Flow chart generator from source files

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Sharique picture Sharique · Oct 20, 2010 · Viewed 28.9k times · Source

I'm searching for a tool that let me generate a flow chart for a given project. It is difficult understand others code by looking at code, a flow chart can be very helpful.

My Project is in VS 2010 Professional Edition.

Answer

Paul McMillan picture Paul McMillan · Oct 20, 2010

The Visual Studio Learning Pack has a flowchart generator, but unfortunately, it only works with the 2008 editions.

What you probably actually want are called Sequence Diagrams. This functionality is built into VS 2010 Ultimate Edition.

You just right-click inside a method and select “Generate the sequence diagram” from the pop up menu. sequence diagrams

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