v.Coder - The purpose of this application is to reduce the time
that you, as a developer spend writing repetative code, such as error handlers
to your VB project.
You are given options to setup templates and then insert these templates (conditionally
if required) into your project.
Not only does it do this, but also extends the VB environment by offering features
such as an Auto-Save, Backup Files and functions to auto-prefix new controls
& much MUCH more.
Features
Source-Control Integration: v.Coder will now integrate with Microsoft
Visual SourceSafe if installed and automatically check-out files for you before
adding any error handling.
Improved Template Support: Not only can you now launch external editors to work
on your templates, but we've also included a host of new user variables for
you to use in them.
Improved Reliability: We've made quite a few changes to the first release and
as a result the overall system is now a lot more stable. We've tested it with
all the projects that all v.Coder users have sent us and are pleased to announce
a 100% success rate with all those we tested.
More Control over code insertion: You can now specify to skip over functions
with only limited amounts of code in them (where you are certain no error will
occur) as well as skip over any read-only files if you do not want them to change.
New VB AutoSave Feature: One feature Microsoft seemed to have left out of VB5
was the AutoSave feature which is so usefull in the Office products. Well, thanks
to v.Coder you can now have this feature, specify the save interval and you'll
never have to worry about loosing your work when you've not saved again.
Windows Shell Extensions: Includes new shell extensions for windows to make
the process of Registering/Unregistering DLL/OCX files a whole lot easier, simply
select the file and then choose Register or Unregister from the popup menu.
Full On-Line Help: We've also included a fully comprehensive help file this
time to make sure that you get the most out of v.Coder.
v.Coder Wizard: This wizard will guide you step-by-step through the process
of inserting your error-handlers, allowing you to select which templates, along
with which type of code to insert them into.
Function Repository: In a similar way to the API viewer which comes with VB,
our FR will allow you to insert code from any other VB component which you may
have into your current project, saving you having to include the whole module/control
etc. which it may be part of.
Auto-Prefix new controls: You can now enforce a standard notation for all your
controls by using v.Coder. Each time you add a new control onto a form, it will
check what the prefix should be and then rename the control accordingly.
Auto-Rename control code: You can also have v.Coder rename any code that was
associated with a control when you rename it!