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Visual Studio Add-in for testing regular expressions

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An add-in for debugging and creating regular expression directly in Visual Studio
��using System;

using Extensibility;

using EnvDTE;

using EnvDTE80;

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars;

using System.Resources;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.IO;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using RegexTester.Parsing.VB;

using RegexTester.Parsing.CSharp;



namespace RegexTester

{

    /// <summary>The object for implementing an Add-in.</summary>

    /// <seealso class='IDTExtensibility2' />

    public class Connect : IDTExtensibility2, IDTCommandTarget

    {

        /// <summary>Implements the constructor for the Add-in object. Place your initialization code within this method.</summary>

        public Connect()

        {



        }



        /// <summary>Implements the OnConnection method of the IDTExtensibility2 interface. Receives notification that the Add-in is being loaded.</summary>

        /// <param term='application'>Root object of the host application.</param>

        /// <param term='connectMode'>Describes how the Add-in is being loaded.</param>

        /// <param term='addInInst'>Object representing this Add-in.</param>

        /// <seealso class='IDTExtensibility2' />

        public void OnConnection(object application, ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)

        {

            _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;

            _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;

            new RegexFinder();

            if (connectMode == ext_ConnectMode.ext_cm_UISetup)

            {

                object[] contextGUIDS = new object[] { };

                Commands2 commands = (Commands2)_applicationObject.Commands;



                Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBar editContextCommandBar =

                    ((Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBars)_applicationObject.CommandBars)["Editor Context Menus"];



                CommandBarPopup toolsPopup = (CommandBarPopup)editContextCommandBar.Controls["Code Window"];



                try

                {

                    //Add a command to the Commands collection:

                    Command command = commands.AddNamedCommand2(_addInInstance, "RegexTester",

                        "Test regular expression",

                        "Test regular expression",

                        true,

                        59,

                        ref contextGUIDS,

                        (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusSupported + (int)vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusEnabled,

                        (int)vsCommandStyle.vsCommandStyleText,

                        vsCommandControlType.vsCommandControlTypeButton);

                    command.Bindings = "Text Editor::Ctrl+r, Ctrl+x";

                    if (command != null && toolsPopup != null && toolsPopup.CommandBar != null)

                    {

                        command.AddControl(toolsPopup.CommandBar, 1);

                    }

                }

                catch (System.ArgumentException)

                {

                    //If we are here, then the exception is probably because a command with that name

                    //  already exists. If so there is no need to recreate the command and we can 

                    //  safely ignore the exception.

                }

            }

        }



        /// <summary>Implements the OnDisconnection method of the IDTExtensibility2 interface. Receives notification that the Add-in is being unloaded.</summary>

        /// <param term='disconnectMode'>Describes how the Add-in is being unloaded.</param>

        /// <param term='custom'>Array of parameters that are host application specific.</param>

        /// <seealso class='IDTExtensibility2' />

        public void OnDisconnection(ext_DisconnectMode disconnectMode, ref Array custom)

        {

        }



        /// <summary>Implements the OnAddInsUpdate method of the IDTExtensibility2 interface. Receives notification when the collection of Add-ins has changed.</summary>

        /// <param term='custom'>Array of parameters that are host application specific.</param>

        /// <seealso class='IDTExtensibility2' />		

        public void OnAddInsUpdate(ref Array custom)

        {

        }



        /// <summary>Implements the OnStartupComplete method of the IDTExtensibility2 interface. Receives notification that the host application has completed loading.</summary>

        /// <param term='custom'>Array of parameters that are host application specific.</param>

        /// <seealso class='IDTExtensibility2' />

        public void OnStartupComplete(ref Array custom)

        {

        }



        /// <summary>Implements the OnBeginShutdown method of the IDTExtensibility2 interface. Receives notification that the host application is being unloaded.</summary>

        /// <param term='custom'>Array of parameters that are host application specific.</param>

        /// <seealso class='IDTExtensibility2' />

        public void OnBeginShutdown(ref Array custom)

        {

        }



        /// <summary>Implements the QueryStatus method of the IDTCommandTarget interface. This is called when the command's availability is updated</summary>

        /// <param term='commandName'>The name of the command to determine state for.</param>

        /// <param term='neededText'>Text that is needed for the command.</param>

        /// <param term='status'>The state of the command in the user interface.</param>

        /// <param term='commandText'>Text requested by the neededText parameter.</param>

        /// <seealso class='Exec' />

        public void QueryStatus(string commandName, vsCommandStatusTextWanted neededText, ref vsCommandStatus status, ref object commandText)

        {

            if (neededText == vsCommandStatusTextWanted.vsCommandStatusTextWantedNone)

            {

                if (commandName == "RegexTester.Connect.RegexTester")

                {

                    status = vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusSupported | vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusEnabled;

                    if (_applicationObject.ActiveDocument != null &&

                        !string.IsNullOrEmpty((_applicationObject.ActiveDocument.Object() as TextDocument).Selection.Text))

                    {

                        status |= vsCommandStatus.vsCommandStatusEnabled;

                    }

                }

            }

        }



        /// <summary>Implements the Exec method of the IDTCommandTarget interface. This is called when the command is invoked.</summary>

        /// <param term='commandName'>The name of the command to execute.</param>

        /// <param term='executeOption'>Describes how the command should be run.</param>

        /// <param term='varIn'>Parameters passed from the caller to the command handler.</param>

        /// <param term='varOut'>Parameters passed from the command handler to the caller.</param>

        /// <param term='handled'>Informs the caller if the command was handled or not.</param>

        /// <seealso class='Exec' />

        public void Exec(string commandName, vsCommandExecOption executeOption, ref object varIn, ref object varOut, ref bool handled)

        {

            handled = false;

            if (executeOption == vsCommandExecOption.vsCommandExecOptionDoDefault)

            {

                if (commandName == "RegexTester.Connect.RegexTester")

                {

                    TextDocument doc = (_applicationObject.ActiveDocument.Object() as TextDocument);

                    RegexFinder regexFinder = null;

                    if (_applicationObject.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem.ContainingProject.CodeModel.Language == EnvDTE.CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVB)

                    {

                        regexFinder = new RegexFinder(new VBRegexFormatProvider());

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        regexFinder = new RegexFinder(new CSharpRegexFormatProvider());

                    }

                    EditPoint startPoint = doc.Selection.TopPoint.CreateEditPoint();

                    EditPoint endPoint = doc.Selection.BottomPoint.CreateEditPoint();

                    IRegexFindResults regexFindResults = regexFinder.FindRegex(doc.Selection.Text);

                    RegexTesterForm form = new RegexTesterForm();

                    if (regexFindResults.FoundMatch)

                    {

                        regexFindResults.ConvertToDisplay();

                        form.RegularExpression = regexFindResults.Regex;

                        if (regexFindResults.ToMatch != null)

                        {

                            form.ToMatch = regexFindResults.ToMatch;

                        }

                        if (regexFindResults.ReplacePattern != null)

                        {

                            form.ReplacePattern = regexFindResults.ReplacePattern;

                        }

                        form.Options = regexFindResults.RegexOptions;

                    }

                    form.FormClosing += new FormClosingEventHandler((s, e) =>

                    {

                        if (form.DialogResult == DialogResult.OK)

                        {

                            regexFindResults.Regex = form.RegularExpression;

                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(form.ReplacePattern))

                            {

                                regexFindResults.ReplacePattern = form.ReplacePattern;

                            }

                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(form.ToMatch) && regexFindResults.ToMatch == null)

                            {

                                regexFindResults.ToMatch = form.ToMatch;

                            }

                            regexFindResults.RegexOptions = form.Options;

                            regexFindResults.ConvertToEdit();

                            doc.Selection.MoveToPoint(startPoint, false);

                            doc.Selection.MoveToPoint(endPoint, true);

                            doc.Selection.Text = regexFindResults.GetRegexString();

                        }



                    });

                    form.Show();

                }

                handled = true;

                return;

            }

        }

        private DTE2 _applicationObject;

        private AddIn _addInInstance;

    }

}

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