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[Galapo]

Before complaining, you should have a look at 'autosave' in the release notes

Sorry, I'm a bit tired at the moment -- not helped by the fact that I'm trying to recall what happened at a meeting a month ago so I can finish writing the minutes!

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Autosave option

Autosave is On by default.
You can switch it permanently On / Off by using the 'Options' tab in Tools Mode
The 'save' button in the source editor is only visible if autosave is off.

Nice feature!

Regards,
Galapo

[Galapo]

Hi Peter,

Do you know why 075b4u onwards results in no mmc startmenu shortcuts?

Thanks,
Galapo.

[psc]

Hi Peter,

Do you know why 075b4u onwards results in no mmc startmenu shortcuts?

Thanks,
Galapo.

No, I do not know yet, but I'm sure to know it in some time.
Peter

[psc]

Hi Peter,

Do you know why 075b4u onwards results in no mmc startmenu shortcuts?

Thanks,
Galapo.

Now I know it!

But I think that your question was not just a question. You assumed that I'll fix.

Fixed!

Peter

[Galapo]

But I think that your question was not just a question. You assumed that I'll fix.

Yes! But I wasn't sure if it was an issue with the script (due perhaps to better syntax-checking by WB) requiring a script modification or an alteration of some sort in WB that introduced a bug of some sort.

Which was it?

Regards,
Galapo.

[psc]

Yes! But I wasn't sure if it was an issue with the script (due perhaps to better syntax-checking by WB) requiring a script modification or an alteration of some sort in WB that introduced a bug of some sort.

Which was it?

Regards,
Galapo.

CODE

[Variables]
...
$CreateShortcuts$=Run,%ScriptFile%,CreateMMCShortcuts

When processing, $CreateShortcuts$ was expanded to

CODE

Run#$c%ScriptFile%#$cCreateMMCShortcuts

and therefore not recognized by the script engine.

Peter

[Galapo]

Thanks for the explanation, Peter.

Regards,
Galapo.

[Nuno Brito]

Beta 5 (18-Sep-2008)


Download:
http://winbuilder.net/download.php?view.34

Log of changes

CODE

fixed - double 'beta' in form caption

fixed - unsaved change of download server constellation

fixed - default.txt is missing

fixed - 'Index out of bounds' when last download server is deleted

fixed - 'feature' how to remove custom program logo

*** preview as beta 4 a

fixed - some smaller issues with download servers

fixed - ExtractAndRun bug

fixed - internal variables like %scriptDir% can contain commas

added - 'Stop Build on Error' option

fixed - senceless 'v.' in progress window

*** preview as beta 4 b

fixed - sort order bug with mapped folders

fixed - ShellExecuteEx bug when opening documents by associated app

added - Option to name log.html with additional time stamp

added - Option to build log.html immediatelly after build w/o user interaction

*** preview as beta 4 c

fixed - Bug with If,(NOT)EXISTFILE/DIR checking empty floppy drive

added - Loop statement can run between characters, e.g. drive letters

added - Strformat,INC and Strformat,DEC also work on characters

modified - nicer output in log.html

*** preview as beta 4 d

fixed - bug with file type associations

fixed - Convert tool - wrong popup menu

added - Convert tool - remove file from list

added - suggestion how to have certain scripts be selected mandatory

*** preview as beta 4 e

added - RegDelete of values

added - 'Not' option to If command

*** preview as beta 4 f

added - StrFormat can extract path, filename and extentions from URLs

*** preview as beta 4 g

fixed - bug in 'Exit on Error' when extracting files

*** preview as beta 4 h

fixed - Minor code changes and corrections to clean the hint & warnings reported on compile time

fixed - bug 'system error occurs' in clicking log treeview

fixed - newly added web servers for download are not tracked in WinBuilder.ini

*** preview as beta 4 i

fixed - bug when running script from source editor

fixed - delete temporary files after extracting an attachement

added - optional automatic log after clicking the STOP button

*** preview as beta 4 j

fixed - wrong parent's node check marks when selecting with space bar

changed - RegDelete syntax

*** preview as beta 4 k

changed - starting to clean up language support

changed - remove 'charset' from log.html meta content tag

fixed - finally(?) wrong parent's node check marks when selecting with space bar

*** preview as beta 4 l

### some consolidation with respect to next beta release

removed - 'STOP' in interface editor when using themes other than XDP-classic

removed - 'protected' functionality

added - about 30 items to language translation

removed - new RegDelete syntax, temporarily use old syntax (see magic wand)

*** preview as beta 4 m

changed - new RegDelete syntax again

fixed - some smaller GUI adjustements

added - some more items to language translation

added - System,ERROROFF can get number of lines as optional argument

*** preview as beta 4 n

added - files to be converted can be Drag&Drop-ed from explorer

added - files to be attached can be Drag&Drop-ed from explorer

added - If,ExistRegSection and If,ExistRegKey

added - proxy support

added - 'mandatory scripts' functionality (replaces removed Protect functionality)

cleaned - internal If command logic

*** preview as beta 4 o

changed - WinBuilder always runs in CPU #0 only, also on multiprocessor and multicore systems

added - internal variables %ProjectTitle% and %ScriptTitle%

added - basic raw registry editor support

*** preview as beta 4 p

fixed - script was not shown if there was a folder with a name equal to the script's title

*** preview as beta 4 q

fixed - enable RegRead of expandable strings 0x2

fixed - decode macro names only as first argument

fixed - store changed text in a filebox

added - Show Progress Window also when processing codebox ot buttons.

added - several smaller adjustements

added - autosave option for source code editor

*** preview as beta 4 r

fixed - Changing source folder to a folder already on list

changed - parameter stack added for 'Run' and 'Loop' statements

fixed - bug occurring when a line contained a non-variable '%'

*** preview as beta 4 s

fixed - bug in If,QUESTION with space inside question

fixed - 'Use Path Rule' now unchecked by default

changed - some smaller corrections

*** preview as beta 4 t

changed - now nested 'begin' - 'end' is possible. 'begin' stack added

changed - no flushing window on missing source

changed - dont show scripts of 0 bytes size

*** preview as beta 4 u

fixed - bug in System,GETFREEDRIVE

fixed - bug in previous / next selected: Changes were lost

*** preview as beta 4 v

fixed - bug in macro expanding

*** preview as beta 4 w







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Loop statement can run between characters, e.g. drive letters



Sample:



[variables]

%a_searchFile%=Program Files\BootStick_2008_001\Pstart.exe



[process]

Loop,%ScriptFile%,Try,a,z

If,EXISTFILE,%pstart%,ShellExecute,OPEN,%pstart%



[try]

Set,%pstart%,#c:\%a_searchFile%

If,EXISTFILE,%pstart%,Loop,BREAK



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New Syntax:

RegDelete,HKLM,Section,Key deletes 'Key' under 'Section'

RegDelete,HKLM,Section deletes the complete 'Section'

Old Syntax:

RegDelete,HKLM,Section,Key,Value deletes 'Value' under 'Section\Key'

RegDelete,HKLM,Section,Key deletes the complete 'key' under 'Section'



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'Not' option to If command



You negate an If command by inserting an 'Not'

If,someting,... > If,Not,something ...

If,Not,%var1%,EQUAL,%var2%,command

has the same result as

If,%var1%,NOTEQUAL,%var2%,command



The current NOTEQUAL, NOTEXISTDIR, ... commands are still processes because of compatibility reasons

But before processing they are internally changed into If,Not,...

Therefore

If,NOT,%var%,NOTEQUAL,%test%,...

is invalid and may produce inpredictable results



Try this in CodeBox:

[Process]

Set,%var%,3

If,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is equal to %var%"

If,Not,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%"

If,%var%,NOTEQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%"

Set,%var%,4

If,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is equal to %var%"

If,Not,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%"

If,%var%,NOTEQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%"



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StrFormat can extract path, filename and extentions from URLs:



[Variables]

%DownloadURL1%=http://live.sysinternals.com/Bginfo.exe



[Process]

StrFormat,PATH,%DownloadURL1%,%fnam%

StrFormat,FILENAME,%DownloadURL1%,%fnam%

StrFormat,EXT,%DownloadURL1%,%fnam%



results in:



StrFormat - converted: [%DownloadURL1%] to variable: [%fnam%] with result: [http://live.sysinternals.com/]

StrFormat - converted: [%DownloadURL1%] to variable: [%fnam%] with result: [Bginfo.exe]

StrFormat - converted: [%DownloadURL1%] to variable: [%fnam%] with result: [.exe]



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New If commands:



If,ExistRegSection,HKLM,Section,Command

If,ExistRegKey,HKLM,Section,Key,Command



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Scripts having '[Main] Mandatory=True' are marked in the tree with a red exclamation mark and cannot be deselected.

In the Interface editor there is a check box 'Mandatory' to set or unset this property.

This protection mechanism can be switched off by the developer by adding [Main] Mandatory=False to WinBuilder.ini



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Autosave option



Autosave is On by default.

You can switch it permanently On / Off by using the 'Options' tab in Tools Mode

The 'save' button in the source editor is only visible if autosave is off.

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This has been a long beta to finish, Peter almost reached all possible letters in the alphabet and beta 5 is a more mature version that is starting to be more turned towards a stable release.

Experimental support for writing/reading hives without resort to win32 functions was also added but is not yet finished due to some bugs in the code that will need to be solved.

Other than this, hope you enjoy the beta and let us know what you think!

[Galapo]

Wow, it's finally here! Great work!

Thanks,
Galapo.

[Lancelot]

no report for Beta 5 with first reply post for Beta 5

keep the good work, thanks a lot