diff --git a/pglablib/FormatToStream.cpp b/pglablib/FormatToStream.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8615bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pglablib/FormatToStream.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "FormatToStream.h"
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QTextStream>
+
+void FormatToStream(QTextStream &stream, QString format, std::function<void(QTextStream &, QString)> field_callback)
+{
+	// Use static to optimize only once
+	static QRegularExpression cached_find_var_re("(?:[^\\\\]|^)(\\/%([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)%\\/)", QRegularExpression::OptimizeOnFirstUsageOption);
+
+	int from = 0;
+	QRegularExpressionMatch match;
+	while (format.indexOf(cached_find_var_re, from, &match) >= 0) {
+		if (from > 0) {
+			// Because the regex has to check for backslash in front we have the from position
+			// one position before where we actually should continue for the second match and later ie when from > 0
+			// Therefor increase from by 1 to make the substring (midRef) calculation work
+			++from;
+		}
+		// copy code before the var to the stream
+		stream << format.midRef(from, match.capturedStart(1) - from);
+		field_callback(stream, match.captured(2));
+		from = match.capturedEnd()-1; // -1 because it wants to match one character before or start of line to make sure there is no backslash
+	}
+	if (from > 0) {
+		// same reason as at the start of the loop
+		++from;
+	}
+	stream << format.midRef(from);
+}
diff --git a/pglablib/FormatToStream.h b/pglablib/FormatToStream.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aabc1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pglablib/FormatToStream.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef FORMATTOSTREAM_H
+#define FORMATTOSTREAM_H
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <functional>
+
+class QTextStream;
+
+/**
+ * @brief FormatToStream replaces /%var%/ variables in a string with the values returned by the callback
+ * @param stream The stream to which to write the result of the formatting operation
+ * @param format The format string containing the vars.
+ * @param field_callback A callable which returns the values for var.
+ */
+void FormatToStream(QTextStream &stream, QString format, std::function<void(QTextStream &, QString)> field_callback);
+
+#endif // FORMATTOSTREAM_H
diff --git a/pglablib/codebuilder/CodeBuilder.cpp b/pglablib/codebuilder/CodeBuilder.cpp
index baed498..9671311 100644
--- a/pglablib/codebuilder/CodeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/pglablib/codebuilder/CodeBuilder.cpp
@@ -6,32 +6,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include <QTextStream>
 
-void FormatToStream(QTextStream &stream, QString format, std::function<void(QTextStream &, QString)> field_callback)
-{
-	// Use static to optimize only once
-	static QRegularExpression cached_find_var_re("(?:[^\\\\]|^)(\\/%([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)%\\/)", QRegularExpression::OptimizeOnFirstUsageOption);
-
-	int from = 0;
-	QRegularExpressionMatch match;
-	while (format.indexOf(cached_find_var_re, from, &match) >= 0) {
-		if (from > 0) {
-			// Because the regex has to check for backslash in front we have the from position
-			// one position before where we actually should continue for the second match and later ie when from > 0
-			// Therefor increase from by 1 to make the substring (midRef) calculation work
-			++from;
-		}
-		// copy code before the var to the stream
-		stream << format.midRef(from, match.capturedStart(1) - from);
-		field_callback(stream, match.captured(2));
-		from = match.capturedEnd()-1; // -1 because it wants to match one character before or start of line to make sure there is no backslash
-	}
-	if (from > 0) {
-		// same reason as at the start of the loop
-		++from;
-	}
-	stream << format.midRef(from);
-}
-
 void CodeBuilder::GenCodeForExecutingQuery(QTextStream &q, const QString &query, const Pgsql::Result &result)
 {
 // %1 query string
diff --git a/pglablib/pglablib.pro b/pglablib/pglablib.pro
index 29b5c40..4441836 100644
--- a/pglablib/pglablib.pro
+++ b/pglablib/pglablib.pro
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ codebuilder/NameManglingRules.cpp \
 codebuilder/DefaultConfigs.cpp \
 codebuilder/TypeMappings.cpp \
 codebuilder/IndentationConfig.cpp \
-codebuilder/StructureTemplate.cpp
+codebuilder/StructureTemplate.cpp \
+    FormatToStream.cpp
 
 HEADERS += \
         Pglablib.h \
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ codebuilder/NameManglingRules.h \
 codebuilder/DefaultConfigs.h \
 codebuilder/TypeMappings.h \
 codebuilder/IndentationConfig.h \
-codebuilder/StructureTemplate.h
+codebuilder/StructureTemplate.h \
+    FormatToStream.h
 
 unix {
     target.path = /usr/lib