--- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sheri...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "brucexs" <bswitzer@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sherip99@> wrote: > > > > > > Any idea how I can access and use the Text Object Model interface for a > > > richedit control? > > > > Have you thought about learning enough c++ to write code in plug > > in format to let you do stuff like this? I recognize you may want > > to leverage PowerPro scripting to avoid doing everything in C++, > > but talking to COM interfaces needs something like C++. Either > > you write it or Alan enhances COM plugin. > > I doubt it could be done by a novice.
Yes I agree you would have to take the time to study enough C++ to become more than a novice. It's not a couple of weeks. You just seem to be so interested in this stuff I thought you'd want to learn to do more if it yourself. >Besides that, I haven't had good results even trying to compile >existing >plugins due especially to the fact that plugins Compile them with static linking for C run time so that the plugin includes the libraries it needs, I guess, although I am not sure if that is the issue. As a simple start, try creating your own plugin from scratch that just exposes a simple service like mymessage that displays a message box. C++ is not that much different than using coding powerpro scripts using dll library calls, especially if you stay away from OO stuff. Of course, if you'd want to get into calling COM interfaces, that would be a bit more work to learn some standard programmgin techniques for working with them, but you'd also have more power to do what you want independently.
