Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.2.0+

Markdown to HTML - Full Document, Custom Theme with Code Syntax Highlighting

Demonstrates how to convert a complete Markdown document to HTML using your own custom theme with Cloudfare Prism's code syntax highlighting.

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var
success: Boolean;
options: HCkJsonObject;
sbHead: HCkStringBuilder;
bCrlf: Boolean;
sbMarkdown: HCkStringBuilder;
sbHtml: HCkStringBuilder;

begin
success := False;

success := False;

options := CkJsonObject_Create();

//  Instead of specifying a "theme", provide values for the HTML document parts.

sbHead := CkStringBuilder_Create();
bCrlf := True;
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'<head>',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'<style>',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'body {',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'  font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'}',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'</style>',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbHead,'</head>',bCrlf);

//  Each HTML section can be set individually.
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'docType','<!DOCTYPE html>');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'rootElement','<html lang="en">');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'head',CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbHead));
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'bodyStart','<body>' + #10 + '<div id="content"');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'bodyEnd','</div>' + #10 + '</body>');

//  We can add extra content to the bottom of the HTML head and body sections like this:
//  Here we are using the Cloudfare Prism "coy" theme for code syntax higlighting.
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'extraHead','<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/themes/prism-coy.min.css" />');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(options,'extraBody','<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/prism.min.js"></script><script src ="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.29.0/plugins/autoloader/prism-autoloader.min.js"></script>');

sbMarkdown := CkStringBuilder_Create();
sbHtml := CkStringBuilder_Create();

success := CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sbMarkdown,'qa_data/markdown/test1.md','utf-8');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__lastErrorText(sbMarkdown));
    Exit;
  end;

CkStringBuilder_MarkdownToHtml(sbMarkdown,options,sbHtml);
CkStringBuilder_ToCRLF(sbHtml);

Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbHtml));

//  The sample markdown input for this example is identical to the one at Markdown to HTML - Full Document, Raw, where you can view it.

//  Sample HTML output as viewed in a browser:

//  

CkJsonObject_Dispose(options);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHead);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMarkdown);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbHtml);