Inline With Statement (VB)

• Apr 17, 2018

Inlines the object reference of this With statement into all dot-references.

Purpose

By removing a With statement, you can make nested code context-independent. For rather small With statements, Inline With Statement (VB) can be used to unindent code and improve readability.

Availability

Available from the context menu or via shortcuts:

• when the edit cursor or caret is on a With statement. The caret should be on the With statement’s argument (an identifier).

Example

VB.NET

Public Sub TestMethod()
    Dim objVar = New TestClass│With objVar
        .Prop1 = 10
        .Prop2 = 20
        .Prop3 = 30
    End With
End Sub

Result:

VB.NET

Public Sub TestMethod()
    Dim objVar = New TestClass
    objVar.Prop1 = 10
    objVar.Prop2 = 20
    objVar.Prop3 = 30
End Sub

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