MFC function extension control BCGSuite for MFC help file: XML format of CBCGPEditCtrl

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This article introduces the format of the XML file used with CBCGPEditCtrl . The XML parser is called by calling CBCGPEditCtrl::LoadXMLSettings or CBCGPEditCtrl::LoadXMLSettingsFromBuffer .

The overall structure is as follows:

<SETTINGS>
<OPTIONS>
<WordDelimeters></WordDelimeters>
<SpecialDelimiters></SpecialDelimiters>
<IntelliSenseChars></IntelliSenseChars>
</OPTIONS>
<COLOR_DATA>
<EditTextColor></EditTextColor>
<EditBackColor></EditBackColor>
<SelTextColor></SelTextColor>
<SelBackColor></SelBackColor>
<KEYWORDS>
<Color></Color>
<BackColor></BackColor>
<CaseSensitive></CaseSensitive>
<Keyword></Keyword>
<Keyword></Keyword>
... more keywords ....
<Keyword></Keyword>
</KEYWORDS>
<WORDS>
<WORD>
<Val></Val>
<Color></Color>
<BackColor></BackColor>
<CaseSensitive></CaseSensitive>
</WORD>
... more WORDs ...
<WORD>
....... 
</WORD>
</WORDS>
<BLOCKS>
<BLOCK>
<Start></Start>
<End></End>
<Color></Color>
<BackColor></BackColor>
<WholeText></WholeText>
<CaseSensitive></CaseSensitive>
</BLOCK>
... more blocks ...
<BLOCK>
.......
</BLOCK>
<BLOCKS> 
</COLOR_DATA>
</SETTINGS>

Apart from the main "SETTINGS" label, there are no other mandatory labels.

The "OPTIONS" tag describes the common settings applied to the edit control.

• WordDelimeters-define CBCGPEditCtrl::m_strWordDelimiters
• SpecialDelimiters - 定义CBCGPEditCtrl::m_strSpecialDelimiters
• IntelliSenseChars-define CBCGPEditCtrl::m_strIntelliSenseChars

The "COLOR_DATA" tag defines the color of regular edit controls, as well as the color of syntax highlighting and blocks.

• EditTextColor-define CBCGPEditCtrl::m_clrText
• EditBackColor-define CBCGPEditCtrl::m_clrBack
• SelTextColor-defines CBCGPEditCtrl::m_clrTextSelActive
• SelBackColor - 定义CBCGPEditCtrl::m_clrBackSelActive

The "KEYWORDS" tag is used for syntax highlighting definitions. It is useful when you need to define a set of keywords of the same color. For each keyword, the XML parser will call CBCGPEditCtrl::SetWordColor .

• Color-clrFrgnd parameter
• BackColor-clrBkgnd parameter
• CaseSensitive-bCaseSensitive parameters
• Keyword-strWord parameter

The "WORDS" tag is used to display individual words using various color settings. For each word, the XML parser will call CBCGPEditCtrl::SetWordColor .

The "WORD" tag represents a word.

• Val-strWord parameters
• Color-clrFrgnd parameter
• BackColor-clrBkgnd parameter
• CaseSensitive-bCaseSensitive parameters

The "BLOCKS" tag defines a list of color blocks. For each color block, the XML parser will call CBCGPEditCtrl :: SetBlockColor.

"BLOCK" mark represents a single color block

• Start-strBlockOpen parameter
• End-strBlockClose parameter
• Color-clrFrgnd parameter
• BackColor-clrBkgnd parameter
• WholeText-bWholeText parameters
• CaseSensitive-bCaseSensitive parameters

The following is a list of colors recognized by the XML parser:

• black
• darkred
• darkgreen
• brown
• darkblue
• darkmagenta
• darkcyan
• gray
• darkgray
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white

For Boolean values, you can use "true" or "false".