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I was wondering if there was a way to write a complete header file and have Visual Studio create an appropriate implementation file to save all of that extra work. I feel like they must have thought of it as it's such a simple thing but I can't find it anywhere.

tshepang
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user1031643
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    [Asked](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1610011/creating-cpp-files-from-h-files-visual-studio) [several](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2055350/any-way-to-build-cpp-skeleton-from-a-header) [times](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2020568/seeking-code-stub-generator-from-header-files) I'd say. – Bart Nov 05 '11 at 23:13
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    Real men write the implementation by hand. In binary. Directly on disk, with a magnetic needle and a steady hand. :P – Matteo Italia Nov 05 '11 at 23:13
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    A real men woudn't need computers to do things... invalidating the previous theory... we are all LAZY MEN at the end! =) – Miguel Angelo Nov 05 '11 at 23:16
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    @Bart But none of these are relevant to visual studio **2010** – user1031643 Nov 06 '11 at 10:24
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    @user1031643 When you read through the posts you will see that Visual Assist has been suggested several times. As have various other tools/scripts. You can use these. I don't know of a truly internal solution for VS. – Bart Nov 06 '11 at 15:12

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CodeWiz is a free Visual Studio addin containing lots of features. I have used it a lot on Visual 2005. The best productivity boost for me came from the fast implement method key sequence :

  1. On the .h file select methods you want to implement
  2. CTRL-5 (CodeWiz2.CopyMembers)
  3. CTRL-1 (CodeWiz2.FriendFile : navigate between .h and .cpp so here go to .cpp)
  4. CTRL-6 (CodeWiz2.PasteMembers) : Will implements methods as empty

Far from ideal but I miss it on visual studio 2012...

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