On Fri, 08 Nov 2013, Sean wrote:
> want that my program, at a click of the button will do
> some highlighting in the text in an editor (a component of
> gambas that you can add to a form).
>
> So, in the form_open() method, i set :
>
> programEdit.Styles[Highlight.Normal].Color = Color.Red
> programEdit.Styles[Highlight.Keyword].Color =
> Color.DarkGreen
>
> (my editor component is called programEdit)
>
> then in the toolbutton1_click() method i set
>
> programEdit.Highlight = Highlight.Custom
>
> (should this not call the programEdit_highlight() method?
> )
>
> In the programEdit_highlight, I set:
>
> Dim z_c As Integer
> Dim i As Integer
> Dim z As String
> Dim s As String
>
> z = programEdit.Text '(this picks up the text in the
> editor)
> z_c = String.Len(z)
>
> For i = 1 To z_c
> s = Mid(z, i, 1) 'pick up each character
> If s = "s" Then 'i want the "s" -s to be dark green
> 'Message("resetting highlight")
> Highlight.Add(Highlight.Keyword) 'according to the
> docs, this will set the highlight of a single character ..
> Highlight.State = Highlight.Keyword 'i dont know if i
> needed this, but even dropping it has no effect
> Else
> Highlight.Add(Highlight.Normal)
> Endif
> Next
>
> this should make the "s"- s dark green, and everything
> else red, but i am seeing everything simply red. where did
> i go wrong?
>
The Editor control will highlight a line at a time. The current line will be
in Highlight.Text. If you always take the entire programEdit.Text, then you
will highlight the wrong things.
Regards,
Tobi
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