Title: Exporting Syntax Highlighted text to HTML
Question: In the past there have been requests on this already... now there
is a new one. I really thing for this topic there should be a
sourcecode available for all the folks in the DELPHI COMMUNITY.
The job is simple... take a delphi-, java, C#, VB, C++ (to name the
most wanted ones) sourcefile and create a HTML file where the
syntax is highlighted.
Answer:
There is an easy way to make a Syntax Highlighter that exports HTML: Using SynEdit (a free component colection with full sourcecode). SynEdit comes with many highlighters for many languages: Delphi, VB, C++, Perl, Sql, Java and many more. And it also includes a class named TSynExporterHTML, that exports any highlighted text to HTML. Get SynEdit in its WebSite: http://synedit.sourceforge.net.
Here is an example of how to use TSynExporterHTML:
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
program pas2html;
{$I SynEdit.inc}
uses
Windows, Classes, Clipbrd, SynHighlighterPas, SynExportHTML;
var
ALines: TStringList;
Syn: TSynPasSyn;
Exp: TSynExporterHTML;
begin
if Clipboard.HasFormat(CF_TEXT) then begin
ALines := TStringList.Create;
try
Syn := TSynPasSyn.Create(nil);
try
// get syntax highlighter settings
Syn.EnumUserSettings(ALines);
if ALines.Count 0 then
Syn.UseUserSettings(ALines.Count - 1);
// load text from clipboard
ALines.Text := Clipboard.AsText;
// export ALines to HTML, as HTML fragment in text format
Exp := TSynExporterHTML.Create(nil);
try
Exp.Highlighter := Syn;
Exp.ExportAsText := TRUE;
Exp.CreateHTMLFragment := TRUE;
Exp.ExportAll(ALines);
Exp.CopyToClipboard;
finally
Exp.Free;
end;
finally
Syn.Free;
end;
finally
ALines.Free;
end;
end;
end.
This example just get some source code from the clipboard, highlight it (as
Object Pascal source) and copy it into the clipboard as HTML (then you can
paste it on a HTML editor). As you can see the source uses a TStringList,
so if you want to use a file just use:
ALines.LoadFromFile('C:\Somefile.pas').
The syntax highlighted text above was created with SynEdit...