Free tools that automatically reformat whole C/C++ source files in VS2008 on save?

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I'm looking for a tool (macro, extension) for Visual Studio 2008 that would reformat the source code (C/C++) when you save the file.

It's CTRL+K, CTRL+F in the C++ editor, but yeah, I was about to suggest that too. — Kim Gräsman, Oct 25 '09 at 07:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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AStyle was my first hit on Google. Looks reasonable. You can tie that to a keyboard event under 'External Tools' in Visual Studio. (I suspect writing/recording a small macro that formats and saves the file is easy, as is rebinding that to Ctrl-S)

See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/841075/best-c-code-formatter-beautifier, which also recommends AStyle.

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answered Oct 25 '09 at 09:19

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Sorry but AStyle has a big issue handling Unicode source files - it does garbage them. – sorin Oct 26 '09 at 12:37
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Seems to be fixed in SVN: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2864811&group_id=2319&atid=102319 – Macke Oct 26 '09 at 19:58
and it requires PERL – John Henckel Dec 18 '14 at 14:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '09 at 12:41

Wasn't it so that you can define a "macro" in Visual Studio yourself? If so, you could try making one to do something like Ctrl+A -> Ctrl+K Ctrl+F -> Ctrl+S meaning select all, reformat, save and then bind it to your Ctrl+S. I'm not sure, but I think it wouldn't be too complicated.

Free tools that automatically reformat whole C/C++ source files in VS2008 on save?

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