Am I the only one who has trouble with formatting code?

I haven't noticed anything.

[code] tags just make it as a <pre> tag in HTML. That means that all white-space is preserved. However it appears in notepad, is how HTML should see it.

I type the code tags first with no spacing. Then just paste the code right in and let it go.

EDIT: If I do highlighting, I do that in my text editor outside of the browser.

I type the code tags first with no spacing. Then just paste the code right in and let it go.

EDIT: If I do highlighting, I do that in my text editor outside of the browser.I wasn't clear in the highlighting. What I meant was I select the text and then press the code button.

Is there a way to simply paste text in and not lose the formatting.

If I press the 'CODE' button and pasted perfectly formatted code from Visual Studio, here's what happens.


//+----------------

// Resets the start, pause, resume button state (to start)

//+----------------

void CStartStopDlg::ResetSPRState( )

{

m_ThreadState = TS_STOPPED;

m_btnStartPauseResume.SetWindowText( _T("Start") );

m_ctrlProgress.SetPos( 0 );

m_ctrlList.DeleteAllItems( );

}


To get it to look good, I have to manually indent it with spaces


//+----------------
// Resets the start, pause, resume button state (to start)
//+----------------
void CStartStopDlg::ResetSPRState( )
{
m_ThreadState = TS_STOPPED;
m_btnStartPauseResume.SetWindowText( _T("Start") );
m_ctrlProgress.SetPos( 0 );
m_ctrlList.DeleteAllItems( );
}

VB.6 (Firefox)

Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()

SetParent Me.hWnd, Form2.hWnd
Me.Move 0, 0, Form2.Width / 2, Form2.Height / 2

End Sub




as I described before... no manual editing.What does VB.6 (Firefox) mean? I'm pasting code from Visual studio.

Arjay, this might be a problem directly affecting you. Notice that when you quote dglienna...it takes out the indenting. What browser are you using and what's the latest patching on it? Do you have any toolbars?

EDIT:
I use CG's simple editor. Which do you use?

The enhanced editor has known problems. I would suggest just using the basic. You can change this setting in the CP, under Edit Options. Try that and see what happens.

Looks like that worked. Did you format that?

Glad I could help. I prefer the simplicity of just a textbox.

I've been out of the office a couple days (I'm at Jupitermedia's corporate headquarters for about another hour). I believe that on VBForums, some of the guys are re-writing the Highlight add-in to fix some of its issues. If they get if fixed, then we will eventually be able to add it here (once this forum is fully upgraded). That feature/code will allow you to post code and have it highlighted (automatically) based on its specific language.

I don't know when the upgrade is happening, but when it does, that will be available.

Brad!