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Bozzy
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 03:44
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Hi,

I'm looking for a VB 2005 code editing control that I can use for my scripting language (therefore allow me my own syntax). It would be nice for intellisense etc... good features

Does one of these exist?

MERRY X-MAS EVERYBODY

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Bozzy

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Blood Of The Prophets
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 11:13
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The ones that are available usually cost quite a bit of money, for example:

http://www.actiprosoftware.com/Products/DotNet/WindowsForms/SyntaxEditor/default.aspx
http://www.bestshareware.net/download/editornet.htm

This here explains how to make your own. It's in C# but that's pretty easy to port to VB.net

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/duncanharris/SyntaxHighlightInRichTextBoxP212012005044912AM/SyntaxHighlightInRichTextBoxP2.aspx

And lastly here's a free syntax editor control I just found but i'm not sure if it works:

http://www.dotnetfireball.net/

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BatVink
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 13:03 Edited at: 24th Dec 2007 13:07
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What did Hyrichter use for CodeSurge?

[EDIT] Found it and it's free - Synedit - http://synedit.sourceforge.net/
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 13:15 Edited at: 24th Dec 2007 13:16
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Codemax isnt bad, and theres a free version (with their logo in the lower right portion of the edit area). Thats not a problem if you are somewhat clever And I dont mean by hacking or craking any of their binaries - that would be wrong. Lets just say its not impossible to "visually mask" things that you dont want showing.

My DBP plugins page is now hosted [href]here[/href]
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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 17:19
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I'm going to be using Scintilla with Purebasic for my scripting language. It comes with built in support for LUA, Blitzbasic (not that I care) and about 70 other languages. Sadly there isn't support for DBP built in. The best thing is that it works right, and has function folding that also works right.

http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/


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Zotoaster
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 18:26
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Programmer's Notepad is similar to Scintilla, since it has syntax highlighting for many programming languages (and if you know the XML structure, you can make your own), plus, it's sexier

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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 21:59
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Quote: "and if you know the XML structure, you can make your own"

forgot to mention that about Codemax. You can provide a custom XML file to describe any language to the control's keyword hilighting, function folding features, etc etc

My DBP plugins page is now hosted [href]here[/href]
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hyrichter
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Posted: 24th Dec 2007 23:35
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Quote: "What did Hyrichter use for CodeSurge?"

Yes, I used Synedit. However, you have to realize that it only works with Delphi and C++ builder.

Scintilla would probably be your best choice, if it works with VB.net.

CodeSurge
Version 1.0 finally released! Code your DBP projects in style. (And save the kittens!)
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Bozzy
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Posted: 25th Dec 2007 00:57 Edited at: 25th Dec 2007 00:57
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Right I've downloaded the Scintilla source... How do I even implement it in my project?

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Cash Curtis II
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This would probably do it...

http://mewsoft.com/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi?action=ViewTopic&Topic=1494&Forum=1&Page=1&Period=0a&Lang=English

Get the DLL by downloading SciTE from the Scintilla site, the link above is an ActiveX wrapper for it for use in Visual Studio.


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