VBForums Code Tags

[dday9]

Introduction
You may have been linked to this thread because you did not properly format your code in VBForums using the code BB tag. The purpose of this thread is to explain the purpose of code tags and to walk you through the process of using VBForums' code tags. At the end of this post you will find an animated GIF which shows you the process if you are a move visual learner.

Purpose of Code Tags
Code tags help preserve the whitespace in your code which makes it easier to read. In some cases, like python code, indentation is a necessity.

Walkthrough
Step 1) Type or paste your code into VBForums' text editor.
Step 2) Select the entirety of your code.
Step 3) Click the # button in the toolbar above the text editor.

Your code in the text editor should look similar to this:
[CODE]Console.WriteLine("Hello World!")[/CODE]

Example Output

Without Code Tags	With Code Tags
Option Strict On Public Module Module1 Public Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Hello world!") End Sub End Module	Option Strict On Public Module Module1 Public Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("Hello world!") End Sub End Module

Advanced
You can elect to include syntax highlighting in your code by using the highlight tag. Follow steps 1 and 2 in the walkthrough but for step 3 click on the VB button in the toolbar above the text editor. This will bring up a dialog that prompts you to enter the option, this is where you would input the language. The following are a list of acceptable languages:

• ABAP
• Actionscript
• Ada
• Apache
• AppleScript
• x86 Assembler
• ASP
• BASH
• BlitzBasic
• BNF
• AutoCAD/IntelliCAD Lisp
• CFDG
• ColdFusion
• C for Macs
• C
• C++
• C#
• CSS
• Delphi
• Diff-output
• DIV
• DOS
• dot
• D
• Eiffel
• Fortran
• FreeBasic
• Genero
• GML
• Groovy
• Haskell
• HTML 4.01 strict
• Unoidl
• INI
• Inno Script
• Io
• Java
• Java
• JavaScript
• Generic Lisp
• LUA
• Motorola 68000 Assembler
• Matlab M-file
• mIRC Scripting
• Microchip Assembler
• MySQL
• Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
• Objective C
• OCaml
• OpenOffice.org Basic
• Oracle 8
• Pascal
• Perl
• Per
• PHP
• PHP
• Oracle 9.2 PL/SQL
• Python
• QBasic/QuickBASIC
• robots.txt
• Ruby
• SAS
• Scheme
• sdlBasic
• Smalltalk
• Smarty template
• SQL
• TCL/iTCL
• thinBasic
• T-SQL
• VB.NET
• Visual Basic
• VHDL
• Visual FoxPro
• WinBatch
• XML
• Axapta/Dynamics Ax X++
• ZiLOG Z80 Assembler

Example Output of Highlight

Private Sub Main()
    Dim foo As String = "foo"
    Console.WriteLine(foo)
 
    foo = "bar"
    Console.WriteLine(bar)
End Sub

expression ::= number | expression, operator, expression | openParen, expression, closeParen
number ::= [unaryOperator], digitExcludingZero, {digit}, [decimal, {digit}, digitExcludingZero]
digit ::= (digitExcludingZero | '0'), {digit}
digitExcludingZero ::= '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9'
operator ::= unaryOperator | '*' | '/' | '^'
unaryOperator ::= '+' | '-'
openParen ::= '('
closeParen ::= ')'

window.onload = function() {
    document.getElementById('btnFoo').onclick = bntFoo_Click;
}
 
function btnFoo_Click() {
    alert('foo!');
}

Update
Apparently after some updates, the advanced highlight tags no longer do syntax highlighting.

Animated GIF

Apparently after some updates, animated GIFs do not play. However, I have the image linked to the hosting service. If you click on the image you will be redirected to the animated image.

[techgnome]

Step 2 should be "Select" ... the code, not copy...

-tg

[dday9]

Good catch, I changed the wording. I've also added some examples of using the [highlight][/highlight] tag.