Creating an Editor - using VS

[robertb_NZ]

I am planning to create an editor for a specialized language in VB. This will have a text editor for program logic: I would like this to look and behave as much like Visual Studio as possible, with Intellisense, keywords in color, and so on. I have been experimenting with a RichTextBox but this doesn't support AutoComplete, and in spite of assigning values to the SelectionColor property I can't seem to set colors.

Is there a better way? Is it possible to use VS objects, allowing me to concentrate on the language and systems interfaces.

Thank you, Robert.

 

[jmcilhinney]

You might look at the code editor used in SharpDevelop, which is open source.