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Fast Colored TextBox for Syntax Highlighting

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Custom text editor with syntax highlighting
Imports FastColoredTextBoxNS
Imports System
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports TesterVB.My

Namespace TesterVB
    Public Class GifImageDrawingSample
        Inherits Form

        Private style As GifImageStyle

        Private Shared RegexSpecSymbolsPattern As String = "[\^\$\[\]\(\)\.\\\*\+\|\?\{\}]"

        Private components As IContainer = Nothing

        Private fctb As FastColoredTextBox

        Public Sub New()
            Me.InitializeComponent()
            Me.style = New GifImageStyle(Me.fctb)
            Me.style.ImagesByText.Add(":bb", My.Resources.bye)
            Me.style.ImagesByText.Add(":D", My.Resources.lol)
            Me.style.ImagesByText.Add("8)", My.Resources.rolleyes)
            Me.style.ImagesByText.Add(":@", My.Resources.unsure)
            Me.style.ImagesByText.Add(":)", My.Resources.smile_16x16)
            Me.style.ImagesByText.Add(":(", My.Resources.sad_16x16)
            Me.style.StartAnimation()
            Me.fctb.Text = "This example draws smile image instead of text smile" & vbCrLf & ": + D  = :D" & vbCrLf & ": + @ = :@" & vbCrLf & "8 + ) = 8)" & vbCrLf & ": + bb = :bb" & vbCrLf & ": + ) = :)" & vbCrLf & ": + ( = :("
        End Sub

        Private Sub fctb_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As TextChangedEventArgs)
            e.ChangedRange.ClearStyle(StyleIndex.All)
            For Each key As String In Me.style.ImagesByText.Keys
                Dim pattern As String = Regex.Replace(key, GifImageDrawingSample.RegexSpecSymbolsPattern, "\$0")
                e.ChangedRange.SetStyle(Me.style, pattern)
            Next
        End Sub

        Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(disposing As Boolean)
            If disposing AndAlso Me.components IsNot Nothing Then
                Me.components.Dispose()
            End If
            MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
        End Sub

        Private Sub InitializeComponent()
            Me.fctb = New FastColoredTextBox()
            MyBase.SuspendLayout()
            Me.fctb.AutoScrollMinSize = New Size(0, 22)
            Me.fctb.Cursor = Cursors.IBeam
            Me.fctb.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
            Me.fctb.Font = New Font("Consolas", 14.25F, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point, 204)
            Me.fctb.Location = New Point(0, 0)
            Me.fctb.Name = "fctb"
            Me.fctb.ShowLineNumbers = False
            Me.fctb.Size = New Size(314, 262)
            Me.fctb.TabIndex = 1
            Me.fctb.WordWrap = True
            AddHandler Me.fctb.TextChanged, New EventHandler(Of TextChangedEventArgs)(AddressOf Me.fctb_TextChanged)
            MyBase.AutoScaleDimensions = New SizeF(6.0F, 13.0F)
            MyBase.AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font
            MyBase.ClientSize = New Size(314, 262)
            MyBase.Controls.Add(Me.fctb)
            MyBase.Name = "GifImageDrawingSample"
            Me.Text = "GifImageDrawingSample"
            MyBase.ResumeLayout(False)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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I am Pavеl Tоrgаshоv, and I live in Kyiv, Ukraine.
I've been developing software since 1998.
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