Open Source File in Visual Studio 2005 with Auto-Complete

Just discovered this convenient feature of Visual Studio. It is not well publicized by Microsoft, but I believe it is one of those hidden gems of VS2005.

If you type ">open" followed with the file name in the "Command Windows" or "Find/Command Box", Visual Studio will search the whole solution and try to auto-complete the file name for you (see screenshot below).


There are 2 other approaches to open a source file in VS2005: 1. use the open file dialog; 2. expand the solution tree and double click on the file of interest.

This feature is very useful when you have solution with many projects. If you can remember the file's name, this feature allow you to open a file in under 10 seconds. With the other 2 approaches, you will have to browse up and down the project trees to find the file.

100,000 + 100 = 65635? Excel 2007 bug

100,000 + 100 = 65635?

The math is not right, but apprently Microsoft Excel 2007 wants you to believe that. See the screenshot below:


Ok, this is a recently published bug: when you ask Excel to multiply 77.1 by 850, it will show you 100,000, although it knows the correct answer. It messes up when formatting the answer on the screen. In cell A1, I actually have formular: "=77.1*850". :-)