Plug-in creation

[gulhaugen]

Hi

I was wondering, after looking pretty closely at the plugindoc.pdf, how to intercept the "Compile/F8" button for program window.
What I want to do is modify the package header.

I have achieved this through clicking a menu button, but I need it to happen on every time a compile happens.

 

[Marco Kalter]

This is indeed not yet possible. You are not the first to ask though, and this will be added in 7.1.4, which will be available shortly. There will be a BeforeExecute and an AfterExecute function.

 

[gulhaugen]

Hi

Is it possible to get the current scrollbar position in the current editor, to set it again later?

I have developed a plugin that does some changes to the current text in the window, and when it's finnished, the scrollbar ends up at the top.

As an intermediate step, I used the GetCursorX/Y and SetCursor, but it still changes the scrollbar position a bit, since it only controls the word at the cursor position.

 

[Marco Kalter]

This should be possible with standard Windows editor messages (EM_XXX) based on the handle of the editor (IDE_GetEditorHandle).

 

[gulhaugen]

Thanks a lot, my plugin now functions as expected.

However, there something I'm wondering about:
It seems I cannot get the EM_GETSCROLLPOS and EM_SETSCROLLPOS to work. I had to turn to EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE and EM_LINESCROLL to return to the scroll position I had before. It also seems that EM_XXXSCROLLPOS is new in RichEdit 3.

This makes it difficult to restore the horizontal scroll position. It is rarely needed, so it is no biggie

 

[Marco Kalter]

Okay, we'll check it out.