Check this out:
I figured the last 3 out. One was just like the others, the other 2 were special cases.... before I tell you what I did, i would like to mention that I have not tested its effects extensively so if you do it make sure you back all the files you edit up first ...
The majority of the items listed in the New Items dialog are stored in the following directory: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033”
In that directory are a bunch of zip files. In these zip files are .vstemplate files. If you open that file up you will see it is an Xml file. The element that determines the order of the item is the SortOrder element (as I'm sure you could guess). The orders that I changed my the SortOrders too are listed below:
| |
Original |
New |
| About Box |
330 |
10 |
| Application Configuration File |
290 |
20 |
| Assembly Information File |
280 |
30 |
| Bitmap File |
190 |
40 |
| Class |
10 |
50 |
| Class Diagram |
350 |
60 |
| Code File |
30 |
70 |
| Component Class |
100 |
80 |
| Cursor File |
200 |
90 |
| Custom Control |
60 |
100 |
| Cyrystal Report |
205 |
120 |
| DataSet |
120 |
130 |
| Debugger Visualizer |
340 |
140 |
| HTML Page |
160 |
150 |
| Icon File |
210 |
160 |
| Inherited Form |
80 |
170 |
| Inherited User Control |
70 |
180 |
| Installer Class |
230 |
190 |
| Interface |
20 |
200 |
| JScript File |
250 |
201 |
| MDI Parent |
320 |
205 |
| Report |
201 |
210 |
| Resource File |
300 |
220 |
| Settings File |
310 |
230 |
| SQL Database |
110 |
240 |
| Style Sheet |
170 |
250 |
| Text File |
180 |
260 |
| User Control |
50 |
270 |
| VBScript File |
260 |
280 |
| Web Custom Control |
90 |
290 |
| Windows Form |
40 |
300 |
| Windows Script Host |
270 |
310 |
| Windows Service |
220 |
320 |
| XML File |
130 |
330 |
| XML Schema |
140 |
340 |
| XSLT File |
150 |
350 |
The Inherited Form and the Inherited User Control orders are stored in the following file: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\CSharpProjectItems\CSharpItems.vsdir”.
If you open it you will see where the 70 and 80 values are, you just need to change them with what is in the table above.
In order to get your cache.bin file recreated you will need to run “devenv.exe /setup“.
That is it!
Since there are many more template items I still need to evaluate the order of other items that show up in other dialogs... I'll keep you posted.
UPDATE: Crystal Report is out of order in the above listing. I am working on a comprehensive listing of all the file names and what they correspond to in the ItemTemplates directory and will post in another entry when it is all completed and tested some.
UPDATE: See the final order for non-web projects in my post at: http://jasonhaley.com/blog/archive/2005/12/11/129208.aspx