How to create an auto-property faster in Delphi IDE?

Question

I need to create and manage many simple published properties. I call them auto-properties if they look like that:

private
  FTitle: string;
published
  prope         


        

Answer 1

I use macros for that purpose.

For example I have model with fields

private
  FTitle: string;
  FName: string
  FAge: Integer

then I copy-paste the fields into published section and create macro

1. Goto first field and hit Home
2. Hit Ctrl + Shift + R to start recording macro
3. Use Crtl + ->, Crtl + <- and End keys for navigation and convert first field to property like property Title: string Read FTitle Write FTitle;
4. After that hit Home and go to next row
5. Finish macro by hitting Ctrl + Shift + R
6. For all other fields, just press Crtl + Shift + P

At first it seems difficult, but the skills will pay off.