PBDLL IDE wishlist item.

[Eddy Van Esch]

Hi all,
A small suggestion for improvement of the next PBDLL IDE.
I would appreciate a wider "Function/sub finder" combobox in the IDE.
You know, the combobox where you can select a function or sub to go
directly to that function.
I tend to use rather long and meaningful subnames, like:
CB_MF_SourceFileButt, where CB stands for Callback, MF for Mainform
and I also usually define the sort of control (Button in this case).
All this produces rather long names so that the last 6 or 7 characters
are not visible in the "function/sub finder" of the IDE.
Choosing a smaller font is also an option.
I say all of this in the assumption that we can't change any of this
in the current version (6.0) of the IDE...
Kind regards
Eddy


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[Borje Hagsten]

Probably already is on the whish-list. Would be easy for PB to do a
simple revision of the current editor and fix some of the things we
have reported. A 2-minute job, if even that (%CB_SETDROPPEDWIDTH).
Don't understand why they don't do this now and then, since the new
version has taken so long to complete. Even minor fixes like this
one would keep us all happy for a while more..

(Okay, I'm happy as it is - maybe "happier", is a better word..)


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[Borje Hagsten]

now i'm even happier. what pb doesn't do, we can do ourselves.
wrote a simple hack that fixes the narrow combo in pb edit. with
some tweaking, i guess it's possible to set a new font to it too.
see http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=22983

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added out-commented code that shows how to set the font via getstockobject
and wm_setfont. seems to work fine. maybe even possible to use it to
enumerate the actual editor windows and change text and background
colors too, for those who want.

another possible use for us "foreigners" - grab menu handle and translate
the text to our own language. make our own localized versions of pbedit,
or any other app' ..


[this message has been edited by borje hagsten (edited april 06, 2001).]

[Eddy Van Esch]

Borje,
Thanks for your little hacking program! It works like a charm on
Win2000 too.
Maybe you can extend it a little to tackle some other items on the
wishlist...
Kind regards
Eddy



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[Borje Hagsten]

With proper handles, almost everything is possible, but maybe not
prefectly "legal" to do. Even tapping into PBedit and changing the
combobox width could probably be considered as an illegal "hack",
but I hope they don't mind. Otherwise, I guess we'll hear from
them soon..

Then again, DDE works almost the same way, so I don't know. If they
don't mind, it would be fun to use this way to add some functionality
to PBedit via for example a floating toolbar with additional commands,
etc. I'll play around with some more when I have more time..


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[Russ Srole]

Borje,

Take a look at Kev Peels IDE. He has one of the most useful ideas yet.
He has a floating dialog with a treeview that has all of your subs
and functions in all of you includes. Everything is in alphabetical
order. Click on the function and the file is loaded (or displayed)
and you're on the function. Really good.

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[Eddy Van Esch]

Originally posted by Russ Srole:

Take a look at Kev Peels IDE.

Russ,
Where can I find this? I looked on the source code forum but couldn't find it...
Eddy

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[This message has been edited by Eddy Van Esch (edited April 09, 2001).]

[Eddy Van Esch]

Originally posted by Eddy Van Esch:
Russ,
Where can I find this? I looked on the source code forum but couldn't find it...
Eddy

Sorry Russ, I found the PowerIDE on Kev's website: http://www.kgpsoftware.com



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