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VB Forum / General / July 2004Can I recompile with one click (set up an IDE toolbar button) ?
Hello, I find it very annoying that when I want to compile my project, I have to ask VB to compile, then click OK to the dialog asking me where I want to put the compiled file, then click Yes when it asks me if I want to overwrite the existing one. Can I put a toolbar button in that I can click and it will just compile the project in the default folder and overwrite any existing file there ? TIA  SignatureAlan Silver (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me) View|Toolbars|Customize Commands|File|Make <Project> and drag it to your toolbar However VB will always prompt to overwrite an exising file. I guess you could write an add-in but it seems like a lot of work to save a click. > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- >View|Toolbars|Customize >Commands|File|Make <Project> and drag it to your toolbar I've already got this bit, it was the OK and Yes clicks I was trying to avoid (yup, I'm lazy). >However VB will always prompt to overwrite an exising file. I know, that's the annoying bit. >I guess you could write an add-in but it seems like a lot of work to >save a click. I looked at this once when I was messing with creating add-ins, but it seemed so much work for such a small thing that I never bothered. Shame, it's a really irritating feature that could easily have been avoided. Half a moment's thought would make you realise that the vast majority of compiles must be overwriting an existing file. Why force the developer to confirm the location and then confirm the overwrite ? Ho hum. Thanx for the reply >> Hello, >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >> -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- SignatureAlan Silver (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me) "Alan Silver" <alan-silver@nospam.thanx> wrote > >However VB will always prompt to overwrite an exising file. > > I know, that's the annoying bit. Tools > Options > Environment (tab) > Don't Save Changes When selected, the program will just compile and run.... LFS >> >However VB will always prompt to overwrite an exising file. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >When selected, the program will just compile and run.... I was asking about compiling the program, not running. I have this setting set to save changes when I run, but that's not the issue here. ta ra SignatureAlan Silver (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me) >Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Can I put a toolbar button in that I can click and it will just compile >the project in the default folder and overwrite any existing file there There is an Add In and set of utilities that does this and quite a lot more http://www.vbadvance.com/ I've not used it, but it seems highly rated Actually I don't find that OK too irritating as I dont build the EXE that frequently I can see that it must drive people nuts when developing AX DLLs Silly really, Alt F5 would do the trick What drives me nuts is swapping between the Code and Object view of a Form/Usercontrol I am sure there must be some way of setting [F12] to toggle between the two - but it beats me how. And I really do not like Add Ins erewhon@nowhere.com (J French)'s wild thoughts were released on Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:43:58 +0000 (UTC) bearing the following fruit: >>Hello, >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >I can see that it must drive people nuts when developing AX DLLs I do a *lot* of compiling and I see this dialog as essential. For whatever reason VB somethimes decides it's gonna compile it somewhere unexpected. I always double check the path before I compile. >Silly really, Alt F5 would do the trick > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >And I really do not like Add Ins How are you doing it now? F7 and Shift+F7? Jan Hyde SignatureI saw a sign today that read "LOTS FOR SALE" but when I stopped I saw absolutely nothing. (Jim E. Snibbler) [Abolish the TV License - http://www.tvlicensing.biz/] >>I can see that it must drive people nuts when developing AX DLLs > >I do a *lot* of compiling and I see this dialog as essential. For >whatever reason VB somethimes decides it's gonna compile it somewhere >unexpected. I always double check the path before I compile. Why ? Once you've compiled the DLL once, you are always going to compile to the same folder and file name (assuming you have binary compatibility, which seems to be the most sensible option in 99% of cases). Why would VB compile somewhere unexpected ? My gripe is that it's choice of folder is *so* expected that I don't want to have to confirm it each time !! SignatureAlan Silver (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me) <snip> >How are you doing it now? F7 and Shift+F7? No, I have stuck with VB5 [Alt V] [C] [Shift F7] Drives me nuts, as those keys are not natural to me When I go to Delphi, I just hammer [F11] and [F12] When will those idiots at Microsoft realize that programmers hate using a mouse when their hands are tied to the keyboard erewhon@nowhere.com (J French)'s wild thoughts were released on Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:57:59 +0000 (UTC) bearing the following fruit: ><snip> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Drives me nuts, as those keys are not natural to me I must admit I can't bring myself to use the F7 combinations for that reason. >When I go to Delphi, I just hammer [F11] and [F12] > >When will those idiots at Microsoft realize that programmers hate >using a mouse when their hands are tied to the keyboard Programmers are just as bad ;-) The number of questions here that are asking to do things which will make an app unusable for us keyboard folks.... Jan Hyde SignatureFireplace: An office used for discharging people. (Helen Hoke) [Abolish the TV License - http://www.tvlicensing.biz/] > And I really do not like Add Ins How come? >> And I really do not like Add Ins > >How come? I prefer to walk on bare boards Even the idea of applying a service pack annoys me > >> And I really do not like Add Ins > > > >How come? > > I prefer to walk on bare boards > Even the idea of applying a service pack annoys me Do you still use edlin too? ;-) >> >> And I really do not like Add Ins >> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Do you still use edlin too? ;-) Surely just plain ED - and I've not used PIP for some time > What drives me nuts is swapping between the Code and Object view of a > Form/Usercontrol > I am sure there must be some way of setting [F12] to toggle between > the two - but it beats me how. You can change it pretty easily if you have a resource editor (VC++, ResHacker, etc.)... This is for VB6, and I presume VB5 is very close. 1) Open VB6IDE.DLL with your resource editor. 2) Open the Accelerators resource and look at entry 1302. 3) Change the F7 entry to F11. 4) Change the Shift-F7 entry to F12. 5) Save the changes. You now have your Delphi F11 and F12 hotkeys. How's that for walking on bare boards? <g> -Pete >> What drives me nuts is swapping between the Code and Object view of a >> Form/Usercontrol [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >How's that for walking on bare boards? <g> It works a treat - very impressive, Many Thanks ! |
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