HAPedit 3.1

On this page, you will find some information about HAPedit.
Last update and a lot of screenshots are on the web at:
http://hapedit.free.fr/

HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developpers of dynamic web pages.

Its main features are: syntax highlighting for html/php, html/asp, html, JavaScript, CSS and SQL; page preview in browser; project manager; php code "compilation"; edit html tags; code completion; preview images; SQL console; FTP Manager; Code Explorer and more.

(This is freeware)

• hapedit.zip
• Version 3.1.11.111
  (May 29th, 2004)
• 1.32 MB
  (Download time < 6 min at 4KB/s)
• Zip file, installation by hand:
  you must extract all files in a new folder.
  (e.g: "C:\Program Files\HAPedit\")
  For a shared usage, see Multi-User Mode.
• Uninstallation by hand:
  delete install folder and
  the settings folder in each user profile ("Local Settings").
  (No .dll, .ini or registry keys to remove)

Use add-on 'SmartUpdate', in menu Tools -> Add-ons.
It will download and install only upgraded modules (between 4 and 7 clicks).

HAPedit offers a simple but efficient interface for creating and editing HTML tags.

Tool bar buttons allow you to choose and insert tags quickly.
To edit a tag, use Ctrl+E on the keyboard or double-click with mouse into tag code.

Html development is facilitated with syntax highlighting and code completion.
Code completion is an assistant which appears while you type to offers to complete the current word for you.

In an html tag (eg: blockquote, table) Ctrl+F1 can provide a description of the current tag.
Help may be a file in .hlp format or a folder with .html files like those used by DreamWeaver.

Editor shows code in text-mode, and uses your browser to preview pages.
You can define several browsers, in order to check quickly display compatibilities directly from HAPedit.

Asp management doesn't work as well it does in php, because HAPedit can't catch the error codes returned on compilation.

Syntax highlighting asp/html is one of the main features, In addition, code completion is available for Asp as it is for HTML. Furthermore, HAPedit is shipped with the following development languages: Asp, ADODB and VBScript.

In the 'Page' menu, the function 'Insert file', allows you to add an 'include' directive with selected file name.

Alt+F2 Display window with code explorer.
Shift+Ctrl+B inserts a "<% %>" tag.
Shift+Ctrl+C converts the selected text into a comment.
Shift+Ctrl+P converts double-quotes from string chars into special double-quotes.

In string chars, e.g. '<% Response.Write("...', you can access all html functions. This means that you can edit/insert html tags in string chars, using the HAPedit interface.

Php management works fine, because HAPedit can catch compilation return codes.

Ctrl+F9 returns compilation error in php pages if you have the php engine installed.
Remark: you can compile php code without using a server but directly using php.exe (See: Option "php direct").

Syntax highlighting of php/html is one of the main features, but as for html, code completion is also available, to propose completion of functions or php variables as you type. Futhermore, editor popups code hint (php parameters of php functions).

'Brace-matching' highlights blocks '{}', '[]' and '()' while typing code. Shift+Ctrl+K highligths all block. Alt+Up and Alt+Down move cursor to extremities of the block.

With the cursor positioned on a php function (eg: echo, mysql_connect), Ctrl+F1 displays the page of php manual that describes function. You do this on-line or off-line if you download the manual (chm format is recommanded but 'Many HTML files' format is still supported).

In the 'Page' menu, the function 'Insert file', allows you to add a 'require' directive (or 'include') with selected file name.

Alt+F2 Display window with code explorer.
Shift+Ctrl+B inserts the "<? ?>" tag.
Shift+Ctrl+C converts out selected text.
Shift+Ctrl+P escapes double-quotes in a string (that converts " to \").

In strings, e.g. '<? echo("...', you can access all html functions. This means that you can use the HAPedit interface to edit/insert html tags into strings.

The editor, with its multi-document interface, functions in text-mode, and uses your browser(s) to preview pages.

As you write code, you can call one of the page-checking functions to check for broken links or missing images.
You can extract code for images or links, to check them individually; all extractions are made after a 'compilation' for dynamic languages, such php or asp.

By "compilation", I mean generating the html code; this is similar to when you view source code in your browser: dynamic code is changed into html language.
This is possible, if you have a local web server (Apache, IIS or PWS) running on your machine.

Compilation is also used (automatically) to compute download time of current edited document.

All functions calling 'compilation' can be executed with a QueryString.

In addition to the code completion, code template allow you to insert quickly a block of code that you definied.

Text search/replace can be in current document, opened documents or project documents, with options such as regular expression (POSIX) and files mask ("*.php?;*.inc").

Integrated project manager, with a Windows Explorer style interface, allows you to browse in folders of your projects.

First of all, projects manager allows to open a file quickly, but also to preview images or launch a browser with the selected page.
A button lets you launch Windows Explorer any time for the selected file or folder. In addition, right-click on any item list to display a contextual menu or Windows properties.

Explorer interface also allows:
- add and setup your personal tools in main menu, (see below)
- add and setup development languages user data,
- add browsers to preview your pages.

• Code Explorer (ASP/PHP).
• Multi-file regular expression search functions.
• Multi-file opening function: you provide pre-defined file extentions or file masks, project or folder.
• Template management to create new files.
• Clip library to add different code snippets from a list.
• You can add your personal tools to the main menu. Each tool has some run-time paramaters like: give current document as parameter.
• Last edited files are re-opened at position where it was closed.
• Between two runs, data are stored in standard .ini file
  Registry is not used !
• Install and uninstall are very easy: Unzip&Run
• Fast launch.
• This is freeware and there are a lot of good things to discover...

Minimum configuration for your computer is:

• A windows version 32bits must be installed:
  NT4, 2000, XP, win95, win98, WinMe and perhaps win3.1x.
• Less than 3 MB on disk for install and more than 5 MB for run-time.
• 32 MB of memory seems to be at the minimum.
• Screen resolution of 800x600 on a 15'' monitor.
• CPU 100 MHz.

I think your configuration starts to work fine with:

• NT4 or 2000 OS. (I use 2000)
• Disk access at 100 MB/s.
• 128 MB of memory.
• Screen resolution of 1024x728 on a 17'' monitor switched on.
• CPU > 200 MHz.

But warning, in all cases you will need good knownledge of html...

Your help will be welcome if you speak another language and you have some time to give me:

to translate HAPedit

HAPedit already exists in several languages, but if you want to see it translated into your language, it's possible.

If you agree, I will send you instructions and some files to translate.
 

to translate this site

It's the same thing for this site. It can support many languages and you can translate it too!

The process is the same: files, instructions, translation.
 

to manage a newsletter

You can be an "official ambassador" of HAPedit in your language, by managing a newsletter.

You will receive email before subscribers; then you will have time to translate it and add your comment before I announce to you by a second email that the official broadcast is ready; (that is, when new version is available to download for everyone).

Notice: your subscribers will able to download some beta versions.
 

Of course you will do this job freely, HAPedit is freeware!

Language	HAPedit		Web Site
1. French	Original Language
2. English-US	Done!		Done!
3. Spanish	Done!		93%	Stopped
4. German	Done!		83%	Stopped
5. Brazilian	Done!		5%	Stopped
6. Italian	Done!		Done!
7. Dutch	Done!		30%	Stopped
8. Traditional Chinese	Done!		-
9. Norwegian	37%	Stopped	-
10. Simplified Chinese	Done!		-
11. Polish	Done!		-
12. Hungarian	55%	Stopped	-
13. English-UK	Done!		-
14. Danish	58%	Active	-
15. Czech	53%	Active	-
16. Swedish	28%	Active	-
17. Turkish	11%	Stopped	-
18. Bulgarian	Done!		10%	Active
19. Esperanto	53%	Active	-
20. Indonesian	7%	Stopped	-
21. Romanian	90%	Active	-
22. Valencian	13%	Active	-
23. Macedonian (beta)	Done!		50%	Active
24. Malay	20%	Active	-
25. Russian	18%	Active	-
26. Japanese	18%	Active	-
27. Slovakian	7%	Active	-
28. Albanian	35%	Active	-

Updated: May 26th, 2004

If you want make a link on your site to HAPedit, here some suggestions:

URL :

http://hapedit.free.fr/
 

Download :

http://hapedit.free.fr/downloadex.php?file=hapedit.zip
(This link will be always available)
 

Short text:

HAPedit is useful for all developers of dynamic web pages who need a text-mode editor.
 

Long text:

Main features are: syntax highlighting for html/php, html/asp, html, JavaScript, CSS and SQL; display result in browser; projects manager; php code "compilation"; edit html tags; code completion; preview images, SQL console, FTP Manager, Code Explorer, and more.
 

Icons :

<img src="http://hapedit.free.fr/images/htsmall2.gif" alt="HAPedit" width="16" height="16" border="0">

<img src="http://hapedit.free.fr/images/hapedit.gif" alt="HAPedit" width="32" height="32" border="0">
 

See Menu: Help | Informations | EMail the author

Select text to indent, then
- TAB indent block on right,
- Shift+TAB indent block on left.

You can't; HAPedit doesn't work when there are tabulation chars in code. They will be replaced every time.
But, this is not definitive; I will change this odd thing...

In Options, "Files" tab, there is an option "Always keep one opened document".

In Options, tab 'Connection', field 'Proxy address', use following format:
http://user:password@proxyurl/
If you must specify, only username:
http://user@proxyurl/

Then, you could find:
http://mylogin:mywd@www.anonymizer.com/ or http://monlogin@www.anonymizer.com/

"QueryString" only works if you compile through the server and not directly with "php.exe".
In Options, "Php" tab, option 'Use local server'. (instead of 'php direct')

Option 'word wrap' doesn't exist in HAPedit.
You have to do this by hand.

HAPedit editor only works with 'fixed pitch' fonts. This property sets the same size to 'i' and 'm' char that allows correct indentation in code.

Yes, I think about it; I just start with Kylix and Linux...

Yes, it goes to search defined variables into files called with "require", "include", etc. It works if HAPedit is able to resolve the relative pathname to the file. To resolve a relative pathname, you have to provide the "root" folder of your project, this is the pathname where are located the ASP/PHP pages with directives "require" or "include".
See Menu: File -> Root folder

Add-ons are separated components; you will download a module at run-time at their first startup.
(See SmartUpdate to upgrade them)

You launch Add-Ons since Menu: Tools | Add-ons.
You can also add a button in toolbar; see Menu: Options | ToolBar.

Before uninstall, read recommandations below this page to be sure you will let nothing.
 

SmartUpdate:

Allow to upgrade program through Internet connection.

It downloads application and re-installs the add-ons from last release (or downloads their new release).

Downloaded files are stored in subfolder 'Updates' in HAPedit.

It's highly recommanded to use it to upgrade HAPedit.

 

FTP Manager: (FTP Client)

Allow to send projects files on the web.

It is not a console; it's a file explorer look-like, with two lists.

 

Archiver:

Allow to archive project with 7 clicks.

 

iCoBoX:

Allow to create .gif from icons (.ico, .icl, .exe, .dll).

 

Shortcuts/Explorer:

Add in Windows explorer, "HAPedit" in right-click menu, on file type who defined in HAPedit options.

Allow to add too, shortcuts to HAPedit at several locations.

Use this add-on to complete your installation.

 

Only the add-on 'Shortcuts/Explorer' writes datas out of HAPedit folder.
If you are sure that you didn't use it, then jump to step 6.

1. Run add-on 'Shortcuts/Explorer'
2. Select all options in each sheet
3. Select operations 'Remove ...' in each sheet
4. Click on 'Apply'
5. Close the window
6. Close HAPedit
7. Delete file 'ht_adds.bin' located in HAPedit folder.

I'm looking foward all ideas for new add-ons, and perhaps integrate one of your program.
I'm working on a CSS editor.
 

"Multi-user" mode allows several users to share a single installation of HAPEdit.
This is only possible beginning with version 3.1

It is possible to share over a network or simply between multiple users of a single machine.
In either case, each needs to have his or her own Settings folder. To find out where your Settings are stored, go to Menu: Information → Environment → "Settings Folder".

The highest level. You have access to all functions:
You can download new modules and run upgrades using Smart Update.
You are the Super Administrator, the only one allowed to run Smart Update.

The "classic" Administrator level. You can download new modules (Add-ons and Languages).
These modules will be available immediately to all users.

The User level. You can only use modules already downloaded and installed by an administrator.
No other restrictions.

Note to administrators

An administrator can set certain default configuration settings for new users who will be running HAPedit for the first time. In general, this allows for the configuration of the network resources. For example, the administrator can set the "Document Root", a list of projects on the network as well as the location of help files such as the PHP manual or HTML help files.
These settings are defined in the HAPedit installation folder in the "network.ini" file. To see a list of the settings that can be defined as defaults in this way, consult the "network.ini-dist" file, which is distributed in the .zip archive.
In summary:
- Only new users read this file. It does not affect the settings of existing users.
- Only the settings in the network.ini-dist file can be set as default parameters.

Development languages (.lng) are rewritable files, which fill text to insert.
Data are organized in a tree with two levels.

• .lng file is formated like standard windows .ini file:
  To create a node, write text between []: [Sample]
  To add an item to this node, add its name to new line
  followed by '=' and a value between 1 and 4
  1=>Collection/Table 2=>Property 3=>Methode/Function 4=>Event
  sample:
  stringtoadd=3
  To add contextual help to an item
  add | (pipe) and your text:
  stringtoadd=3|This is contextual help of item
  See .lng files shipped with HAPedit as samples. (Php, Asp, VBScript, ADODB and CSS).
• Depending on the terminology of the language, the text to insert can be table/collection, property/constante/var, method/function, event.
• The Languages window may be displayed by pressing Crtl+D.
• To add, edit or configure language options, see in Menu: Options | Development languages:
  Each language has its own parameters for insertion text and you can rewrite them depending yours needs. (right-click)

•In menu:

•In editor:

User filter is not used very much, but it can be highly useful in certain cases.

First of all, user filter is found on the 'User data' window (Ctrl+D).

If you know C function 'printf' or Pascal 'format', then filter is the argument and the text (see below) is the parameter.
If you don't know function 'printf', then here's how it works:
"printf('<strong>%s</strong>', 'so free')" gives "<strong>so free</strong>"

So, in the 'User data' filter, you provide a string (eg: "<strong>%s</strong>"). In editor there is two ways to apply it:
- Shift+Ctrl+V to give the Windows clipboard text as a parameter,
- Shift+Ctrl+F to give selected text as parameter.

Of course, "<strong>%s</strong>" is basic sample, but "</tr><td>%s</td><tr>" will be more useful.
Now, it's up to you, to discover all the possibilities.

Template documents are used each time you create a new document.
The number of templates that you can use is unlimited!
If you create a new document without an import template, HAPedit will use the template document 'default'.

To create a template:

In menu: File | Save as template

 

To import a template:

In menu: File | New | Import template

• %generator% by <meta name="generator" content="HAPedit 3.1">
• %application% by HAPedit 3.1.11.111
• %longdate% by dddd dd mm yyyy
• %datetime% by mm yyyy hh:mm:ss
• %date% by mm yyyy
• %time% by hh:mm:ss
• %rfc1123date% by a RFC-1123 date format

Known problems are:

• "Alt+Tab" behavior.
  I don't understand what's happening!!!
  Fixed for release of version 3.1

 
• Development language tree displays nothing when there is only one section inside the .lng file.
  Solution is to create several sections to get several nodes (even if sections are empty)

 
• Problem with printed documents. Long lines are truncated !

 
• HAPedit has not documentation, except for this site (and the downloadable pages).

free, so free...

This program is freeware, it CAN'T BE SOLD OR EXCHANGED. Each copy, duplication, distribution, transfert on network, phone line or other electronic support, for private or collective usage, is HIGHLY recommended.

If you use HAPedit to build sites, then you can add one of my logos to your pages.

You can also add a link from your sites to HAPedit.

• Until version 2.3, HAPedit was developped with Delphi4 under NT4 (SP3).
  Since version 2.4, HAPedit is developped with Delphi5 under win2000 (SP2).

• It's with HAPedit that I develop my personal site, this one and professionnal ones.

• I hope this tool will give a boost to your development as it did for me :)