ExtemaI Tools
Depending on the options selected at the time VS2008 was installed on yourmachine,you may have one or more external tools available on the Tools menu.These might include tools such as Create GUID or Dotfuscator Community Edition.(Use of these tools is beyond the scope of this book.)
The Tools External Tools command allows you to add additional external tools to the Tools menu.When you select it,you are presented with the External Tools dialog box.This dialog box has fields for the tool title,the command to execute the tool,any arguments and the initial directory,and several checkboxes for different behaviors.
Import and Export Settings
The Import and Export Settings command brings up the Import and Export Settings dialog box,which is a wizard for importing and exporting IDE environment settings. With this wizard,you can transfer your carefully wrought IDE settings from one machine to the next.
Customize
The Customize command allows you to customize many aspects of the IDE user interface.(The Options command,described in the following section,allows you to set other program options.)It brings up the Customize dialog box,which has two tabs and a button,allowing customization in three different areas.