Nifty feature request

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   Hi,
CXTMaskEdit is indeed useful, but most of the time I find the filtering options inadequate. The obvious evolution of such a control is filtering using Regular Expressions. Implementing this should be quite straight-forward since a regex engine is already part of C++0x. That is, using Boost (http://www.boost.org) you get all what you need.

Of course, any dependencies on the Boost library are not desirable until it is indeed incorporated into C++, so a good solution would be something like this:

#ifdef XTP_USE_BOOSTLIB
class CXTPRegexEdit
{
    ...
    BOOL SetExpression(LPCTSTR szRegex);
};
#endif

Have a look at http://www.codeproject.com/editctrl/FilterEdit.asp for inspiration.

I really think such a control has potential.

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znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Nifty feature request Posted: 25 May 2007 at 3:06am
	Hi, CXTMaskEdit is indeed useful, but most of the time I find the filtering options inadequate. The obvious evolution of such a control is filtering using Regular Expressions. Implementing this should be quite straight-forward since a regex engine is already part of C++0x. That is, using Boost (http://www.boost.org) you get all what you need. Of course, any dependencies on the Boost library are not desirable until it is indeed incorporated into C++, so a good solution would be something like this: #ifdef XTP_USE_BOOSTLIB class CXTPRegexEdit { ... BOOL SetExpression(LPCTSTR szRegex); }; #endif Have a look at http://www.codeproject.com/editctrl/FilterEdit.asp for inspiration. I really think such a control has potential.