the command line- then start your project in node, with the debug flag;

node --debug myfile.js

If all runs as planned, you can then hit the browser on http://localhost:8080/debug?port=5858, as mentioned in the docs.

However when I started node-inspector I received an error;
C:\Users\Shawson>node-inspector
info - socket.io started
warn - error raised: Error: listen EACCES

After some fiddling, I found that changing the default port from 8080 to something else (I chose 124 at random) fixed this issue- I just then had to use the url http://localhost:124/debug?port=5858. This is because I foolishly forgot I have an instance of IIS on my local box which uses this port- a handy find though as I couldn’t find any help online fixing this issue.

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Before I paste the code, a GOTCHA to beware of, straight from the MSDN here;

The registry provider is hosted in LocalService—not the LocalSystem. Therefore, obtaining information remotely from the subtree HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not possible

ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();
options.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
options.EnablePrivileges = true;
options.Username = "<domain_admin_username>";
options.Password = "<domain_admin_password>";

// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.managementscope.aspx
ManagementScope ms = new ManagementScope("\\\\<computer name>\\root\\default", options);          

ms.Connect();

// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa390788(v=vs.85).aspx
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("stdRegProv");
mc.Scope = ms;

ManagementBaseObject inParams = mc.GetMethodParameters("GetStringValue");
// there are other methods for grabbing other reg types- see
// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa393664(v=VS.85).aspx

inParams["hDefKey"] = RegHive.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
inParams["sSubKeyName"] = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion";
inParams["sValueName"] = "CommonFilesDir";

ManagementBaseObject outParams =
        mc.InvokeMethod("GetStringValue", inParams, null);

if (outParams["ReturnValue"].ToString() == "0")
{
    Console.WriteLine(outParams["sValue"]);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Error " + outParams["ReturnValue"] + " please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681382%28v=3Dvs.85%29.aspx");
}

Console.ReadLine();

This code requires this enum..

public enum RegHive : uint
{
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = 0x80000000,
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER = 0x80000001,
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = 0x80000002,
  HKEY_USERS = 0x80000003,
  HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = 0x80000005
}

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It’s an awesome script when you have 100′s of pages of data (which probably suggests you need to implement some good filtering and search features to save your poor users..) and presents the links like so..

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function BuildGroupedPagination(current_page, total_pages, base_url, seperator)
{
	var url = base_url;
	var strPages = "";
	var intMaxPages = 0;
	var intMinPages = 0;
	var intPaginI = 0;

    if (typeof(seperator) == 'undefined')
    {
        seperator = " ";
    }

	if (total_pages > 10)
	{
		if (total_pages > 3)
		{
			intMaxPages = 3;
		}
		else
		{
			intMaxPages = total_pages;
		} 

		for (intPaginI = 1; intPaginI <= intMaxPages; intPaginI++)
		{

			if (intPaginI == current_page)
			{
				strPages += "<strong>[" + intPaginI + "]</strong>";
			}
			else
			{
				strPages += "<a href=\"" + url + intPaginI + "\">" + intPaginI + "</a>";
			} 

			if (intPaginI < intMaxPages)
			{
				strPages += seperator;
			}
		} 

		if (total_pages > 3)
		{
			if ((current_page > 1) && (current_page < total_pages))
			{
				if (current_page > 5)
				{
					strPages += " ... ";
				}
				else
				{
					strPages += seperator;
				} 

				if (current_page > 4)
				{
					intMinPages = current_page;
				}
				else
				{
					intMinPages = 5;
				} 

				if (current_page < total_pages - 4)
				{
					intMaxPages = current_page;
				}
				else
				{
					intMaxPages = total_pages - 4;
				} 

				for (intPaginI = intMinPages - 1 ; intPaginI <= intMaxPages + 1; intPaginI++)
				{
					if (intPaginI == current_page)
					{
						strPages += "<strong>[" + intPaginI + "]</strong>";
					}
					else
					{
						strPages += "<a href=\"" + url + intPaginI + "\">" + intPaginI + "</a>";
					}

					if (intPaginI < intMaxPages + 1)
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				if (current_page < total_pages - 4)
				{
					strPages += " ... ";
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				strPages += " ... ";
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				strPages += seperator;
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		}
	}
	return strPages;
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