Richtext Object (or other text object) wildcard parsing? Still no luck.

I've been trying to find a way to find/replace text from user-created tags within a text source. As of now, the only way I can pull this off is by having preset fields that can be used. Is it not possible to use any sort of wildcard for this?

What I'm doing is having the user create a text document, inserting <tags> into it as they go. When the document is loaded again later, the <tags> are parsed out of it, presented to the user, then swapped with a new string which the user supplies. These are done one at a time.

Example:
"This is a <blank 1> of what I'm trying to <blank 2>"

The user is then presented with: "Blank 1" and and asked to provide a new string, which is then inserted into the spot where <blank 1> is. The same then happens for <blanks 2>.


If anyone has any input, I'd be grateful as all hell. I've scoured the forums and tried quite a few solutions. Nothing has worked . :o

ratty - I've done something similar in the past using String Parser to split up the string into tags and none tags, using the "<" and ">" as delimiters.
Here's an example of what I think you want to do (requires String Parser and uses Edit Box for text and List objects for storing the tags and replacement words)

Admittedly it will also do tags like >tag<, <tag< and >tag> but best I can do for now!
Alternatively use something different for your tag delimiter in String Parser, eg @ for @tag@ or * for *tag*

The Scintilla-Object also has some nice "Find and Replace"-Functions that exceed the Functions of the RichText-Object. I' ve used Scintilla to create a "Graphic-Options"-GUI for an AAA-Game which (in original State) only allowed to make these changes through an INI-File. In my GUI the User just enters the Values for the different Options and then clicks "Save". Scintilla then replaces all the different Options in the INI-File with the Data the User entered. It works like a Charm. The other Method would perhaps be to use the "Regex"-Extension, but i' ve never used that one before and it looks "complicated" :)

By the Way, i could upload the MFA of my Graphic-Options-GUI if anybody is interested how i did it with the Scintilla-Object.

With Kind Regards,
jahkri

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The Scintilla-Object
By the Way, i could upload the MFA of my Graphic-Options-GUI if anybody is interested how i did it with the Scintilla-Object.

With Kind Regards,
jahkri

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Yes, yes, please do.

Thanks,
Marv

Hi Marv,

here You go with the MFA-File. I have to admit that it was created with the Unicode-Version though. I can try to recreate it as "normal" MMF2-File but it will take some Time.
Sorry for not mentioning before.

Anyway, in the present Version there are 2 Ini-Files needed. One Ini-File is the Original-Game-Settings Ini-File (from the DSFix for Dark Souls) and the other is neede because i' m not reading the Preset-Values for the GUI from the Original-Game-Ini-File but instead from the second Ini-File. But i' ve already found a way around that Problem and i already have a "limited" working Version with just the Original-Game-Ini-File. I' ll upload this "limited" Version in my next Reply. Important: Keep the 2 Ini-Files in the same Folder as the MFA-File.

If Anybody has any Questions, just post here in this Topic.

Here' s the Limited-Test-One that takes the Values directly from the Game-Ini-File and puts the Values into a List-Object.
(this one also needs the Unicode-Version... sadly). I think i used the Unicode-Version because i wanted it to support all the
Characters in the Game-Ini-File.

Anyway, i' ll try to whip up a simple Example based on Version 2 (where only the One Original Ini-File is needed) for the Non-Unicode-
Version.

This is the Unicode-Version:

Here' s finaly the Non-Unicode-Version that uses the Scintilla-Object and String-Tokenizer to select and manipulate Values and Strings in a Game-Ini-File.
The Change of Settings could also have been done with just One Button and i didn' t include the "Save File"-Action in the Scintilla-Object so the Values in
the Ini-File are actualy not saved when You quit the Application. To permanently save the Data to the Ini-File, just add a "Save File"-Action in the Scintilla-
Object.
This is also a very stripped down version of the Original-Version for the Dark-Souls-Fix just to show how i achieved the "Search and Replace"-Functionality
through Scintilla and String Tokenizer.

NON-Unicode-Version:

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Originally Posted by Jahkri

Here' s finaly the Non-Unicode-Version that uses the Scintilla-Object and String-Tokenizer to select and manipulate Values and Strings in a Game-Ini-File.
The Change of Settings could also have been done with just One Button and i didn' t include the "Save File"-Action in the Scintilla-Object so the Values in
the Ini-File are actualy not saved when You quit the Application. To permanently save the Data to the Ini-File, just add a "Save File"-Action in the Scintilla-
Object.
This is also a very stripped down version of the Original-Version for the Dark-Souls-Fix just to show how i achieved the "Search and Replace"-Functionality
through Scintilla and String Tokenizer.

NON-Unicode-Version:

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Thanks a bunch Jahkri. The mfa/zip is appreciated.

Marv

My Pleasure. I hope it' s of Use for some People.

With kind regards,

jahkri

Oh wow, I hadn't seen these before. Thanks for sharing!

Hadn't noticed this either! WHat a great example!!

ratty - Further to your PM, I'm not sure why punctuation next to the < or > in my example should be removed. However I have noticed it ignores text after the last <tag> eg:

This is *blank 1*. That is *blank 2*.

becomes:

This is myWord1. That is myWord2

So maybe this is the problem you've observed?
Here's a corrected version that also uses * instead, ie *tag*

If this doesn't solve it, perhaps you can give me an example string with punctuation it removes? eg This is *blank 1*. That is *blank 2*.

That's what it was! It was chopping off the last bit. AyreGutiar, you've helped me a great deal!