GUIRichLabel UDF - Create formatted Label control (RichEdit based)

[MrCreatoR]

This UDF allows to create formatted label using pseudo element RichLabel (RichEdit actually). Formating is set by using special modificator similar to <font> tag in Html.

Notes: This UDF is a transformation-continuation of related UDF

Example:

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

#include "GUIRichLabel.au3"

$hGUI = GUICreate("Example #1", 300, 200)

$sData1 = _
    'some simple data and... <font color="red" size="8.5" attrib="italic+bold">My</font> ' & _
    '<font color="blue" size="9" attrib="bold">Colored</font> ' & _
    '<font color="darkgreen" attrib="u" size="8.5" name="Tahoma">Label</font> data.'

$sData2 = _
    'and ' & _
    '<font color="brown" size="9" attrib="bold">Few</font> ' & _
    '<font color="darkorange" size="9" attrib="bold">&more</font> ' & _
    '<font color="navy" size="12" attrib="bold" name="Georgia">strings</font> data.'

$hRichLabe1 = _GUICtrlRichLabel_Create($hGUI, $sData1, 20, 20, 260, 25)
$hRichLabe2 = _GUICtrlRichLabel_Create($hGUI, $sData2, 20, 50, 260, 45)
$hRichLabe3 = _GUICtrlRichLabel_Create($hGUI, '', 20, 80, 260, 60)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)

_GUICtrlRichLabel_SetData($hRichLabe3, '<font attrib="bold" align="center">Hello New Data</font>' & @LF & '<font color="purple" size="9" attrib="bold">New Line</font>')
Sleep(1500)
_GUICtrlRichLabel_SetPos($hRichLabe3, 20, 120, 260, 40)

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Download:

GUIRichLabel_1.2.zip

Small syntax related fix: GUIRichLabel_1.1.zip

GUIRichLabel_1.1.zip

 

History version:

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v1.2
+ Added _GUICtrlRichLabel_SetDefFont function to set default font data.

* Fixed issue with hard crash when clicking on non focused window.

* Fixed issue with font name having spaces in it.

v1.1

+ Added _GUICtrlRichLabel_GetData function.

+ Added "Running Letter Example".

* Fixed issue with empty tags.

* Nested tags removed now from the string.

v1.0

* First release (transformation from related GUITFLabel UDF).

Edited April 22, 2020 by MrCreatoR

[Zedna]

Looks very nice!!

[funkey]

Very nice and useful!!

But:

WARNING: $tagEN_MSGFILTER: possibly used before declaration.

ERROR: $tagEN_MSGFILTER: undeclared global variable.

[guinness]

MrCreatoR,

What AutoIt version are you using? I add the following $tagEN_MSGFILTER = $tagNMHDR & ";uint msg;int wParam;int lParam;" to __GUIRichLabel_WM_NOTIFY and it worked.

Edited July 13, 2012 by guinness

[MrCreatoR]

What AutoIt version are you using?

It's from 3.3.6.1, but these lines not needed, WM_NOTIFY does not registered.

I just played with the idea of links inside richedit, but that is tricky because the control is disabled.

[MrCreatoR]

And it was a replacement mistake, change it to $tagMSGFILTER .

[MrCreatoR]

Fixed, version is the same.

[maillady]

Very cool!

I wish I could write UDF's like you

[Lupo73]

It seems not possible to use GUICtrlSetTip() with _GUICtrlRichLabel_Create() as usually, is it a know issue or is there a different way to do it? thanks for the great udf!

[x_bennY]

@MrCreatoR

 

Nice UDF... but i found a bug, when i try to set a font with more than one name it doesn't change the font because it just recognizes the first name. For example...

When i try to set the font Comic Sans <font name="Comic Sans">test</font> it reads the font as "Comic" insted of "Comic Sans", and of course don't find it.

Does anyone knows how to fix it? I though about using _StringBetween... but i don't think it would be the best option.

 

Problem solved(function update):

Func __GUIRichLabel_FontTagGetParamValue($sTag_Data, $sParamName, ByRef $sDefault)
    Local $sRet = StringRegExpReplace($sTag_Data, '(?i)<font.*? ' & $sParamName & '=(?:"|)(.*?)(?:"| >).*?>.*?$', '\1')

    If @extended > 0 Then $sDefault = $sRet
    Return $sDefault
EndFunc

 

Edited February 8, 2018 by x_bennY

[MrCreatoR]

Update:

 

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v1.2

+ Added _GUICtrlRichLabel_SetDefFont function to set default RichLabel font data.

* Fixed issue with hard crash when clicking on non focused window.

* Fixed issue with font name having spaces in it.

 

[sylremo]

Hi, im having blackbar issues when trying to run these example script.

Edited March 2, 2022 by sylremo