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4 Responses to NotePad++

1. Jeremy says:

   March 29, 2010 at 9:29 pm

   I have been using Notepad ++ for a little while now and love it!

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2. Colin Banfield says:

   March 30, 2010 at 10:52 am

   Rob, based on the four points you mentioned for using Notepad, Notepad++ is outstanding at addressing the issues. On the downside, you lose all of the auto-complete functionality of PowerPivot. On the upside, it appears that in version 2.7 of Notepad++, you will be able to create a custom keyword xml file, in which you can have an alphabetical list of DAX functions (with a calltip element that allows you to display the parameters required for each function). Powerful stuff. On the downside, you won’t have auto-complete for the active model elements(table & field names) – a very useful and time-saving feature. On the upside, you could just auto-complete these elements in PowerPivot and paste the completed text into Nopepad++

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3. Colin Banfield says:

   March 30, 2010 at 10:57 am

   Um, that should be Notepad++ 5.7, not 2.7.

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4. Colin Banfield says:

   March 30, 2010 at 1:01 pm

   Sigh. The custom auto-complete feature has been available for some time. I’ll create the appropriate XML file in due course.

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