Commenting out huge sections of code

[InertiaM]

I am trying to manually convert some of my old VB6 code to VB.NET code, as I dont want to use the conversion tool. I used to use API calls for printing tasks, and I need to restructure / clean up the code to take account of PrintPreview, PrintDialog etc.

Is there any way I can paste huge sections of VB6 code into a VB.NET project, and then comment it out in one go, rather than put ' on every line. If I dont comment it out, I cant debug the project as I go.

If it was a web page, I'd use :-

<!--

    dont process any of this

-->

Is this possible in VS 2005

 

[JohnH]

Ctrl-k-c, Ctrl-k-u. Ctrl-k is an extension shortcut that expects another key, so you keep holding the Ctrl key and press c for comment or u for uncomment. There are also icons on the menu line to do the same "Un-/Comment out the selected lines". What's fascinating it that it works with all languages VS supports and use language specific commenting.

 

[InertiaM]

Superb John, thank you

 

[shawne]

Nice tip John! Thanks!

 

[dgorka]

I wish VB supported block comments like SQL and C#. That would be nice.

 

[discGolfer]

Agreed. Especially for use with doc boxes.

 

[JohnH]

The integrated "xml documentation" system makes that easier, you just write the three ''' and a comment block is inserted.

 

[discGolfer]

Thank you!!!