PBWin/PBCC Text editor using a GRAPHIC WINDOW

[Chris Holbrook]

closed for maintenance!

[David Roberts]

:coffee2:



:sleeping:

[Jim Dunn]

Chris, did you accidentally delete your post, lose your code?

I have a copy of the v0.6 code, if you need it, let me know, I'll post it!!

[Cliff Nichols]

Please post
Inquiring minds want to know????

[Chris Holbrook]

Sorry, other stuff is getting in the way. Don't fret, I will repost it. Meanwhile follow me on twitter - er no, perhaps not.

[Rodney Hicks]

Some comment threads
http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=38994
or a more a thread started more recently:
http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=53369
Going by the dates in the first of the above threads, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one with 'latered' items..

[Chris Holbrook]

Chaps, your enthusiasm for me not posting code is touching. I shall try to keep it up.

[Gary Beene]

Hey Chris(H)!
I'm working on an update to gbPrintPreview, which uses a graphic control to preview text that is to be printed.

Your code may be of interest to me, as I would like to let the user select/highlight text with the mouse.

I guess I can see how it might be done ...

1. detect down/drag/up mouse activity
2. determine start/end lines being selected
3. determine the character position of the clicks within each line
4. highlight the text within the starting/ending character positions

It sounds very possible, but definitely requiring attention to the details, especially if you allow text lines to have different founts/heights. In gbPrintPreview, my lines/characters are all the same font/size, so I don't have to figure that part out.

Also, selecting whole lines would be much simpler than allowing selection at the character level.

I'll be interested to see if your approach is similar or if you've come up with a more minimal solution!

I'll likely post the new version of gbPrintPreview this weekend but I'm not sure I'll have the "Select Text" feature in the release.

[Owen English]

Did this thread and any code posting ever come back to life? Am looking for a wysiwyg text editor that can operate within specified boundaries within a window.

[Anne Wilson]

Hi Owen

Look for myeditor and download it from

https://cgdsoftwarecom.ipage.com/sourceCode.html

[Michael Mattias]

Did this thread and any code posting ever come back to life? Am looking for a wysiwyg text editor that can operate within specified boundaries within a window.

Wrong forum I know, but the answer is, "Use a richtext control" which can handle both your requirements. There are multiple source code examples here;search "richtext" or maybe two words "rich text."