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Snippet Cheat Sheet

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Snippets are activated when a range of characters are typed that match the selected snippet and then pressing the activation key, TAB for instance.

Variables can be declared in the following way

V{variable type} for a normal variable declaration Example VS to declare a string

Bar String(10)

RV{variable type} if you want to define a reference variable: example RVS to declare a reference varialbe to a string

Bar   &String

PV{variable type} if you want to define a procedure variable: example PVS to declare a string parameter

(STRING Foo)

PVR{variable type} if you want to define a procedure reference variable: example PVRS to declare a reference to a string parameter

(*STRING Foo)

The following variables types are available

Shortcut	Variable
as	ASTRING
bf4	BFLOAT4
bf8	BFLOAT8
bs	BSTRING
b	BYTE
cs	CSTRING
dt	DATE
d	DECIMAL
l	LONG
pd	PDECIMAL
ps	PSTRING
r	REAL
sh	SHORT
sg	SIGNED
sr	SREAL
s	STRING
ti	TIME
ul	ULONG
usg	UNSIGNED
us	USHORT

Language Snippets

Below is a list of Snippits that can be used

IF

IF THEN

END

IFE

IF THEN

ELSE

END

MAP

MAP

END

MODULE

MODULE

END

LOOP

LOOP

END

LOOPFT

LOOP {var} = {From} to {To}

END

LOOPFILE

LOOP UNTIL ACCESS:{FileName}.Next()

END

ACCESS

Access:{FileName}.Methd(Params)

DEBUG

'{User Text} [' & {var} & ]'

DCLASS - define a Class

{ClassName}	CLASS,TYPE,MODULE('{ClassName}.clw'),LINK('{ClassName}.clw')

            END

DCLASSCD - define a class with a constructor and destructor

{ClassName}	CLASS,TYPE,MODULE('{ClassName}.clw'),LINK('{ClassName}.clw')
CONSTRUCT		PROCEDURE()
DESTRUCT		PROCEDURE()
            END  

IClass - implement a class

	MEMBER()

    INCLUDE('ClassName.inc'),ONCE

    MAP
    END

IClassCD - implement a class with constructor and destructor

  INCLUDE('{ClassName}.inc'),ONCE

  MAP
  END

{ClassName}.CONSTRUCT		PROCEDURE()

   CODE

{ClassName}.DESTRUCT			PROCEDURE()

  CODE

Method - implement a class method

{ClassName}.{MethodName}      PROCEDURE({Parameters})

  CODE

DProc - define a procedure

{Name}		PROCEDURE({parameters}),{ReturnType}

IProc - implement a procedure

{Name}		PROCEDURE({parameters})

  CODE