Fast Code Generators for VB6

Hi friends,

During my programming hours, I found so many things that consumed a lot of time but it did not include any skills. So, for fast and rapid development, I have created some functions that I use as code generators. They include codes which are basically used on all of the forms and I thought it might be interesting. If you, too, have such generators, please let us all know.

vb Code:

'This function generates code for highlighting all the controls of a form ...
 
Public Sub CodeGen_HighLightAllControlsOnFocus(ByVal theForm As Form)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim Sttr As String
 
    For Each MyControl In theForm.Controls: DoEvents
      
    If TypeOf MyControl Is TextBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
     ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is ComboBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is ListBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.TextBox Then
       Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.ComboBox Then
     Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.ListBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    End If
    Next
    
frmcodegen.TextBox1.Text = Sttr
ShowForm frmcodegen
'Create a new form frmcodegen and put a large textbox with multiline enabled.
 
End Sub
 
 
Function HighLightAssistant(ByVal MyControl As Control) As String
Dim sttr1 As String
       sttr1 = sttr1 & vbNewLine & "Private Sub " & MyControl.Name & "_GotFocus()" & vbNewLine & "    " & "HighLight " & MyControl.Name & vbNewLine & "End Sub" & vbNewLine
       sttr1 = sttr1 & vbNewLine & "Private Sub " & MyControl.Name & "_LostFocus()" & vbNewLine & "    " & "UnHighLight " & MyControl.Name & vbNewLine & "End Sub" & vbNewLine
       HighLightAssistant = sttr1
End Function
 
Public Sub ShowForm(ByVal theForm As Form)
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
 
If theForm.Visible <> True Then
    theForm.Show vbModal
End If
 
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Msgbox Err.Number & vbNewLine & Err.Description 
End Sub
 
'This function generates code for sending tab keys when the Enter button is pressed on controls
 
Public Sub CodeGen_GetKeyDownLines(ByVal theForm As Form)
  Dim Sttr As String
    For Each MyControl In theForm.Controls: DoEvents
      If TypeOf MyControl Is TextBox Then
          Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & GetKeyDownLine(MyControl)
        ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is ComboBox Then
          Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & GetKeyDownLine(MyControl)
        ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is ListBox Then
          Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & GetKeyDownLine(MyControl)
        ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.TextBox Then
           Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & GetKeyDownLine(MyControl)
        ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.ComboBox Then
         Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & GetKeyDownLine(MyControl)
        ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.ListBox Then
          Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & "asfd" & GetKeyDownLine(MyControl)
        End If
    Next
    
frmcodegen.TextBox1.Text = Sttr
ShowForm frmcodegen
End Sub
 
Function GetKeyDownLine(ByVal MyControl As Control) As String
    Dim MyStrrr As String
    MyStrrr = "Private Sub " & MyControl.Name & "_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)"
    MyStrrr = MyStrrr & vbNewLine & "    If KeyCode = 13 Then SendKeys vbTab" & vbNewLine & "End Sub" & vbNewLine
    GetKeyDownLine = MyStrrr
End Function
 
 
'This function generates code for sizing a grid's width. Just execute the code, size the grid, call this function.  Depending upon the current size of the grid, code will be generated which can be pasted directly into the form as required.  Here, grid refers to MSHFlexGrid
 
Public Sub CodeGen_GRIDSIZE(ByVal MYGRID As MSHFlexGrid)
Dim mytext As String
Dim myrows As Integer
Dim mycols As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
mycols = MYGRID.Cols - 1
 
mytext = MYGRID.Name & ".colwidth(0)=300" & vbNewLine
 
For i = 1 To mycols: DoEvents
    
    mytext = mytext & vbNewLine & MYGRID.Name & ".colwidth(" & i & ")=" & MYGRID.ColWidth(i)
Next i
frmcodegen.TextBox1.Text = mytext
ShowForm frmcodegen
End Sub

Perhaps this is better suited for the CodeBank forum..

chem

Moved to the CodeBank

vb Code:

If TypeOf MyControl Is TextBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
     ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is ComboBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is ListBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.TextBox Then
       Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.ComboBox Then
     Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    ElseIf TypeOf MyControl Is MSFORms.ListBox Then
      Sttr = Sttr & vbNewLine & HighLightAssistant(MyControl)
    End If
    Next

You might consider using the TypeName() function instead of the TypeOf operator. I find it more useful when writing generic libraries. For example, if the project doesn't happen to have a reference to MSForms, the TypeOf lines above will throw a compile error while the TypeName() function doing the same thing would not.

As for your general idea, I like it.