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copied!<p>Well as Brian has already said... <a href="http://www.rorybecker.co.uk/PaintIt.html" rel="noreferrer">My PaintIt plugin</a> will give you some idea as to what can be done with the <a href="http://devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a>. </p> <p>Also there are some other "Decorative plugins" on our "<a href="http://code.google.com/p/dxcorecommunityplugins/" rel="noreferrer">Community Plugin Site</a>" and we have a decent community over in the </p> <p><a href="http://community.devexpress.com/forums/default.aspx?GroupID=18" rel="noreferrer">DevExpress IDE Tools</a> forums if you have any specific questions.</p> <p><a href="http://devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a> is the framework on which <a href="http://devexpress.com/refactor" rel="noreferrer">RefactorPro</a> and <a href="http://devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/Coding_Assistance/" rel="noreferrer">CodeRush</a> are built which should give you an idea of what sort </p> <p>of graphical capability they are capable of.</p> <p>That said you do not need either of these tools to use the <a href="http://devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a>. </p> <p><strong>Everything on the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/dxcorecommunityplugins/" rel="noreferrer">Community Site is "Open Source"</a> (So is <a href="http://www.rorybecker.co.uk/PaintIt.html" rel="noreferrer">PaintIt</a>)</strong></p> <p>To give you an idea of how simple things are... the following code is all you need to add to a basic plugin template get the basics up and running using <a href="http://devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a>...</p> <pre><code>Private Sub PlugIn_EditorPaintLanguageElement(ByVal ea As DevExpress.CodeRush.Core.EditorPaintLanguageElementEventArgs) Handles Me.EditorPaintLanguageElement If ea.LanguageElement.ElementType = LanguageElementType.Method Then ea.PaintArgs.OverlayText(ea.LanguageElement.Name, _ ea.LanguageElement.NameRange.Start, _ Color.HotPink) End If End Sub </code></pre> <p>I have created a plugin (called CR_ColorizeMemberNames) based on this code and added it to the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/dxcorecommunityplugins/" rel="noreferrer">Community Plugin Site</a>. </p> <p>The binary is available from my site <a href="http://www.rorybecker.me.uk/DevExpress/Plugins/Community/CR_ColorizeMemberNames" rel="noreferrer">here</a>. </p> <p>You need only download and install <a href="http://devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/DXCore/" rel="noreferrer">DXCore</a> and place the <a href="http://www.rorybecker.me.uk/DevExpress/Plugins/Community/CR_ColorizeMemberNames" rel="noreferrer">binary of the plugin</a> in the plugins folder (Defaults to C:\Program Files\Developer Express Inc\DXCore for Visual Studio .NET\2.0\Bin\Plugins).. Then start VS and your method names should all be in HotPink (Lovely)</p>

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