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Re: Code formatting removed by editor

7-Apr-12 2:25

I've spoken to Smitha and we'll restore the formatting. I haven't had a chance to look closely at both versions, but can I assume the latest version has updated content, but that you want the formatting to reflect what was in the previous version?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Andreas Gieriet7-Apr-12 2:45

Andreas Gieriet

7-Apr-12 2:45

Hello Chris,
I don't get exactly your last question. If you ask what kind of formatting I was using that got removed, here are the ones:

<pre lang="cs">...<span class='highlight'>...</span>...</pre>
<pre lang="text" style="background: black; color: white;">...</pre>
```
some console output...
```

I know of the issues with too many formatting features applied, but I think the above is more helpful than the one below:

<pre lang="cs">...<span class='highlight'>...</span>...</pre>
<pre lang="text" style="background: black; color: white;">...</pre>
```
some console output...
```

Cheers
Andi

Re: Code formatting removed by editor

Pete O'Hanlon7-Apr-12 23:05

Pete O'Hanlon

7-Apr-12 23:05

A couple of things.

1. When you post an article, you can include notes for editors. If you have none standard formatting that you want preserving you should set this.

2. Why did you name the editor? There was no need for that. It serves to make your post look vindictive.

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Jani Giannoudis3-Apr-12 19:52

3-Apr-12 19:52

In my article Web User Forms for ASP.NET[^] I have the following code sample:

JavaScript

<script runat="server" language="C#">

  public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
  {
    System.IO.DirectoryInfo dir = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\");
    // do something with dir
  } // MyPublicMethod

  protected void MyProtectedMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
  {
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT" );
  } // MyProtectedMethod

  private void MyPrivateMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
  {
    System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Abort();
  } // MyPrivateMethod

</script>

<%Response.Write( "Embedded Code generated output." ); %>

Is there any workaround to fix the flaw syntax highlighting?

Cheers,
Jani Giannoudis
Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

Luc Pattyn4-Apr-12 2:45

4-Apr-12 2:45

What you should do is explicitly set the language in each opeing PRE tag. Details can be found in this tip: Using PRE tags on Code Project[^]

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Jani Giannoudis4-Apr-12 2:49

4-Apr-12 2:49

Currently the pre tag lang is Javascript. Same issue with the pre tag cs.

Cheers,
Jani Giannoudis
Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

Luc Pattyn4-Apr-12 3:17

4-Apr-12 3:17

There always have been some issues with the coloring as soon as string literals appear. I suspect too much Regex code has been used. What is it exactly you don't like?

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Jani Giannoudis4-Apr-12 3:27

4-Apr-12 3:27

JavaScript

  1  <script  runat="server" language="C#">
  2  
  3    public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
  4    {
  5      System.IO.DirectoryInfo dir = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo( "C:\" );
  6      // do something with dir
  7    } // MyPublicMethod
  8  
  9    protected void MyProtectedMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
 10    {
 11      System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT" );
 12    } // MyProtectedMethod
 13  
 14    private void MyPrivateMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
 15    {
 16      System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Abort();
 17    } // MyPrivateMethod
 18  
 19  </script>
 20  
 21  <%Response.Write( "Embedded Code generated output." ); %>

end-of-line #5 ); until line #21 <%Response.Write(

Cheers,
Jani Giannoudis
Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

Luc Pattyn4-Apr-12 3:31

4-Apr-12 3:31

Jani Giannoudis wrote:
( "C:\" )

That isn't valid C# code, either use @ or escape the backslash!
As a result the code following it got comment colored, and the strings are in black.

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Jani Giannoudis4-Apr-12 3:46

4-Apr-12 3:46

Correct. In the initial code sample the backslash was escaped. The trick is to use the @"C:\" variant.

Many thanks Luc!

Cheers,
Jani Giannoudis
Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

Luc Pattyn4-Apr-12 3:49

4-Apr-12 3:49

you're welcome.

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Chris Maunder4-Apr-12 7:38

Change the artical to tips

4-Apr-12 7:38

Apart from the string issue, I also set the language to HTML (though XML or ASP.NET will work the same) which has improved the colouring.

This is ASP.NET, since it includes markup tags.

XML

<script  runat="server" language="C#">
  public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
  {
     ...
  } 
</script>

This is javascript, because it's actual javascript, not Javascript embedded inside ASP.NET

JavaScript

public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
   ...
}

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Umesh Khandelwal31-Mar-12 5:41

Umesh Khandelwal

31-Mar-12 5:41

i have published the '[Article]: Design the WCF service without implementing interface":' . please let me know how to Change the artical to tips .

Re: Change the artical to tips

Chris Maunder1-Apr-12 11:10

"Expires" header for editing

1-Apr-12 11:10

Edit the article, and at the top right in the title area is the Article type that, when clicked, allows you to change the type.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Bernhard Hiller28-Mar-12 20:05

Bernhard Hiller

28-Mar-12 20:05

It was a long fight with old versions being shown, when I tried to edit a tip. I changed the browser inbetween the rounds of the battle. I am not sure what made it such complicated, but I see from the html source of the page that no "expires" header is set.
May I suggest to add "expires" headers both in the html source and the http headers when editing/previewing/submitting a tip or an article?

Sean Ewington29-Mar-12 4:10

Sean Ewington

29-Mar-12 4:10

Thanks very much for the suggestion Bernhard. I will pass it on to the team. What other problems did you encounter while editing?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Bernhard Hiller29-Mar-12 5:17

Bernhard Hiller

29-Mar-12 5:17

Thanks for that Sean.
Another problem was that I tried to delete a file which I had attached - I could not do it with Firefox 7.0.1, but it worked with IE (I am not sure if that was connected with the browser cache). When I uploaded the correct file later on, the link to it was generated automatically (browser cache again?). The preview did often not correspond to the html source.

Sean Ewington29-Mar-12 8:37

Sean Ewington

29-Mar-12 8:37

It could be a caching issue, but we'll look into it. Thanks very much for the feedback

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Chris Maunder29-Mar-12 10:39