# vscode_pml

**Repository Path**: smp_code/vscode_pml

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: vscode_pml
- **Description**: vs code for pml
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2019-06-11
- **Last Updated**: 2020-12-19

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# PML Extension for `Visual Studio Code`

Link in marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=angelincalu.pml

## Requirements

> Visual studio Code with a version greater than `"^1.21.1"`

## Features

It provides syntax highlight for `Programmable Macro Language`.

> Supported File Types: `.pmlfrm`, `.pmlmac`, `.pmlfnc`, `.pmlobj`, `.pmldat`, `.pmlcmd`

## Snippets

Enable the support for tab-completion in Visual Studio code by setting:

> "editor.tabCompletion": "on".

Then just type a snippet prefix, and press Tab to insert a snippet. Pressing tab again will move the cursor to different predefined areas.

As of this release it has the following snippets defined:

- **`pmlform`** : Creates the basic scaffolding for a new pml form.
- **`pmlformg`**: Creates the basic scaffolding for a new pml form with a grid. This will also add the following methods out of the box, besides the constructor:
  - _`rightClickGrid`_ : Defines right click trigger functionality;
  - _`removeAll`_ : Removes all grid Contents;
  - _`removeSelected`_ : Removes Selected rows from Grid;
  - _`exportToExcel`_ : Exports grid contents to .xls file;
  - _`initializeEmptyGrid`_ : Initialize an empty grid & set up the columns;
  - _`appendToGrid(rows)`_ : Add an array of rows to the grid.
- **`pmlfunc`** : Creates the basic scaffolding for a new pml function.
- **`pmlmet`** : Creates the basic scaffolding for a new pml method.
- **`pmlobj`** : Creates the basic scaffolding for a new pml object.

Less significant snippets like:

- **`pmlbut`** : Creates the basic code for adding a new button on a plm form.
- **`using namespace`** : Suggests the most commonly used namespaces

## Commands

- `PML Uglify` will encrypt the pml file using a trivial encryption (for testing purposes).

**`Important Known issue:`** This "encryption" type does not support utf-8 files. If you use any non-ASCII characters in the script this will result in an error and/or will produce unwanted/unpredictable results!

## Code Completion

- Basic code completion logic added

## Release Notes

For a full list of changes please check `CHANGELOG.md`

### 0.1.12

- Updated vscode requirement to `"vscode": "^1.21.1"`

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### For more information

- [Programmable Macro Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_Macro_Language)
- [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

**All contributions are welcomed!**