Disable script syntax highlighting

Hello Simon,

Thank you for your message. I believe that we have already answered a similar question in the Regarding Script in Xtrareport thread. We are looking forward to your feedback once you have had the opportunity to try recommendations from this thread.

Thanks,
Alessandro.

Hi Alessandro

The related bug report, B208912 mentioned in the link is marked as private. Can you elaborate a little, such as where the code snippet should appear. I have tried it in the xrDesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded event but any attempt to retrieve the ScriptControl always returns null.

Thanks
Simon

Simon,

Please accept my apologies. You can use the following code for this purpose:

	
[C#]
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            XtraReport1 report = new XtraReport1();
            report.DesignerLoaded += new DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner.DesignerLoadedEventHandler(report_DesignerLoaded);
            report.ShowDesignerDialog();
        }

        void report_DesignerLoaded(object sender, DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner.DesignerLoadedEventArgs e) {
            ScriptControl scriptControl = e.DesignerHost.GetService(typeof(ScriptControl)) as ScriptControl;
            SyntaxEditor syntaxEditor = typeof(ScriptControl).GetField("syntaxEditor", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(scriptControl) as SyntaxEditor;
            syntaxEditor.RemoveService(typeof(ISyntaxHighlightService));
        }

Attached is a complete sample that illustrates this approach in action. Hope this will help you.

Thanks,
Alessandro.

Thanks for this, but my point is that I'm not using the standard report designer. I'm using a custom EUD, with the XRDesignRibbonController, XRDesignMDIController and XRDesignDockManager. So how can I use this approach on a custom EUD?

Thanks
Simon

Hi Simon,

Please modify your source code as shown below to accomplish this task.

	
[C#]
...
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            XtraReport1 report = new XtraReport1();
            report.DesignerLoaded += new DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner.DesignerLoadedEventHandler(report_DesignerLoaded);
            //NEW
            RibbonForm1 ribbonForm = new RibbonForm1();
            ribbonForm.xrDesignMdiController1.OpenReport(report);
            ribbonForm.Show();

            //report.ShowDesignerDialog();
        }

        void report_DesignerLoaded(object sender, DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner.DesignerLoadedEventArgs e) {
            ScriptControl scriptControl = e.DesignerHost.GetService(typeof(ScriptControl)) as ScriptControl;
            SyntaxEditor syntaxEditor = typeof(ScriptControl).GetField("syntaxEditor", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(scriptControl) as SyntaxEditor;
            syntaxEditor.RemoveService(typeof(ISyntaxHighlightService));
        }
    ...

Thanks,
Elliot

From what I can see, the ScriptControl is not created until the first time I switch to the Scripts in the designer. So at present when the designer is loaded, the ScriptControl always returns null.

Hi Simon,

I am afraid I cannot find an appropriate solution to your problem without additional information. Would you post here a small sample project that demonstrates your issue? We will examine it and try to find an appropriate solution for you.

Thanks,
Elliot

Hi Elliot

Please find attached a sample application with the attempted approach of disabling syntax highlighting.

Thanks
Simon

Hi Simon,

At present, I am unable to reproduce the problem you described. I have created and attached a screencast, illustrating my actions. Please review it and let me know whether the actions I performed are correct. It is possible that I missed something essential.

Thanks,
Elliot

Hi Elliot

That's very strange as that is exactly what I did but it didn't work for me! Are you targeting 2.8 or 2.11 though? I'm thinking I should upgrade to the latest version to see if this resolves it.

Thanks
Simon