Live feedback from a MultilineEditText gui?
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On 21/06/2012 at 11:53, xxxxxxxx wrote:
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Is there a way to get live feedback from a MultilineEditText gui?Bool myDialog::CreateLayout(void) { GroupBegin(0,BFH_LEFT,2,0,"MyTextGroup",0); { AddEditText(1001, BFH_SCALEFIT,400,15,0); //A single line text box gui AddMultiLineEditText(1002, BFH_SCALEFIT,400,150,0); //A multi line textbox gui } GroupEnd(); return TRUE; } Bool myDialog::Command(LONG id,const BaseContainer &msg) { String textbox; this->GetString (1001, textbox); GePrint(textbox); //This prints live while typing text into the gui--->Yay!! String multi_textbox; this->GetString (1002, multi_textbox); GePrint(multi_textbox); // <--- This does NOT print live while typing like the textbox gui // It only prints when the user selects another part of the dialog. Boo!! :-( return TRUE; }-ScottA
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THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 22/06/2012 at 06:14, xxxxxxxx wrote:
I think you must catch the text entry in the Message() method. I would think it works the same as a regular EditText for which you should find some examples here maybe but I'm having trouble finding them or any that I may have tried in the past. If I find some code then will post it asap. :)
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THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 22/06/2012 at 07:08, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
You can overload Message() and capture BFM_GETCURSORINFO message:
virtual LONG Message(const BaseContainer &msg,BaseContainer &result) { GePrint("Message()"); GePrint(LongToString(msg.GetId())); if (msg.GetId()==BFM_GETCURSORINFO) { String text; if(GetString(1002, text)) GePrint(text); } return GeDialog::Message(msg,result); }BFM_GETCURSORINFO wasn't designed for this but it's the only message sent when text is typed inside the MultilineEditText.
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THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 22/06/2012 at 08:53, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Originally posted by xxxxxxxx
BFM_GETCURSORINFO wasn't designed for this but it's the only message sent when text is typed inside the MultilineEditText.
OK. Thanks.
Like you said. While the cursor is inside of a multilineEditText box. It's sort of being quarantined.
So It doesn't respond to messages like keyboard key presses.
Example :LONG myDialog::Message(const BaseContainer &msg, BaseContainer &result) { switch(msg.GetId()) { case BFM_INPUT: //A dialog/userarea receives this message if any mouse or keyboard input is received if(msg.GetLong(BFM_INPUT_DEVICE) == BFM_INPUT_KEYBOARD) //If the input is from the keyboard { String input = msg.GetString(BFM_INPUT_ASC); //Create a string type variable... GePrint(input); //and assign it to the pressed key's unicode-text value if(input == ".") { GePrint("period key was pressed"); } } break; } return GeDialog::Message(msg,result); }Can I just request that the developers put better text wrangling within the MLTE(and maybe the other gui's) on their radar screens?
I don't know how many people are using this text editing stuff in their plugins. But better MLTE integration is something I would probably use often.If you have meetings with the devs. Please tell the developer that made these two little message functions (GETCURSORPOS & SETCURSORPOS) that it was worth the time and effort to make them.
I use them often.Thanks,
-ScottA
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THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 22/06/2012 at 13:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:
I just noticed the forum supports YouTube videos. That's cool!
Here's a video showing what I'm doing with the Multi text box gui:fibU-B-yzK4This is the code I used to make it:
LONG myDialog::Message(const BaseContainer &msg, BaseContainer &result) { String allWords; //This will hold the entire text in the textbox GetString(1001,allWords); String lastWord; //This will hold the last word that is typed into a text box if (msg.GetId()==BFM_GETCURSORINFO) { String text; if(GetString(1001, text)) { LONG length = text.GetLength(); LONG pos = NULL; //The variable that will hold the postion of the string Bool lastSpace = text.FindLast(" ",&pos, -1); //Find the last blank space and store it's position in the string if(pos>0) //If there is at least one empty space found { String lw = text.SubStr(pos+1, length - pos); //Grab the last word (sub string) lastWord = lw; } } } if (lastWord == "doc.") { String popupText; LONG editX, editY, editW, editH; //Create variables to position the popup GUI if(GetItemDim(1028, &editX, &editY, &editW, &editH)) //Queries a dialog control for its current size and position in pixels { if(Local2Screen(&editX, &editY)) { BaseContainer entries; //Create a container to store the popup entries entries.SetString(FIRST_POPUP_ID+0, "GetActiveDocument()"); entries.SetString(FIRST_POPUP_ID+1, "SetActiveDocument(BaseDocument* doc)"); entries.SetString(FIRST_POPUP_ID+2, "LoadDocument(const Filename& name, SCENEFILTER loadflags, BaseThread* thread)"); //Add more entries as needed LONG mypopup = ShowPopupMenu(NULL, editX, editY+(editH+300), entries); //Creates & positions the popup GUI if(mypopup!=NULL) { popupText += entries.GetString(mypopup); //Increment(step/loop) through each popup entry and get each value SetString(1001, allWords + popupText); //Adds the user selected popup text into the textbox } } } } return GeDialog::Message(msg,result); }I was able to write this in R12.
I'm still a learner, and the code is probably not very good. But there's already just enough text handling code in the SDK's to at least create this kind of thing in a basic form. Even from a relative newbie like me.
But anything the developers can think of to make writing this kind of thing easier and more robust would be very cool.-ScottA