Did you know... How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor? - #116

Under Tools – Options – Environment – Documents, there’s the option to Detect when file is changed outside the environment.  Under it is the subsequent option to auto-load changes, if saved.

Personally, I can’t imagine working without having the first checkbox enabled.  However, as for the second, I don’t think I’m brave enough to enable it.

If only the first checkbox is checked, then you’ll get this prompt.

Maybe if you are doing a lot of modifying files outside VS, i could see this dialog getting annoying.  But since the option is global and sticky across VS sessions, I wouldn’t want to forget that I had it enabled.  But consider the source, as this is coming from the paranoid tester that I am (was).

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• Anonymous
  December 26, 2007
  PingBack from http://geeklectures.info/2007/12/27/did-you-know-how-to-automatically-refresh-an-open-document-in-the-editor-2/

• Anonymous
  December 28, 2007
  I'm curious, why would you NOT want the second checkbox enabled?  It only reloads the file if you don't have any changes in memory, so there's no chance of you losing unsaved work.

• Anonymous
  January 16, 2008
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