Keyword coloring edit control

Download the project. 238KB. Note that this is still work in progress and Keith is open to suggestions. This project requires VC++ 5.0 or later, don't expect to have an easy time of build this project under VC++ 4.2 or earlier.

This project implements a simple color encoding text editor, which is similar to the editor found in Visual C++ or Visual Basic. It allows the developer to configure the encoding of keywords and comments. This project is an MDI application.

The encoding is defined in the constructor for the CDocument derived class CColorEditDoc. The default configuration looks like the following:

CColorEditDoc::CColorEditDoc() : CUndo(25, 64*1024)
{
	m_text.AddComment(_T("/*"), _T("*/"));
	m_text.AddComment(_T("//"), _T("\n"));
	m_text.AddKeyword(_T("static"));
	m_text.AddKeyword(_T("char"));
	m_text.AddKeyword(_T("short"));
	m_text.AddKeyword(_T("unsigned"));
		.
		.
		.
}

The definitions for defining a keyword or comment are as follows.

	// Color Coding
	BOOL AddKeyword(const CString& keyword, COLORREF color = RGB(0, 0, 200));
	BOOL AddComment(const CString& begin = _T("//"), const CString& end = _T("\n"), COLORREF color = RGB(0, 200, 0)); 

1. I wanted to try out several of the classes found on the www.codeguru.com webpage.
2. I wanted try out a real example of a worker thread.
3. I wanted to have a Color Encoding Text Editor in my toolbox of royalty free source code.

CUndo - Undo/Redo for CDocument derived classes
CMemDC - Double buffering class for drawing
CSplash255Wnd - 256 color splash screen support
CToolBarEx - Flat toolbar support
CRegExp - Regular Expression matching
CStringEx - Extended Cstring
CProgressBar - A progress indicator on the status bar.
CClockStatusBar - Adds a clock to the status bar.
CCreditStatic - Scrolls text in a static text field.

I'm open to adding change request to my ToDo list for this application. Feel free to contact me at keithr@europa.com with suggestions, fixes, or questions.