What's new in sVB v1.4
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Many enhancements in the WinForms controls and bug fixes.
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You can split the code line over multi-lines by using the _ symbol at the end of each line segment. ex:
Dim x = "First Line" + _
"Second Line"
You can use _ at any position expet before of after the dot .
.
- You can also split the line at some positions without using the _ . These positions are:
- after the following symbols:
,
,=
,+
,-
,*
./
,(
,[
,{
. - before the following symbols:
+
,-
,*
./
,)
,]
,}
.
Ex:
x = y
+ Text.GetSubText(
"some text",
6,
3
)
- You can add comments at the end of any line segment. Ex:
Function Add( ' Adds two numbers
a, _ ' first number
b ' second number
)
Return a + b
EndFunction
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Adding an
(Add new function)
command to the upper right dropdown list in the code editor -
Enhancing the auto completion list.
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Enhancing the auto formatting of code, to adjust indentation of sub lines, and adjust spaces between tokens.
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The code editor now highlights any matching pairs such as
()
,[]
and{}
. It also highlights the keywords of the Sub, Function, If, For, and While bolcks whenever you insert the caret on on of them. You can move to the next highlighted token by pressingF4
orCtrl+Shift+Down
, and you can move to the previous highlighted token by pressingShift+F4
orCtrl+Shift+Up
.
You can also press such shortcuts keys on any line even there is no highlighted keywords. This will highlight the nearest block that contains the statement, and move to the neareest keyword up or down according to the shourtcut keys you are using.