Thanks to Visual Studio.NET macros, it is quite simple to automate the task of transforming a Public field into a Property with the same name that accesses a private field of the same type.
Press Alt-F11 (or invoke the Macro IDE from the Tools|Macros submenu, select one macro module in the left-most treeview, and double-click on it to bring up the corresponding code module. Now cut and paste the following procedure:
Sub MorphVariableIntoProperty() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.StartOfLine _ (vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstText) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.WordRight(True) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Delete() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "Private m_" DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.EndOfLine(True) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Copy() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.EndOfLine() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.NewLine(2) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "Public Property " DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Paste() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.NewLine() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.LineUp(False, 2) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.StartOfLine _ (vsStartOfLineOptions.vsStartOfLineOptionsFirstText) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.WordRight(False, 2) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.WordRight(True) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Copy() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.LineDown(False, 2) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Indent(2) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "Return m_" DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Paste() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.LineDown(False, 3) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Indent(2) DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "m_" DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Paste() DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "= Value"End Sub
Next, bring up the Tools-Options dialog box, go to Keyboard page, and assign a shortcut key combination to the Morph