RB CodeHelper and RB CodeHelper Lite

I'm still looking for volunteers who would be willing to give me some feedback on a program I've been working on called CodeHelper. The program is still in the "development" stage, so you shouldn'texpect to see the final product yet. ("Development"-testing comes before "alpha"-testing, and that comes before "beta"-testing, so there's a way to go yet.) If you're interested, let me hear from you.

What is RB CodeHelper? Well CodeHelper is a REALbasic programming utility to help programmers with their code. Some of the routines are merely cosmetic (e.g., changing the line spacing or character spacing to make the code more readable), but some do serve more directly useful purposes (e.g., checking to see whether your projects include any properties or variables that you have defined but never actually used, or changing the name of a control, method, property, variable, etc. throughout an entire project).

Ready for "development"-testing is CodeHelper Lite, which includes the ability to perform the following seventy-seven tasks (the full CodeHelper will be able to perform perhaps twice as many):

  ADD AUTOMATIC COMMENTS
   Add Automatic Next Comments
   Add Automatic Else Comments
   Add Automatic End If Comments
  ADD COMMENT SYMBOLS 
   Comment Out MsgBox Statements
   Comment Out Entire Source
   Comment Out Source And Add MsgBox
  ADD HEADERS OR FOOTERS 
   Add Procedure Headers
   Add Procedure Footers
  CHANGE CHARACTER SPACING 
   Remove Unnecessary Spaces
   Add Extra Spaces Of All Types
   Put Spaces After Commas
   Put Spaces Around Parentheses Symbols
   Put Spaces Only Inside Parentheses Symbols
   Put Spaces Only Outside Parentheses Symbols
   Put Spaces Around Symbols For Math Operators
  CHANGE LINE SPACING 
   Remove Blank Lines
   Separate Logical Units
   Double-Space Source Code
   Triple-Space Source Code
   Quadruple-Space Source Code
  CONFORM IN CASE
   Conform All (may take a while)
   Conform Constants 
   Conform Controls
   Conform Line Labels
   Conform Methods
   Conform Modules
   Conform Properties
   Conform REALbasic Keywords
   Conform Variables
  DISPLAY LIST OF NAMES
   Display All Words Used in Source
   Display Constants Used in Project
   Display Controls Used in Project
   Display Event Handlers Used in Project
   Display Functions Used in Project
   Display Line Labels Used in Project
   Display Menu Items Used In Project
   Display Methods Used in Project 
   Display Modules Used in Project
   Display Properties Used in Project
   Display REALbasic Keywords Used in Project
   Display Subs Used in Project
   Display Variable Names Used in Project
   Display Variables by Location
   Display Variables by Name
  DISPLAY SOURCE CODE
   Display Source Code For A Particular Method
   Display Source Code For Entire Project
  INCREASE OR DECREASE INDENTATION 
   Increased Indent of 1
   Increased Indent of 2
   Increased Indent of 3
   Remove Increased Indentation
  LOCATE UNNECESSARY DEFINITIONS
   Check Variables And Properties For Duplicates
   Display Unused Properties
   Display Unused Variables
  OBFUSCATE BY SWITCHING NAMES
   Obfuscate Controls by Switching Names
  PERFORM MISCELLANEOUS TASKS
   Change a Particular Name
   Check Nested For/Next Loops For Duplicate Counters
   Combine Partial Source Lines
   Remove Highlighting
  REMOVE AUTOMATIC COMMENTS
   Remove Automatic Next Comments
   Remove Automatic Else Comments
   Remove Automatic End If Comments
  REMOVE OTHER COMMENTS
   Remove All Comments
   Remove // Comments
   Remove ' Comments
   Remove Rem Comments
  REMOVE COMMENT SYMBOLS
   Remove // Comment Symbols
   Remove ' Comment Symbols
   Remove Rem Comment Symbols
   Uncomment MsgBox Statements
   Uncomment Entire Source
  REMOVE HEADERS OR FOOTERS
   Remove Procedure Headers
   Remove Procedure Footers
  UNOBFUSCATE BY SWITCHING NAMES
   Unobfuscate Controls by Switching Names
  WORK WITH DIM STATEMENTS 
   Put Individual Dim Statements on Separate Lines
   Alphabetize Separated Dim Statements
   Combine Adjacent Dim Statements (same kind)
   Combine Adjacent Dim Statements (different kinds)

The only feature in the preceding list that I've discussed here so far in this blog is how to "remove blank lines" from the source code. See the discussion of TraverToy1 at the following URL:

http://snurl.com/lajw

In the next entry, I'll explain more about what the program does (some of the features are obvious in purpose, but some are not).

In the meantime, if you're willing to help out by trying things out and supplying some feedback, please send a private email to the following email address:

rb@ix.netcom.com.

Thanks!

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Barry Traver

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