Editor for IDEA scripting

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Bobby
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Editor for IDEA scripting

Hi Brian,
I am using the German version of IDEA 9.2 (and have not seen the Canadian original yet). However, I am not really happy about the editor which is included in the software. For testing purposes it is sometimes convenient to comment a whole block of code. I could not find a function to do it in this editor.
Do you use the standard editor for scripting in IDEA or can you recommend a different one?
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Bobby

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Brian Element
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Joined: 07/11/2012 - 19:57

Hi Bobby,

Unfortunately I have to agree with you on that.  The editor is fairly old and doesn't have a lot of the functionality that you would expect in a modern editor, such as code completion, comment blocks, etc.  I haven't tried using it but I know severaly of the programmers that script at IDEA use Notepad++, so you might want to give that a try.

Brian

Nagaraj Arali
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Joined: 07/09/2017 - 05:58

Hi Bobby,
I have idea script. exe file and I need to do few changes, how I can open the. exe file to change.
Unfortunately I do not have .iss file to change and convert to .exe file. 
Only way is need to open. exe file,  please help me in this regard.

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Brian Element
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Joined: 07/11/2012 - 19:57

Hello Nagaraj,

Unfortunately there is no way to go backwards, what you will have to do is recreate the script.  The easiest way would be to run the exe file and then go to the history and use that to recreate the script.

Brian

Nagaraj Arali
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Joined: 07/09/2017 - 05:58

Thanks for replying,
In this case how to get "New dialog" and other stuff

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Brian Element
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Unfortunately you will have to recreate it.  How complex is the script?  Maybe I can help out if it won't take that much time.

Nagaraj Arali
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Joined: 07/09/2017 - 05:58

Actually it's complex script to identifying duplicate transactions with same base
For ex. If two transactions having same amount (one is +1200 and other is -1200 with same transaction ID "Sales")

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Brian Element
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Joined: 07/11/2012 - 19:57

If you want I can have a look at it.  I am always interested in other scripts.

Nagaraj Arali
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Joined: 07/09/2017 - 05:58

I can't see the script Brian, but whole idea is to identifying duplicates.
One amount column and one base column in which need identify duplicate.

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Brian Element
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You won't be able to see the script with an executable, that is one of the reasons why you make an executable is so others can't change the script.  If the person who created it just used regular IDEA routines then there is a possibility of recreating it by first running it and then using the history to recreate the script.  You would need to recreate the dialog if there is one.  If they are doing something that is not recorded in the history then that will be lost as it is hidden and can't be accessed.

scotchy33
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Joined: 09/05/2012 - 15:51

Here is my reversal / duplicate indicator script.  Brian could probably clean it up a bit to make it more elegant.
Scott