Change log

pdScript v1.8.2

Released: 04.04.2012

• added: "host-interface" option can be used to pass IDispatch interface from hosting application to called script. See "/pds{<options>}" parameter for more. This option has been added to support incorporation of pdScript interpreter into X-SQLT projects.

pdScript v1.8

Released: 13.03.2012

• added: Microsoft's ADO (ActiveX Database Objects) support - TADOConnection, TADODataSet, TADOCommand, TADOQuery, TADOTable, TADOStoredProc, TRDSConnection, etc.
  Note: ADO DB features are not available in "pdScript Lite Edition".
• added: Sample script for ADO DB usage.
• added: Encryption functions GetTextHashEx and GetFileHashEx.
• fixed: Plugged script forms (executed via pdScript Embedded interpreter) did not support the "Tab order" loop (traversing window controls by Tab key). This is corrected now.
• fixed: Executing functions with multiple parameters via pdScript Embedded interpreter.
• fixed: DeleteFile and GetFileSize functions internal declaration (they had thrown an error, because of pointing to Windows function declarations internally instead of Delphi declarations).

pdScript IDE v1.2

Released: 13.03.2012

• added: Microsoft's ADO (ActiveX Database Objects) support.
  Note: ADO DB support is not available in "pdScript IDE Lite Edition".
• added: Sample script for ADO DB usage.

pdScript v1.7.5

Released: 18.01.2012

• fixed: Bug in "keep-alive" scripts, when executing functions with more than one parameter
• fixed: Tab order loop behavior in plugged windows (ie. in forms injected from script into the host application)
• added: New demonstration program, that shows how to call script functions from within your application

pdScript v1.7

Released: 04.01.2012

• added: "keep-alive" option for scripts executed by embedded interpreters (both pdScriptE.dll and pdScriptECL.dll). When this option is specified, script remains in memory after the initial execution, and you can call the functions declared inside these scripts anytime you want, until you release the script. "keep-alive" option affects also another new features, such as "non-modal" forms (see bellow).
• added: Support for non-modal forms when the script is executed via embedded interpreter from within a host application (see "keep-alive" option in the help reference)
• added: Support for plugging the script form as a child of selected control inside the calling host application (for embedded interpreter only, see "keep-alive" and "host-parent" options in the help reference)
• added: Http protocol support - easy to use class (THttpSend) and simplified direct functions, that are imported from Ararat Synapse project (synapse.ararat.cz)
• added: Png image support - not included into lightweight interpreters (pdScriptCL.exe and pdScriptECL.dll)
• added: Simple localization mechanism - you can create localized variants of your scripts or forms and then only pass the desired language code as parameter to the interpreter
• added: CallInline and CallInlineEx functions for executing dynamically created scripts from within currently executed script
• added: New demonstration script for using Http protocol, demonstration project "pdScriptDll" has been updated to show you the possibilities of "keep-alive" option
• improved: Specified linked DLLs can be located directly near the script or in the relative path (there is no need to place custom DLLs near the interpreter or into the SYSTEM folder)
• improved: Better support for some Object Pascal classes related to graphics (TGraphic, TBitmap, TPicture), TIcon class has been added
• improved: HostCallback routines - for getting results with known maximum length, now the input buffer can be set up before you call HostCallback function (ie. SetLength(buff,64); HostCallback('getdata','',buff); ). Callback is then executed only once (the step of getting the length of result string inside the host application is skipped), which is obviously faster.
• improved: Script windows executed from within embedded interpreters (DLLs) now display a correct icon (taken from script form) in task-switching panels (the system icon has been displayed there before)
• changed: pdScript related command-line parameters (/PDSC, /PDSL, etc.) were replace by a complex parameter "/pds{<options>}", where <options> now contains the definition of desired interpreter options. Old parameters are still supported, but their support will be cancelled in some future versions. More info can be found in the help reference.
• improved: Programmer's Help Reference - to support context sensitive help form within pdScript IDE
• fixed: A correct inclusion of script forms into the windows list of calling host application, that affects a correct displaying of modal and non-modal windows during task switching
• fixed: Script routines related to menus have not been correctly included into the scripting engine (TextToShortCut, ShortCutToText, NewMenu, NewItem, etc.)

pdScript IDE v1.1

Released: 04.01.2012

• added: Script Manager - a new feature that can help you managing your scripts (contains also automatic folders like "Samples", "Library" and "Extensions")
• added: IDE Extensions - pdScript IDE now supports "plug-ins mechanism", that allows extending its possibilities in many ways. The extensions (plug-ins or experts, as you want) are designed as scripts, so you can create your own extensions directly in the IDE. Some predefined extensions are included, like "Comments", "Syntax Highlighting Editor", "Aligning of the components", etc.). More info can be found in the help reference.
• added: Support for Drag & Drop files from the Windows shell
• added: Option to store scripts in UTF8 encoding (at the same time, the IDE now supports loading of UTF8 encoded forms - previously edited in some external text editor)
• added: "Grid size" and "Grid color" options for Form Designer
• added: Showing syntax hints for hovered identifiers in code editor
• updated: Russian translation (thanks to Alexandr V. Ivanov)
• improved: Integrated context sensitive help for the currently selected identifiers and components (F1 hot-key)
• improved: Customizable syntax highlighting and customizable Code Editor options
• improved: Checking the "read-only" flag for edited files
• improved: TStringList property editor is now resizeable
• improved: Some minor improvements in Find/Replace panel (starting with the pre-filled word at cursor, "Whole words only" option)
• fixed: Storing a correct portable path to recently opened scripts
• fixed: Some minor bugs in code completion window
• fixed: Using the Ctrl+Shift+Left, Ctrl+Shift+Right (and similar) hot-keys in Object Inspector for selecting the property text

pdScript v1.6

Released: 02.10.2011

• improved: RemObjects PascalScript engine has been updated to the latest version, including new functions, types, constants and classes (see bellow). After installing this update, please, beware of using the appropriate Char, AnsiChar, PChar and PAnsiChar types (especially when interacting with DLLs) in your scripts.
• added: Support for a lot of new Object Pascal classes, components, routines:
  • dbExpress (TDataSet, TDataSource, TSQLConnection, TSQLDataSet, TSQLQuery, TSQLTable, TSQLServerMethod, TSQLStoredProc)
    Note: dbExpress features are not available in "pdScript Lite Edition".
  • classes and components (TList, TWideStrings, TWideStringList, TScreen, TMonitor, TPicture, TBasicAction, TBasicActionLink, TAction, TActionList, TBitBtn, TSpeedBtn, TToolBar, TToolButton, THotKey, TUpDown, THeaderControl, THeader, TNotebook, TStatusBar, TRegistry, TClipboard, TMouse)
  • global variables (Screen, Clipboard, Mouse)
  • registry routines (DeleteRegistryValue, CreateRegistryValueStr, CreateRegistryValueInt, CreateRegistryValueBool, CreateRegistryValueBinary, GetRegistryValueStr, GetRegistryValueInt, GetRegistryValueBool, GetRegistryValueBinary, RegistryKeyExists, RegistryAttributeExists, GetRegistrySubKeys,GetRegistryValueNames, HKEY_ constants)
  • shell routines (GetSpecialFolder, GetWindowsFolder, GetTempFolder, CSIDL constants in "shell.inc")
  • Ole/COM routines (CreateRemoteComObject, GetComCtlVersion, OleError, GUIDToString, ProgIDToClassID, ClassIDToProgID, CreateRegKey, DeleteRegKey, GetRegStringValue, CreateClassID)
  • other routines (Sleep, SleepEx, IntToHex, RGB, StringToColor, MaxInt, TColorRef, Point, Rect, Bounds, Randomize, Random, UpCase, UTF8Encode, UTF8Decode, AnsiToUTF8, UTF8ToAnsi, GetMem, FreeMem, __pchar, __pointer, __tobject)
  • types (Pointer, HDC, HKL, HINST, HMODULE, HFONT, HICON, HCURSOR, HRESULT, TMethod, ucs2char, ucs4char, utf8string)
  • constants (S_OK, S_FALSE, E_NOINTERFACE, E_NOTIMPL, E_UNEXPECTED)
  • TCanvas now supports methods Rectangle, FillRect, RoundRect, Arc, Chord and Ellipse
  • TStrings class now supports Capacity, ValueFromIndex, Delimiter, StrictDelimiter, DelimitedText, LineBreak and QuoteChar properties
  • "Action" property is now declared for all controls
  • "Create" constructor is now declared for TComponent and all its descendants
• added: HostCallback function, that supports callback processing between the host application and the script (for embedded interpreter). ANSI variant (HostCallbackA) also available.
• added: /PDSH parameter - allows you to pass your host callback routine pointer to the pdScript (for embedded interpreters only).
• added: "IsCalled" global variable, that indicates if the script has been called via Call/CallEx methods (usually used to perform a Self.ShowModal call for the script's form to stay on the screen)
• added: SelectColor and SelectFont routines for displaying the color selection dialog or font selection dialog respectively
• added: /PDST switch for both command-line and embedded interpreters. Allows you to hide the Windows taskbar button of executed script (intended for GUI based scripts).
• added: A folder "%COMMON_DOCUMENTS%\pdScript\Lib" has been added to the interpreter's "Library Path" (so you can also place your custom scripts and declaration files there)
• added: Predefined pdScriptAPI.pas unit for Delphi developers. You can use this unit for easy inclusion of pdScript embedded interpreter into your applications.
• added: New demos (ODBC access, integration with newLISP language)
• fixed: The interpreter's ExitCode value for the script, that was executed without a flag to check syntax (/PDSC), and that failed to compile, is now correctly set to 1 (instead of 0 before)
• fixed: The interpreter's ExitCode value for top level GUI based scripts is now correctly taken from the code (instead of an intermediate value taken before the main form is displayed)
• fixed: pdScriptInlineA function in embedded interepreters (always crashed after the script execution has been finished)

pdScript IDE v1.0

Released: 02.10.2011

• added: The main caption of the IDE can be customized by the format string (see more in Options dialog)
• improved: Code completion feature has been significantly improved, including the context based list of identifiers, custom trigger chars for auto-popup and custom hot keys for displaying the windows
• improved: About box shows also an interpreter's version number
• improved: Currently used compiler/interpreter is displayed in status bar
• improved: Designer hint (displays the control's tab order and size)
• improved: Persistent bookmarks (stored for each script)
• improved: Option "Open file at cursor" now works also with the files between the apostrophes
• fixed: Position property of the script's form is now preserved (was always overwritten to poDesigned after re-opening the script)
• fixed: displaying TTreeView nodes in Design Editor (still read-only, but they already don't crash the IDE)

pdScript v1.5.5

Released: 07.08.2011

• Added: Enhanced schema for including files - {$I } directive can be nested
• Added: Embedded pdScript interpreter (pdScriptE.dll and pdScriptECL.dll libraries are provided)
• Added: Call and CallEx functions for executing another script inside the same instance of the interpreter. Additionaly, functions ProjectParamCount and ProjectParamStr have been added.
• Added: Special "callback" functions for using from within a linked DLLs.
• Added: New info variables "Interpreter", "LibraryPath" and "ScriptFileName" (for GetVariable function)
• Added: Support for SendTextMessage function. SendMessage and PostMessage functions are available via winuser.inc file.
• Added: New demonstration scripts and projects
• Improved: Programmer's Reference has been improved and updated
• Improved: Installation for non admin users. pdScript now installs in portable mode when the user has no admin-rights.
• Fixed: GetVariable / SetVariable support in pdScriptCL (they did not work correctly in this command-line variant)
• Fixed: Localized message dialog captions and buttons (added missing support routines LocalizeMsgDlgCaption and LocalizeButtonCaption)

pdScript IDE v0.9.5 beta

Released: 07.08.2011

• Added: New demonstration scripts and project
• Improved: Installation for non admin users. pdScript now installs in portable mode when the user has no admin-rights.
• Improved: Compiler messages can be copied to the clipboard now
• Fixed: Registering the file associations (especially for non admin users)
• Fixed: A wrong syntax presented in code completion for a few routines

pdScript IDE v0.9.4.1 beta

Released: 21.07.2011

• Added - Examples for linking the functions from DLL and BPL libraries, and for using the ShellExec functions
• Added - Examples for using the pdScript IDE in conjunction with the standard Delphi compiler (dcc32.exe)
• Added - "Open file at cursor" and "Include file" options (in the code editor popup menu)
• Added - "New window (instance)" option into the File menu
• Added - WM controlling interface. It allows you to control the pdScript IDE from your own application via windows messages, and integrate it closely into your products as a script editor.
• Added - "Run parameters" field and an external compiler settings fields in Options dialog now keep the history of entered values.
• Improved - Auto popup interval option for Code Completion
• Improved - Auto renaming events in code after changing the component's name
• Improved - Option for placing the search box on top or at bottom
• Improved - Setup wizard (adding the pdScript installation folder to the PATH environment variable, shortcuts for the Help and Examples are added to the Start Menu).
• Fixed - Auto creating the line of code with AssignEvents procedure, when the main body contains the "if..begin..end..else..." block.
• Fixed - Code completion parameters proposal is no longer displayed outside the function or procedure brackets (ie. in "if" statement with brackets)
• Fixed - Help reference has been updated
• and other small improvements and fixes

pdScript v1.0.3.1

Released: 21.07.2011

• Added - Support for calling standard functions AnsiCompareStr, AnsiCompareText, AnsiSameStr, AnsiSameText, ExtractFileExt, ExtractRelativePath, Format, LastDelimiter and SysErrorMessage
• Added - New internal functions ExtractRelativePathEx, ExpandFileNameEx, GetFileVerInfo and GetFileVerInfoEx
• Added - Examples for linking the functions from DLL and BPL libraries, and for using the ShellExec functions
• Improved - Handling exceptions from REM Objects PascalScript engine compilation process
• Improved - Setup wizard (adding the pdScript installation folder to the PATH environment variable, shortcuts for the Help and Examples are added to the Start Menu).
• Fixed - Calling syntax for functions ShellExec, ShellExecAndWait, ShellExecAndWaitWithExitCode and WinExecCapture
• Fixed - {$I} directive does not have to be a case sensitive anymore
• Fixed - Bug in 3rd party REM Objects PascalScript engine - handling TPopupMenu.OnPopup event
• Fixed - A few undefined functions have been removed from the Programmer's Reference (where they remained from the alpha version).

pdScript IDE v0.9.3.7 beta

Released: 18.04.2011

• The first publicly released version

pdScript v1.0.1.6

Released: 18.04.2011

• The first publicly released version