Comments on: VB Editor Settings

By: Leonel Quezada

Leonel Quezada — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:02:17 +0000

I like to set Editor Format – Normal text – Foreground color – Red. This way you can easily identify all your hard-coded values.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:39:34 +0000

Hi Zoltan -

You’re getting ahead of me. I’m working on another post that describes some of the features of the VBE. The Immediate Window is one that is useful for one-line commands or function calls, for displaying run-time information, and other uses. Other features include the Properties Pane, the Locals Windows, the Watch Window, etc.

By: Zoltan

Zoltan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:52:20 +0000

Jon, Great tips, thanks.

I use immediate window too for testing one line commands.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:54:48 +0000

Doug – I see that I’ve neglected the General tab of the VBE Options dialog.

I’ve checked the Break on Unhandled Errors option. I don’t know what’s the default, but I think my code breaks on class module errors. I’d better check.

I notice that I’ve also changed the grid units from 6 points to 3 points. I’m a bit retentive about positioning controls on my dialogs.

By: Doug Glancy

Doug Glancy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:41:48 +0000

Jon, I still remember the happiness of discovering “Break in class module” under the General Tab. That was a few versions of Excel back, but I believe it’s still not the default. If it’s not checked, runtime errors in forms are bypassed, which can be very confusing, especially when stepping through code.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:22:30 +0000

Michael – You’re getting a bit ahead of me. I didn’t mention the toolbars I display in the VBE, but the answer is all of them, and more. I display all four built in toolbars: Debug, Edit, Standard, and UserForm. I also display the toolbars from Stephen Bullen’s VBE Tools and from MZ-Tools. I also find Stephen’s Indenter indispensible. In a future post I will describe all of these VBE add-ins.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:21:45 +0000

Hi Jon -

I use three spaces for a tab, admittedly personal preference, but I just like the way that lines up “If” statements.

I also turn on the Edit toolbar from the View/Toolbar menu for easy commenting and uncommenting. And Stephen Bullen’s Smart Indenter at

http://www.oaltd.co.uk/Indenter/Default.htm

is a must have for me.

…mrt