Automatic parathesises and braces

[Denny]

I'm going from VB.net.

Is there a way to have VS automatically add braces to methods? Also in VB,
you do not need to add () for a method or function that does not need
parameters. Is there a way to have VS automatically add parathesis to
function calls? This messes me up more than the braces.

Thanks.

 

[Marc Gravell]

Not that I know of... without the brackets, you have a "method group",
which is an essential part of creating a delegate - so the syntax
without the brackets has a partially valid (but different) meaning. To
be honest, I wouldn't worry about it - give it a little while (not
long, honestly) and you'll be bracing and bracketing by default - I
moved to C# from VB6 (a very long time ago, it feels) - and it didn't
take long to get accustomed (but then, I also write ECMA script...).
That said, if I go back to VB I struggle to do ##anything##...

Marc

 

[Zhi-Xin Ye [MSFT]]

Hi Denny,

Thank you for using Microsoft Managed Newsgroup Support Service, I'm
Zhi-Xin Ye and I will work with you on this issue.

As far as I know the C# IDE does not support this kind of auto-completion.
These features are specific for VB only, as you can see the options under
this path:

(In the IDE)
"Tools" menu -> "Options..." -> "Text Editor" -> "Basic" -> "VB Specific";

There are options like "Automatic insertion of end constructs", "Pretty
listing(reformatting) of code", etc. which are for the auto-completion.

I know how unaccustomed it is when shifting from one language to another. I
have the same experience when I shifted from C# to VB.NET, but it didn't
take long to get accustomed with the new language.

Sincerely,
Zhi-Xin Ye
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