Capitalize Variable Names

**Homer J Simpson** · Mar 30 '06, 04:46 AM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

"Larry" <bliff@Blifff.c om> wrote in message
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[color=blue]
> I am using VB.Net 2003, IDE.
>
> When I type a variable name that already has been Dim'd,
> The IDE doesn't make the variable name Capitalized,
> even though the variable name definition in the Dim is capitalized.
>
> VB 6 will do this.
>
> Where is the setting so that this will happen. Someone else here at work
> uses VB.Net 2003, and his IDE does capitalize variables.[/color]

Have you got Option Explicit on?

**R. MacDonald** · Mar 30 '06, 07:15 AM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

Hello, Larry,

It's nested fairly deeply. Select "Options" from the "Tools" menu.
Then choose the "Text Editor" folder and under that the "Basic"
sub-folder. In there, choose the "VB Specific" entry and look at the
setting of the "Pretty Listing" check box.

My recollection is that this setting also affects a number of other
formatting related items. It took me a while to get used to them. But
the only one that I still object to is the way it insists on
repositioning comments that follow an in-line "If" statement.

Cheers,
Randy

Larry wrote:[color=blue]
> I am using VB.Net 2003, IDE.
>
> When I type a variable name that already has been Dim'd,
> The IDE doesn't make the variable name Capitalized,
> even though the variable name definition in the Dim is capitalized.
>
> VB 6 will do this.
>
> Where is the setting so that this will happen. Someone else here at work
> uses VB.Net 2003, and his IDE does capitalize variables.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Larry[/color]

**CMM** · Mar 30 '06, 08:26 AM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

I have noticed this as well. "Auto-recognition" of declared variables has
been made stupider in VS2005. It worked great in VS2003. Option Strict and
Explicit all on here. I notice it all the time... but never bothered to
figure out why.

I pretend "I didn't just see that".... considering this worked and has been
working great in VB for TEN years. And, now it doesn't.

--
-C. Moya

CM's Home Page

https://www.cmoya.com

"R. MacDonald" <scitec@NO-SP-AMcips.ca> wrote in message
news:442b81e7$0 $6030$dbd41001@ news.wanadoo.nl ...[color=blue]
> Hello, Larry,
>
> It's nested fairly deeply. Select "Options" from the "Tools" menu. Then
> choose the "Text Editor" folder and under that the "Basic" sub-folder. In
> there, choose the "VB Specific" entry and look at the setting of the
> "Pretty Listing" check box.
>
> My recollection is that this setting also affects a number of other
> formatting related items. It took me a while to get used to them. But
> the only one that I still object to is the way it insists on repositioning
> comments that follow an in-line "If" statement.
>
> Cheers,
> Randy
>
>
> Larry wrote:[color=green]
>> I am using VB.Net 2003, IDE.
>>
>> When I type a variable name that already has been Dim'd,
>> The IDE doesn't make the variable name Capitalized,
>> even though the variable name definition in the Dim is capitalized.
>>
>> VB 6 will do this.
>>
>> Where is the setting so that this will happen. Someone else here at work
>> uses VB.Net 2003, and his IDE does capitalize variables.
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>>
>> Larry[/color][/color]

**dgk** · Mar 30 '06, 11:05 AM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:14:10 -0500, "CMM" <cmm@nospam.com > wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have noticed this as well. "Auto-recognition" of declared variables has
>been made stupider in VS2005. It worked great in VS2003. Option Strict and
>Explicit all on here. I notice it all the time... but never bothered to
>figure out why.
>
>I pretend "I didn't just see that".... considering this worked and has been
>working great in VB for TEN years. And, now it doesn't.[/color]

I haven't noticed it. I declare a variable with a certain case. Later
on I use the variable using all lower case and when I leave the line
it corrects the case. Are we talking about something else?

**Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]** · Mar 30 '06, 12:45 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

"CMM" <cmm@nospam.com > schrieb:[color=blue]
>I have noticed this as well. "Auto-recognition" of declared variables has
>been made stupider in VS2005. It worked great in VS2003. Option Strict and
>Explicit all on here. I notice it all the time... but never bothered to
>figure out why.[/color]

Same here. Sometimes VB 2005 doesn't automatically correct capitalization
:-(((.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

**Cerebrus** · Mar 30 '06, 01:09 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

Hi Larry,

Usually VS does correct the case, but sometimes it "forgets". In such
cases, just choose Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document, and that should
correct it. Sometimes, saving the code also corrects the case.

HTH,

Regards,

Cerebrus.

**Chris Dunaway** · Mar 30 '06, 02:45 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

And a shortcut for that is Ctrl-K Ctrl-D

**Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]** · Mar 30 '06, 02:55 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

"Cerebrus" <zorg007@sify.c om> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Usually VS does correct the case, but sometimes it "forgets". In such
> cases, just choose Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document, and that should
> correct it. Sometimes, saving the code also corrects the case.[/color]

I've never needed this command in VB6, VB.NET 2002/2003. This is clearly a
bug that needs to be fixed!

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

**CMM** · Mar 30 '06, 03:35 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

I wholeheartedly agree.

--
-C. Moya

CM's Home Page

https://www.cmoya.com

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Cerebrus" <zorg007@sify.c om> schrieb:[color=green]
>> Usually VS does correct the case, but sometimes it "forgets". In such
>> cases, just choose Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document, and that should
>> correct it. Sometimes, saving the code also corrects the case.[/color]
>
> I've never needed this command in VB6, VB.NET 2002/2003. This is clearly
> a bug that needs to be fixed!
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]

**Phill W.** · Mar 30 '06, 04:05 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Cerebrus" <zorg007@sify.c om> schrieb:[color=green]
>> Usually VS does correct the case, but sometimes it "forgets". In such
>> cases, just choose Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document, and that should
>> correct it. Sometimes, saving the code also corrects the case.[/color]
>
> I've never needed this command in VB6, VB.NET 2002/2003. This is clearly
> a bug that needs to be fixed![/color]

Agreed,

but just how much /more/ processing power is that going to chew up? :-)

[Option Paranoia On]
Or, perhaps, this is the Thin End of the Wedge that will finally make VB
a Case-Sensitive language ...

;-))

(I hope ...)

Regards,
Phill W.

**CMM** · Mar 30 '06, 04:35 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

> but just how much /more/ processing power is that going to chew up? :-)

Considering it worked just fine on a 486 DX-66 and Pentium 60 back in 1994,
I can't see why it should be a big deal today.

--
-C. Moya

CM's Home Page

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"Phill W." <p-.a-.w-a-r-d@o-p-e-n.a-c.u-k> wrote in message
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> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
> news:OeV0ceAVGH A.4864@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> "Cerebrus" <zorg007@sify.c om> schrieb:[color=darkred]
>>> Usually VS does correct the case, but sometimes it "forgets". In such
>>> cases, just choose Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document, and that should
>>> correct it. Sometimes, saving the code also corrects the case.[/color]
>>
>> I've never needed this command in VB6, VB.NET 2002/2003. This is clearly
>> a bug that needs to be fixed![/color]
>
> Agreed,
>
> but just how much /more/ processing power is that going to chew up? :-)
>
> [Option Paranoia On]
> Or, perhaps, this is the Thin End of the Wedge that will finally make VB
> a Case-Sensitive language ...
>
> ;-))
>
> (I hope ...)
>
> Regards,
> Phill W.
>
>[/color]

**Homer J Simpson** · Mar 30 '06, 05:55 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:OeV0ceAVGH A.4864@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "Cerebrus" <zorg007@sify.c om> schrieb:[color=green]
>> Usually VS does correct the case, but sometimes it "forgets". In such
>> cases, just choose Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document, and that should
>> correct it. Sometimes, saving the code also corrects the case.[/color]
>
> I've never needed this command in VB6, VB.NET 2002/2003. This is clearly
> a bug that needs to be fixed![/color]

And unless it's hidden, it's not in VB Express!

**Larry** · Mar 30 '06, 05:55 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

I tried it on and off, it didn't seem to make any difference.

Homer J Simpson wrote:[color=blue]
> "Larry" <bliff@Blifff.c om> wrote in message
> news:OpCzRY6UGH A.5172@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
>[color=green]
>> I am using VB.Net 2003, IDE.
>>
>> When I type a variable name that already has been Dim'd,
>> The IDE doesn't make the variable name Capitalized,
>> even though the variable name definition in the Dim is capitalized.
>>
>> VB 6 will do this.
>>
>> Where is the setting so that this will happen. Someone else here at work
>> uses VB.Net 2003, and his IDE does capitalize variables.[/color]
>
> Have you got Option Explicit on?
>
>
>[/color]

**Larry** · Mar 30 '06, 05:55 PM

Re: Capitalize Variable Names

I have Whidbey (2005) on my another machine here at work,
and seems to work fine in regards to this issue.

CMM wrote:[color=blue]
> I have noticed this as well. "Auto-recognition" of declared variables has
> been made stupider in VS2005. It worked great in VS2003. Option Strict and
> Explicit all on here. I notice it all the time... but never bothered to
> figure out why.
>
> I pretend "I didn't just see that".... considering this worked and has been
> working great in VB for TEN years. And, now it doesn't.
>[/color]

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