VB6 Real-Time Add-In
I've written several add-ins for VB6 (and Excel) and I'd like to write one that actively tracks what the user types in the IDE but I don't know if that's possible. For example if someone where to type in "While" I'd like to highlight that word. That's not specifically what I want to do but if someone has an example where the add-in tracks what the user enters in the IDE I can modify it.
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Thanks but I'm not after any kind history. I want to be able to track the code that the user is writing as he types into the IDE so that, for example, I can do something when he types the ending "e" in "While".
Edit: But I guess that is a kind of history, albeit a short one.
Edit: But I guess that is a kind of history, albeit a short one.
I realise that I'm playing Devil's advocate, but if you want to track something that is being typed into a particular object, then you should be able to record that in a variable.
Even without, it should be possible to examine the existing text in the object to see if the that plus the incoming character would be your action trigger.
Even without, it should be possible to examine the existing text in the object to see if the that plus the incoming character would be your action trigger.
ASKER
Sorry but I guess I'm not making myself clear. There's are no objects involved. I'm interested in the code that the programmer is writing. (I probably should have said "programmer" instead of "user" above.)
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And I have been researching to find a built-in Event that would fire in the IDE design mode, That failed, and there didn't seem to be a feasible way of designing one.
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Too difficult
I'm sure that you will have thought of this, but just in case you haven't, I would start with the KeyPress/Down/Up etc events to capture a history of what has been typed into the particular object .