Example off how to replace the TppTextSearchPreview with our own GUI?

rbuser

Hi,

I integrated all controls below in our own custom viewer, how do I prevent
the TextSearchEngine to get the TextSearchSettings from
TppTextSearchPreview but from our own custom GUI?

Greetings,
Filip Moons


TppTextSearchPreview = class(TppCustomSearchPreview)
private
{visual controls}
FCaseSensitiveMenuItem: TppTBCustomItem;
FCurrentPageMenuItem: TppTBCustomItem;
FFirstButton: TppTBXButton;
FFirstPageMenuItem: TppTBCustomItem;
FLastButton: TppTBXButton;
FNextButton: TppTBXButton;
FPopupMenu: TppPopupMenuBase;
FPriorButton: TppTBXButton;
FSearchButton: TButton;
FSearchDoneButton: TButton;
FSearchEdit: TEdit;
FShowAllMenuItem: TppTBCustomItem;
FWholeWordMenuItem: TppTBCustomItem;

nardmoseley

I do not understand the question or what you are trying to accomplish.

The design is that the TextSearchSettings represents the 'model' the UI
controls should update.

UI <--> TextSearchSettings <--> SearchEngine

See TppPreview.pas for the definition of the preview plug-in. This is a
non-visual class that creates and manages the UI elements including the
viewer/toolbar/statusbar/outline/text search. The TextSearchPreview is
created and initialized by the TppCustomPreview.BeforePreview method. You
can search that class for occurences of 'FSearchPreview' to see how it is
managed.

See TppTextSearchPreview.pas for an example of a text search plug-in. In
that class see methods such as ControlsToSettings.


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rbuser

Sure, TextSearchPreview.UI <--> TextSearchSettings <--> SearchEngine not My
UI, thats just my point
and ControlsToSettings TextSearchPreview.UI -> SearchEngine again not My UI

I want my UI <--> TextSearchSettings <--> SearchEngine
and ControlsToSettings my UI -> SearchEngine

Now i have my UI which isn't used by the SearchEngine

ppTextSearchPreview: Creates the controls neccessary to provide an interface
to the search engine. This class creates search controls in the Accessory
Toolbar of the standard TppPreview form above the report outline on the left
side of the viewer. I want my own controls so i need to replace somehow
ppTextSearchPreview by my own class.

nardmoseley

TppCustomSearchPreview defines an abstract ancestor (see
ppTextSearchCustomPreview.pas)

TppTextSearchPreview defines the default UI. (see in
ppTextSearchPreview.pas)

To define a custom UI, descend from TppCustomSearchPreview and create
TmySearchPreview

To register your custom UI, call
TppPreviewPlugIn.RegisterSearchClass(TmySearchPreview) (see ppPreview.pas)



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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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