Sample quoting

[Jani Giannoudis]

In my article Web User Forms for ASP.NET[^] I have the following code sample:

public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
System.IO.DirectoryInfo dir = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\");
// do something with dir
} // MyPublicMethod

protected void MyProtectedMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT" );
} // MyProtectedMethod

private void MyPrivateMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Abort();
} // MyPrivateMethod

</script>

<%Response.Write( "Embedded Code generated output." ); %></pre>
Is there any workaround to fix the flaw syntax highlighting?
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[Luc Pattyn]

What you should do is explicitly set the language in each opeing PRE tag. Details can be found in this tip: Using PRE tags on Code Project[^] :)

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[Jani Giannoudis]

Currently the pre tag lang is Javascript. Same issue with the pre tag cs.

Cheers, Jani Giannoudis Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

[Luc Pattyn]

There always have been some issues with the coloring as soon as string literals appear. I suspect too much Regex code has been used. What is it exactly you don't like? :)

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[Jani Giannoudis]

<script runat="server" language="C#">

public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
System.IO.DirectoryInfo dir = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo( "C:\" );
// do something with dir
} // MyPublicMethod

protected void MyProtectedMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT" );
} // MyProtectedMethod

private void MyPrivateMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Abort();
} // MyPrivateMethod

</script>

<%Response.Write( "Embedded Code generated output." ); %>

end-of-line #5 ); until line #21 <%Response.Write(

Cheers, Jani Giannoudis Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

[Luc Pattyn]

Jani Giannoudis wrote:

( "C:\" )

That isn't valid C# code, either use @ or escape the backslash! As a result the code following it got comment colored, and the strings are in black. :)

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[Jani Giannoudis]

Correct. In the initial code sample the backslash was escaped. The trick is to use the @"C:\" variant. Many thanks Luc!

Cheers, Jani Giannoudis Meerazo.com - Resource Sharing Made Easy | Co-founder

[Luc Pattyn]

you're welcome. :)

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[Chris Maunder]

Apart from the string issue, I also set the language to HTML (though XML or ASP.NET will work the same) which has improved the colouring. This is ASP.NET, since it includes markup tags.

<script runat="server" language="C#">
public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
...
}
</script>

This is javascript, because it's actual javascript, not Javascript embedded inside ASP.NET

public void MyPublicMethod( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
...
}

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP