VA Assist Pro Tools

Chapter 5 Classes Menu Enhancements : VA Assist Pro Tools

VA Assist Pro Tools

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Contains several menu items for VA Assist Pro related tools.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Mark

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Mark the selected class. Marked classes will always appear in the History/Find combobox. Marked classes may be viewed using the new Marked Classes Browser.

VA Assist Pro Tools | All Instances | Inspect

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VA Assist Pro Tools | All Instances | Close / Destroy

Closes/destroys all instances of the selected class.

VA Assist Pro Tools | All Instances | become: nil

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VA Assist Pro Tools | Inspect

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Opens an inspector on the class, its method dictionary or its class pools.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find Hard Coded Strings | In Class

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Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class that contain hard coded strings. Thanks to Didier Besset.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find Hard Coded Strings | In Hierarchy

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain hard coded strings. Thanks to Didier Besset.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find Hard Coded Strings | Ignore $NON-NLS$/$NLS$

During a search for hard code strings, ignore any strings that have been flagged with $NON-NLS$ or $NLS$ tags.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find Hard Coded Strings | Ignore Part Names

During a search for hard code strings, ignore any strings that are used to designate part names.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find String | In Class

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Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class that contain a user specified string.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find String | In Hierarchy

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Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain a user specified string. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Find String | In System

Opens a method browser on all methods within the system that contain a user specified string. This is a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Spell Check | Class

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Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class that contain references to misspelled or missing method selectors.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Spell Check | Hierarchy

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain references to misspelled or missing method selectors. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Hide/Show Source

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Manage the hide/show export status of method source. For each class, the hide/show status may be set for the entire class or just its class or instance methods. The "Names | Settings | Remove Source" option must be set true for these status settings to have any effect during export.