(2003-04-01) ST.-PETERSBURG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, April 01, 2003 - BCGSoft CO Ltd. announces release of a new product - BCGSoft Professional Editor (BCGPEdit Library).

BCGPEdit is an MFC extension library that allows you to incorporate an advanced edit control into any MFC-based application. The Editor library implements the number of features not found in standard edit controls. This set of features includes:

Syntax highlighting. BCGPEdit supports two levels of highly customizable syntax highlighting. First of all, you can create a syntax file (in XML format) to support any programming language. Second, you're offered a set of virtual functions. You can override these functions and incorporate into edit control any logic you want.

IntelliSense. There is advanced support for IntelliSense. Based on this support you can create editors like editors found in Microsoft VC++ or VB IDE.

Color blocks. You can define various color blocks and implement single-line and multi-line comments.

Tooltips. You can easily create code tips to give details about the text in edit control.

Markers. There is built-in support for bookmarks and breakpoints. In addition, you can create various types of custom markers.  There is an ability to create single line and multi-line static and dynamic color blocks.  

Symbol support. You can define a set of characters to be automatically replaced by images. In this way you can easily create chat clients with built-in images like smiles.

The Editor Library is suitable for large number of applications - from  simple chat clients to complicated development tools.