Code Snippet

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I have a problem with snippet.

I created Console Application and add XML file.

The XML file name is MySnippet.snippet ( ends with .snippet ).


Code for my snippet is


<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0"

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">

  <Header>

    <Title>My snippet</Title>

    <Author>Csharp_beginner</Author>

    <Shortcut>hallo</Shortcut>

    <Description>Hallo World snippet</Description>

    <SnippetTypes>
 
      <SnippetType>SurroundsWith</SnippetType>

      <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>

    </SnippetTypes>

  </Header>

  <Snippet>

    <Declarations>

      <Literal>

        <ID>name</ID>

        <Default>value</Default>

      </Literal>

    </Declarations>

    <Code Language="CSharp">

      <![CDATA[ 
                Console.WriteLine("Hallo World !");
                Console.ReadLine();
                
            ]]>

    </Code>

  </Snippet>

</CodeSnippet>


Nothing special! :)


I imported the .snippet file into Visual Studio with Code Snippets Manager.
The default location for my snippet is C:\Users\<UserName>\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Code Snippets\.

When I type the name of the snippet I see it but when I select my snippet and press enter I do not get code.

Appears Hallo (Hallo is shortcut).

When I press tab,tab appears 

[CDATA[ Console.WriteLine("Hallo World !");
                Console.ReadLine();]]

with many errors.

How to solve this problem?

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Answer 1

The snippet you posted isn't a valid snippet file.  The root element is CodeSnippets with one or more CodeSnippet elements under it.  Here's a valid version:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
 <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
  <Header>
   <Title>Test</Title>
   <Shortcut>Test</Shortcut>
   <Description>Code snippet for destructor</Description>
   <Author>Microsoft Corporation</Author>
   <SnippetTypes>
    <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
   </SnippetTypes>
  </Header>
  <Snippet>
   <Declarations>
    <Literal Editable="false">
     <ID>classname</ID>
     <ToolTip>Class name</ToolTip>
     <Default>ClassNamePlaceholder</Default>
     <Function>ClassName()</Function>
    </Literal>
   </Declarations>
   <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[
   Console.WriteLine("Hallo World !");
                 Console.ReadLine();
 ]]>
   </Code>
  </Snippet>
 </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

Michael Taylor - 8/21/2012
http://msmvps.com/blosg/p3net

Answer 2

The snippet you posted isn't a valid snippet file.

It works fine here as it is. Apparently, VS allows forgetting the root element if you have only one CodeSnippet in the file.

Answer 3

CoolDadTx thanks for the reply, dissenting time and effort !

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Answer 4

Louis.fr thanks for your reply, I corrected the mistake and now everything is OK.

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Answer 5

Hi  Csharp_beginner ,

Would you like to share the solution with us ? This will be  helpful for other developers in the forum who have interests in this problem .Thanks  . 

Regards ,

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Lisa Zhu [MSFT]
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