Shoutbox

Well quite simply, when trying to set the text of a RichEditControl with SetControlText (with Rich Text mode enabled) the text set is not "rich".

Example:

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PlusWnd.SetControlText("MyRichEdit", "[b]Testing[/b]");

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The text is displayed as [b]Testing[/b] not as it should be Testing.
The reason I consider this a bug is that when you use SetControlText on a RichStaticControl, it works fine and the text is bold/italic/coloured/whatever.

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On a related note, GetControlText when used on a RichStaticControl doesnt return the formatting from the text. Although I realise this is probably just a limitation not a bug.

Since I think those are just SetWindowText, and GetWindowText, they are limited like that.

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[ b ]Testing[ /b ] shouldn't be bold if MessengerPlus!'s hook attaches to the richedit, which I don't know. If you want to know the "bold code" in RTF (Rich Text Format) , open Word (or WordPad which is included in Windows), type a bold word, and save it as RTF, then open it in Notepad.

I understand that, but I'm guessing what Plus! does is just handle the WM_SETTEXT message sent (or in this case just edit the text as it's being set using Plus!'s own function) and replaces it's own formatting codes with the ones needed for the same formatting in the RichEdit control (Hence why it works with RichStaticControl, but not RichEditControl).

In rich text controls, you have to use messages to set the format, Plus! just calls the SetWindowText API. BBCode tags are not parsed in rich edit controls because Plus! has no need to anywhere in the program. The chat window edit box is not a standard rich edit control, so Plus! has no need to hook into them, as opposed to rich static controls, which Plus! uses and hooks.

Another RichEditControl bug is that when you move a window, they appear, even if their Visible attribute is set to false.

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Originally posted by deAd
BBCode tags are not parsed in rich edit controls because Plus! has no need to anywhere in the program.

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How about Script Editor?

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Originally posted by deAd
In rich text controls, you have to use messages to set the format, Plus! just calls the SetWindowText API. BBCode tags are not parsed in rich edit controls because Plus! has no need to anywhere in the program. The chat window edit box is not a standard rich edit control, so Plus! has no need to hook into them, as opposed to rich static controls, which Plus! uses and hooks.

Another RichEditControl bug is that when you move a window, they appear, even if their Visible attribute is set to false.

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You can have other methods as well.
If BB-codes doesn't work I hope Patchou includes that in next version

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Originally posted by Eljay

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Originally posted by deAd
BBCode tags are not parsed in rich edit controls because Plus! has no need to anywhere in the program.

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How about Script Editor?

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That's not BBCode, it's just sending formatting messages...

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Originally posted by deAd
That's not BBCode, it's just sending formatting messages...

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Hmm I posted that when I just woke up, excuse my sleep induced stupidity.

But anyway I still don't see why it works for static and not edit, surely the messages sent would be the same for both controls? Anyway if there is a reason for it and it's not a bug, then I guess I will have to just parse BBCode myself.

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Originally posted by Eljay

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Originally posted by deAd
That's not BBCode, it's just sending formatting messages...

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Hmm I posted that when I just woke up, excuse my sleep induced stupidity.

But anyway I still don't see why it works for static and not edit, surely the messages sent would be the same for both controls? Anyway if there is a reason for it and it's not a bug, then I guess I will have to just parse BBCode myself.

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It just doesn't need to parse BBCode for rich edit controls anywhere in the program, but it doesn't. For static controls it does need to :/

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Originally posted by deAd
It just doesn't need to parse BBCode for rich edit controls anywhere in the program, but it doesn't. For static controls it does need to :/

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I understand that, what I am trying to say is that me writing a bbcode parser in a script when Plus! obviously already has this functionality included (although it's only an assumption that the same code can be used for RichEdit) is just sort of reinventing the wheel.

If this can't be added easily I guess I shall just have to code my own parser when i get to RichEdit in my plan which is to get all controls fully documented and accessible for developers (because I suck at having original script ideas ).