[maxim4o]

I could find the VP file specification - http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/VP,
so I am beginning to develop a new VP viewer, creator, and editor - VPEdit... For now only the read library is done, and user interface is still very primitive...
Also, I the full VP read support is less than 90 lines of code. VPEdit uses .NET as a platform and should run on Linux, too (using Mono), because it is not using any platform-dependent resources.

[Snail]

Well there's already a very good VP editor out there (Maja), but go on.

[Jeff Vader]

He has had issues with Maja. Besides, it never hurts to have more tools.

[maxim4o]

I have finally finished a somewhat-functional version of VPEdit.
It is able to open and create new VP files, export them, and edit the text files.
It needs two working directories, a main and backup ones.
The backup is used to restore the originals of edited files. While a file is being edited, its original copy can be restored from that backup folder.

Enjoy.

Edit: oh by the way please notify me of the bugs you encounter...
Yes, VPEdit requires .NET Framework 2 on WIndows, it is installed automatically...
I hope I will think off something for Linux, too...

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[Rodo]

I have finally finished a somewhat-functional version of VPEdit.
It is able to open and create new VP files, export them, and edit the text files.
It needs two working directories, a main and backup ones.
The backup is used to restore the originals of edited files. While a file is being edited, its original copy can be restored from that backup folder.

I tested it, interesting tool tnks.

A note for you to consider:

You might want to add an option or restrict the amount of aplications the program can cast, I started looking some of the ani files and when I closed VPview I had like 30 windows showing the anis and they were still going, you can make all of the other windows to close when the main program is finished and also restrict the amount of windows that can be opened with an option or something if you like.

[maxim4o]

Yes, a nice idea indeed!
I am also considering drag-and-drop support, what do you think?

[Rodo]

it's a good idea, but what are you suporting on draging and droping? like making a copy-past from one ani to another... or a .tbl onto another .tbl right?

You could first add support for multiple vp's working at the same instance or program, that way dragging and droping will show it's real potential.

[maxim4o]

Well it's like dragging the TBL from Windows Explorer and it's added in the corresponding VP folder.
And yes, I will add tabs, but I will first do the drag-and-dropping.

[Rodo]

good, I can peek a little at it when you are done. ^^

[maxim4o]

Version 0.11 is ready.
Here's the new:
-When closing VPEdit the user is prompted to close all applications opened by VPEdit(idea by Rodo)
-Drag-and-drop support for the tree view and the edit field, files and folders can be dragged into the list view, and supported text files and plain text can be dragged into the edit field
-And an About menu entry too
Edit: i totally forgot, a New File button too - creates an empty file.

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[Rodo]

Version 0.11 is ready.
Here's the new:
-When closing VPEdit the user is prompted to close all applications opened by VPEdit(idea by Rodo)
-Drag-and-drop support for the tree view and the edit field, files and folders can be dragged into the list view, and supported text files and plain text can be dragged into the edit field
-And an About menu entry too

It works just fine, I just copyed an entire tango vp and the files work ok, the closing menu helps a lot and works just fine.

A drop list menu when clicking with the right button over the files would also be usefull as everyone tends to edit the files name and everything else by doing so, but it works just fine, nice work, and really fast indeed.

[Water]

Version 0.11 is ready.

Getting a Unhandled exception as soon as both paths are entered for install.
Tested earlier version with same result.

************** Exception Text **************
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'VPEdit.exe' is denied.

[maxim4o]

Thanks for reporting that!
Could  you specify the paths you entered? They should be with full read/write authorization.

[Water]

Thanks for reporting that!
Could  you specify the paths you entered? They should be with full read/write authorization.

Just noticed that some of the vp's I was testing it with had the attributes set to RA instead of A. It doesn't like that 

Associated vp with VPEdit and it went through the "find the folders again"  It's doesn't seem set up to handle file associations though.

Is there any real dis-advantage to the software creating both the folders in the VPEdit directory. Only one of the folders held files during edit, the other remained empty.

[maxim4o]

That's strange - I entered the same here and there weren't any problems...
By the way, what OS are you using?
Edit: ops. late post

I am still trying to figure out the file associations... Will be there soon, I am working on a tabbed interface for now... Harder than I thought!

[Water]

By the way, what OS are you using?

XP sp2

[maxim4o]

VPEdit 0.12 is ready.
The new:
-Tabbed user interface(right click on tabs to close etc.)
-.VP extension association(via the More menu or during the first-start settings dialog)
-Full drag and drop inside the tree list(you can now move the folders in there just like you do in Windows Explorer)
-Directory extract(extracts the opened tab content in a chosen directory)
-VPEdit now has an "icon"
-And some little fixes here and there

Edit: I had no time to test, I suppose there will be issues with the tabs...
Please tell me about any bugs!

Enjoy.

In the new version I will be adding a right-click menu on the tree list.

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[FUBAR-BDHR]

Just curious is there any size limit to the VP files it can open?  Quite a few of the viewers choke on anything over a gig. 

[maxim4o]

Well it should open vps over a gb
The problem here is the hdd space
Excuse me for any typos i am postin from my cell

[Water]

You moved "open vp" to import, but it will still crash if the vp is read only. The association part worked well.
It created a 1.2gb vp without a problem and vpwiew32 opened it without difficultly.

When opening a large vp, all directories are open showing every file which means a lot of scrolling. A better option may be to start but only show just the directories under data.

Minor stuff
Directory extract - Extracts everything in the vp (eg with maps directory selected) Just rename to extract all.

very minor stuff - The date stamp for all files in the created vp was set to 1/01/1970