Updated Wiki: Thor TWEeT 24

Thor TWEeT #24: New Thor Tools

There are eight new tools that have been added recently to the Thor Repository:

Pack VCXs, SCXs, etc. from a project or folder

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The new tool Hack Intellisense provides an extremely usable alternative to the native Intellisense Manager (shown below) for working with your custom Intellisense scripts.

I always found the Intellisense Manager page to be remarkably opaque, to the point where I simply gave up trying to add any new scripts to it.

The tool Hack Intellisense provides a different UI to update your FoxCode table, making everything much clearer. It also provides a number of niceties, including:

Filtering by text or type of script (I suggest trying "User" filter)
Sorting
Buttons to duplicate or remove a script.
Buffering of your changes, so that you can commit or revert as desired
Backing up of your FoxCode table.
Customizable signature
"Edit" and "Test" buttons for your more intricate code (in field "data")

In the short time that this tool has been available, I have already found that I am taking advantage of these custom scripts much more frequently.

There are also plans of enhancing Hack Intellisense to facilitate sharing of scripts that we have each created over time. I will keep you posted of any developments.

Note also a related tool, DropDown Intellisense Scripts, announced last week, which helps you find and use scripts you have created without using this form.

Hack Intellisense was written by Rick Schummer, with some tweaks by Todd Landrum and myself.