RE: Commenting out blocks of code in FF

I've never tried this but I've always had it in the back of my mind in case
I needed it (Along with a bunch of other useless knowledge!) 

If the columns you want to put the '//' into contain spaces you could check
the "Restrict search to columns" box on the Find/Replace control box and
replace all '  ' found in those 2 columns with '//' or some other variation
on that idea.

Rick Weber  |  TOYS 'Я' US International 

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From: AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:43 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Commenting out blocks of code in FF

Hi Brian

Brian wrote on 17/10/2006 10:30:57 AM:

Is there a way to comment out large blocks of code in free format?  We
tried /* */ and it didn't work and putting // in front of each statement
would suck since there's a whack of lines we'd like to omit.

AFAIK, there is no block commenting mechanism in the RPG language (aside 
from the compiler directive magic you mentioned).
 

The only other way I have seen it done is by a "/if
defined(TheFollowingIsCommentedOut) and /Endif" statements.  Is there
another way to do it?

As usual, there is :)  The way I would do it is to use WDSC.  Record a 
macro (there is a 'Start recording' button on the top toolbar).  The macro 
would be something along the lines of 

1. Insert '//'.
2.  Hit the down arrow
3.  Hit Home.
4.  Hit Right arrow until you get to column 7.

Then just play the macro over and over.  There might even be a way to 
repeat it n times using the LPEX command line.

Another option if you are assured blank spaces in the first two code 
columns would be to use the 'overlay with selection function'.  You 
comment a small block, then 'rectangle select' the comments, then below 
the highlighted block right click and choose 'Selected->Overlay'.  Then, 
you can rectangle select the new block (now doubled in size) and repeat. 
This is actually quicker than it sounds if you use shortcut keys (Alt+R to 
select and Alt+Z to overlay) because your block size gets pretty large 
pretty quickly.

HTH,
Adam

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