Thread: syntax highlight

i want help on syntax highlighting
i mean i want to know how to code for enabling syntax highlighting in my text editor
any tutorials or articles
or any other help is most welcome
thanx

microsoft visual c++ 6

i'm trying to make a text editor with an additional feature of syntax highligting

u may consider that i'm trying to make an application that will be able to make new files save them edit them and will also be able to do syntax highlighting

if still not clear please feel free to ask again

Look into the rich edit control. Also, look for the source code for other syntax highlighting text editors:
http://www.google.com/search?q=text+...+site%3Asf.net

thank you all for your support

anonytmouse thanx for the resourceful google link i got some code on what i was trying to achieve......but what i was looking for was a procedure or a tutorial on how to do it so that i can code it myself and my way ........ anyway i may now have to hack the code

bennyandthejets u almost exactly gave me what i wanted but i have a lot to learn before understanding what u have told ( no idea about parsers and all).......so what i was looking for was a complete explanation or a tutorial kinda thing that wud explain me all that is needed for doing the job ...............anyways i think i should now first study about parser and then have a look at what u have told me
ok i thank both of u again

I"M STILL HOPEFUL THAT SOMEONE COULD GIMME A LINK TO A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION ON THE ISSUE (syntax higlighting)

Here's an example that parses some code and adds [color] tags.

Code:

struct {
	char * szKeyword;
	size_t cchKeyword;
	COLORREF clr;
} wrds[] =
{
  { "for",    sizeof("for")    - 1, RGB(255,0,0) },
  { "if",     sizeof("if")     - 1, RGB(255,0,0) },
  { "return", sizeof("return") - 1, RGB(0,0,255) },
  { "struct", sizeof("struct") - 1, RGB(0,255,0) }
};

void Colorfy(char * szInput)
{
	int i, j;

	for(i = 0;szInput[i] != '\0';i++)
	{
		BOOL bKeyword = FALSE;

		for(j = 0;j < sizeof(wrds) / sizeof(wrds[0]);j++)
		{
			if (strncmp(&szInput[i], wrds[j].szKeyword, wrds[j].cchKeyword) == 0)
			{
				printf("[color=%06x]%s[/color]", wrds[j].clr, wrds[j].szKeyword);
				i += wrds[j].cchKeyword;
				bKeyword = TRUE;
				break;
			}
		}

		if (!bKeyword) putchar(szInput[i]);
	}
}

thanks bennyandthejets for ur enlightening words
and thankx anonytmouse for the useful peice of code

thanks guys for your support
now i think that its time for me to get my hands dirty and do some work on the lines suggested by both of u

once again thanks for helping and following up