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.dan.g.
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Posted - Jul 24 2005 :  9:06:55 PM  Show Profile
hi all

does anyone have an easy way to convert C styles comments to C++? i want to be able to comment out large blocks of someone else's code but they've used C style comments throughout which makes it painful. and there are alot of files that need such work. needs to work with single and multiline comments

Stephen
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Posted - Jul 25 2005 :  06:23:52 AM  Show Profile
If they've used C-style comments, you can comment the section out with C++-style comments. Or with #if 0.
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feline
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Posted - Jul 25 2005 :  3:19:50 PM  Show Profile
one fast and slightly nasty solution would be:

CTRL_A followed by /

to get VAX to turn every line in the fine into C++ single line comments.

personally i would just use #if 0 as Stephen suggests. if you are doing this it is worth using:

#if 0 //{{AFX_COMMENTED_OUT
#endif //}}AFX_COMMENTED_OUT

instead, since you can then tell the IDE to colour the code inside the #if 0 a specific colour, making it much easier to see what you are doing.
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.dan.g.
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Posted - Jul 25 2005 :  8:10:58 PM  Show Profile
thanks guys.

feline: can you tell me how to get the IDE to color '#if 0' differently?
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feline
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Posted - Jul 26 2005 :  3:25:47 PM  Show Profile
presuming you mean the text between:

#if 0 //{{AFX_COMMENTED_OUT
#endif //}}AFX_COMMENTED_OUT

in the IDE's options change the colour for the group "Wizard code". this is hidden under the format tab in VC6 options which i recall you tend to use

if you are doing this a lot then it is worth setting up a couple of autotext entries, i have:

#if:
#if 0   //{{AFX_COMMENTED_OUT-?
#en:
#endif  //}}AFX_COMMENTED_OUT-?


changing tack excellent work on the latest todo list beta i will get back to you on that one at codeproject one of these days, honest, just as soon as i get caught up
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