Some favorites...

1. Private or Public?

Do you find yourself changing "Private" to "Public" or vice versa quite often? Then you'll love this one favorite feature. Play this little demo by moving your mouse pointer over the video segment below.

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2. Option Explicit, Implements

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Autotyping "Option Explicit" flies with VB AutoTyper. Even with the keyword "Implements". But what about "Optional"? Or "Option Compare Text"? If you do find yourself typing these instructions more often, then you may prefer to add "option", "explicit", and "compare"  to your selected keyword list and then deselect "option explicit". Or better yet, add "option" and "explicit" to your selected keyword list and then add "Compare Text" to your list of custom words.

I prefer selecting "option explicit" and  then adding "Compare Text" to my list of custom words. With this choice, I retain the feature of autotyping "option explicit" with just two characters. When typing "Option Compare Text", I simply type "Option", press <Shift><SpaceBar>, then type "co" to autotype "Compare Text". Unfortunately, the word "Optional" needs to be typed in full.

Oh, one last note -- the word "Explicit" doesn't auto-expand until you have typed "exp". The reason being that "ex" is among a group of character combinations that have been programmed not to automatically expand (see "Internal Design", AutoExpansion..."


3. Fond with Long Names?

Well, if you are like me, who prefers to use long variable and procedure names to make my codes  easier to read and understand, then you'll probably decide to keep VB AutoTyper based on this feature alone. Personally, this is one favorite that I can't probably do without.

Play this one by moving your mouse pointer over the clip:

longnames.avi (60416 bytes)

You'll leave even the fastest touch typist in the dust. :-)


4. MsgBox, Clipboard, Screen, ...
etceteras

Typing these keywords are now just a snap. And with VB AutoTyper's, IntelliSense-compatibility, it makes coding even easier and faster.

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To autotype "MsgBox", just type "ms" and then hit the "SpaceBar".


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To autotype "Clipboard", just type "cl". Now to see IntelliSense-compatibility at work, type the dot [.] character. Cool, isn't it?

Try the same feature on the keyword "Screen"

screen.gif (2263 bytes)


5. Smart Add, Multiply, Subtract, and Divide


VB AutoTyper lets you type "=", "+", "-", "*", and "/" immediately after a word has autoexpanded, including the open and close parentheses [( )], the comma [,], and the less than [<] and greater than [>] signs. Play this little demo:

smartmath.avi (174592 bytes)


6. One-Click Activation

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Here's one favorite that is good for your fingers and longevity as a programmer -- one-click activation of project components, especially standard and class modules. Click on the project component you wish to activate and VB AutoTyper will automatically activate it for you. Cool, isn't it? Try going back to VB's way (without VB AutoTyper) and decide which one is better for you.