Very Computer

I just received the latest issue of "Foxtalk," and this month they
included the COB Editor Extensions, which adds a lot of functionality
to the somewhat anemic Foxpro editor.

One of the coolest features is the macro expansion.  For example, lets
say you're working on a project, named FOOPROJ.  You can set up a macro,
such as MPF, that will expand to "Modify Project FOOPROJ" whenever "MPF "
is typed in an editing window (such as Command).   It comes with quite
a few macros alread installed, such as IFF, which prompts you for a
logical expression, such as !EMPTY(lcFName), and then creates the
following code (with the cursor on the second line) :

IF !empty(lcFname)
     _
ELSE
ENDIF  && !empty(lcFName)

It also allows you to "comment out" a block of text with a hot-key, and
it will also pull up a list of all functions in a program.  It will do
several other things, such as popping up the structure of a table (useful
when coding SQL-SELECTS or BROWSES).

It is freeware.  I'm not sure if it available via ftp, but if there is any
interest I will put it on wuarchive or somewhere similar.  (Any suggestions
on an appropriate site?)

Once again, I'm really impressed.  This ranks right up there with Jkey as
far as usefulness!  
                                     -Michael
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 The COB Editor Extensions are available from

ftp.rahul.net:/pub/coneil/cee*.zip

Quote:>Once again, I'm really impressed.  This ranks right up there with Jkey as
>far as usefulness!  

 Couldn't agree more; a really fine piece of freeware.

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I have also tried the COB editior and found it useful; HOWEVER I
also noticed some strange problems which went away when I stoped
using it.

The main problem was when the application was using MODIFY MEMO
windows to edit large (or small) memo fields.  When I would add
text to a memo and then ESCAPE out of the MODIFY MEMO window;
i.e. abort changes.  The memo field would not completely clean up
all changes.  For Example:

This is original text for memo:
Added this line
added this line

After ESCAPE; the memo would look like:
This is original text for memo:
Added

The first word on the added line would remain.

This may not be a problem when running the applicaiton on the
USER end since the editor would not be invoked; BUT it sure made
test and debug difficult.

Just my observations, overall I am impressed.

Greg Hanson

: I just received the latest issue of "Foxtalk," and this month they
: included the COB Editor Extensions, which adds a lot of functionality
: to the somewhat anemic Foxpro editor.

I have uploaded the application (cee110.zip) and the source (ceesrc.zip)
to ftp.rahul.net, and sent email to Chris O'Neill telling him about it.
It will be available somewhere there.  :-)

If you can't wait, and don't mind receiving lengthy mail messages, let
me know and I'll mail it to you.
                                               -Michael
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