Support for ABB robot programming language RAPID

[swejmansson]

Have have been programming/editing robot programs for many years. Used ABB RobotStudio for online editing, for offline i have used UltraEdit and Notepad++. Now I started using Visual Studio Code for programming Arduino and other small controllers. Found some plugins for RAPID and tried it out.
Works great, or at least almost.....
It is possible to drag a backup(folder) into VSCode and then use the Explorer to navigate down to the .mod-file. File opens and highlighting etc is working fine.

In UltaEdit it is possible to view a "function list", this list show all procedures and it is possible to go direcly to that part/Procedure:

Would it be possible to achieve this with "File Tree View"?

The functions that are use are: PROC, LOCAL PROC, TRAP, FUNC and RECORD

[DaGhostman]

Thanks for opening the ticket, I would be glad to add support for it, could you just provide me with a reference documentation or snippets that I can use for testing out the implementation?

[swejmansson]

To save some time I have recorded a short clip. I´m explaining some stuff regarding RAPID structure and also show what I have managed to do with another extension(Code Map).
https://youtu.be/6deoocggj3g

The zip contains some sample files you can use to do tests. When you have questions, just shoot :-D
BackupFolderExample.zip

To config Code Map I added this to the settings:
`
// Regex-based definition of the mapping rules for ABB RAPID syntax.
"codemap.mod": [
{
"pattern": "MODULE (.)",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "class"
},
{
"pattern": "LOCAL PROC (.)[()]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "level2"
},
{
"pattern": "PROC (.)[()]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "level1"
},
{
"pattern": " TRAP (.)",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "function"
},
{
"pattern": "FUNC (.)[()]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "function"
},
{
"pattern": " RECORD (.)",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "function"
}
],

"codemap.sys": [
{
"pattern": "MODULE (.)",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
},
{
"pattern": "LOCAL PROC (.)[()]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
},
{
"pattern": "PROC (.)[()]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
},
{
"pattern": " TRAP (.)",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
},
{
"pattern": "FUNC (.)[()]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
},
{
"pattern": " RECORD (.)",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
}
],

"codemap.cfg": [
{
"pattern": "(.*)[:]",
"clear": "",
"suffix": "",
"icon": "property"
}
],
`

[DaGhostman]

Thank you very much for the detailed info. I am confident that I will have more time around the end of the week so I can work on the extension as recently work has piled up.

[swejmansson]

Guess you are busy 😄
Let me know if you want me to specify anything to make it easier for you 👍

[DaGhostman]

I am absolutely sorry for the delay, I am extremely busy in the past couple of months ... I haven't forgotten about the request and will try to make it asap 😔

[swejmansson]

No problem, take your time, I have a temporary solution, no hurry

[DaGhostman]

Hey sorry for the delay, but I think it might be worth it 🙂 I have managed to workout an MVP support which I will probably try to release by the end of the week.

Here is a small video with how it looks like atm, please feel free to share any feedback you might have I will happily consider/discuss any suggestions

[swejmansson]

I'm not in a hurry, stay cool :-D
Looking good! Looks like it does what i should, don't have any feedback right now. When you have released I will try it out.

[DaGhostman]

I did a few small tweaks & fixes, could you install this preview version of the extension and check it out if it makes sense.
Namely the handling of LOCAL FUNC and TRAP are what I am concerned about, but since I have no knowledge about RAPID I don't think I will be able to take a good informed decision

If you have time that is

[swejmansson]

Looking forward to try it out but ended up in a strange problem....
TREE extension will not show up in explorer if I install a version higher than 2.3.1.
I have tried several versions but it just wont show up? Have disabled all other extension. Tried to start VScode as administrator, no luck.
Am I doing something wrong? Any ideas what to try? Try another computer/installation? Make a reinstall of VScode?

With 2.3.1(OK):

With 2.4.0(NOK):

With 2.6.0(NOK):

(After update/install of new version restart was done)

[DaGhostman]

Note that there is an < > icon on the right left, that is the icon for the extension. Although as part of the RC there is a configuration which you can use to move it back to the explorer view.

Look for "treeview.location" in settings editor - sidebar is the new icon on the activity bar, and explorer is the behavior you had previously under explorer

[swejmansson]

You got me on track and moved it back 😄

Running the RC:

But nothing will show up 🤔 :

Refresh wont help...