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VBeXpress Lite extends the functionality of the Visual Basic IDE in many ways which will help you to create user-friendly applications faster and more efficiently than ever before. Much of the development code that went into creating VBeXpress Lite was generated by VBeXpress Lite.

Once you've installed VBeXpress Lite, productivity improvements are only a mouse click away. VBeXpress Lite is fully integrated with the Visual Basic IDE and runs as an in-process DLL to ensure maximum performance. It appears as a toolbar on the main Visual Basic IDE - to run any utility, simply click the appropriate button on the toolbar.

Main Features:

• Error Handling - Insert sophisticated centralized error handling into all of your code procedures with just a couple of mouse clicks. Run-time errors and application crashes become a thing of the past
• Coding Utilities - Extend the library of pre-tested procedures and functions that can be inserted into your application at the touch of a button. Adding user-defined properties to forms and classes is quicker and easier than ever before
• Advanced Cut and Paste - Save time by utilizing the advanced cut and paste features provided by VBeXpress Lite. Cut, copy and paste controls and associated event procedures in seconds
• Form Validator and Tab Assistant - Generate standard input validation code for your application's data using the VBeXpress Lite Form Validator. Extend its capabilities to your specific needs by modifying existing code templates and adding your own. Generate code to control the tab order of your controls which is especially useful for forms that contain multiple hidden frames
• Spell Checker - Check and correct the spelling of all controls and strings in minutes
• Comment Utilities - Insert standard procedure and module headers with minimal effort and time. Create and call up a well-organized library of comments that can be pasted directly into the Visual Basic code window
• Standardize Development & Track Coding Tasks - Share the VBeXpress Lite database across a project group to create code that is consistent throughout a project group or company. Prioritize and assign coding tasks to individual team members
• Generate code based on Customizable Templates - Customize the existing code templates to match your specific needs. Take full control of the Visual Basic environment and harness the power of VBeXpress Lite the way you want

Utilities in Detail:

• Procedure Header - The Procedure Header utility simplifies the process of commenting your code by allowing you to add or update a formatted comment block that can be used to describe the current procedure
• Module Header - The Module Header utility simplifies the process of commenting your code by allowing you to add or update a formatted comment block that can be used to describe the currently selected module
• Comment Out Selected Code Block - The Comment Out Selected Code Block utility helps you to debug applications by allowing you to comment out entire code blocks with a single button click. VBeXpress Lite also provides the Uncomment Selected Code Block, which reverses the action
• Standard Comments - VBeXpress Lite gives you all the tools necessary to help you comment code in a snap
• Error Handling - The Procedure Error Handling utility helps you to create more robust programs by inserting error handling for the current procedure. With just one click of the mouse button, standard error handling code will be applied to the current procedure or module
• Standard Code Library - VBeXpress Lite contains a vast library of pre-tested code sections that you can paste directly into your application. The library contains many procedures and functions that are not available on MSDN and contain some advanced programming sections that would otherwise take you time to investigate and code
• Add Property - The Add Property utility automates the process of adding a property to a form or a class module. In seconds, VBeXpress Lite will help you to produce applications that are based on reusable property-based objects, rather than a hard-to-maintain mix and match of functions and global variables
• Form Validator - The Form Validator utility automates the process of writing code to validate user input. It can produce a unified coding standard (based on customizable templates) for validating all input data that your application may be required to handle
• Tab Assistant - The Tab Assistant utility allows you to generate code that controls the tab order on a form. Rather then setting the TabIndex and Tabstop property on individual controls, you can specify the TabIndex visually with the Tab Assistant utility and then quickly generate the required code to control the tab order. This means that you have full control over the tab order because you are programming it, which is especially useful for forms that have to support multiple frames
• Spell Checker - With VBeXpress Lite, you can check the spelling of all your forms' control captions and other text properties, as well as all string literals. The VBeXpress Spell Checker uses Microsoft Word to spell check your application. It even allows you to create a custom dictionary, which you can share with others on a network
• Task List - The VBeXpress Lite task list utility allows you to keep track of any sections of code that are not finished. Each task created can contain a priority, as well as programmer initials, so that on larger projects, tasks can be assigned to team members more easily
• Settings - The VBeXpress Lite Settings screen allows you to customize VBeXpress Lite exactly the way you want. You can add support for new control classes, edit existing code templates, create new ones and make VBeXpress Lite conform to your particular coding standards. You can also customize the VBeXpress environment so that these standards can be shared across project groups and IT departments

VBeXpress Lite ships with online help that contains many useful tips on how best to harness the power of the utilities.