VonOx / npp-pro

Notepad++ syntax highlighting and Auto Completion for .PRO (Config File for PTC Creo and Wildfire)

NPP-PRO

General Information

npp-pro is a collection of UDL¹ files for notepad++ text editor.

The goal is to highlight and auto-complete the config files for PTC© Pro/Engineer and Creo Parametric / Simulate.

The following files are supported:

• .pro
• .sup ( same as .pro but for Creo or Pro/Engineer it is loaded last at startup )
• .dtl ( Drawing options )

Installation

1. Highlighting

• Download the file correspond to your version of Creo or Pro/Engineer ( WF4_XXX_highlight.xml for Wildfire 4 )
• In Notepad++, choose Language and then Define your language in the menu.
• In the dialog which is opened then, choose the button Import and then the appropriate XML file.

2. Auto Completion

• Download the file correspond to your version of Creo or Pro/Engineer ( WF4_XXX_autocompletion.xml for Wildfire 4 )
• Important! The name of this file must match the name of the UDL[^1].
• Then move this file in the .\plugins\APIs folder of your Notepad++ installation location, by default this is C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\APIs.

Repeat operations for each extensions you want to add in Notepadd++ ( .pro .sup .dtl )

Credits

• All data is extracted from a great site for all cad admin, proesite.com. Thanks to Olaf Corten for sharing his experience and works to community.
• Thanks to Domenic Laritz for this new base repo, you can see the post on ptcusercommunity.org

1: User Defined Languages >