CoH FOE v 0.5 BETA released!
By
AmazingMOO,
Posted on: 2009-05-26 18:52 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Wow.
I thought I was a huge nerd for using emeditor. >.>
you put a lot of work into this. Good job.
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Very nice for us forum wh....um goers...
Thanks for the hard work! 
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If you have Firefox, you get automatic spelling check.
The Add-On Text Formating Toolbar does select and click forum coding. Also does it for Wiki pages. Just FYI.
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I'd love to hear everyone's opinion of it once they try it out, and I'd like to hear especially about the bugs. I'm not planning on adding any new features for the moment until I'm confident that the current version is relatively stable. But I DO have plans, oh yes, lots of them.
ProTip that I just discovered, if you have a wheel mouse, you can wheel through all the possible colors as fast as you want to by clicking once directly on the drop down box itself.
First minor bug found and resolved. Everyone that wants to use Powder Blue as a text color might want to uninstall and re-download the program again. I don't think I'll make a new version number for this minor bug.
Version 0.6 is now released. Remember to always uninstall any old versions of a program before installing a new version. This new version has integrated fully GoldenAce's forum colors directly INTO the application itself, so no more need for a separate .csv file.
As a result, the only things that are installed into your computer are the program itself and the RichTextBox control into your windows system folder. Down from 3 files to 2!
Now if only I could find a way to put the Rich Text Box control INTO the application.... oh well.
Also, the install program is now a bit "cleaner" and it installs shortcuts to the desktop and the Start Menu and doesn't show the ".exe" at the end of the shortcuts anymore.
I had made a "signature" that people could put at the end of their posts to advertise the program if they choose to, but it looks like even IN the "pre-rendered code" tag, it still registers colors! Probably to allow people to comment on code and point out parts of it. Anyways, so I still made the "signature" if anyone wants to use it, but I added a * inside each of the color tags before the word color. If you copy this, save it as a text file and remove those asterixes and the line breaks, it should work just fine to paste. If you DO decide to use it, please make sure to only use it in posts actually edited with FOE. We don't want to spam ads in posts that weren't even written with the program!
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>This post made
[*color:#FF0000]F[/color][*color:#FF4500]A[/color][*color:#FFA500]B[/color][*color:#FFFF00]U[/color]
[*color:#9ACD32]L[/color][*color:#00FFFF]O[/color][*color:#6495ED]U[/color][*color:#FF00FF]S[/color][/b] with
CoH FOE! :grin:</pre><hr />
This post made FABULOUS[/b] with CoH FOE!
hmm...
this would make my life as defender guide editor a whole lot easier.
thanks
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-1 point for using VB.
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Interesting, I tried to troubleshoot a "bug" with the color Alice Blue showing up in forum posts as white, but showing up in the preview box as a shade of blue. I thought I'd screwed up the code somehow.
But I didn't. I went over to Forum Color Guide by Golden Ace and took a look. It looks like the FORUMS don't accept Alice Blue as a proper color.... but it does show up in VB as a good color. Strange, it's such a pretty color.... it's a shame.
See?
So 
rite nao!
How many characters can the largest post be before you need to start a new one and does FOE track that for you?
There IS a post size limit, but no I don't know what that is right now. I DID reach it with one of my posts, so I'm sure it would be ridiculously easy to find that out. FOE does not currently limit the text size, it's unlimited, but I can add a feature "option" that can limit it to the max post size if there is enough interest in the feature.
Another feature nearly identical would be a limiter so that you could write SIGNATURES the proper size... would anyone like that?
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Another feature nearly identical would be a limiter so that you could write SIGNATURES the proper size... would anyone like that?
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please and thank you
That should be easy enough to do. Consider it added to the next version.
I'm adding that length limiter, or trying to, but I can't figure it out. I already posted a request in Player Questions, but 7 views no responses in the last half hour.... does ANYONE know what the fourm length limit is???
Version notes:
v 0.7
<ul type="square">[*]No longer saves a "settings.ini" file in every directory where someone saves a text file to. Now only saves one in the program's directory.[*]Fixed overflow bug related to window position.[*]Corrected bug where after formatting text, you would lose your text selection. Selection being removed by the List function remains as a "feature".[*]Windows no longer close after you press buttons, so you can leave them open if you wish and use multiple codes.[*]The URL command now copies any selected text and populates the Text field with it by default.[*]Added Image tag for the Devs/Mods to use if they use the program (Hey, why not?)[*]List function is now working as intended.[*]Added MAX length selection option for both Post Size and Signature size. Since I was unable to get a definitive answer as to the maximum forum post length, I will be setting that to 28K characters for the time being to get this feature pushed out... does anyone have a definitive answer for me?[/list]
This post made FABULOUS[/b] with CoH FOE!
I just tried to install it, as I'm working on a very long guide that this would be a huge help.
It all seemed to install fine, but when I ran the program on my laptop running Vista 64-bit Home Premium, it said, "Component RICHTX32.OCX is not correctly registered: file is missing or invalid"
Not being a programming wiz, I have no idea what that means, other than something is missing. I'm guessing it may be in the visual basic thingee.
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Yes, that's the Visual Basic richtextbox control... it's supposed to automatically install in your System folder when you install the program.... I'm unfamiliar with Vista, does it use a "system" folder like XP does?
EDIT: I just found out that my Installer has an option of Windows/System and Windows/System64... so I added the Richtextboxcontrol to the 64 directory too.... try uninstalling, redownloading the new installer and reinstalling... please tell me how it works out for you.
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I just tried to install it, as I'm working on a very long guide that this would be a huge help.
It all seemed to install fine, but when I ran the program on my laptop running Vista 64-bit Home Premium, it said, "Component RICHTX32.OCX is not correctly registered: file is missing or invalid"
Not being a programming wiz, I have no idea what that means, other than something is missing. I'm guessing it may be in the visual basic thingee.
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Correct. I got something similiar on Com32. Solution:
1. Google it and find lots of places to download it - like first link here.
2. Save it right into the same program directory as FOE. They say save it into System32 where any app that wants it can get it - I like to keep things together.
3. Then try running the program again to see if it either runs or needs another file.
Edit: Too slow... better solution: Ignore me and try Players advise.
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Well your fix is a good fix.... but I'd REALLY like to get it so that everything will install "cleanly" and people don't have to do things like that to get it to work!
You know, this will work on a great many other web based Bulletin Boards. Anything that uses BBCode, more or less! Not just UBB.threads, but stuff like SMF or FUDForum, too.
You may have created an app with the potential to become more popular than you realized!
Well if it does work out, I wouldn't have a problem with making a more "generic" looking version for the rest of the UBB boards that are out there.
I'm still not fully confident in the "bug-free-ness" of it yet though.
Good day to you, fellow forumites. I have a new toy for you to play with, if you so choose to. I have made an application that should make regular forumites' and guide writers' jobs at least slightly easier. I present to you....
, and because as of this moment, we still have NO CLUE when or if we'll EVER move to the new forums. Out of that frustration and frustration with the built-in online editor, I have created a more elegant way to edit and make new posts.
[u]City of Heroes Forum Offline Editor![u]
or, CoH FOE for short.
I have made this because of how long it always seems to take me to make long posts and make/edit my guides
Why will this make MY life easier at least?
Many reasons:
<ul type="square">[*]I can add code into the MIDDLE of a post, unlike the online editor which always pushes code to the end[*]I can make my forum text ANY possible color with the easy to use Font Color Picker! (with special thanks to GoldenAce for his list!) That's right, ALL 142 colors in one easy to use menu![*]And, most importantly to me, I can edit the document and save it as a text file for future use or print it out. It even has an Always On Top button so I can browse and write at the same time.[/list]
I know what you're saying, "yeah, yeah, I can do almost all of that on Notepad". Sure you can, but this editor inserts code FOR you rather than having to type it all out! That is what I love about it.
So, how do you get to try out this editor? I'm glad you asked. There are two applications you need to install to run it. First, you must get the Visual Basic 5 runtime library. Then, you must install the actual application itself. That's it!
Where can you get them?
Well, lucky for you, I put them all in one place for you!
Included in that web folder is also a screenshot so you can see what you're getting before you download it. In case you want a direct link to see what the program looks like, here you go!
If you have no use for it, so be it. But I know I have many uses for it, so I figured I'd share it with the rest of you. Keep in mind, it IS a beta and hasn't been thouroughly tested, so it may have a bug or five in it.
One final note, this post was itself edited in FOE. Why? Because I can!