Some suggestions for VisualFBEditor

[chunmingwang]

Recently, I deeply used VisualFBEditor to make a comprehensive application of bass, which feels great! However, compared with Visual Basic, some suggestions for VisualFBEditor are as follows. It would be better if it could be implemented.

1. The code editor is divided into two areas to facilitate viewing and editing definitions and codes.
2. After the control editor copies and pastes the control, the property becomes the default value, hoping to retain the style of the control when it is copied.
3. Control editor edit properties at multiple controls are selected, I want to change the properties for all selected controls.
4. Tag property in the control cannot be used yet. It is useful sometimes.
5. Control to add the function of ToolTipText.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

It looks very cool. Did you draw the histogram by hand?

According to point 5, there is a Hint property, do you mean it?

I'll try to do the rest of the points.

[chunmingwang]

Spectrum histogram It's not hand drawn, it's real time audio stream data transfer to bitmap draw to picturebox, the exsample from bass (www.un4seen.com), I coverted it for freebasic.

Thank you for pointing out that Hint is the ToolTipText in Visual Basic

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Ability to change the Controls Tag property in the Properties Window: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/84ee3b54a926eef474f5fe5581027c9a89fb45c4

Added: Object parameter to Dictionary IndexOfKey And ContainsOfKey functions: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/commit/f752c524e97c5af92aa13a8d7a56f10623f60112

The Tag property is used a lot in the IDE. There you can save not only text, but also objects.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Ability to edit properties of selected multiple controls: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/c8c7651e15f4471f991a6246ae4301102b54a759

Added: CountOf function to WStringList: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/commit/1855fea8b6242fce8ce47cf6586b1995cbd7a899

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Improved: Copy controls copy all properties: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/49bc0034026291c56168da4b0ecf41cebac25846

[retsyo]

mine: save current VFB layout, windows' size on exit

[XusinboyBekchanov]

mine: save current VFB layout, windows' size on exit

Added: Saving Width, Height and Maximized state of Main Window on exit: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/82b109fcb063a443b970b54313a7e743b30720cd

[retsyo]

more: option to load last opened project/files

[XusinboyBekchanov]

There:

[retsyo]

yet another: ctrl+mouse wheel to zoom in/out the text font size in editor

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Ctrl + MouseWheel to Edit control: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/d5705e9e90709813c19f0e0ee81be49e5be40e3a

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Improved: The Code editor can be split into two areas: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/babc8a2b9096695364a84ff264816b9284392f1b

[chunmingwang]

Improved: The Code editor can be split into two areas: babc8a2

suggest to improve if the spliter move bottom out of the edit control, then reset the spliter back to top.

[DavidIceBird]

Thanks you. This fuction is good. Now VisualFBEditor ican be split, but relatively rudimentary. I think that different files should be opened in different TAB windows and linkage mechanisms can be established in different windows in the funture.

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Improved: The Code editor can be split into two areas: babc8a2https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/babc8a2b9096695364a84ff264816b9284392f1b

suggest to improve if the spliter move bottom out of the edit control, then reset the spliter back to top.

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[XusinboyBekchanov]

suggest to improve if the spliter move bottom out of the edit control, then reset the spliter back to top.

Fixed.

Fixed: If the edit control separator is moved down from the edit control then the separator is moved back to the top: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/898d590fa8c38b4f2fa883fabf8210aff2dff9e9

Thanks you. This fuction is good. Now VisualFBEditor ican be split, but relatively rudimentary. I think that different files should be opened in different TAB >windows and linkage mechanisms can be established in different windows in the funture.

I will try this too.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Split vertically to Edit control: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/936633f11121b9fd66518b15e2f0aaa133b43086

[chunmingwang]

Suggest to delete following exe files.

\Examples\Chart\Chart Example.exe
\Examples\Grid\Grid Example.bas.exe
\Examples\GridData\frmGridDataTest.exe
\Examples\WebBrowser\WebBrowser Example.exe
\Examples\WebBrowser\WebBrowser1.exe

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Done. Deleted: Exe files from Github: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/75dba61efac69297df22f2477227da4702c21d2e

[chunmingwang]

Add management function to recent tab in frmTemplates.frm

[chunmingwang]

Add Manifest and Run as adiministrator options for Windows app

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Add management function to recent tab in frmTemplates.frm

Added: Add, Change, Remove and Clear buttons to New Project Dialog's Recent files tab: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/4b72272a122c17993c0c8c3de5eb7e65cb6db6c2

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Run As Administrator Project Properties option: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/68beefffc9f0c52d22f5aeb43f6f302e0aad6bdb

[chunmingwang]

Has Manifest not been imported yet? When compiling, I see that the following line of the RC file has not changed

Manifest disabled should be:

//1 24 "Manifest.xml"

Manifest enabled should be:

1 24 "Manifest.xml"

[XusinboyBekchanov]

When you compile, then it changes.

[chunmingwang]

How to determine which RC file will changes?

1. Form code like this

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
    '#Compile "frmRadio.rc"
#endif

or

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
    #cmdline "frmRadio.rc"
#endif

2. Project define RC file as main file

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Looks at the main resource file first, then a line in the file (no difference with #cmdline or '#Compile). If the main resource file is specified, no lines are needed in the file.

[chunmingwang]

I used the main resource file, delete all in lines RC codes, change Manifest enabled/disabled, the compile RC files always

1 24 "Manifest.xml"

not present:

//1 24 "Manifest.xml"

Is there anything else I have missing?

[chunmingwang]

Options setting like this

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Project Properties Manifest option: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/e7bc375b09f65154ebaa3ee6f6f28121af9ead51

[XusinboyBekchanov]

I mistakenly counted only with "./"

[chunmingwang]

Fixed: Project Properties Manifest option: e7bc375

I mistakenly counted only with "./"

Tested and it works!

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Split Up, Split Down, Split Left and Split Right functionality to Tab Page menu: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/6a2444955dba4ef7a2edf774f0030e3fd88a0af7

[chunmingwang]

Split Up, Split Down, Split Left and Split Right functionality

Different files can be edited at the same time. It's great!

[chunmingwang]

Add shortcut Ctrl+Y at code editor for copy cursor current line to clipboard and delete current line.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Ctrl+Y already exists:

Why combine two actions into one? In which IDE did you see this?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

We can add Ctrl+Shift+X.

[chunmingwang]

Ctrl+Y already exists:

Why combine two actions into one? In which IDE did you see this?

ctrl+y is in Visual Basic 6.0

[chunmingwang]

We can add Ctrl+Shift+X.

is it posible to change Ctrl+Shift+Z for redo, then using the ctrl+y for copy current line to clipboard and delete current line?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Cut Current Line to Edit Menu

[hustbeef]

It is better keep the same as vscode. I checked vscode. Undo Ctrl+Z , Redo Ctrl+Y, the custmer can change in setting windows.

[chunmingwang]

It is better keep the same as vscode. I checked vscode. Undo Ctrl+Z , Redo Ctrl+Y, the custmer can change in setting windows.

Thanks!

[chunmingwang]

Folding functions issue found: When the code is folded, the vertical scroll adjustment still keeps the code unfolded staus.

Suggested to Folding functions: 1, Add more code folding functions(if,else,end if;select case,case,end select;for,next;enum,end enum,etc.) 2, Add folding all/unfolding all function

[XusinboyBekchanov]

2, Add folding all/unfolding all function

There is such a function:

[chunmingwang]

Thanks

2, Add folding all/unfolding all function

There is such a function:

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Collapsing If, For, Select Case and etc.; Fixed: Vertical Scroll on Code Editor Folding; Added: Collapse and Uncollapse Current, All Procedures menu items.

https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/9f8bf954c501a5c3986409db095a1bc77a3eff5e

[chunmingwang]

Thank you for improving so quickly!

[hustbeef]

It is very nice! Now VisualFBEditor is so powefull.

[chunmingwang]

When there are many controls in the form, and the number of lines of code is large, the code editor slows down for example:

\Examples\Bass\frmBass.frm

1. scrolling up and down
2. moving cursor
3. page up and down

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Improved: Speed updating Of Edit Control: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/8adaaa91117b8dac1d790d4f00714a0ac21b1b0b

[XusinboyBekchanov]

For speed, you can still remove these settings: