Share My Creation [B4X] [TOOL][SOURCE] lm Snippets Manager

I definitely want to speed up the development of my softwares; I decided to develop a very useful snippets manager.

Although the main purpose is to have all your snippets at your fingertips, saved in a local db, cataloged and easy to find, I have also added the possibility of inserting those that are on b4x.com and also a link to their page.

I am sure that it will also be of use to all the members of our beautiful community.

I'll fill it with my own snippets, as I'm sure you will too, but also the best and most useful ones that are on site.

New version, 3.1.0 (see this post).

NEW Version 3.0.0 - 07/19/2022 - Replaced the import-export part.​

Version 2.3.0 - 03/29/2022 - Added import-export.​

Version 2.2.0 - Added "wildcards" to filter for snippet name. Also added ToolTipTexts. See post #86.

Version 2.1.0 - Added a very useful list of most recent snippets used (window always on top). See post #40.

Ready 2.0.0 version, which implements the feature shown in post #34, code highlighting (which had a hard to solve bug).

Source code - Min. donation: 16 euros.
Obviously you are not allowed to publish/sell the lmSnippetManager source code.

NOTE: to create the stand-alone (exe) version, use:
Download OpenJDK 14.0.1
EDIT: see this post. You have to add javafx folder to that OpenJDK 14.0.1.




Made with love in B4X... of course!!!

 

[Xfood]

yes, received, thank you.

 

[toby]

@LucaMs, I can only run the app in the IDE with Java 14, which is inconvenient. Are you able to run it from a standalone packager or by double-clicking the jar file?

 

[toby]

The latest version of Java SDK with Java FX that works with B4J 9.8 is Java11. Can you, @LucaMs, make lmSnippetManager3.00 work with Java11?

 

[LucaMs]

The latest version of Java SDK with Java FX that works with B4J 9.8 is Java11. Can you, @LucaMs, make lmSnippetManager3.00 work with Java11?

Yes, I can; I have just to remove all the GUI ?

Thanks to Oracle, any GUI project has these problems, it's not a problem of my source nor is it caused by B4J.

You can find a lot of posts about it; I had already suggested one to you:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/update-openjdk.140167/post-887747

 

[toby]

Yes, I can; I have just to remove all the GUI ?

But it works with Java8, at least inside IDE; I just can't create a standalone packager

You can find a lot of posts about it; I had already suggested one to you:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/update-openjdk.140167/post-887747

I tried that and it didn't work for me; I'm too lazy to learn JavaFX and set it up manually. I just want to be able to compile a jar file or build a standalone package so that I don't need B4j IDE daily to use your useful tool.

 

[LucaMs]

I still use Java 8 and so I can run my lnSnippetManager.jar

 

[T201016]

@LucaMs, I can only run the app in the IDE with Java 14, which is inconvenient. Are you able to run it from a standalone packager or by double-clicking the jar file?

Hello, @LucaMs
First of all, thank you for providing the new version of lmSnippetManager,
a really useful product for me.

However, recently compiled .JAR won't start (by double-clicking),
interestingly, it starts in the IDE B4J itself.

The project compiles correctly under both Java 14.0.1 and 18.0.1
The changes I made are only the installation to the new version 9.80 B4J in the architecture (64 bit).
Unfortunately, the culprit should be looked for, as usual, in Java itself, can you confirm it?

 

[toby]

However, recently compiled .JAR won't start (by double-clicking),
interestingly, it starts in the IDE B4J itself.

The project compiles correctly under both Java 14.0.1 and 18.0.1

 

[toby]

1, Go-to Control panel ->programs and features
2. Uninstall java 14 and 18 if found.
3. Use java 8 for both b4j and the source code.
4. Compile the project. You should be able to double click the jar file to run it.

 

[T201016]

Hello, @toby
so at the moment only version 8 is fine?
Thanks for the tip.

 

[toby]

Java 11 was working for me until I installed Java 14, and even uninstalling it wouldn't undo every change to the system. Fortunately I have Acronis trueimage backups which can be used to truly restore my computer system.

 

[T201016]

Java 11 was working for me until I installed Java 14, and even uninstalling it wouldn't undo every change to the system. Fortunately I have Acronis trueimage backups which can be used to truly restore my computer system.

I suppose the same happened after my installation of OpenJDK 14 and 18. Previously, I had the Java 8 version of Oracle, and everything worked for me. But finally, after purging all versions, I went back to Oracle JDK 8 and both .JAR and the .EXE executable - (Launch4j) work.

 

[toby]

I still use Java 8 and so I can run my lnSnippetManager.jar

Your out-of-the-box source code uses java14, if I remember correctly, which led me to believe that it works better or only with java14, wasting a lot of time. ?

 

[LucaMs]

Your out-of-the-box source code uses java14, if I remember correctly, which led me to believe that it works better or only with java14, wasting a lot of time. ?

Actually it worked compiling with jdk 14.0.1, now not anymore but I didn't want to investigate (the source has nothing to do with it, since the last update has no graphic parts involved).

 

[LucaMs]

I have a new version (3.10) ready, which I haven't shared yet.

The new thing is that it allows you to export all the snippets into text files, inside a folder called "Snippets" (it also creates a very simple manifest.txt file) so that, when you have compressed the folder and the manifest file into a file MySnippets.b4xlib (name of your choice, obviously) you can use them with the new snippets management functionality of B4J (later B4A and B4I).

I haven't found an easy way to have the program itself generate the zip file (.b4xlib). I should probably use this @stevel05's library but I haven't found the necessary jar files.

 

[stevel05]

I have a new version (3.10) ready, which I haven't shared yet.

The new thing is that it allows you to export all the snippets into text files, inside a folder called "Snippets" (it also creates a very simple manifest.txt file) so that, when you have compressed the folder and the manifest file into a file MySnippets.b4xlib (name of your choice, obviously) you can use them with the new snippets management functionality of B4J (later B4A and B4I).

I haven't found an easy way to have the program itself generate the zip file (.b4xlib). I should probably use this @stevel05's library but I haven't found the necessary jar files.

That would be overkill for this situation. You could use any of the zip libraries, Archiver is probably the simplest to just zip a folder. The only issue I have encountered with any of them was trying to zip layout files or more precisely, trying use them once they were unzipped.

 

[LucaMs]

That would be overkill for this situation. You could use any of the zip libraries, Archiver is probably the simplest to just zip a folder. The only issue I have encountered with any of them was trying to zip layout files or more precisely, trying use them once they were unzipped.

I searched the forum so (before your post, Steve, yesterday):

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/pages/results/?query=zip&prefix=1,2,3,17,24,29&product=b4j


You can see which libraries are listed. They were of no help to me; yours would be fine, most likely, but I didn't find the jar files, as I already wrote.

Now I'll look at Archiver (I don't know if it's for B4J but I always trust your words).

I add a "curiosity". I asked Perplexity (AI like ChatGPT) if there is a way to do this with Windows tools. It suggested me to use PowerShell, even showing me how to do it, but it would only work with Windows 10+ and I still only have Windows 7 (there is a way for this too but "risky").

[Soon I will open a very short thread in "Chit Chat" about these AI aids, a single post will be enough].
P.S. Chit Chat.


Thanks, Steve.

 

[LucaMs]

Now I'll look at Archiver (I don't know if it's for B4J but I always trust your words).

It is.

In any case, I have to modify the new part quite a bit, the export of the snippets, because I made a mistake: I didn't think ?
When the task is apparently very simple, you usually don't think much (I suppose it happens to everyone). The export obviously works, but it creates a single Snippets folder with all the snippets, so a single b4xlib library would be created but this is wrong, as it will be necessary to create one for each language to be able to use them effectively.

 

[LucaMs]

Finally and OT, before even making the changes...

I asked Perplexity how to share a file using Google Drive without having to manually add, one at a time, the emails of N people but recovering the ones already used for another shared file (I don't remember if I succeeded, it's been too long).

As often happens... it responded by making a big mistake.

 

[Magma]

Finally and OT, before even making the changes...

I asked Perplexity how to share a file using Google Drive without having to manually add, one at a time, the emails of N people but recovering the ones already used for another shared file (I don't remember if I succeeded, it's been too long).

As often happens... it responded by making a big mistake.

[B4J] Upload a File at GoogleDrive (and re-upload) - works for 2023 - 0$

Hi there... It is not my source code but is my way to give a sample how you will use right the code... because i felt too "dumb" when i ve tried to use ready examples... This is working good only for "DESKTOPs" (for sure at Windows) - to make it work at other platforms may be need more...

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