Class list extractor
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This page is about the latest Visual Basic .Net Framework version of the tool. If you want to read about the older Visual Basic .Net based iteration, head over to the Class list extractor (VB.Net) page.
Open config.bin and config.cpp files
Display entire class structure of the config
Extract the list of embedded classes from any class
Format the output
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The class list extractor allows to read an Arma 3 config file, and extract the list of sub-classes from any contained class.
The original purpose of the tool is to make it easy to gather the lists of class names needed for the units and weapons array of the CfgPatches class in a config. When a config is long enough, this task is rather long and tedious to do manually all the time.
This version however evolved into a more general solution.
The program accepts config files by drag-and-dropping onto the tree view panel as well.
Contrary to the original iteration of this tool, in this version, the config is read from binary format instead of plain text. This means that the entire contained class structure can be reliably read and displayed. If the selected file is a config.cpp, the file is first converted to binary format by the CfgConvert.exe of the Arma 3 Tools. The binary config file is then deserialized according to the specifications of the raP format, found on the Bohemia Interactive community wiki.
If a file cannot be loaded, either the selected config.bin is faulty, or the config.cpp had syntax errors that the CfgConvert.exe could not let pass.
If the selected file could be loaded without errors, the entire contained class structure is displayed in a tree hierarchy with markers about the number of embedded classes in each class, and if a class is an external reference, or is marked for deletion. After selecting a class in the hierarchy, the names of the contained sub-classes can be extracted to a list. The list is displayed in the output area, in plain format.
By default, the program filters out all classes that are judged to be external class references. These classes are ones...
marked as external references in the config
that only contain external reference classes, and nothing else
Just like in the original version, after the extraction, it is possible to change the formatting of the output, and save it to a file, or copy it to the clipboard. The Format and export window can be accessed from the context menu of the output field.
Plain list: the names are not formatted on any specific way, only listed line by line
Array item list: the names are formatted as items in a config array, making it easy to paste them back into config if needed
Base class defintions: the names are formatted as external base class references
Export to clipboard: the formatted output is copied to the system clipboard
Export to include file: the formatted output is saved to an .hpp file, with the specified name, in the selected directory
Logic: Visual Basic .Net Framework 4.8
GUI: Windows Presentation Foundation
.NET Framework 4.8
