Documentation Needed

[jpbro]

VBPCRE2 needs documentation.

[dragokas]

I will be first :)

Some info about ActiveX Dll.

Download

Pre-compiled binary is here

Installation

Open command prompt (cmd.exe) as Administrator, execute:

regsvr32.exe "<path>\VBPCRE2.dll"

List of objects:

VBPCRE2.cPcre2
VBPCRE2.cPcre2Match
VBPCRE2.cPcre2Matches
VBPCRE2.cPcre2Options
VBPCRE2.cPcre2OptionsCompile
VBPCRE2.cPcre2OptionsGeneral
VBPCRE2.cPcre2OptionsMatch
VBPCRE2.cPcre2OptionsReplace

Examples:

For VBScript:

set lo_RegEx = CreateObject("VBPCRE2.cPcre2")

Usage examples are here

Full docs is in PRCE2 specification.

New methods

(comparing to VBScript.Regexp):

• Substitute

New metasymbols

(comparing to VBScript.Regexp):

• (?=template) Lookahead positive
• (?!template) Lookahead negative
• (?<=template) Lookbehind positive
• (?<!template) Lookbehind negative
• TODO...

Objects hierarchy

• Available in VBA using Magic key "F2" :) which is Object Explorer. Then select "VBPCRE2" from drop-down list.
• Don't forget about IntelliSense tips + "Early binding": press "Tools" - "References" - Select file VBPCRE2.dll (or select in list "VBPCRE2").

Option Constants

(which suits the names in specification where description could be found)
TODO: Need check/bind/doc links...

Basic

• PCRE2_ANCHORED
• PCRE2_NO_UTF_CHECK
• PCRE2_NOTBOL
• PCRE2_NOTEOL
• PCRE2_NOTEMPTY
• PCRE2_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART
• PCRE2_PARTIAL_SOFT
• PCRE2_PARTIAL_HARD
• PCRE2_ERROR_NOMATCH
• PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_GLOBAL

Compile

• PCRE2_ALLOW_EMPTY_CLASS
• PCRE2_ALT_BSUX
• PCRE2_CASELESS
• PCRE2_DOLLAR_ENDONLY
• PCRE2_DOTALL
• PCRE2_EXTENDED
• PCRE2_FIRSTLINE
• PCRE2_MULTILINE
• PCRE2_UNGREEDY
• PCRE2_UTF
• PCRE2_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C
• PCRE2_ALT_CIRCUMFLEX
• PCRE2_AUTO_CALLOUT
• PCRE2_DUPNAMES

Unimplemented

• PCRE2_MATCH_UNSET_BACKREF
• PCRE2_NEVER_UCP
• PCRE2_NEVER_UTF
• PCRE2_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE
• PCRE2_NO_AUTO_POSSESS
• PCRE2_NO_DOTSTAR_ANCHOR
• PCRE2_NO_START_OPTIMIZE
• PCRE2_UCP

Substitute

• PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_EXTENDED
• PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_UNSET_EMPTY
• PCRE2_SUBSTITUTE_UNKNOWN_UNSET