[RESOLVED] [vbcode] Tags

[Al42]

I know I've seen it, but doing a search for the tag will probably return 25% of the posts in the database.

What's the code to have "<open square bracket>vbcode<close square bracket> ..." etc., in a post? Something like <open square bracket>open<close square bracket><something here?><open square bracket>/open<close square bracket> ...? It works if I put "vbcode" in for the <something>, but what's really supposed to go there? Any character?

[kfcSmitty]

[vbcode]like this?[/Highlight]

That is what i usually do

quote my post to find out how i did it

[Static]

[vbcode]like this?[/Highlight]

That is what i usually do

quote my post to find out how i did it

ooohh!!! I wondered how to do that myself!!

[si_the_geek]

There's actually a "proper" way to do it (which definitely wont be eliminated by future software upgrades), and I'll use it the explanation:

[open]a[/open]vbcode] code here [open]a[/open]/vbcode]

(you need at least one character - I just picked "a" at random)

[JPnyc]

JUst highlight all the code and click the vbcode button. Easy as can be.

[Al42]

(you need at least one character

That was the question. Thanks, Si.

JP, I don't want to put things in a vbcode block, I want to be able to do something like "Please put your code between [vbcode] and [/vbcode] tags." The [vbcode] structure has to be escaped (well, actually simulated) or it gets interpreted.

[penagate]

There's actually a "proper" way to do it (which definitely wont be eliminated by future software upgrades)

The method which won't be eliminated is the [noparse] tag. Unfortunately that's not available pre 3.5 but keep it in mind for when we upgrade

[si_the_geek]

always ahead of the game!

The Open tag is here to stay.. it has been added along with VBCode and our other specific tags.

[penagate]

OK, I forgot about non-hack custom tags

[Hack]

OK, I forgot about non-hack custom tags

That would actually be "non-specialized custom tags"