VBIndent is a revolutionary, incredibly powerful yet
simple code formatting utility for Visual Basic 6.0. It takes messy "spaghetti
code" and literally transforms it into formatted, documented, readable code.
VBIndent examines your Visual Basic source code line by line and
makes adjustments to improve readability, ease of maintenance and structure.
VBIndent
allows the manipulation of your project code from one
simple screen interface. Transforming your "spaghetti code" into
professional-caliber, self-documenting code is as simple as clicking Begin.
KEY FEATURES
Code Formatting
VBIndent
will indent nested loops and structures properly,
based on an indentation value that you give it. It will remove multiple blank lines, and
insert blank lines where required for readability. Most importantly, VBIndent
takes multiple-statement lines, pulls them apart, and creates properly nested,
structured code!
VBIndent will find errors in your code that the Visual Basic
programming environment will not. Ever mismatched a For/Next loop, If/Then
statement, or other related statement pairs in a large nest? Visual Basic will simply tell
you there is an error - somewhere. VBIndent shows you the
exact line where the coding error occurred, and tell you what you need to do to fix it.
VBIndent
reformats all comments to make your code the most
readable code ever. All remarks are lined up in a single column, at a position you
specify. Comment blocks are automatically left-flushed.
Before:
For Count = 1 To 10 ' This is a loop
If a = b Then Debug.Print Count: Exit For ' Does a equal b?
Next Count ' We're Done
After:
For Count = 1 To 10 ' This is a loop
If a = b Then ' Does a equal b?
Debug.Print Count
Exit For
End If
Next Count ' We're Done
Variable Renaming
By far the most powerful function of VBIndent
is its
ability to rename variables inside your program. This idea is taken directly from Chapter
1 of Mark Warhol’s book The Art of Programming with Visual
Basic. VBIndent renames your variables based on a
simple yet complete system, so that any variable in any module is instantly identifiable.
When renaming variables, VBIndent insert a user-definable
character representing the variable's scope, another user-definable character representing
the variable's type, an underscore, and then the original variable name. A global string
variable called UserName could be renamed to GS_UserName. Whenever you look at
GS_UserName
in the future, anywhere in your code, you instantly know that it is a global string
variable. The result? Instant self-documenting code!
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Code Profiles
VBIndent
creates a profile of your project when it has
completed processing. This profile will help you track which procedures are where, and
which variables are being used in which places. The profile contains details for each
module inside the main project file, detailing the name, usage, reference and scope of
every variable, procedure and object used in your program. Do you have a variable conflict
in two modules, forms or classes? The Code Profiler makes short work of any conflicts.
The Code Profiler outputs its reports in HTML as well as exportable XML,
useful for importing into code management systems.
Module Headers
VBIndent
can insert pre-defined module headers into each
program module. These headers appear as normal code comments before the module
begins. The Module Headers can be used to specify the date of creation, date of
modification, original author, modification history, and so on. VBIndent allows you to customize the header to conform to any requirements or company standards
which are currently in use.
Debug Mode
VBIndent
now has the ability to precisely determine the
cause of any code-nonconformities which may have tripped up previous versions of
VBIndent.
Cost
You can download a fully-functional,
10-day version of
VBIndent from this web site. To convert your copy of VBIndent to a
fully-functioning, non-expiring version costs only US$149.95, less than half
the cost of competing products! And once you have purchased VBIndent, your
registration code works on all future versions.
Availability
You can
download a copy of
VBIndent right now! We would ask that if you do find any problems with it, especially source
code which it does not understand, that you please contact us.
