Add support for the Scintilla control

[ajtruckle]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Not a problem as such. But MSA has the ability to show text in a dialog.

For example:

• Displaying Error Logs
• Script Builder window
• Speaker Notes & Images
• Possibly viewing underlaying XML / XSL / CSS data

Describe the solution you'd like Add support for the Scintilla control which sponsors syntax highlighting.

[ajtruckle]

I am going to use the wrapper class CScintillaCtrl:

https://www.naughter.com/scintilla.html

There are two underlying controls:

• Scintilla https://www.scintilla.org/

• Lexilla https://www.scintilla.org/Lexilla.html

Lexilla is also available here on GitHub:

https://github.com/ScintillaOrg/lexilla

[ajtruckle]

Linking here for my own reference:

https://github.com/ScintillaOrg/lexilla/issues/243

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

Progress!

[ajtruckle]

Linking here for my own reference:

https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/scite/ci/default/tree/src/css.properties https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/scite/ci/default/tree/src/html.properties https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/scite/ci/default/tree/src/json.properties

[cengizu]

Looks great!

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

Glad you like it! And now I have been making changes to the Script Builder window:

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

I am sending you a new beta:

1. Improved file reading performance. Most noticeable when reading XSL templates.
2. Improved Script Builder window (as previously described).
3. Added all the keywords for CSS / HTML / XML. This affects the syntax highlighting.
4. Updated several translations.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

Implemented Edit menu, with the following features:

• Undo
• Redo
• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Select All

The clipboard features are also available on the right-click context menu.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

Updated View menu:

Added:

• Toggle current fold
• Toggle all folds
• Full Screen

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

Added support for Word Wrap to the View menu:

There are several ways to configure Line Wrapping in Scintilla, and I opted to use the Word mode (as opposed to Character or Whitespace). It is also possible to show little arrows to indicate the line is word-wrapped, but I have not activated this feature.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

I have added searching capabilities to the editor.

Find

Replace

Menu

[ajtruckle]

@stecchio66

Displaying CSS does not work in custom styles. Example: Publishers Assignments Report

All template (XSL) files need to specify the HTML namespace, like this:

xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"

Otherwise the link elements won't be found. I have now corrected all default templates but you will need to edit your own for this feature to work correctly.

Database Report Viewer

Please be aware that the Custom--Publishers Assignments Report template is technically obsolete. It was replaced by the the PublisherDB--Publishers Assignments Report template. This latter template can be accessed from the Publisher Database report viewer.

You can continue to duplicate the template with the Custom prefix if you want it available in the Meeting Editor, but it will never get updated by the installer. So please be aware of this.

I have taken the opportunity to add support for Scintilla to the Database Report Viewer. So selecting CSS / XSL are now behaving in a consistent manner as the other editors.

Scintilla Editor

There seemed to be a regression with the scintilla editor and it was not detecting when the file had been modified. So it never offered to save your changes. This confused me at first because it used to work. I think I have now resolved it and got it working again.

Also, the editor is supposed to leave the file in a read only state when it is displayed (if the read only flag is set). I have re-instated this behaviour. So if you want to edit an default template you will need to perform a File Save As first.

At the moment it is not clear to the user that the file might be read only, other than the fact that they can't edit it. WE could consider adding a status bar. For example:

Perhaps such a status bar could indicate if the file is read only. Or we could add it to the file name on the title bar or some other way.

New betas on their way to you.

[ajtruckle]

@stecchio66 @cengizu

At the moment it is not clear to the user that the file might be read only, other than the fact that they can't edit it.

In NotePad++ It handles this issue like this:

Fortunately, Notepad++ has their translations available online! So I have collated the ones we need:

Language	Translation	Translation
eng	Clear Read-Only Flag	Set Read-Only
csy	Zrušit příznak Pouze pro čtení	Nastavit p&říznak Pouze pro čtení
dan	Fjern skrivebeskyttelse	Sæt skrivebeskyttelse
deu	Schreibschutz-Attribut löschen	Schreibschutz
ell	Καθαρισμός μόνο για ανάγνωση μεταβητής flag	Ορισμός Μόνο για Ανάγνωση
esp	Desactivar solo lectura	Solo lectura
fin	Poista kirjoitussuojaus	Aseta kirjoitussuojaus
fra	Enlever l'attribut de lecture seule du fichier	Lecture seule pour le document actuel
hun	Írásvédett attribútum törlése	Írásvédett
ita	Rimuovi attributo di sola lettura del file	Sessione documento in sola lettura
jpn	ファイルの読み取り専用を解除	読み取り専用モード(S)
nld	Alleen-lezen opheffen	Instellen als alleen-lezen
plk	Usuń atrybut tylko do odczytu z pliku	Zablokuj edycję
ptb	Desmarcar como somente leitura	Definir como somente leitura
ptg	Limpar o símbolo só de leitura do ficheiro	Definir como só de leitura
rom	Eliminare stare doar citire	Setare stare doar citire
rus	Снять "Только Чтение"	"Только Чтение" файла
slv	Počisti zastavico Samo za branje	Nastavi samo za branje
sqi	Pastro flamurin vetëm-lexo	Vendos vetëm-lexo
sve	Inaktivera skrivskydd	Aktivera skrivskydd
trk	Salt Okunur İşaretini Kaldır	Salt Okunur Yap
ukr	Прибрати атрибут «Лише читання»	Лише читання

I propose implementing the same functionality. This way, it becomes easier for the user:

1. View the read-only template.
2. Save as a new template.
3. Clear the read-only flag.

[ajtruckle]

@stecchio66 @cengizu Whilst the Set / Clear can still be implemented. The simplest solution was staring me in the face. We simply set the editor and editable whenever you save the file. Job done.

[ajtruckle]

@stecchio66 @cengizu Whilst I have ideas for new features for the Script Editor, and still have the help topic to write, are we in agreement that we can close the current ticket?