Not Serious - Foolish, Try Catch

This is my new "Try - Catch"  Structure !


                '*******************************************

                        Try
                                                              '****************'
                            try code                     '    PICTURE HERE    '
                            try code                     '    OF CATCH-BLOCK '
                            try code                     '     e.g. Piping       '
                                                              '      Picture.           '
                                                              '                            '
                                                              '****************
           


                                                          Catch ex As Exception
                                                          Msgbox ex.Message
                                                          End Try


                '*******************************************


Maybe should be in Coffee House.

I kind of hoped I could write formatting "rules" into an editor, so that it would auto-matically format code in a way that was not just tabbing.

I tried to find out if I could do this in the VB editor. But I couldn't work out how.

I was trying to create a block of code that represented a try- catch statement, that was more visual than tab formatting of code.

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What do you mean? Were you trying to create significance in the whitespace or something? If so, maybe you should start coding in python instead of C# or VB

jsampsonPC wrote:

What do you mean? Were you trying to create significance in the whitespace or something? If so, maybe you should start coding in python instead of C# or VB

SEP2007 seems to have difficulties in visualising how program code works in his head and wants the IDE to show a visualisation of language constructs in the background of the text-editor. (Like "pipes" and arrows showing program flow)

At least that's how I'm interpreting his incoherent posts.

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C3PO?

Dunno who that is, but I'm sorry if they jumped on you for not asking a highly-technical question I would, just as a friendly comment, ask that you not respond to people with things like "F8ck off" as your comment...that might get you in trouble with admins.

Anyway, I'm interested in your idea about creating custom formatting in an editor. Unfortunately, I don't understand your visual-demonstration, so could you write up a couple of descriptions, or examples, of what you mean?

Thanks!

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jsampsonPC wrote:

C3PO?

Dunno who that is, but I'm sorry if they jumped on you for not asking a highly-technical question I would, just as a friendly comment, ask that you not respond to people with things like "F8ck off" as your comment...that might get you in trouble with admins.

Anyway, I'm interested in your idea about creating custom formatting in an editor. Unfortunately, I don't understand your visual-demonstration, so could you write up a couple of descriptions, or examples, of what you mean?

Thanks!

Thanks Man. Some Positive feed back instead of being slated.

Ok,

If in the VB editor I write.

Try
Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")
Catch ex as Exception
Msgbox ex.message
End Try

Then if formatting is on, "pritty formatting" the editor in Visual Studio writes :

Try
    Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")
Catch ex as Exception
    Msgbox ex.message
End Try

And puts in colours too, Ok?

What I wanted to do, to make the program more visual on the page, was to specifiy formating rules in the editor for different code-words(for-next, try-catch, sub, function).

So I could specify that:

Try
Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")
Catch ex as Exception
Msgbox ex.message
End Try

was reformmated as

'----------------------------------------------------------'
Try
       Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")

                                     Catch Ex as Exception
                                     '*****************'
           
                                       Msgbox ex.message

                                     '*****************'

End Try
'----------------------------------------------------------'


Its a little over the top here but I'm just trying to get across a basic principle. That you could have more than just tabs as formatting.
And you could specify your own formating rules. And perhaps have different formatting rule (auto-formatting) for say, Events, Subs, Functions, For, While, etc.

Does that make sense ?

SEP2007 wrote:

Try
Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")
Catch ex as Exception
Msgbox ex.message
End Try

was reformmated as

'----------------------------------------------------------'
Try
       Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")

                                     Catch Ex as Exception
                                     '*****************'
           
                                       Msgbox ex.message

                                     '*****************'

End Try
'----------------------------------------------------------'


Its a little over the top here but I'm just trying to get across a basic principle. That you could have more than just tabs as formatting.
And you could specify your own formating rules. And perhaps have different formatting rule (auto-formatting) for say, Events, Subs, Functions, For, While, etc.

Does that make sense ?

You can do all that with IDE Macros.

W3bbo wrote:



SEP2007 wrote:Try Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile") Catch ex as Exception Msgbox ex.message End Try was reformmated as '----------------------------------------------------------' Try        Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")                                      Catch Ex as Exception                                      '*****************'                                                    Msgbox ex.message                                      '*****************' End Try '----------------------------------------------------------' Its a little over the top here but I'm just trying to get across a basic principle. That you could have more than just tabs as formatting. And you could specify your own formating rules. And perhaps have different formatting rule (auto-formatting) for say, Events, Subs, Functions, For, While, etc. Does that make sense ?

You can do all that with IDE Macros.

Ok thanks, can I do it in the VB editor ? Can I have the Macros working in the VB editor ?


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Have been looking at it, I think i can.

SEP2007 wrote:



W3bbo wrote: SEP2007 wrote:Try Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile") Catch ex as Exception Msgbox ex.message End Try was reformmated as '----------------------------------------------------------' Try        Me.Richtextbox.Loadfile("thefile")                                      Catch Ex as Exception                                      '*****************'                                                    Msgbox ex.message                                      '*****************' End Try '----------------------------------------------------------' Its a little over the top here but I'm just trying to get across a basic principle. That you could have more than just tabs as formatting. And you could specify your own formating rules. And perhaps have different formatting rule (auto-formatting) for say, Events, Subs, Functions, For, While, etc. Does that make sense ? You can do all that with IDE Macros.

Ok thanks, can I do it in the VB editor ? Can I have the Macros working in the VB editor

Have been looking at it, I think i can.

Yes, you can.



Don't confuse C++/Preprocessor Macros with IDE Macros. One is a form of metaprogramming, the other is just automating IDE tasks (i.e. what you're trying to do)

I don't have visual studio.

I only have VB 2005 Express Edition.

IDE Macros aren't on it ?