SciTE - au3.keywords.properties

[Wolfgang]

I wrote myself some user defined functions and liked to make them be known by SciTE. So I placed my *.au3 file under <AutoIt3>\Include and changed the files <AutoIt3>\SciTE\api\api.au3 for the tool tips and <AutoIt3>\SciTE\au3.keywords.properties for the syntax highlighting. The tool tips now work well, but the syntax highlighting doesn't. What's gone wrong?

[Melba23]

Wolfgang,

Add the UDF function names in this file (assuming you have a standard install). You may have to create it:

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\Properties\au3.userudfs.properties"

Use this syntax:

au3.keywords.user.udfs=_foo_func_1 _foo_func-2 \
    _foo_func-3

Jos put this in a while ago so it was easier to decide where to put the UDF names - and so they would not get overwritten with each new install.

M23

[Yashied]

I wrote myself some user defined functions and liked to make them be known by SciTE. So I placed my *.au3 file under <AutoIt3>\Include and changed the files <AutoIt3>\SciTE\api\api.au3 for the tool tips and <AutoIt3>\SciTE\au3.keywords.properties for the syntax highlighting. The tool tips now work well, but the syntax highlighting doesn't. What's gone wrong?

This is what you need.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=91886

[Wolfgang]

I tried both: I Manually created an au3.userudfs.properties file an I let it UDFManager generate. Both output was the same, but none did work.

I use SciTE, that comes along with the installation of AutIt 3. Maybe this not what you call the "full version"? So I tried downloading SciTE4AutIt3.exe or SciTE4AutIt3.zip, but both were blocked by our Anti Virus Software that fund "PUS: Monitor.Win32.Hooker.s".

I try to contact my administrator because of the virus.

[Melba23]

Wolfgang,

Yes, I believe you need the 'full' version - sorry, I should have mentioned it above.

Do try and get your admin to permit the download - it is an excellent package and really helps maximise AutoIt's power.

M23

[Yashied]

If you want to use the standard SciTE editor (not full version), you can use any resource editor to add their functions to the resources SciTE.exe.

[Wolfgang]

Wolfgang,

Yes, I believe you need the 'full' version - sorry, I should have mentioned it above.

Do try and get your admin to permit the download - it is an excellent package and really helps maximise AutoIt's power.

M23

Melba23,

today I tried the next time, again without success. I downloaded SciTE4AutoIt3.exe (is it the "full version"? it's size is 4.22 MB) and installed it, resulting in man more files under C:\Programe\AutiIt3\SciTE. Then I wrote the file au3.uderudfs.properties and placed it in the subdirectory Properties:

au3.keywords.user.udfs=_inilesen _inilesenabschnitt _inilesenabschnittnamen _iniloeschen _inischreiben

Again, after starting SciTE, none of these functions were highlighted. Just for fun I edited the file au3.keywords.properties and therein added my functions to "au3.keywords.udfs". Even that didn't work!

Wolfgang

[Wolfgang]

Melba23,

today I tried the next time, again without success. I downloaded SciTE4AutoIt3.exe (is it the "full version"? it's size is 4.22 MB) and installed it, resulting in man more files under C:\Programe\AutiIt3\SciTE. Then I wrote the file au3.uderudfs.properties and placed it in the subdirectory Properties:

au3.keywords.user.udfs=_inilesen _inilesenabschnitt _inilesenabschnittnamen _iniloeschen _inischreiben

Again, after starting SciTE, none of these functions were highlighted. Just for fun I edited the file au3.keywords.properties and therein added my functions to "au3.keywords.udfs". Even that didn't work!

Wolfgang

Melba23,

now it works! I forgot to add my functions to api\au3.user.calltips.api. Since I did this, syntax highlighting and tooltips work well. Thank you very much and sorry for m confusion!

Wolfgang