Re: New documentation of gb.pcre

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 3 May 2026 at 21:02, Olivier Cruilles <olivier.cruilles@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Yes I added recently
>
> https://gambaswiki.org/edit/doc/gb-args
>
>
> https://gambaswiki.org/edit/doc/gb-highlight
>
>
> https://gambaswiki.org/edit/doc/gb-pcre
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>
> And for sure others will come
>
> Olivier
>
> Le 3 mai 2026 à 15:39, gbWilly <gbWilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
>
> On Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 17:21, Olivier Cruilles <
> olivier.cruilles@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have add a new documentation in the Gambas wiki about the usage of
> gb.pcre component.
>
> https://gambaswiki.org/edit/doc/gb-pcre
>
> If you can take a quick look just to check if no error/mistake is into.
>
> Thank you
>
> --
> Olivier
>
>
> Hi Olivier,
>
> Nice work you are doing.
> You did add the gb.highlight (https://gambaswiki.org/edit/doc/gb-highlight)
> recently didn't you?
>
> You write that you need a timer to make things work. Have you tried the
> Form Show event as when it comes to the form that need to be drawn. Show
> event often works where Open fails. All a matter of timing as you explain
> properly.
>
> gbWilly
>
>
I Agree with Willy there. I do a lot of initialisation stuff in Form_Show
rather than Form_Open as the GUI creation is a little more progressed and
can help when things do not seem to initialise properly in Form_Open()
But you must be careful with Form_Show() as it does not only fire when the
window first shows like Form_Open().
For example if you minimise the window then restore it Form_Show() will
fire again (it actually fires twice again when i restore my windows)
If I need to use Form_Show for better timing i make a bInitialised variable
to ensure the code is not re-run multiple times.
Ie..

Private bInitialised As Boolean

Public Sub Form_Show()

  If bInitialised Then Return
  bInitialised = True

' Do initialisation code only once.

End

Did you try simply using Wait in Form_Open() to let the event lop cycle?

Ps.  in the highlight loading example code you have used "End If" (as 2
words) not Endif a couple of times.

Thanks for your efforts :)
BruceS