How to add a text editor with custom syntax highlighting into my custom app

[GreggTB]

I've looked online for a while but haven't found a whole lot of really
good resources for this, so I'm hoping that maybe someone here can
point me in the right direction. I'm working with a 3rd party
application that allows users to create customizable files within
certain syntax rules. There isn't, however, a good editor for these
files (users end up using Notepad, I guess) and I would like to create
one...most likely using Visual Studio. I considered just adding syntax
highlighting thru an existing text editor but I would like my final app
to have additional functionality and I'm not sure that I could bundle
the customized text editor with the other features that I wish to
incorporate. I'm already familiar with C# specifically and the .NET
Framework in general, so I'm looking at Microsoft's tool suite as a
starting point.

Does anyone have any insights to share? Any ideas on where I might read
more about this sort of thing? Am I recreating the wheel here? Any and
all constructive suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for
your time!

p.s. - I already posted this question in another .NET group here but
I'm reposting here since it appears the other forum appears to be
overloaded with spam. Sorry for the double-posting.

 

[RobinS]

Check out Textpad. http://www.textpad.com. It's a customizable
text editor by file type.

Robin S.

 

[Jay Parzych]

NotePad ++

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

 

[GreggTB]

Thanks for both of the links! I think Notepad++ is more in line with my
intentions but I really was looking to embed a text editor within a
larger app. As a short term solution, I'm going to look at using
Notepad++ but its source component - Scintilla - looks interesting,
too.

In any event, thanks for your advice!