Blog using Windows Live Writer - Rudi Grobler
Friday, February 08, 2008 8:59 AM rudi

Blog using Windows Live Writer

Of all the new Windows Live products, the Writer is my favourite. It allows me to easily create and post blog entries. There is also a Insert from Visual Studio add-in that handles formatting and inserting of code straight from Visual Studio! Windows Live Writer easily post to a Community Server based blog (Like dotnet.org.za) and setup is a breeze!

Here is a example of the Insert from Visual Studio add-in

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace WpfApplication1
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

and it even handles XAML

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
    <Grid>
        
    </Grid>
</Window>

Karl Shifflett also has a nice blog entry about this available here

Comments

# Blog using Windows Live Writer

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# re: Blog using Windows Live Writer

Saturday, February 09, 2008 5:13 AM by cjlotz

Rudi

The best plug-in that I've come across for inserting code into Live Writer is Steve Dunn's Code Formatter.  Check it out at http://dunnhq.com/tools.  Support for most languages (including XAML) and various options like choosing your font, indentation, line numbers etc.

Carel