Modify "Try....Catch.... End Try"

[InertiaM]

I have been using the Intellisense "Try...Catch...End Try" a lot recently, where I wished it also put in the Finally part.

Is it possible to modify the standard Intellisense snippets?

 

[JohnH]

I'm using VB 2010 (and have VB 2008 still...), and they already have a Try-Catch-Finally snippet, short is "trycf"[tab]. Don't know about your VB 2005, but it is possible to add custom snippets also.

 

[InertiaM]

In 2005, trycf[tab] generates

        Try

        Catch ex As ApplicationException

        Finally

        End Try

whilst try[enter] generates

        Try

        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

I think I'll be using trycf from now on Thanks John

 

[JohnH]

try[enter] is not a snippet by the way, it is just automatic statement completion (check off Options>Text Editor>VB>'automatic insertion of end constructs' and you'll soon miss that ).

 

[jmcilhinney]

I think I'll be using trycf from now on

If you need a Finally block then by all means do so but, since the addition of the Using statement, an exception handler with a Finally block is the exception rather than the rule. If I recall correctly, VB 2005 added the Using statement.