wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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Hello,

I have a small problem with the wxRichtextCtrl class.

I would like to read an HTML formated string which I previously safed in a database into one of my wxRichtextCtrl elements, in a way that, the HTML formating is respected and shown as such in the wxRichtextctrl. For examlpe: my wxString in the database might be <b>bold</b> hence I would like the Richtextctrl to format "bold" - bold :)

Looking at the manual I came across the LoadFile function of the RichtextBuffer class which I thought is what I want:

LoadFile (wxInputStream &stream, wxRichTextFileType type=wxRICHTEXT_TYPE_ANY)

so I wrote:

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    wxString buf(parent->current_db.get_card(0)->get_topentry());
    rtb = &toptext->GetBuffer();
    wxInputStream* SIStream;
    SIStream->Read((void*)&buf,buf.length());
    rtb->LoadFile(SIStream,wxRICHTEXT_TYPE_HTML);
but the compiler complains:

'bool wxRichTextBuffer::LoadFile(const wxString &,wxRichTextFileType)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'wxInputStream *' to 'const wxString &'
1> Reason: cannot convert from 'wxInputStream *' to 'const wxString'

I run windows 7 wxwigets 2.9.5 and included the <wx/stream.h>
why can't the compiler find the second definition ?

Is there another way of solving my problem ? I find streams and "abstract base classes" confusing as hell and try to avoid them whenever possible.

Thank you for your time.
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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wxInputStream* SIStream;
SIStream->Read((void*)&buf,buf.length());
This is very wrong on multiple levels. a) you only have an uninitialized pointer to wxInputStream, but no instance. b) You're reading into the wxString memory area, which is not the memory where the actual string is stored.

What you want is to create a wxStringInputStream from the wxString you have:
http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.8.12/wx_wxs ... nputstream
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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Thank you for the fast reply,

I have change my code now to:

whereas toptext, is a wxRichtextCtrl.

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    HTMLhandler = new wxRichTextHTMLHandler();
    rtb = new wxRichTextBuffer();
    rtb->AddHandler(HTMLhandler);

	wxStringInputStream SIStream(parent->current_db.get_card(0)->get_topentry());
	rtb = &toptext->GetBuffer();
	rtb->LoadFile(SIStream,wxRICHTEXT_TYPE_HTML);
althrough everything compiles just fine and there are no runtime errors, "toptext" stays empty - why?
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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What exactly does the string contain, just something like "<b>bold</b>"? I don't think the loader is prepared to parse single html statements like that. Its purpose is to load a whole document.

For a test, write some bold text into a wxRichTextCtrl, save it as HTML and check what it contains.
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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good idea, but even when I tried this ->

wxStringInputStream SIStream(L"<html><head></head><body><b>lalala</b></body></html>");
rtb = &toptext->GetBuffer();
rtb->LoadFile(SIStream,wxRICHTEXT_TYPE_HTML);

it didn't work / which is pretty much what the Richtextctrl sample produces.
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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After looking into the sources:

a) HTML is an export format only, it can't be loaded. Use the XML format instead.

b) Updating the buffer is not automatically recognized by the wxRichtextCtrl itself. You probably need some more code like this (stolen from the wxRichTextCtrl::DoLoadFile method)

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DiscardEdits();
SetInsertionPoint(0);
LayoutContent();
PositionCaret();
SetupScrollbars(true);
Refresh(false);
IOW: You may have to experiment a bit.
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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I can't/don't want to use xml as I have spend considerable time and effort on getting it to work with HTML and use HTML in all parts of the program.
However, I think I will just parse the HTML instead and then work with the richtextctrl->write() beginbold() etc. as the string I want to load really only has three or four parameters.

Thanks for your help.
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Re: wxInputStream / Loading HTML to wxRichtextCtrl

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here is my quick and dirty solution proof of concept function HTML to wxRichtextCtrl in case someone has the same problem.

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void UI_EDITENTRIES::HTMLToRichtextCtrl(long index, wxRichTextCtrl* rtc)
{
	wxString to_parse;
	if(rtc->GetId()==ID_RTCTOP)
	{
		to_parse = parent->current_db.get_card(index)->get_topentry();
	}else if(rtc->GetId()==ID_RTCBOTTOM)
	{
		to_parse = parent->current_db.get_card(index)->get_bottomentry();
	}

	int pos=0;

	bool is_bold = false;
	bool is_italic = false;
	bool is_underlined = false;

	wxString font, size, color, therest;

	wxMessageBox(to_parse);

			wxString toconvert;

    to_parse = to_parse.Mid(to_parse.rfind("face"));
	
	for(int x=0;x<3;x++)
    {
        // first comes font; second size; third color;
        //wxString delimter[] = {"face=", "size=", "style=\"color:"};

        int beg=0, end=0;

        while(end==0)
        {
            if(to_parse[pos]== 0x0022 && beg == 0)  // "
            {
                beg = pos;            // where is the first "
            }
            else if(to_parse[pos]== 0x0022 && end == 0)
              {
                 end = pos;           // here is the second "
              }
            if(beg != 0 && end != 0)        // once we found both
             {
                 if(x==0){ font = to_parse.Mid(beg,(end-beg)+1);  }
                 if(x==1){ size = to_parse.Mid(beg,(end-beg)+1);  }
                 if(x==2){ color = to_parse.Mid(beg,(end-beg)+1); }


      //           to_add = to_parse.Mid(beg,(end-beg)+1); // 
                                                         // the second parameter will be relativ to the first one +1 so we include the second "
             }
        pos++;
        if(font!=L"" && size !=L"" && color !=L"")
        {
            // after we found all the tags we need to get the actual text inclusive the bold italic tags
            therest = to_parse.Mid(pos);
			if(therest.find(L"<b>")!=wxNOT_FOUND){is_bold = true;rtc->BeginBold();}
			if(therest.find(L"<u>")!=wxNOT_FOUND){is_underlined = true;rtc->BeginUnderline();}
			if(therest.find(L"<i>")!=wxNOT_FOUND){is_italic = true;rtc->BeginItalic();}
			

		 toconvert = therest;
                      // this finds out which tag is the closest too the actual information we want
	int pos1 = toconvert.find("<b>");
	int pos2 = toconvert.find("<i>");
	int pos3 = toconvert.find("<u>");

	if((pos1 < pos2) && (pos1 < pos3) && (pos2 < pos3))
	{
		// mid(pos + 3 because the tag consists of three char <x>
		toconvert = toconvert.Mid(pos3+3);
		toconvert = toconvert.Remove(toconvert.find(L"</u>"));
		// pos3 is the is most close to the real data 
	}
	else if((pos1 > pos2) && (pos1 > pos3) && (pos2 > pos3))
	{
		toconvert = toconvert.Mid(pos2+3);
		toconvert = toconvert.Remove(toconvert.find(L"</i>"));
		// pos2 is closest
	}
	else{
		toconvert = toconvert.Mid(pos1+3);
		toconvert = toconvert.Remove(toconvert.find(L"</b>"));
		// pos3 is closest
	} 
		}

		}
	}
	rtc->BeginFont(wxFont(font));
       // #AABBCC = 7
	rtc->BeginTextColour(wxColour(color.Mid(color.find(L"#"),7)));

	rtc->WriteText(toconvert);
	rtc->EndFont();
	rtc->EndTextColour();

	if(is_bold){rtc->EndBold();}
	if(is_italic){rtc->EndItalic();}
	if(is_underlined){rtc->EndUnderline();}


}
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