Post by thread:[OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word?

Hi, I'd like to be able to cut and paste syntax highlighted source code into Word and retain the colour coding. All of the C editors I have tried so far must apply the highlighting "on the fly" as when you cut and paste into Word, you only get plain text. One exception to the rule is Perl Builder 2, but this does not syntax hightlight C/C++ code ;-) Anyone know of an editor that allows this for C code on a Win platform? Best regards, Dan -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

D Lloyd wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to be able to cut and paste syntax highlighted source code into > Word and retain the colour coding. All of the C editors I have tried so far > must apply the highlighting "on the fly" as when you cut and paste into > Word, you only get plain text. One exception to the rule is Perl Builder 2, > but this does not syntax hightlight C/C++ code ;-) > > Anyone know of an editor that allows this for C code on a Win platform? MS Visual C++ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

part 1 1241 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, This is the first thing I tried.......MSVC++ 5.0 -> Word 97......does not retain the syntax highlighting.... Dan (Embedded Brandon Fosdick <spam_OUTbfozTakeThisOuTGLUE.UMD.EDU>TakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 17/04/2001 19:59 to file: pic28537.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: .....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Security Level:? Internal D Lloyd wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to be able to cut and paste syntax highlighted source code into > Word and retain the colour coding. All of the C editors I have tried so far > must apply the highlighting "on the fly" as when you cut and paste into > Word, you only get plain text. One exception to the rule is Perl Builder 2, > but this does not syntax hightlight C/C++ code ;-) > > Anyone know of an editor that allows this for C code on a Win platform? MS Visual C++ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 131 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Wood" <dbwoodspam_OUTKC.RR.COM> To: <@spam@PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? > You cannot "copy" syntax coloring or highlighting. It's an internal feature > on the editor (it "looks" at the code and then colors it), not an attribute > embedded in the body of the text. > > Douglas Wood > Software Engineer > KILLspamdbwoodKILLspamkc.rr.com This is not necessarily true. An editor could put the copied text on the clipboard in RTF format, including the color/hilighting information. When pasted into Word the syntax highlighting would then be kept. (Just imaging cutting and pasting from within Word itself). Unfortunately, I know of no editor which does this :-( Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

part 1 2062 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, "You cannot "copy" syntax coloring or highlighting. It's an internal feature on the editor (it "looks" at the code and then colors it)..." Yep, I agree that is how it does it.....but I know of one editor, that which Perl Builder 2 is built with, that copies syntax highlighted Perl very nicely (as you say, Bob, it's RTF'd) into Word. It does not support C syntax, though. My colleague tells me that there used to be a Word macro for doing this..........but I cannot find it anywhere. Regards, Dan (Embedded Bob Ammerman <spamBeGoneRAMMERMANspamBeGonePRODIGY.NET>spamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 19/04/2001 12:48 to file: pic00773.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <TakeThisOuTPICLISTEraseMEspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <RemoveMEPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: PICLISTEraseME.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Security Level:? Internal {Original Message removed} part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 131 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

> Keyword here: Could. None do. In fact, under Windows, it's Windows that > typically provides the copy function, not the program (i.e., editor) itself. > > Douglas Wood > Software Engineer > EraseMEdbwoodkc.rr.com The copy/paste functionality under Windows is a cooperative effort between the application (editor) and Windows. The source application is responsible for placing the selection on the clipboard. It can be placed on the clipboard in many different formats, tho' many programs just use text format (CF_TEXT). The target application can then look at the formats and pick the one it likes best. So an editor could :-) include RTF (CF_RTFTEXT) format when placing the text on the clipboard. In fact, this would be a pretty neat idea. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Someone could create a little application that would: 1: Paste the contents of the clipboard into a local buffer. 2: Copy the buffer back out to the clipboard, as RTF text with syntax highlighting added. Or maybe even better: Write a Syntax Colorizer Macro for Word. This would probably use a COM object to do the hard work. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Hi, : Yep, I agree that is how it does it.....but I know of one editor, that : which Perl Builder 2 is built with, that copies syntax highlighted Perl : very nicely (as you say, Bob, it's RTF'd) into Word. It does not support C : syntax, though. Any editor could be made to be capable of doing this by the editor's developers. The clipboard can handle a number of formats by default, including metafiles, text, bitmaps, and others. OLE defines a number of OLE-specific formats as well. Developers can also use the Win32 API call RegisterClipboardFormat to define their own formats. It seems what needs to occur is to lobby the developers of your specific editor to implement this kind of functionality. David Liske Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

part 1 3215 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, OK, thanks......I do have Word 2K at home so I'll try that. Regards, Dan (Embedded Brandon Fosdick <RemoveMEbfozEraseMEEraseMEGLUE.UMD.EDU>EraseMEEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 19/04/2001 15:44 to file: pic17039.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <RemoveMEPICLISTspam_OUTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <RemoveMEPICLISTTakeThisOuTspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: EraseMEPICLISTspamspamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Security Level:? Internal I'm pretty sure that's worked for me in the past. Althoug, since I don't have a computer with windows or VC6 on it in front of me I can't check for myself. I think I used Word2K. Bob Ammerman wrote: > > I tried it with VC 6.00 - No joy. > > Bob Ammerman > RAm Systems > (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level > software) > > {Original Message removed} part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 131 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Oh! Yes! And, BTW, you can cut and paste into word ;=) Marco -----Original Message----- From: Marc Reinig [RemoveMEmreinigKILLspampacbell.net] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:50 AM To: pic microcontroller discussion list Subject: RE: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? This is OT to the thread, but on topic to PIC ;=) I have a program that among other things can highlight PIC assembly code (comments, key words, directives, etc.). I've checked out the highlighting with the code I have available, but could use some wider testing. If anyone would like to test that aspect of the program, let me know. You can drag and drop files to the code window and it will highlight them. You can do simple editing and print them (in color if you have a color printer). Marc Reinig System Solutions -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

This is OT to the thread, but on topic to PIC ;=) I have a program that among other things can highlight PIC assembly code (comments, key words, directives, etc.). I've checked out the highlighting with the code I have available, but could use some wider testing. If anyone would like to test that aspect of the program, let me know. You can drag and drop files to the code window and it will highlight them. You can do simple editing and print them (in color if you have a color printer). Marc Reinig System Solutions -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

part 1 1418 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Pardon me if I have the wrong end of the stick but I fear this is going off on a tangent...... I'm not trying to use Word for editing text; I already use CodeWright for that. What I do want to be able to do, though, is cut and paste coloured, syntax highlighted source code INTO Word for documentation purposes, only... Most of the time I print it (syntax highlighted font) to a wide carriage dot matrix but it would be nice to be able to paste snippets of code into Word docs for reviews, mods and such like. Regards, Dan (Embedded Roman Black <fastvidSTOPspamspam_OUTEZY.NET.AU>STOPspamspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 19/04/2001 17:12 to file: pic02858.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <spamBeGonePICLISTSTOPspamEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <KILLspamPICLISTspamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: EraseMEPICLISTEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Security Level:? Internal Bob Ammerman wrote: > > I tried it with Word 2000 and VC6 -- still no joy. Wasn't there a thread here a few months back about a text editor that had syntax colored highlighting?? Just seems that an editor built for programmers is going to outperform Word in a number of ways, not just coloring. -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 131 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

>Most of the time I print it (syntax highlighted font) to a wide carriage >dot matrix but it would be nice to be able to paste snippets of code into >Word docs for reviews, mods and such like. This will fail if you are trying to do more than just a screen full of text, but if you hit printscreen with the window which has the text you want to copy, the active window is copied to the clipboard as a bitmap. You can then paste this into Word as a picture. If you need to trim it before pasting then paste it into Paint, do the necessary editing and then cut from there and paste into Word. This is how it is commonly done to put shots of windows into documents. Works on all MS products since Win95. I do it on both W95 and NT4. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

part 1 2688 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Hmmmm, it seems that there isn't a straightforward fix to this problem. Like I said, one of my colleagues thought he did have a macro for doing this so I'll have to beat him over the head for it. Thanks, everyone Best regards, Dan (Embedded "Dipperstein, Michael" <@spam@mdippers@spam@spam_OUTHARRIS.COM>@spam@spam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 19/04/2001 17:25 to file: pic28627.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <spamBeGonePICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <.....PICLISTspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: TakeThisOuTPICLIST.....TakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Security Level:? Internal Instead of trying to have the highlights follow the cut and paste, you could just write a Word macro to do syntax highlighting on a selected block. Then you can cut and paste from any editor and still have highlights in Word. -Mike {Original Message removed} part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 131 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

If it is halfway decent it should be converted to a COM object (using ATL) and thus it would be useful from many environments. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Liske" <TakeThisOuTdelmarKILLspamspamTC3NET.COM> To: <.....PICLISTRemoveMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? > Hi, > > I've found a reference to a C++ class called CSyntaxColorizer in Google's > cached copy of the now-defunct CodeGuru web site and have emailed the author > requesting a copy. If he sends it and it looks feasible, I'll turn it into > Word 97 VBA code and post it on my site. > > David Liske > Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 > http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ > > : {Original Message removed}

Hi Bob, : If it is halfway decent it should be converted to a COM object (using ATL) : and thus it would be useful from many environments. Nice thought. :-) However, if it's not in decent enough shape (and I'm not totally well-versed in the ways of ATL as of yet to rewrite a haphazard mess myself), I would then go ahead and use Delphi for this conversion. I'll see how it is if he sends it. What's curious is that this functionality is so obviously built into VS and Office already. It just seems odd that no one's cracked the direct MS method yet (using their DLL's) and posted it somewhere. David Liske Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

part 1 2438 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, After a bit of judicious late night surfing, I found something that goes half way there......As usual, it's just a matter of getting the words right in Google....("syntax highlight+RTF output") I now have a freeware program that allows you to format code while in the clipboard........You copy it, invoke this background program, then paste. "Jobsagoodun." The program may be obtained from http://www.midnightbeach.com/ftp_page/SyntaxHighlighter.html It's quirky, and it just crashed, but it might be of some use. Best regards, Dan (Embedded David Liske <RemoveMEdelmarspamBeGoneTC3NET.COM>spamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 20/04/2001 02:58 to file: pic23848.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <spamBeGonePICLIST@spam@spam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <TakeThisOuTPICLISTspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: PICLISTEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Security Level:? Internal Ok, he sent me the files for CSyntaxColorizer. I'll see what I can do with them this weekend. David Liske Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ : {Original Message removed} part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 136 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email RemoveMElistservEraseMEspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Hi, : After a bit of judicious late night surfing, I found something that goes : half way there......As usual, it's just a matter of getting the : words right : in Google....("syntax highlight+RTF output") Isn't that always the way? :-) When they *finally* develop a natural query interface for the web, I'll be celebrating for at least a week ... : I now have a freeware program that allows you to format code while in the : clipboard........You copy it, invoke this background program, then paste. : : "Jobsagoodun." : : The program may be obtained from : http://www.midnightbeach.com/ftp_page/SyntaxHighlighter.html It's quirky, and it : just crashed, but it might be of some use. Along these same lines, CSyntaxColorizer has its own halfway-decent demo program which I just uploaded to http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ColorizerDemo.zip. Based on the RichTextBox control, open a *.CPP or *.H file into it, then highlight, copy, and paste into Word. I use Word 2000 and the copy/paste process did transfer the colorizing. David Liske Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email @spam@listservRemoveMEEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

part 1 2342 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, There appears to be a missing DLL with this MFC42D.DLL.....I expect it is downloadable from somewhere, though. "Isn't that always the way? :-) When they *finally* develop a natural query interface for the web, I'll be celebrating for at least a week ..." It is always the way......But I think Google is streets ahead of how things used to be. And it searches PDFs, now, too....If you can get the words right (!) I just found this "PrestoEdit" editor that also supports export of RTF formatted text....... I think that should just about cover it. Thanks everyone for helping me out, here. Regards, Dan (Embedded David Liske <EraseMEdelmar@spam@TC3NET.COM>@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>> image moved 20/04/2001 09:03 to file: pic29285.pcx) Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list <@spam@PICLISTspam_OUT.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list <spamBeGonePICLISTEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: PICLISTspamBeGoneMITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT]: Syntax highlighted cut and paste into Word? Solved? Security Level:? Internal Hi, : After a bit of judicious late night surfing, I found something that goes : half way there......As usual, it's just a matter of getting the : words right : in Google....("syntax highlight+RTF output") Isn't that always the way? :-) When they *finally* develop a natural query interface for the web, I'll be celebrating for at least a week ... : I now have a freeware program that allows you to format code while in the : clipboard........You copy it, invoke this background program, then paste. : : "Jobsagoodun." : : The program may be obtained from : http://www.midnightbeach.com/ftp_page/SyntaxHighlighter.html It's quirky, and it : just crashed, but it might be of some use. Along these same lines, CSyntaxColorizer has its own halfway-decent demo program which I just uploaded to http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ColorizerDemo.zip. Based on the RichTextBox control, open a *.CPP or *.H file into it, then highlight, copy, and paste into Word. I use Word 2000 and the copy/paste process did transfer the colorizing. David Liske Microsoft HTML Help MVP since 1999 http://mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email RemoveMElistserv@spam@spamBeGonemitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body part 2 165 bytes content-type:application/octet-stream; (decode) part 3 136 bytes -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listserv@spam@EraseMEmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body