For help with Visual Studio, see Microsoft documentation. Microsoft documentation for Visual Studio generally applies to Synergy development in Visual Studio.
For help with Synergy development in Visual Studio, including help with Synergy DBL Integration for Visual Studio (SDI), which is the Synergy product that makes Synergy development in Visual Studio possible, see the following. For information on accessing Synergy/DE documentation from within Visual Studio, see Getting Help for Synergy Development in Visual Studio below.
| See... | For... |
|---|---|
| SDI Basics | Links to topics with basic information on using Visual Studio to develop Synergy applications and libraries. These topics generally apply to traditional Synergy and Synergy .NET. |
| Using Visual Studio for Traditional Synergy | Links to topics with information on using Visual Studio to develop traditional Synergy applications and libraries |
| Synergy .NET Development | Links to topics with information on developing Synergy .NET applications and libraries |
| www.synergex.com/synergy-dbl-integration | Information on system requirements for SDI |
| REL_SDI.TXT | Release notes — i.e., Information on the latest new features and fixes. REL_SDI.TXT is included in the SDI distribution. |
| www.synergex.com/videos-visual-studio-integration/ | Videos that show what you can do with Synergy in Visual Studio |
Accessing Synergy/DE documentation from Visual Studio
You can launch Synergy/DE documentation from Visual Studio by selecting Tools > Synergy/DE Documentation > Online or Local from the Visual Studio menu. The Online entry launches the Synergy/DE documentation at www.synergex.com/docs. The Local entry launches locally-installed Synergy/DE documentation.
You can open a Synergy/DE documentation topic for a specific feature or error by doing one of the following in Visual Studio:
- Pressing F1 in some project properties pages for Synergy/DE projects (see Synergy/DE project properties).
- Pressing F1 in some dialogs for Synergy DBL text editor options (see Options for Synergy/DE projects).
- Pressing F1 or selecting View Help from the Help menu in the C# to DBL Code Converter or the C# to DBL Solution Converter.
- Highlighting an error in the Visual Studio Error List and pressing F1, or selecting “Show Error Help” from the context menu that displays when you right-click an error message in the Visual Studio Error List.
- Using F1 or Visual Studio's Go To Definition feature for a system-supplied routine. For example, if your code has a Synergy OPEN statement, you can open the documentation for OPEN by right-clicking the OPEN keyword in your code and selecting Go To Definition from the context menu (or by using the F12 shortcut for this feature).
