TompaD wrote: > Yes probably......but it would be nice to manage it :-) > You see - I think the new versions of Delphi is marvelous, > but I havnÂt yet learned to make out the most of Delphi 4 > so buying the latest version seems like overkill. > > Any hint there I can find information to start?
First, you'll need an IDE add-in, known as an expert. It will require access to the current edit buffer, and it will need to watch for a keyboard shortcut to trigger its command. Editor experts are written using the Open Tools API, which is not documented very much. It was in either version 4 or version 5 that OTA experienced some significant changes, so whatever information you find might not be relevant to your version. (Whever version the change occured in also supports the previous OTA edition, so you might get lucky and have a choice.) The second part of your task will involve parsing the Delphi source file. The Delphi grammar is tricky; you can use the grammar from the help file to get you started, but the help file is neither complete nor entirely accurate (and it never was). Just be glad you're writing this for Delphi 4; the language has gotten more complicated in each version. For OTA help, start with Eric Berry's OTA FAQ: http://www.gexperts.org/opentools/ That page is on the GExperts site. GExperts consists almost entirely of IDE experts. I don't think the latest version of GExperts works with Delphi 4 at all, but you should be able to get an older version of the source code. For the parser, I'm not sure what to recommend, except for Google. I'm sure there used to be a project around that aimed to have a grammar and parser for Delphi, and I think it was even from the Delphi 4 era. I don't remember what it was called, though. There are a few parser generators available that generate Delphi code. DelForExp might contain the bulk of what you need already. As you parse a unit, you'll need to recognize classes and their methods, fields, and properties. You'll also have to recognize which methods are declared but not implemented. Delphi also does the reverse, allowing you to implement a method and have Class Completion insert the declaration for you. Delphi doesn't always handle overloaded methods correctly, so watch out for that when you write your class completor. Good luck. -- Rob ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
