COM-Gen 2000^TM Help - Page 1 of 7
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Welcome to the COM-Gen 2000^TM Virtual Tour. Each page in the tour corresponds to a screen in the program. You can navigate the through tour either by clicking the Previous and Next links on each page, or the Back and Next buttons on each graphic where available.

The screenshot below shows the opening screen for COM-Gen 2000^TM. This screen allows you to choose from the several options available with regard to what will be contained in the code that COM-Gen 2000^TM generates for you. (The evaluation copy of COM-Gen 2000^TM does not allow you to turn off any of these options.) See below for more details.

The settings available on this screen are:

Include SQL and processing code in generated methods - Choosing this option tells COM-Gen 2000^TM to generate all of your processing code. If you leave this option unchecked, COM-Gen 2000^TM will still generate all of your classes, properties, and methods, but they will be empty. This type of "skeleton" can be useful for defining the object model for a prototype project.

Include Error Handling - Choosing this option causes COM-Gen 2000^TM to add error handling to each property and method. An "On Error GoTo" statement is included which sends processing to a procedure called "RaiseError", contained in a separate module called "modCOMGen2000ErrHndlr.bas". The RaiseError procedure accepts error number, error source, and error description arguments. You can modify the RaiseError procedure to handle errors in any way you see fit. Leaving this option unchecked will cause COM-Gen 2000^TM not to include any error handling in the generated code.

Include Module Headers - Choosing this option will cause COM-Gen 2000^TM to include a header at the top of each module it creates. The header includes basic information about the module, including name, date created, etc. The module header will also include "Developer Notes" if that option is chosen.

Include Function Headers - Choosing this option tells COM-Gen 2000^TM to include a header at the top of each procedure it creates. Function headers includes important information about each function, including function name, date and time created, purpose of function, etc. The function header will also include "Developer Notes" if that option is chosen.

Include Developer Notes - Choosing this option tells COM-Gen 2000^TM to include a Developer Notes section in each module header and/or function header. The Developer Notes section includes important information such as instructions on how to call each function and properties you can set in code that affect the results of a call to each function. Note: In order to include Developer Notes, you must also include Module Headers, Function Headers, or both.