How to properly paste code?

James Maeding

Here is what I get when pasting a c# function, its a nightmere.
What am I doing wrong?
I use the "code" button which adds the ''and lets me paste between the 's.
Brace yourself (with curly's if needed...):

`public static bool ImportBlkFromDwg(string fullpath) {
bool ret = false;
Document doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
Database db = doc.Database;
if (File.Exists(fullpath)) {
//was Database tmpDb = new Database(true, true);
Database tmpDb = new Database(false, true);
try {
tmpDb.ReadDwgFile(fullpath, FileShare.Read, true, ""); //bcad catches here

                using (var docLoc = doc.LockDocument()) {
                    string bName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fullpath);

if ACAD

                    db.Insert(bName, tmpDb, true);

endif

if BCAD

                    db.Insert(bName, bName, tmpDb, true); //this is critical bName, bName, for bcad

endif

                }
                ret = true;
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex){
                Debug.Print(ex.Message);
            }
            finally {
                tmpDb.Dispose();
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }`

Jason Bourhill

It's the Forum, it strips out some special characters , or treats them as MarkDown formatting options. In your case, it is treating # at the start of a line as a heading.

Not ideal, but for code it is best to attach it to your post as a text file.

Regards,
Jason Bourhill
BricsCAD V20 Ultimate
CAD Concepts

James Maeding

hmm, notice how it treated the first half of code as just text, down to "tmpDb.ReadDwgFile(fullpath, FileShare.Read, true, ""); //bcad catches here"?
Its not just the character switch, but other things that butcher the code.
This really needs to be improved, code is fundamental to BCAD health and momentum.

Jason Bourhill

It would be could if they adopted a form of Markdown suited to coding, such as GitHub Flavored Markdown.
https://github.github.com/gfm/

Regards,
Jason Bourhill
BricsCAD V20 Ultimate
CAD Concepts

Roy Klein Gebbinck

There is another way that works better:

1. Paste the code in your post. In case of a code block make sure to leave blank line(s) above and below the code.
2. Select the pasted code.
3. Choose: Format > Code.
4. If the code does not contain line ends, the code will be formatted as inline code: `abc`, else the code will be formatted as a code block: 4 spaces will be added to the start of each line.

James Maeding

ok

public static bool ImportBlkFromDwg(string fullpath) {
            bool ret = false;
            Document doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
            Database db = doc.Database;
            if (File.Exists(fullpath)) {
                //was Database tmpDb = new Database(true, true);
                Database tmpDb = new Database(false, true);
                try {
                    tmpDb.ReadDwgFile(fullpath, FileShare.Read, true, "");

                    using (var docLoc = doc.LockDocument()) {
                        string bName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fullpath);
#if ACAD
                        db.Insert(bName, tmpDb, true);
#endif
#if BCAD
                        db.Insert(bName, bName, tmpDb, true); //this is critical bName, bName, for bcad
#endif
                    }
                    ret = true;
                }
                catch (System.Exception ex){
                    Debug.Print(ex.Message);
                }
                finally {
                    tmpDb.Dispose();
                }
            }
            return ret;
        }

lets see. ahh, success!
I think linux makes you smarter @Roy Klein Gebbinck , that is not fair.