PureFORM 1.99 (yet another FORM designer)

le_magn · Post by **le_magn** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:44 am

Thank's Gnozal!!!!!

rule · Post by **rule** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:30 am

Nice peace of work Gnozal, but I have a request.
There is a new feature in version 4.xx: StickyWindow (stay on top), is it posible to add this to your app?

Greetz,

Roel.

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:03 am

rule wrote:There is a new feature in version 4.xx: StickyWindow (stay on top), is it posible to add this to your app?

With the 'code inject' feature I am working on you could add this code easily.

Post by **Kiffi** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:44 am

gnozal wrote:[...]'code inject' feature[...]

whow, sounds very good!

I'm curious about it.

Greetings ... Kiffi

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:04 pm

Kiffi wrote:whow, sounds very good!

I hope.

New features I am adding :
1. PureFORM should be able to update an existing source code, using special code tags (all text between two Start/End code tags will be added/replaced). The rest of the text will remain untouched.
2. The code-inject feature : you can add text in some locations, like window start code, gadget events, etc...

I am not sure exactly how to do all this, I am currently experimenting some alternative solutions.
A screenshot of the code I am playing with this morning :

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:31 pm

Update

Changes :
- source update feature ('Project' menu, item 'Update code in source')
- code inject feature ('Edit' menu, item 'Code injection' / or F8 / or Context menu item 'Code injection')
- added flag #SS_NOPREFIX for TextGadget

Important notes :

1. Source update

PureFORM is able to update the source code : the first time you save the generated code with 'Save as code', meanwhile you can add some extra code in jaPBe and the next time after you changed the form you can update the source with 'Update code in source'.
You have to enable option 'Add PureFORM code tags to generated code' in Preferences. PureFORM assumes your source file is 'MyProject.pb' when your form file is 'MyProject.pbf'.
The code tags are used to detect the code to be updated in a source file. Note that all code between two Start/End tags is replaced.
Example of code tags :

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...
some code (untouched)
...
;:PureFORM:Windows:Start:
...
all code here is replaced
...
;:PureFORM:Windows:End:
...
some code (untouched)
...

At any time you can erase or rename (:-PureFORM:Windows:Start:/:-PureFORM:Windows:End:) the code tags and the code in between will no longer be updated.
For safety reasons, the source before update is renamed to 'MyProject.pb.PureFORM.Bak'.

2. Code injection

By default, the code inject window uses a scintilla control. You can also use an embedded jaPBe window if you check 'Use embedded jaPBe in Code Inject' (this only works if PureFORM is started as plugin from jaPBe ; for best results update to jaPBe V3 build 608+).
All code entered via the code inject dialog will be injected in the generated source code. This code is saved in a separated 'MyProject.pbfi' file.

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:31 pm

Update

Changes :

- displayed text 'Code injection' replaced by 'Code infusion' after a quick synonym search, as 'Code injection' is used by PureVisionXP (requested by Paul).

PB · Post by PB » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:24 pm

Looking good! Can I suggest that the Syntax Coloring take my settings from
my "PureBasics.pref" file though? I don't like your default colors.

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:31 pm

Update

Changes :
- syntax coloring : added option 'Load colors from Purebasic.prefs'

Q*bert · Post by **Q*bert** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:10 pm

gnozal,

I think there's a problem with the "Gadget enumeration" combo box list in the latest version. Whenever I change any Pureform Configuration setting, the combo box is blank and the "FORM_GadgetEnumerationMode" setting in the ini file gets set to -1.

Also, would it be possible to have jaPBe automatically reload the code file after PureForm closes, assuming it has been run as a plugin?

Finally, have you given any consideration of officially supporting an event engine like EasyVent. The combination would be great.

Thanks a lot for this effort. PureForm seems to be the only form designer that is being actively updated, and it is quickly surpassing all the others!

PB · Post by PB » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:00 am

> syntax coloring : added option 'Load colors from Purebasic.prefs'

Thanks, but it doesn't work properly with my prefs file for code injection,
it has black text on my black background. Do you want a copy of my prefs
file to find out why? PM me with where to send it, if so. Thanks for your
quick addition of this request, too.

Molchyn · Post by **Molchyn** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:48 pm

last build 86 sometimes lost names for gadgets

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;{[PureFORM Project]
;PureFORM_Project_Begin
;Project¶PureFORM_Clipboard2
;Window¶1¶#Window_0¶13500416¶#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_SizeGadget|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget|#PB_Window_TitleBar¶#Window_0¶234¶138¶400¶400¶0¶10¶10¶0¶5000¶5000¶0¶-1¶0¶¶
;PanelGadget¶1¶¶1¶-1¶-1¶0¶0¶19¶0¶0¶¶¶¶-1¶3¶¶¶0¶0¶1¶1¶2¶25¶30¶120¶265¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶-1¶-1¶-1¶-1¶Tab #1¶0¶¶0¶0
;PanelGadget¶2¶¶1¶-1¶-1¶0¶0¶19¶0¶0¶¶¶¶3¶3¶¶¶0¶0¶1¶1¶2¶170¶30¶185¶280¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶-1¶-1¶-1¶-1¶Tab #1¶0¶¶0¶0
;SplitterGadget¶3¶¶1¶-1¶-1¶0¶0¶24¶196¶3¶#PB_Splitter_Separator|#PB_Splitter_Vertical¶Gadget_2¶¶2¶0¶¶¶1¶2¶0¶0¶0¶5¶0¶390¶390¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶0¶-1¶-1¶0¶0¶¶0¶¶0¶0
;PureFORM_Project_End
;}

probably it's happened then string in ini file stay -1
FORM_GadgetEnumerationMode = -1
how that happened I don't know

Q*bert · Post by **Q*bert** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:15 am

probably it's happened then string in ini file stay -1
FORM_GadgetEnumerationMode = -1
how that happened I don't know

That's a result of the bug I described a couple of postings ago.
Any time you modify any PureForm Configuration settings the FORM_GadgetEnumerationMode will be reset to -1
and PureForm will screw up the gadget names.

A workaround for this is to manually edit the PureForm.ini file and change FORM_GadgetEnumerationMode to 0, 1 or 2
where 0=Number, 1=Class/Number, and 2=Window/Class/Number for Gadget Enumeration.

I'm sure gnozal will correct this soon as he apparently rarely sleeps!

gnozal · Post by **gnozal** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:02 am

PB wrote:> syntax coloring : added option 'Load colors from Purebasic.prefs'

Thanks, but it doesn't work properly with my prefs file for code injection,
it has black text on my black background. Do you want a copy of my prefs
file to find out why? PM me with where to send it, if so. Thanks for your
quick addition of this request, too.

I made a little change. I hope it works now.

Q*bert wrote:I think there's a problem with the "Gadget enumeration" combo box list in the latest version. Whenever I change any Pureform Configuration setting, the combo box is blank and the "FORM_GadgetEnumerationMode" setting in the ini file gets set to -1.

Should be fixed

Q*bert wrote:Also, would it be possible to have jaPBe automatically reload the code file after PureForm closes, assuming it has been run as a plugin?

Look at the new option in Preferences.
If you start PureFORM as a plugin and your current file in jaPBe is 'MyProject.pb', PureFORM will open 'MyProject.pbf', and reload 'MyProject.pb' in jaPBe before quitting.

PB · Post by PB » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:09 am

>> [...] black text on my black background
>
> I made a little change. I hope it works now.

Yes, now the text shows when I type it, but there's no cursor seen, so it must
be black on my black background? Makes it hard to see where I'm typing.

Also, there's no capitalization, eg. if I type "debug" it doesn't become "Debug".
Is that something you might be able to add in later?