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Reflector Add-in

Written by: James Avery at 3/1/2008 10:17:01 PM

Overview

The Reflector add-in is no longer available, but some of the features are now present in Test Driven.NET. Jamie Cansdale talks about the available features in this post

Lutz Roeder's Reflector is probably the most popular .NET tool anywhere. Using Reflector you can view and decompile the internals of .NET assemblies, this is incredible useful when turned against the .NET framework. The .NET Reflector add-in brings all the functionality of Reflector and builds it directly into Visual Studio.

After downloading and installing (Be sure to read the ReadMe for complete instructions) the add-in you will be able to access Reflector right inside of the IDE. Here are you can see Reflector being hosted inside Visual Studio:

 

The Reflector add-in also adds a number of menu items on the right-click menu (which can be seen above). Using these commands you can quickly launch Reflector based on what you are currently working on.

The Reflector add-in is no longer available, but some of the features are now present in Test Driven.NET. Jamie Cansdale talks about the available features in this post

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