Richedit - creating tables

[Robert Wallace]

A couple of questions:

1. Do I need to modify RichEdit.inc for use with msfedit.dll (version 4.1)?

2. I am trying to create a table using rtf. Is this possible?

I send a copy of the rtf code which works with MSWord2003 but all the table commands seem to be ignored.

(Added Later: - yes you can create tables! I missed two vital commands in my rtf)

Bob

[Michael Mattias]

Cliff Nichols' "RTF made easy post" here .... http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...light=richedit

... might have some useful code for you.

[Robert Wallace]

MCM - thanks for info - I had found the link.

I do have a major problem though - I cannot enable multi-line in a table cell in Richedit although the rtf works OK in MSWord.

Bob

[Dave Biggs]

You don't need (to modify) RichEdit.inc to use MSFTEDIT.DLL
But it does look like you will need Ver.4.1 to have multi-line table cells.

That means loading the library and using the appropriate class control. Something like ..

#COMPILE EXE
#INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
 
'*** #INCLUDE "RichEdit.inc"  'or just define one Type and couple of Equates
TYPE EDITSTREAM DWORD                                                       '
  dwCookie AS DWORD    ' user value passed to callback as first parameter   '
  dwError AS DWORD     ' last error                                         '
  pfnCallback AS DWORD                                                      '
END TYPE                                                                    '
                                                                            '
%EM_STREAMIN    = %WM_USER + 73                                             '
%SF_RTF         = &H0002                                                    '
'***                                                                        '
 
%IDC_RICHEDIT1  = 101
 
FUNCTION REStreamInCB(BYVAL dwCookie AS DWORD, BYVAL pbBuff AS BYTE PTR, _
                      BYVAL cb AS LONG, BYREF pcb AS LONG) AS LONG
 LOCAL psBuffer AS STRING PTR
 
  psBuffer = dwCookie
  pcb = MIN(LEN(@psBuffer), cb)
  IF pcb > 0 THEN
    POKE$ pbBuff, LEFT$(@psBuffer, pcb)
    @psBuffer = MID$(@psBuffer, pcb + 1)
  END IF
 
END FUNCTION
'------------------/REStreamInCB
 
FUNCTION REStreamIn(BYVAL hEd AS DWORD, BYVAL sBuffer AS STRING, BYVAL StrmFmt AS LONG) AS LONG
 LOCAL ES AS EDITSTREAM
 
  ES.dwCookie    = VARPTR(sBuffer)
  ES.pfnCallback = CODEPTR(REStreamInCB)
 
 FUNCTION = SendMessage(hEd, %EM_STREAMIN, StrmFmt, VARPTR(ES))
END FUNCTION
'------------------/REStreamIn
 
CALLBACK FUNCTION DlgProc()
 STATIC RtfStr, TempStr AS STRING
  SELECT CASE AS LONG CBMSG
    CASE %WM_INITDIALOG
      RtfStr = _
      "{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033"+$CRLF+ _
      "{\fonttbl"+$CRLF+ _
      "{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}"+$CRLF+ _
      "{\f1\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}"+$CRLF+ _
      "{\f2\fnil\fprq2\fcharset2 Wingdings;}}"+$CRLF+ _
      "{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20\par"+$CRLF+ _
      "\trowd\trgaph108\trleft-108\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10 \trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10 \trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10 "+$CRLF+ _
      "\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10 \trpaddl108\trpaddr108\trpaddfl3\trpaddfr3"+$CRLF+ _
      "\clbrdrl\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrt\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrr\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrb\brdrw10\brdrs "+$CRLF+ _
      "\cellx2040\clbrdrl\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrt\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrr\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrb\brdrw10\brdrs "+$CRLF+ _
      "\cellx4320\pard\intbl\lang3081\f1\fs24 Cell 1.1\line Multiline?\line Oh Yeah \f2 J\f1\cell "+$CRLF+ _
      "Cell 1.2\cell\row\trowd\trgaph108\trleft-108\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10 \trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10 \trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10 "+$CRLF+ _
      "\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10 \trpaddl108\trpaddr108\trpaddfl3\trpaddfr3"+$CRLF+ _
      "\clbrdrl\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrt\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrr\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrb\brdrw10\brdrs "+$CRLF+ _
      "\cellx2040\clbrdrl\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrt\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrr\brdrw10\brdrs\clbrdrb\brdrw10\brdrs "+$CRLF+ _
      "\cellx4320\pard\intbl Cell 2.1\cell Cell 2.2\cell\row\pard\lang1033\f0\fs20\par"+$CRLF+ _
      "}"
      DIALOG POST CBHNDL, %WM_USER + 1000, 0, 0
 
    CASE %WM_USER + 1000
      'Control Set Text CbHndl, %IDC_RICHEDIT1, RtfStr                        ' only w/RichEdit ver 1.0!
      REStreamIn GetDlgItem(CBHNDL, %IDC_RICHEDIT1), RtfStr, %SF_RTF          ' ver 2.0 +
 
    CASE %WM_SYSCOMMAND
      IF CBWPARAM AND &H0FFF0 = %SC_CLOSE THEN
        DIALOG END CBHNDL
      END IF
 
  END SELECT
END FUNCTION
'------------------/DlgProc
 
FUNCTION PBMAIN()
 LOCAL hDlg  AS DWORD
 'LoadLibrary("RichEd32.dll")                                                 ' No good for multiline
 LoadLibrary("MSFTEDIT.DLL")                                                  ' <-- V4.1
 
  DIALOG NEW 0, "RE 4.1 Test", , , 240, 120, %WS_CAPTION OR %WS_SYSMENU, TO hDlg
    'CONTROL ADD "RichEdit", hDlg, %IDC_RICHEDIT1, " ", 5, 5, 230, _          ' use w / Riched32.dll
    CONTROL ADD "RichEdit50W", hDlg, %IDC_RICHEDIT1, " ", 5, 5, 230, 90, _    ' <--  V4.1
        %WS_CHILD OR %WS_VISIBLE OR %WS_BORDER OR %ES_MULTILINE OR %ES_AUTOVSCROLL OR %ES_WANTRETURN
 
  DIALOG SHOW MODAL hDlg, CALL DlgProc
 
END FUNCTION
'------------------/PBMain

[Robert Wallace]

Hi Dave,

Many thanks for your code - it gave me a working master that enabled me to find what was wrong with my code.

Eventually it had nothing to do with my RTF or code but an illegal combination of %nnnnnSCROLL commands when the DIALOG NEW was generated by PBForms

Like many others I would be VERY grateful for an updated PBForms.

Bob