I was bored and I have started to create a very extensive Multi-Document-Interface Text Editor (like Notepad, but much more features) as an 'example' text editor project.
At this point it is still a work in progress (WIP) but I will add things to this when I find the time / inspiration.
I have tried to make my code as neat as I could, even though it doesn't have very many comments. I have added a comment here and there to explain what a function does or why it's there, but not nearly everywhere. I have tried to keep the variables and function names as clear as I could so you should be able to follow the code without too much problems.
Still, if you have any questions about a specific part of this program, feel free to ask me (in this thread) and I will be glad to explain.
Also, I would be very thankful if you could view my code and point out the (probably) many mistakes or whatever... That would really help me out alot!
Now, on to my program.
The basics of my program are similar to Notepad, only then with a Multi-Document-Interface (MDI). However, my program has a lot more features and functions, many inspired by Visual Studios features.
Here is a list of all the features (or at least those I could remember) with an occasional screenshot to clarify things.
Multi-Document-Interface text editor as shown in the screenshot:
Standard New, Open, Save, Save As features, plus additional Save All function and Recent Files list. (The Recent Files list is still a WIP and can contain errors. The printer functions are not working yet.)
Standard Edit menu with Undo/Redo/Cut/Copy/Paste/Select All/Find & Replace (in one dialog)/Go To and Insert Date functions:
Tools menu with Word Count and Options (only a few options exist yet). The Options window has a cool little Help feature I made up where you hover your mouse over the option and the help box below shows the help on that option.
Three Window Alignment options that align the windows in a specified way quickly. Minimized windows are only affected by this if specified in the Options.
Split Document feature, where the active document is split in two allowing you to edit the document in two separate places simultaneously.
Synchronized Scrolling feature (only for Split documents for now, but in the future I hope to realize this for every document). Synchronizes scrolling between the two textboxes in a Split document.
'Windows' feature. Shows all the active windows in a neat little Listview, allowing you to Activate, Save or Close the selected documents quickly.
(Image also shows a Split document)
The 'Save Changes?' window which shows when you try to close the program when there are unsaved (changed) documents. This window allows you to uncheck the documents you don't wish to save and save only the checked documents, or save none of them, or even cancel the closing.
If you only close a single document instead of all documents at once (by closing the program or using the Close all documents menuitem) you will see a standard warning:
As a 'bonus', the Listview controls use the vista APIs to support the Vista explorer-like look.
Unfortunately, it does not have a Tabbed MDI interface, the childwindows just float around. This is because I have never found a satisfying and free tabbed mdi control to use. I have however used professional versions before and with all of them you could simply drop the control on to the form and you're DONE, the control handles everything. However, for obvious reasons, I did not include these controls in this program.
That's it for now (I think, I probably forget a bunch of things)...
I hope you like it, and I hope you can use it!
I have attached the entire source code (including images etc) in this post. Be aware that this is created with Visual Studio 2008 so I don't think any earlier versions can open this...
(I had to delete the 'bin' and 'obj' folders to get the filesize below 500 kb, I hope this is not an issue, right?)
See ya..
Last edited by NickThissen; Aug 30th, 2008 at 12:28 PM.
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