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Transform a variable into a Property

Thanks to Visual Studio.NET macros, it is quite simple to automate the task of transforming a Public field into a Property with the same name that accesses a private field

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Quickly swap assignment operands

It often happens that you need to swap the operands of an assignment. For example, say that you have this set of assignments: p1.FirstName = m_FirstNamep1.LastName = m_LastName and later

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FormatMemorySize – Format a value in bytes

Enum FormatMemorySizeUnits BestGuess Bytes Kilobytes Megabytes GigabytesEnd Enum’ convert a number of bytes into Kbytes, Megabytes, or GigabytesFunction FormatMemorySize(ByVal value As Long, _ ByVal unit As FormatMemorySizeUnits, Optional ByVal decimalDigits