SweetyVD (Visual Designer)

ChrisR · **Posted:** Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:06 pm

Update v1.8.0:
. List of Gadgets (with Gadgets images) added. Use with double-click or drag and drop. Images also available in the Popup menu; right-click.
Gadgets images come from PureBasic SilkTheme.zip in PB Home\themes directory or with SilkTheme.zip copied next to the exe in the current folder.
. Resize the Window Draw Area with mouse.
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blueb · **Posted:** Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:29 pm

Plenty of nice improvements Chris

ChrisR · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:37 am

Thanks bob and thanks to follow my progress

We could think that it is relatively simple at first look, but more I move forward more I notice that it is not the case.
I did not think of it but I better realize the Hard work behind PB Form or PureForm...

ChrisR · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:44 am

Thanks Polo to have moved the topic in the Tricks'n Tips section, at my request

It is more suited, being open source and developed in the sense of sharing.
I hope that I would have now a little more visibility and comments :wink:

Zebuddi123 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:49 am

Hi Chris Been a little busy of late but I`ve been downloading and it`s still my VD of Choice Ummm lol keep up the good work its coming on a treat. Going to have a better play with it latter to day i will give you my feed bk fwiw lol

Zebuddi.

JHPJHP · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:47 am **Posts:** 1661

Hi ChrisR,

Your Visual Designer is a great addition to the PureBasic community; the common sense layout and functionality is spot-on.

Something you might want to consider... custom Gadgets folder, custom Icons folder, etc.

There are so many custom Gadgets floating around, that if there was a single place to demo / include them, would bring a project like this to the next level.
- once a standard has been set, this thread could be used to link together the various resources

NB*: Don't take the current lack of comments to mean the community isn't grateful for the work you've done.

ChrisR · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:58 am

Hi JHPJHP

I'm pleasantly surprised to see a guy of your level who is interested

I'm new to PB and this forum, I do not know each other.
But browsing the forum, there is no doubt that you make references to my eyes.
Like many others too, great community

My initial goal was just to go into PB, Without more pretensions.
With a subject which speaks to me. Probably because of the great AS400 interface,lol

.
But now, the current base is really much better that I originaly hoped.
And it is probably good to go further!

I'm afraid of lacking knowledge and time, on my side. Or it will be long.
There is many things I have not seen yet, as custom gadgets, TabBar Gadget.
And other things that become more complicated such as
- Container management with these childrens and group movements.
- Multiple Selection.
- A more attractive interface for Gadget Properties like a list of created Gadgets, instead of the combobox.
- Write to a new tab in PB IDE instead of the clipboard.
For the last one, is there a way to do it from memory rather than a %temp% file ?

I have noticed your idea to support custom Gadgets And it is really interesting.
And maybe a way to give a true utility to this tool

Well, the code is shared and open And in the sense, not my property.
If someone wants to make a contribution, he is welcome

Alone, I would have trouble and it may just end up, only as a code examples.
hmm, not easy in english, I'm trying. For now, It will be children's holiday.
Regards

ChrisR · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:22 pm

Zebuddi123 wrote:

Hi Chris Been a little busy of late but I`ve been downloading and it`s still my VD of Choice Ummm lol keep up the good work its coming on a treat. Going to have a better play with it latter to day i will give you my feed bk fwiw lol

I'm ready to hear from you with your favorite Designer :lol:

Zebuddi123 wrote:

Already added two of my own gadgets so working on adding custom gadgets

If you have some time, the source is ready to hear from you, Also :wink:

ChrisR · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:44 pm

I Updated the code on github v1.8.21
- Fixed the created code with empty captions
- Choose between constants or *PB_Any for the code generation
- Minor cosmetic

Zebuddi123 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:15 pm

Hi Chris "lovely jubbley" English slang for Great

Have you looked at Gnozal`s PureForm it`s was a great VD From an Excellent programmer but its out of date, here is a link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g6a4j9v95b73fos/AABqK47PrU9owT3NpBf0bXgfa?dl=0 maybe it could give you some ideas and I`m pretty sure should Gnozal still be around on the forum we would all be wanting him to update PureForm

No disrespect Polo

Your VD (lol still makes me laugh

) is in a similar vain to PureForm

Be careful when writing to the IDE as once the Scintilla Handle has been established if the tab changes before the you write to the original tab the IDE will crash. Tried to look into it but not delved that far and probably not up to it, that would need someone with more knowledge if its at all possible.

To test writing to the IDE scintilla window you need to create an exe and run it as a tool from the IDE. That`s to get the Scintilla Handle.

Zebuddi.

Here`s the Module I use.

Code:

DeclareModule BSD_Scintilla
   Declare.s    sScintillaGetSelectection() ; Takes a seclection from the pbide returns a s a string
   Declare    vScintillaPBIdeInsertText(sText.s) ; Takes a string and prints it to the pbide window.
EndDeclareModule

Module BSD_Scintilla
   ; to get the scintilla tool handle the call needs to be made whilst running as a tool from the IDE
   Procedure.s sScintillaGetSelectection()
      Protected  iSCintillaID.i  = Val( GetEnvironmentVariable("PB_TOOL_Scintilla")), iStart.i, iEnd.i,  iIndex.i,  sString.s, iResult.i
      If iSCintillaID
         SendMessageTimeout_(iSCintillaID, #SCI_GETSELECTIONSTART , 0, 0, #SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, #SCI_START, @iStart)
         SendMessageTimeout_(iSCintillaID, #SCI_GETSELECTIONNEND  , 0, 0, #SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, #SCI_START, @iEnd)
         For iIndex = iStart To iEnd-1
            SendMessageTimeout_(iSCintillaID, #SCI_GETCHARAT, iIndex , 0, #SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, #SCI_START, @iResult)
            sString + Chr(iResult)
         Next
         ProcedureReturn sString
      EndIf
   EndProcedure
   
   Procedure vScintillaPBIdeInsertText(sText.s)
      Protected  sScntillaiText.s = sText
   CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_Unicode
      sScntillaiText = Space(StringByteLength(sText, #PB_UTF8))
      PokeS(@sScntillaiText, sText, -1, #PB_UTF8)
   CompilerElse
      sScntillaiText = sText
   CompilerEndIf
      giScintillaID = Val(GetEnvironmentVariable("PB_Tool_Scintilla"))
      SendMessage_(giScintillaID, #EM_REPLACESEL, 0, PeekS(@sScntillaiText))
   EndProcedure

EndModule

CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_IsMainFile
   UseModule BSD_Scintilla
   OpenConsole()
   Print(sScintillaGetSelectection()) ; prints the selected text from the ide to a console() windows -- for testing
   vScintillaPBIdeInsertText("Hello world here i am :) lol")  ; prints to the ides current tab at the current cursor position. if you change the tab the IDE will crash
   Input()
   CloseConsole()
CompilerEndIf
   

ChrisR · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:43 pm

Thanks Zebuddi123

It is downloaded, great.
I have to go, I would take a look at it and at your module at returning.

Michael Vogel · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:27 pm **Posts:** 2549

Great work, looks very promising - thanks for all your efforts :wink:

I would be able to ask for tons of new features now (keyboard shortcuts, selecting multiple elements, copy&paste, alignment, resorting elements etc.) but there are two things which could be done easily:

1. Please add the following lines to increase compatibility to older PureBasic versions:

Code:

#PB_MessageRequester_Error=16
#PB_MessageRequester_Warning=48
#PB_MessageRequester_Info=64

2. What about changing the includes to the following code (makes downloading a bit easier):

Code:

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Zebuddi123 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:40 pm

Hi Chris Just got sometime to have a look and I have to say wow it has`nt taken you any time to get to grips with coding in pb and looks like your thoroughly enjoying the language ? the codes coming on a treat

going to spend some time this weekend perusing your code and to understand the your coding style and layout. I really do hope the rest of the community gathers around this project it could be really good for the pb community and a great addition to PureBasic. I`m surprised Fred has`nt made a comment but I`m sure he will at some stage

Zebuddi.

ChrisR · **Posted:** Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:48 am

Thanks Michael,
I updated the dataSection and constants

A minor things on #Img_About (same code as #Img_Delete) No worry, it is I converted again (on github).

Thanks for your kind words Zebuddi
Yes the language suits me, indeed. All is done to make it simple, lightweight and accessible + a great help and examples.
I'm really impressed. Fred and all the guys arround him did a Fantastic work. I really enjoy

ChrisR · **Posted:** Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:43 pm

A Small update after some holidays
List of controls used.
Create the code in a New Tab (via %temp% file) in addition to the clipboard. To get the right PB IDE (eg: arch), it is best to add SweetyVD in the custom tools.

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