Go to line tool

[Blake]

I made a nifty tool to help in writing php scripts, which I've put up on my website. You drag and drop a php script onto it, it asks you for a line number, and then it will display that line for you, to save you the trouble of counting. Anyone can download it from my website at:

http://www.blake-foster.com/lineReader.exe

I wrote it when I was dealing with things like "parse error on line 2439," and I didn't want to count that high. I've found it very useful, so I thought I would share it with my fellow php coders.

[Shotgun Ninja]

Kewl beans. What'd you use to make that program? (Language, editor, compiler would be appreciated.)

[Blake]

I used C++ / Borland CBuilderX personal (the free version). I'll give you the source if you're interested.

EDIT: I've uploaded the source at www.blake-foster.com/lineReader.cpp

There's not much to it.

[Twey]

As far as I can see, there's nothing to stop this from being platform independent except:

system("pause");

This is horrible way of achieving a pause. Instead, try calling cin.ignore().

[Shotgun Ninja]

Yeah, I'd like to see where you got the compiler from. I've been looking for a free C++ compiler for a long time.

[Blake]

Borland doesn't make the free compiler anymore. However, Microsoft makes a free version of visual studio, which you can get here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

[Twey]

Or, better, you can use the gcc compiler collection, which is bundled with Dev-C++.

[djr33]

This is useful, but many editors (notepad+, I think, Dreamweaver, etc.) just number the lines for you.
Nice little app anyway, though.

[mburt]

Or, better, you can use the gcc compiler collection, which is bundled with Dev-C++.

Yeah, I used to use Dev C++, but now I use CodeBlocks. You can get widgets and equivalent for it.
By the way, nice app. It would make a nice project to this this in Win32 as well.

[Shotgun Ninja]

Thanks guys.