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Friday 06 April 2007
06/04 : PPL 1.24 has been released
Happy Easter All!PPL version 1.24 has just been released. This version fixes a lot of issues and introduces a ton of new features, we hope you will enjoy it.
Most notable enhancements and bug fixes are:
- New Windows XP compatible menus in the PIDE.
- New Form Wizard.
- No need for the @ operator anymore for strings in arrays or structures.
- Fixed debugger.
- Fixed the g_loadfont to only load 255 characters table by default.
- PIDE, Find Previous option.
- You can now use .ppc files as library to load into your projects dynamically.
- And so much more...
Here is the change log with all the changes:
- Fixed variable type clear function.
- Fixed sprite drawing internal not to crash if width and height of sprites are zero.
- No need to use the @ operator to use STRINGS in arrays or structures. PPL recognizes them automatically.
- Fixed parameter passing to pass arrays correctly again.
- Added #c_declare and #c_declareapi to PIDE syntax highlighter words.
- Added tons variant variables conversion routines to ole.ppl.
- Even if errors are found during parsing, the compilation will take place to find other errors.
- Fixed internal ExtractPath() function to return blank string if no valid path found.
- Fixed code generator to use full pathname in #code statements.
- Fixed PIDE, error pane, double-click to work properly again on form codes.
- Fixed optimizer.
- Fixed ScaleSprite() to use 0.5 for 50% and 1.5 for 150% instead of 50 or 150.
- COM engine now uses VT_DATE as SYSTEMTIME.
- Some memory leaks fixed in COM engine.
- Fixed T() to use two parameters.
- Enhanced the optimizer.
- New LO() and HI() functions to extract low and high portion of double as integers.
- Moved VT_XXXX definitions from Windows.ppl to Ole.ppl library.
- PIDE, new Find Previous in Search menu.
- PIDE, new custom drawn menus.
- Update PIDE protection engine to latest version.
- New cursor function declares in Windows.ppl.
- Collision detection for borders assign the T_COLLIDE% and S_COLLIDE% variables.
- PIDE, fixed new project, folder browsing.
- PIDE, added option in new project not to create a sub folder.
- Invoke, GetProperty and SetProperty functions assign the COMERROR% variable correctly.
- New COMERRORDESC% variable is set when COM error description are found.
- PIDE, PIDE.INI configuration file is now stored in local folder.
- Fixed SetSpriteDirection and SetSpriteVelocity functions with 0, 90, 180, 270 angles.
- Fixed Call function to use directly func/proc name instead of just address.
- New GetProcEx() function to allow to search a function specifying the input and output parameters count.
- Optimized the GetProc and Call functions.
- Run, RunEx, RunFile, RunFileEx now returns the application handle when application stays loaded in memory.
- Fixed Call() to call external application's functions.
- Fixed KillApp() if no windows in application to just normally free the application from memory.
- Internal range checking now calculates the smallest memory size due to bytes alignment.
- PIDE, new New Form.. wizard.
- PIDE, new Generate Form Call code menu item.
- Fixed Exit function to work correctly.
- Fixed Encrypt() function to detect correct size of input string.
- New g_fonts() function to adjust the maximum number of characters the g_loadfont will cache.
- g_loadfont() doesn't use 4096 characters to cache by default anymore.
- New functions in Swapi.ppl, Control_BringToFront, Control_SendToBack.
- A wait cursor will appear when an executable created with PPL is loading.
You can download PPL here: http://www.arianesoft.ca/download.php?31
You can also try out PPL Pro for free for 15 days:
http://arianesoft.ca/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?158
