NET Mass Downloader

Allows you do download .Net Framework source code all at once

While it’s great that Microsoft has released the .NET Reference Source Code, you can only get it one file at a time while you’re debugging. If you’d like to batch download it for reading or to populate the cache, you’d have to write a program that instantiated and called each method in the Framework Class Library. Fortunately, .NET Mass Downloader comes to the rescue!

This application will allow you do download .Net Framework source code in batch mode. The tool which enables offline debugging of .Net Framework in VS2008 (including Express Editions) , VS2005 (including Express Editions), and Codegear Rad Studio.

Warning

If you've got an error message: There is no value set for the Visual Studio debugger symbol cache. Do next steps: Within VS Tools -> Options ->Debugging ->General check "Enable .NET Framework source stepping" option and specify symbol cache folder over there: Tools -> Options ->Debugging ->Symbols Don't place that folder too deep. Threre will be created deep-embeded folders as it is, and you likely to get an error that the length of path + filename is longer than 260 chars.