CodeSMART 2005 for VB6 description
is a multi-purpose add-in for Microsoft Visual Basic versions 5.0 and 6.0

CodeSMART 2005 for VB6 is a multi-purpose add-in for Microsoft Visual Basic versions 5.0 and 6.0. You can find below a non-exhaustive list of features - please download the evaluation setup kit for a thorough analysis.

CodeSMART 2005 for VB6 is an add-in for Microsoft Visual Basic with which you can locate , organize and build Visual Basic code , boost application , protect from errors and exceptions and many more.

Here are some key features of "CodeSMART 2005 for VB6":


Organize and locate code faster than ever
· Add tabbed documents support to VB so that each open document will have a tab displayed (like in the VS.NET environment). Modified components are signaled by adding an asterisk (*) character to each dirty component name to the corresponding tab caption.
· The enhanced CodeSMART Project Explorer features expandable code (like the VS.NET Class View), color-emphasizing items, member type and scope distinction, custom sorting and filtering, shell files drop support, source code control improved integration. Projects can also be organized in a logical view by using virtual folders. A search list feature is available for finding components or methods that match a certain search criteria.
· The Designer Explorer displays the current designer control hierarchy in a tree view, thus making control navigation and designer layout comprehension a breeze.
· The advanced Code Flow view can be used to navigate inside methods by following code logical structures.
· Shortcut to various CodeSMART Project Explorer nodes (like functions, properties, classes etc) can be created on a special window area called the Workbench. These shortcuts are persistent across VB sessions.
· Advanced code searches with search result lists can be performed at all levels (including the entire project group) by using the CodeSMART Extended Find tool. The search results are fully customizable, featuring sorting, grouping and printing.
· Easily find all places where a component is used, or where a function is called by using the find references tool.

Build rock-solid, fast and refined Visual Basic code
· Use the CodeSMART 2005 for VB6 integrated code analyzer in order to detect dead code (dead variables, constants, types, enums, dead procedures and API declarations, dead interfaces and unused components).
· Let the code analyzer pinpoint potential problems in your code, like procedures with no error handling, excessive variant usage, inappropriate error handlers in special event implementations, functions that don't explicitly return any value etc.
· Speed up applications by taking advantage of the speed improvement tips the code analyzer makes after the analysis.
· Check the spelling of your application's strings, designer properties and comments in more than 10 languages and correct the errors with automated tools.
· Review the string constants at any scope in the currently loaded projects in order to detect phrasing problems.
· Analyze whether a project is documented enough according to certain custom standards by using the comments conformity checker tool.
· Find component code changes since the last save by using the Show File Differences tool.

Boost application development productivity
· With the advanced auto-text system you can write complete blocks of code by typing a few letters or a keyboard shortcut.
· The SmartComplete subsystem will display an Intellisense-like window with Visual Basic keywords, statements, control structures and global functions and variables. You may also define custom SmartComplete items, entirely configurable and context dependable, which can be dynamically expanded by using standard parameters.
· Use code builders in order to quickly implement properties, subs, functions and collection classes.
· Benefit of ten quickly-accessible additional copy-and-paste buffers which are persistent between sessions.
· Use the code snippets manager to organize code libraries in a nested category hierarchy and share them within your team.
· Use designer tools to improve application interface development: property tips to see certain control properties in a tooltip window, Tab Order Designer featuring an auto-order algorithm, HotKey Designer, bulkcontrol renaming, quick access to the name and text (with zoom) properties - all these using naming standards, where applicable.

Benefit of code view assistant tools
· Branch Lines are drawn to emphasize a control statement branch, that is a line drawn between the opening and closing parts of a control statement. This feature can be very useful in code nesting visualization.
· Descriptive end-of-line details are added at the end of certain control statement closing parts, in order to easily identify a long branch.
· Visual hotspot markers are drawn for control statements and procedures; these can be used to navigate (with mouse clicks) between the opening and closing parts of a control statement/procedure.
· Browse complex control statement structures by using certain keyboard combinations.
· Other features include current line highlighting and right hand separator.

Protect from errors and exceptions and ease debugging tasks
· CodeSMART comes fitted with the most powerful error handling mechanism on the market. A scheme-based approach is used, in which any child either inherits its parent's scheme or has its own scheme overwriting the parent one. You just can't get more power and flexibility!
· An error handling scheme specifies error handler header, footer, label, line numbering and other options. For obvious consistency reasons, schemes are shared within a team.
· A special subsystem allows the programmer to automatically insert and remove custom code at all project levels. This feature can be invaluable in certain situations, like error cause detection by logging procedure entry and exit points.
· Don't let your applications cause GPFs and crash. Trap any unhandled exception with an exception handler module (source code included).

Maintain, document and beautify Visual Basic code
· Use the code formatter to indent code and insert blank lines in order to emphasize logical blocks and program flow;
· split code lines that go beyond a certain length or recombine code lines that span over multiple editor lines;
· format method definition lines and API declarations for improved readability.
· Use the sort procedure feature to re-arrange code in a more logical and intelligible manner by sorting code elements based on their scope, type and/or signature.
· Build team-shared comment templates and insert component and procedure descriptive headers, block comments, inline and custom comments.
· Do you want to know how many effective code lines are in your project? How about comments, blank lines or even components? Getting code statistics is exceptionally easy.

Take advantage of automatic check-out and other source code control enhancements
· Say goodbye to that annoying can't edit module message box when trying to edit a protected component. CodeSMART will show instead a dialog allowing you to 'Check Out this File'/'Check Out Entire Project'.
· The CodeSMART Project Explorer fully supports source code control operations, even at project-level scope.
· Various source code control programs are now supported by CodeSMART (Visual SourceSafe, Perforce P4, SourceGear Vault, Rational ClearCase). Other programs are supported with simple customizations.

Enhance team collaboration
· Various software development standards can be promoted/enforced at team-level. The following items can be shared within a team: exception handling templates, standard comment templates, code snippets, code formatting settings, naming standards.
· Use the perfectly integrated team-enabled task manager in order to create, assign and track tasks down to completion.


Requirements:

· Microsoft Visual Basic versions 5.0 and 6.0


What's New in This Release:

· Code View Assistant brings a rich set of visual enhancements to the standard Visual Basic code editor window:
· Branch Lines: each control statement contained code block is marked in the code window by drawing connecting lines between its opening and closing parts.
· End of Line Details: detailed information is added to each control statement and procedure closing part; this information consists of control statement condition or main object variable (for control statement structures) and respectively the procedure name (for procedures).
· Hotspot Markers: these are visual markers displayed by CodeSMART at the end of the opening and respectively closing part of a control statement or procedure. Clicking on a hotspot will highlight the branch line of that control statement and will also move the cursor to the opposite control statement part.
· Current Line Highlighting: the current code line is emphasized by being displayed with a gray background.
· Right Hand Separator: certain coding standards may require respecting a maximum code line length; a vertical dotted line drawn at a the maximum column position will definitely ease the task of writing code that conforms to such a standard.
· SmartComplete: brings an Intellisense-like list with Visual Basic keywords, statements and global functions that are missing from the Visual Basic standard Intellisense list. When typing a few letters in code window, CodeSMART will open the SmartComplete window with all the available strings whose name starts with the typed letters and that match a certain predefined context. A dedicated manager offers the ability to manage custom SmartComplete items.
· AutoText: the trigger sensitivity of the AutoText subsystem was improved by allowing keyboard combinations of Space and Enter with either Shift or Ctrl modifiers.
· Code Flow has now an extended functionality, improved design and more reliable and meaningful results. A new feature was added for synchronizing the Code Flow tree with the code window when browsing the tree.
· Code Flow: new grammar with an extended character set.
· Code Formatter: a new feature was included which allows wrapping of single line statements separated by the ":" character.
· Code Snippets: support for nested folder hierarchy. Also, the Code Snippets Manager window now contains distinctive folders to represent Custom Code items and the Multiple Copy and Paste buffers.
· Control Panel: redesigned, offers the possibility to quickly search for a particular page or category.
· Full Screen: a simple and efficient way to expand the visibility of the active code window to the extent of the entire desktop. Menu and toolbar buttons are available, along with the possibility to toggle this feature by using the Alt+Enter keyboard combination.
· HotKey Designer: a simple and convenient way for automatic management of designer control hotkeys, by offering a hotkey generation mechanism; supports preserving (locking) already defined hotkeys.
· MDI Tabs: CodeSMART represents now dirty components (that is, components that were modified since the last save) in the MDI tabs area (where appropriate) by adding an asterisk ("*") character to the corresponding tab.
· Project Explorer: new Search List feature that allows to quickly search for any component, method, bookmark through the Project Explorer tree nodes, no matter whether the sought item name is fully or only partially known.
· Project Explorer: new menu entries are available (for example, "References" - for project nodes - opens the Visual Basic 'Project References' wizard).
· Project Explorer: displaying bookmark and region nodes in the Project Explorer tree is now configurable through the Options toolbar button.
· Project Explorer: the Project Explorer visibility can be toggled on/off by using the Ctrl+Q keyboard combination.
· Quick Code Navigation: smart code browsing between main control statement parts (somehow similar to the "matching brace" feature in C++ environments) is now available, by using the Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] keyboard shortcuts. The Navigate Back and Navigate Forward shortcuts were changed to Ctrl+Shift+[ and Ctrl+Shift+] respectively.
· Show File Differences: offers a representation of all the changes made to a file from the last time it was saved, by comparing the currently active component in the Visual Basic code window with its corresponding file on disk.
· Tab Order Designer: an AutoOrder feature was included to automatically set the tab order (the algorithm orders controls left to right, top to bottom).
· Task List: a Create New Task popup menu was added on toolbar in order to quickly add task list items.

Also, please find below a short list with the most significant bug fixes:
· The Visual Basic commandbars system stopped responding properly after performing source code control operations on a different component than the selected one.
· Several errors followed by a Visual Basic crash when exiting were reported when a checked out component had the Name property changed and then an 'Undo Check Out' operation was performed, thus canceling any component changes. In addition to that, the CodeSMART Project Explorer was unable to refresh the project information.
· Consecutive source code control and project build operations led to partially locking the Visual Basic commandbars system. While almost no menu entry was available, other strange behavior was reported due to this error: the *.dll or *.exe build file generation path was considered the VB6 process start directory, instead of the project folder.
· Personal task list items became available to all users under very rare circumstances.
· Some unusual variable and parameter declarations forced the CodeSMART code parser engine to unexpectedly end code processing. Systems affected by this issue: Code Flow, Bookmarks, Project Explorer and Code Formatter.