VBForums Code Tags

Introduction
You may have been linked to this thread because you did not properly format your code in VBForums using the code BB tag. The purpose of this thread is to explain the purpose of code tags and to walk you through the process of using VBForums' code tags. At the end of this post you will find an animated GIF which shows you the process if you are a move visual learner.

Purpose of Code Tags
Code tags help preserve the whitespace in your code which makes it easier to read. In some cases, like python code, indentation is a necessity.

Walkthrough
Step 1) Type or paste your code into VBForums' text editor.
Step 2) Select the entirety of your code.
Step 3) Click the # button in the toolbar above the text editor.

Your code in the text editor should look similar to this:
[CODE]Console.WriteLine("Hello World!")[/CODE]

Example Output

Without Code Tags With Code Tags

Option Strict On
Public Module Module1
Public Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine("Hello world!")
End Sub
End Module

Code:

Option Strict On Public Module Module1 Public Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Hello world!") End Sub End Module

Advanced
You can elect to include syntax highlighting in your code by using the highlight tag. Follow steps 1 and 2 in the walkthrough but for step 3 click on the VB button in the toolbar above the text editor. This will bring up a dialog that prompts you to enter the option, this is where you would input the language. The following are a list of acceptable languages:

ABAP
Actionscript
Ada
Apache
AppleScript
x86 Assembler
ASP
BASH
BlitzBasic
BNF
AutoCAD/IntelliCAD Lisp
CFDG
ColdFusion
C for Macs
C
C++
C#
CSS
Delphi
Diff-output
DIV
DOS
dot
D
Eiffel
Fortran
FreeBasic
Genero
GML
Groovy
Haskell
HTML 4.01 strict
Unoidl
INI
Inno Script
Io
Java
Java
JavaScript
Generic Lisp
LUA
Motorola 68000 Assembler
Matlab M-file
mIRC Scripting
Microchip Assembler
MySQL
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Objective C
OCaml
OpenOffice.org Basic
Oracle 8
Pascal
Perl
Per
PHP
PHP
Oracle 9.2 PL/SQL
Python
QBasic/QuickBASIC
robots.txt
Ruby
SAS
Scheme
sdlBasic
Smalltalk
Smarty template
SQL
TCL/iTCL
thinBasic
T-SQL
VB.NET
Visual Basic
VHDL
Visual FoxPro
WinBatch
XML
Axapta/Dynamics Ax X++
ZiLOG Z80 Assembler

Example Output of Highlight
VB.NET Code:
Private Sub Main()
    Dim foo As String = "foo"
    Console.WriteLine(foo)
 
    foo = "bar"
    Console.WriteLine(bar)
End Sub
BNF Code:
expression ::= number | expression, operator, expression | openParen, expression, closeParen
number ::= [unaryOperator], digitExcludingZero, {digit}, [decimal, {digit}, digitExcludingZero]
digit ::= (digitExcludingZero | '0'), {digit}
digitExcludingZero ::= '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9'
operator ::= unaryOperator | '*' | '/' | '^'
unaryOperator ::= '+' | '-'
openParen ::= '('
closeParen ::= ')'
JavaScript Code:
window.onload = function() {
    document.getElementById('btnFoo').onclick = bntFoo_Click;
}
 
function btnFoo_Click() {
    alert('foo!');
}
Update
Apparently after some updates, the advanced highlight tags no longer do syntax highlighting.

Animated GIF
https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2016/02/1.gif
Apparently after some updates, animated GIFs do not play. However, I have the image linked to the hosting service. If you click on the image you will be redirected to the animated image.

Without Code Tags	With Code Tags
Option Strict On Public Module Module1 Public Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Hello world!") End Sub End Module	Code: `Option Strict On Public Module Module1 Public Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Hello world!") End Sub End Module`