Excellent stuff, Bill. Thanks for putting that list together.
It's a lot to bite off, but to help make sure none of it gets lost I've
entered it as a single BZ request under the title "Misc. Script Editor
requests":
<http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3256>
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Richard Gaskin
Managing Editor, revJournal
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Bill Marriott wrote:
But here are just some of the features that make
the IDE in Visual Basic Express impressive:
- Overall modern look and feel
- All tool/properties palettes can be docked or floated as you like
- Greatly expanded collection of controls relative to Revolution including
rich (HTML) text, and true tables.
- User-controlled Guide lines for aligning form objects
- Tabbed windows to manage multiple open forms/files
- Master expandable-shrinkable outline of all components of your project
- Easy menu creator/editor
- Collapse/Expand sections of your code
- "IntelliSense" statement completion shows parameters to functions so you
don't have to visit the reference documentation
- Quick global change of variable names throughout a solution
- "Find All References" to show all code that references a routine
- AutoCorrect for 250 common coding mistakes
- "Compile as you type" underlines coding errors with squiggly lines (like
misspelled words in Word)
- Built-in database design tools (including overviews of the relationships,
key fields, etc.)
- SQL data source setup wizards
- Visual setup for web services (Amazon, Google, etc.)
- Better auto-formatting compared to Revolution.
- UI for code snippets and templates
- Built-in support for creating Windows system tray
icons/menus/notifications, etc
- Built-in Web Browser control (ala altBrowser)
I think special mention needs to be given to the process for building
applications in Visual Basic Express. It really handles it *all* for you --
including icons, linking docs to runtime solutions, correct Add/Remove
programs support (installer, uninstaller), adding icons to the Start menu,
code-free mutli-user settings manager, automatically determining library
dependencies, etc.
It *even* will make your program -- without you writing any code -- able to
automatically update itself when you post a new version online! Is that
spiffy, or what?
Adding just three or four of these capabilities to Revolution would
significantly advance the usability of the IDE.... and the appeal/popularity
of Revolution overall.
Bill
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