VB syntax highlighter

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so i have an application im building to include in a desktop project
its basically a scripting program dealing with the codes: html, js, batch, asp, and machine
i though i would start with the html or batch as they are easiest
what i need is to convert every thing between "<" ">" or "%" "%" into blue, i want to change everything in quotes into red, and the batch commands im using like wmic and netsh to be green

i have seen a few examples in C but couldnt translate and touch up to fit my program

i am using a rich text box and have all the basic rtf namespaces

really it needs to be something that will activate in textchanged()

as a footnote, each text box is name by which code type i choose to load, i am also in the visual studio 2008 professional enviroment, i can code in the languages im building but havent quite got the hang of vb as of yet

thanks in advance

Posted 6-Mar-12 8:10am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Mar-12 14:17pm

You need to specify the type of application and UI library you want to use. WPF? Forms? Silverlight? ASP.NET? What?
Tag it.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Mar-12 14:18pm

Should it be just viewer or editor as well?
--SA

Member 8696556 7-Mar-12 4:19am

sorry if i didnt specify enough, its for text editor and vb.net form app.
@dave kresowiak i did look on google but i couldnt never terminate the color change, say if i entered a bracket the color would change to blue, but i couldnt get it to change back when i entered a close bracket

@derek9999 it has to be in vb.net and i need code not build into my program, not a complete program. and im not very good at translating C code.

derek9999 7-Mar-12 7:51am

I use this control in my project, which is written in VB. The code translation was straightforward (I don't know C# very well either), plus the author answers questions very quickly. It already has VB syntax highlighting built in so there's little work to do on your part. You just drop it on a form and it works!

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2012-03-06T09:17:00

Solution 1

There's a ton of examples out on the web, even about a dozen articles here on CP. All you have to do is Google for "C# syntax highlighting" or "vb.net syntax highlighting". Some, of course, are going to be better than others.

Posted 6-Mar-12 9:17am

Dave Kreskowiak

derek9999 · Answer 2 · 2012-03-06T11:36:00

Solution 2

This is the best one I've seen:

Fast Colored TextBox for Syntax Highlighting[^]

It's also very easy to use.

Posted 6-Mar-12 11:36am

derek9999