| December 20, 2007 | Several changes to make
OKScriptX play nice with Windows Vista, including Help,
file associations and folder locations. (Each user
gets a profile on first use.) |
| March
19, 2007 | Bug that caused OKScript startup to fail
when no script parameters were present in the command line has been
fixed. |
| March 2, 2007 | Editor
is now marked as modified after "Insert PLACE instruction"
command. Also added ResetPlace pragma which automatically adds (or
replaces) a PLACE instruction in the script if the panel position is
changed. |
| November 18, 2006 | Added
predefined macros for -LOWER and -TOGGLECASE. |
| January
20, 2005 | Mostly changes needed to port my website
to www.mjmx.com. Also fixed a couple help file errors. |
| December 21, 2004 | Fixed problem
with TOPANEL and RECOMPILE that caused some scripts to transfer to the
wrong tab. |
| December 7,2004 | Added
optional parameter to RECOMPILE instruction to direct recompilation to
a particular tab. Fixed Insert PLACE instruction
functionality for legacy (.oks) scripts. New icon and smaller installer. |
| September 5, 2004 | Fixed
problem with OKScript not recognizing macros embedded in expressions
(%-EX%) when their names contained digits. Also changed scanner so that
scripts containing tab characters will properly compile and run. |
| July 4, 2004 | Fixed problem
expanding new-style (space containing) macros when the instruction
field doesn't extend to the end of line. Unwound call stack when
RECOMPILE is executed. Minor clarifications to help. |
| June 23, 2004 | Fixed bug in DO
AT instruction with only time specified. |
| June
20, 2004 | Added RECOMPILE instruction. Fixed panel
sizing issue that occured when panel creation was delayed. Fixed DO AT
when dates are involved. Without a date, DO AT now uses the next
occurance of the specified time instead of the current day. Debug
improvements. |
| June 14, 2004 | Fixed
MODE TITLE. Fixed panel sizing issue. Removed (for now) PRAGMA
BLOCKPANELEXIT. Added a debugger (MODE ON/OFF DEBUG macrolist. View
from File Menu.). |
| June 7,
2004 | Fixed editor focus problem that occured when a
script error occured in a USEd file. |
| June
4, 2004 | Added macro list option to the STATE
RESTORE and STATE ERASE instructions and added a file menu item to open
the settings file (OKScript.ini). |
| June
3, 2004 | OKScript-X released with extensive changes,
including 1) new pragmas for exit blocking, rollup and hiding file
tabs; 2) built-in macros for query dialog, numeric test, convert to
upper case, program running test, text length, file existance,
button/menu enabled test, menu checked test, state saved test,
character to/from ascii code, testing if the clipboard contains text;
3) simplified IF-ELSE-FI and PLACE; 4) improved integer formulas; 5)
character counts on metacharacters, e.g. {right 5}; 6) replaced +, ~
and ^ metacharacters with {shift}, {alt} and {ctrl}; 7) added {space}
metacharacter; 8) forced several dialogs to stay on top; 9) fixed
diacriticals in GET dialog; 10) allowed macro expansions in button
names, hints and menu names; 11) the -MYKEYS macro no longer performs
metatranslation to keystroke codes. Fixed MODE TITLE instruction to
behave as documented. Fixed editor bug to now allow the editing of
non-script files. |
| December
5, 2003 | BUTTON colors can now specify a background
color by appending it with a hyphen to the text color field, e.g.
red-navy. Option added (at install time) to save settings file
(OKScript.ini) under user's (hidden) Application Data
folder - this allows OKScript to be used by users with limited
(non-administrative) privileges. Setup program also lets the user
create usage specific script folders. The reference section of the help
file was completely reorganized. |
| November
1, 2003 | Updated license validation section to
accept the older licenses that failed in previous releases. |
| October 23, 2003 | Completely new
syntax highlighting script editor that includes printing, column and
line text selection modes, multi-level undo/redo, expanded search
options and much improved highlighting. Also fixed several editor bugs.
The 16 bit version of OKScript has been discontinued. |
| August 27, 2003 | PLACE
instruction modified to position a panel adjacent to the edge of the
screen if the user's coordinates would cause the panel to be rendered
off-screen. |
| January 29, 2003 | Bug
fixes to move the cursor to position of error, color
arithmetic expressions (%%...%) properly and make new (empty) editor
pages act unmodified. |
| December
11 | Minor bug fixes and several enhancements,
including:
- User configurable editor syntax coloring and font.
Syntax
coloring makes visually navigating large scripts much easier. (Editor
undo's now must be performed before the cursor is moved to a new line.)
- BUTTON, MENU, RIGHT and WINDOW instructions can
now force
window identification to start at the beginning and or end at the end
of the window's caption.
- Infinite LOOPs can now be constructed by omitting
the loop counter, or making it negative.
- A panel's background color can now be set using
PRAGMA WINCOLOR colorname.
- A successful search will now scroll the cursor
into view.
|
| December
2 | Fixed (I hope) bug that kept WINDOW instruction
from responding to AbortScript menu item. |
| November 29 | Script
instructions that match window names (e.g. WINDOW, MENU, BUTTON) can
now specify that the match should start at the beginning of the window
name and/or end at the end of the window name. This is done by
beginning or ending the pattern string with a dollar sign ($). |
| August 26 | The Make
Shortcut form now opens with the focus set to the Shortcut
Name field. Also that form's Default Script Folder
field is initialized to reflect the loaded script files. A C++ DLL
example was added to the help file. |
| April 2 | Added facility for user
extensions to OKScript through access to external routines in OKScript
compatable DLLs. |
| Feb 18 |
Panel Options discussion and index updated in OKScript's
help. Program unchanged. |
| Feb
14 | Three predefined macros were added: -DOCS and
-DESKTOP return the path of the "My Documents" and Windows Desktop
folders, -EXEPATH returns the path to the folder containing the
OKScript program. A buffer overrun error in the Make Shortcut function
was fixed. Clarifications were made in the help file. |
| Jan 22, 2002 | The help
system was ported from "WinHelp" to "HTML-Help" system which supports
much better navigation and development tools. Several of the help
topics were rewritten and there were a few additions. Windows 95 users
who haven't installed Internet Explorer may need to do so to use this
help, or run Microsoft's HHUPD.EXE. Alternatively the old help file
(OKS.HLP) will run with the new program. The help development process
uncovered a few bugs in the program. 1. An incorrectly worded error
message was fixed. 2. A bug in MESSAGE that failed to display multiple
lines was fixed. 3. Problems with the pulldown list capability of the
GET instruction were fixed. |
| Nov
10 | Added LEFTCLICK, RIGHTCLICK, SAVE and RESTORE
variations to the MOUSE instruction as well as a mouse position tool
(accessible from the Edit menu) to determine the x-y coordinates of key
application elements for insertion into MOUSE positioning instructions. |
| Nov 1 | Added
MOUSE WINXYLOW x y for mouse movement relative to the lower left corner
of the active window. |
| Oct
31 | Added MOUSE WINXY x y for mouse movement
relative to the active window's coordinate system (0,0 = upper left
corner). |
| Oct 30 |
Instructions and macros for moving the mouse pointer,
pressing and releasing its buttons and retrieving its current position
were added. The GET instruction was added to the template list. |
| Oct 5 | If an
open or save operation selects a different folder, that folder will
become the default for subsequent file operations. This does NOT change
the default folder on startup, which is (now) controlled by the
shortcut's "start in" field. |
| Sept
27 | Fixed problem with shortcut (icon) creation
capability in OKScript. |
| Sept
26 | Changed icon. |
| Sept 9 | The option to associate xxx.OKS
files with the OKScript application was added to the installation
procedure. Minor installation bugs were corrected and a new icon was
incorporated into the program. |
| Sept
5, 2001 | The PLACE instruction was corrected so
that flawed PLACE parameters no longer cause the panel to be rendered
(invisibly) off of the screen. Syntax template insertion for several
instructions were added to assist script development. These are
accessable under the "Script" menu. The capability to alter the shift
metacharacter (from the default "+") was also added, both as a PRAGMA
and in the Panel Options dialog. The installation program was updated
and operates with a fimiliar Windows program installer interface.
Automated uninstallation support is included in the deployment package.
The default installation folder was changed to "Program files\OKS40". |
| Nov 20 | User
input resulted in numerous revisions: - Fixed
STATE RESTORE's inability to restore empty macros.
-
Fixed user's macro quote character persistence when a QUOTECHAR
instruction is removed from a script.
- Forced the
IF QUERY, MESSAGE and GET dialog boxes to be focused when they appear.
-
Added indirect addressing capability to macros - when a macro reference
is preceeded by an asterisk the referenced string is interpreted as
another macro reference. Thus if macro aaa contains bbb then %*aaa%
will return the contents of macro bbb.
- Added
NUMBER iftype to check if a text string is a legal number.
|
| May 16 | Added
the capability to programatically minimize and restore the current
panel (as an option under the MODE instruction.) Also added an optional
alert when FILE instructions are encountered in a script to improve
security when trying scripts written by other users. By default this
feature is ON unless disabled in OKScript's options. Note - the installation bug present in the
initial upload of this release has been fixed. |
| Jan 17, 2000 | Added global
option to increase or decrease the font size and button height. Look
under Script | Set Panel Options. |
| Dec
28 | Fixed error in PROC description in help file
and added button hinting. |
| Oct
4 | Fixed bug introduced in yesterday's release
that caused fatal error to occur when executing a 'basic' button or
menu instruction - i.e., one with nothing after a button's color spec
or menu's name. |
| Oct 3 |
Integrated procedure call option to BUTTON, MENU and RIGHT
instructions. |
| Sept 15 |
Updated many sections of the help file. Program is unchanged. |
| July 2 | Fixed
bug in PARSE that produced errors on multi-character delimiters. |
| July 1 | Fixed
bug in PARSE instruction and added code to wait for a window activation
to take effect before continuing with a script. Also fixed execution
problem that occured with the 16 bit version when multiple script files
were loaded. |
| June 15 |
Ensured that DO events occuring at the same time do not
overlap in execution. |
| May
26 | Fixed minor bugs in Colin Ward's scripts
contained in OKS3240z.exe. |
| May
4 & 6 | Allowed PLACE instruction to
position a panel on a second monitor, if present, on Windows 98
systems. (Applies to 32 bit OKScript only.) |
| Apr 26 | Removed Notepad usage on install
to allow setup script to function on non-English versions of Windows.
Also clarified areas of the help file, particularly the tutorial. |
| Mar 18 | Removed
anomolous behavior of PRAGMA FILEHELPOFF when there are not user menus
in a panel. Also cleaned up the help file a bit. |
| Mar 9 | Multiple
Ctrl-R's no longer create panels with replicated buttons. Added
functionality that allows DO BEFORE or DO AFTER directives to access
the activating directive's <window> and
<keys> fields. This makes it possible to write one line
BUTTON and MENU handlers that perform more complex tasks. One example
is to direct and explanation to the opponents AND spectators. This code
sends a button's keystring to both the opponents and spectators when
any button is pressed:
DO BEFORE LEFT
WINDOW %-mywindow%
PUT =%-mykeys%{enter}
PUT {%}%-mykeys%{enter}
MODE
OFF keyfield
MODE OFF windowfield
A typical button that could take advantage of this might be:
BUTTON (1N)-2H
RED OKbridge hearts and a minor |
| Feb 26 | The
inability to have more than one menu separator (MENU xxx|-) was fixed. |
| Feb 21 |
"End of Line" (EOT/{enter}) delay option now also includes
"End of Text" (EOT) case, thus a "PUT xyz" will trigger a delay after
sending the "z" event if there isn't an {enter}. |
| Feb 17 | Added
HELPOFF pragma (per Colin Ward's suggestion) for those who want to get
rid of the Help menu but keep the File menu in their panels. (See Feb
10 below.) |
| Feb
15 | Fixed the functionality of the BUTTON
directive's new width argument that was introduced in the 2/10 version
of the program. The bug manifests itself when the BUTTON is clicked and
contains a window activation name. Sorry for this inconvenience. |
| Feb 10 |
Added (optional) width field to BUTTON instruction, allowing
a script to easily setup a uniform looking matrix of buttons. Also
added another qualifier to LET instruction that expands embedded macro
references. |
| Feb
9 | Added pragmas to make a panel's file and help
menus invisible (FILEHELPOFF) and inhibit window activation error
reporting (WINERROROFF). Also made the editor's F5-F8 recorded strings
persistent between sessions. |
| Jan 27 | Made the new
DO features (Jan 26) more robust and improved the help file writeup. |
| Jan 26 |
Added capability to execute a common script whenever any
button or menu is activated. See DO instruction in the help for
details. To make this useful I added a PARSE function (that allows you
to take apart menu names, amongst other things) and three predefined
macros that return the current event's name (-MYNAME), color (if a
button, -MYCOLOR) and checked status if a menu (-MYCHECK.) Also
improved the cursor positioning in the editor when an error occurs. |
| Jan 21 |
No changes to OKScript. Changed EMOAL startup code so it
works regardless of the startup directory. EMOAL now requires the
January 12 version (or later) of OKScript. |
| Jan 19 | Added access
to CharDelay and EnterDelay (see Jan 12 entry) from the Set Panel
Options menu. Refined the code that loads all of the .oks files in a
directory. |
| Jan
12 | Added underlining to the most recently clicked
button to assist applications that tend to sequence through a series of
buttons. Added folder-load capability to OPEN command,
including the "*" modifier for file replace. Added CharDelay and
EnterDelay items under [SYSTEM] in the OKSCRIPT.INI file. |
| Jan 9 | Disabled
assorted script editor menus when they would be meaningless, i.e. when
there are no files open. Fixed anomalies in the script editor title bar
display. |
| Jan
8 | Allowed macro translation for the arguments to
the MODE, LET, TRUNC and ONERROR instructions. Added an IFTYPE for
testing the state of a menu check mark. |
| Jan 6 | Added support
for controlling the check mark on custom menus. Uploaded beta-2 of EMOAL with corrected
instructions. |
| Jan
2, '99 | Fixed editor window caption bug. Also made
available a release that includes uninstall support via the Windows
Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs feature. |
| Dec 30 | Minor
install and help improvements. |
| Dec 19 | Added temporary
licensing capability and fixed fault that appeared when incorrect
license information was entered into the registration form from run
mode. Also made available a seminar distribution that includes
additional sample scripts. |
| Dec 17 | Fixed problem
pasting (rich) text with different color attributes into an editor
page. Also completed update to procedure that performs target window
search. |
| Dec
14 | Added the current filename to the script
editor title bar, making it easier to uniquely identify (and
target) a particular script editor when more than one are
running. |
| Dec
10 | Fixed script loading problem that occured when
script file specification was a folder or script was not found.
Modified window search and activation logic to make it unnecessary to
click on a window that hasn't been 'seen' and catalogued by
OKScript. Also implemented the predefined macro %-TITLES% which
enumerates the window titles currently catalogued (separated by
{ENTER}s.) |
| Dec
8 | A problem with quoted target windows in menu
directives was fixed. Minor help and cosmetic changes. |
| Nov 30 | Added
PLACE to the directives that will be processed in a USEd file. Expanded
tutorial. |
| Nov 24 | Allowed multiple
menu separators without PRAGMA MENUSTUBS. Softened the RED color and
added PINK, GRAY, ORANGE and SKY. |
| Nov 19 | Added predefined
macro -CANCEL which returns "1" when GET is canceled, "0" otherwise.
Extended the MENUSTUBS pragma to include both misformed menu
specifications. |
| Nov
18 | Added bookmark capability to the editor. Moved
most error messages to the editor status bar. Added an optional
programmable status bar for button panels. |
| Nov 17 | Implemented
all international diacritic key mappings (no unicode). Fixed column bug
display in 32 bit version. |
| Nov 15 | Changed PROC
argument evaluation to NOT translate metacharacters. PROCs now have to
use LET * to perform this translation on arguments, but arguments
containing metacharacters can be successfully passed to further PROCs. |
| Nov 13 |
Fixed serious bug that caused OKScript to hang when editing
with no files open and sometimes on exit. (Must have been anticipating
Friday the 13th.) Also added predefined macros to access OKScript's
timer (%-TIC%) and the handles (unique IDs) of the window that was
active at the last tic and last explicit activation from OKScript (e.g.
WINDOW instruction. |
| Nov 12 | Added buttons and
menus to items that can appear in a USE file (library.) Improved menu
error checking (removable with PRAGMA instruction) and help file. Added
editor line and column indicators. |
| Nov 10 | Added
functionality to expand metacharacters in LET command macros. Activated
with LET *mac data. |
| Nov 9 | Added
pulldown options list for the GET command. Extended the MODE TITLE
string from 40 to 120 characters. |
| Nov 5 | Added MODE TITLE
instruction to change a panel's title. Made metacharacter usage more
consistent. |
| Nov
3 | Added long line continuations with the MORE
instruction. Fixed rare bugs in CALL, DELAY and FINISH instructions and
Abort_Script! menu logic. |
| Oct 31 | Changed OPEN *fn
to replace already loaded script instead of adding another script. |
| Oct 28 |
Added external PROC and MACRO facility (USE), editor size
options (up to 512k), improved diacritic support and longer MESSAGE
capability. |
| Oct
22 | Added forced load to OPEN instruction. Added
-PANEL predefined macro. |
| Oct 22 | Extended support
for international keymappings. |
| Oct 21 | Added support for
some 8 bit diacritic characters and minor user interface
refinements. |
| Oct
19 | Added MODE command (to disable MENUs and
BUTTONs) and an iftype to test a control's enable status. |
| Oct 17, '98 | Fixed
literal metacharacter (e.g. {+}) problem. Further improved button 'look
and feel.' |
| Sep,
'98 | Version 4.0: Many improvements including:
Reorganized menus.
Added Newline menu for plagiarizing and
removed special NEWLINE palette button.
Added DO, PLAG and
PRAGMA directives.
Added LET, TRUNC, PARSE, FINISH, ONERROR,
FILE, DIR, STATE, MESSAGE, MODE and WAITFOR actions.
Added
QUERY, RUNNING, EXISTS, MENU and BUTTON iftypes.
Added
parameter facility to PROC/CALL.
Added integer formulas.
Added rollup argument to PLACE directive.
Added error
recovery to TOPANEL.
Eliminated need to click on a window for
OKScript to 'see' it.
Changed undo from alt-BkSp to Ctrl-Z.
Improved button right click look and feel.
Changed IF
instruction syntax.
Moved the /m, /s, /t, /c and /f switch
functions into the OKScript menus and .INI file.
Removed
".OKS" from editor tabs, other extensions continue to be displayed.
Removed TIME, DATE and CLIPTOMAC actions.
Predefined macros:
-date, -time, -clipboard, -tic, -ticwin, -actwin, -titles, -curdir,
-args, -argn, -indexup, -indexdn, -found, -exe, -err and -res.
Fixed plagiarizing and CapsLock anomalies.
Fixed user menu
related memory leak.
Fixed fast keystroke playback problem in
editor.
|
| Sep, '98 | Version 3.5:
Added one level of editor undo.
Added replace option to text
search.
Added MENU directive.
Added optional 'next
panel' parameter to the CLOSE action.
Inihibited OPEN
instruction from loading same file more than once. |
| Jul, '98 | Version
3.4b: Added macro expansion to the BUTTON directive's color parameter
and the parameter of the CLIPTOMAC and CALL instructions.
Removed parameter quoting in WINDOW, OPEN and TOPANEL instructions.
Fixed directory binding error for file operations.
Improved
help structure. |
| Jun,
'98 | Version 3.4a: Added editor search and
keystroke record/playback.
Added TOPANEL instruction.
Added /N switch to set the title bar caption.
Replaced /R
switch functionality with /E switch.
Imporved help file.
Added desktop shortcut menu function (32 bit only). |
| May, '98 | Version
3.3l: Corrected bug (introduced in 3.3k) that inhibited macro expansion
in window names. |
| May, '98 | Version 3.3k:
Added {%} and {QC}.
Forced GET dialog edit control to always
be active.
Properly restore buttons from canceled program
exit. |
| May,
'98 | Version 3.3j: Fixed implementation of tab
display parameter in PLACE directive.
Added /T command line
switch to inhibit the display of runtime tabs.
Improved
editor to notebook tab coupling and button control implementation. |
| Mar, '98 |
Version 3.3i: Fixed syntax check and beautify code so it
properly recognizes blank lines. |
| Feb, '98 | Version 3.3h:
Fixed window flash when exiting OKScript with multiple files open. |
| Jan, '98 |
Version 3.3g: Fixed bug affecting the interaction of the
STARTUP, OPEN and CLOSE instructions at compile time. |
| Jan, '98 | Version
3.3f: Added nesting check and ELSE with condition capability. |
| Jan, '98 |
Version 3.3e: Added Beautify function to the edit menu. |
| Jan, '98 |
Version 3.3d: Fixed bug that made program 'lose' the help
file. |
| Jan,
'98 | Version 3.3c: Improved CALL instruction
performance.
Forced STARTUP to be action execution terminator.
Fixed PROC implementation bugs. |
| Jan, '98 | Version 3.3b:
Fixed horrible flaw that caused OKScript to lock up. |
| Jan, '98 | Version
3.3a: Added control flow instructions.
Fixed failure to
plagiarize on new instructions. |
| Jan, 1998 | Version 3.2b:
Added OPEN and CLOSE instructions.
Added macro persistence.
Fixed 'stay on top' problem with GET instruction.
Fixed
clicking on unpopulated part of form fault. |
| Dec, '97 | Version
3.2: Added secondary button scripts via right mouse button.
Improved plagiarize mode access.
Fixed sporadic
synchronization problem that occured when a RUN instruction was
followed by a WINDOW instruction. |
| Dec, '97 | Version 3.1a-e:
Minor bug fixes and interface enhancements. |
| Dec, '97 | Version
3.1: Added code to remove trailing blanks when a file is read or
processed.
Added feature to allow user to remember window
position in a script.
Allowed user to switch button panels
via the editor tabs.
Added script building from button
palette features. |
| Dec, '97 | Version 3.0:
Added integrated script editor.
Simplified scripting language
- one line button scripts.
Switchable button panels via
editor tabs. |
| Oct,
1997 | Version 2.1: Fixed initial 'flash' in 32bit
version.
Added keyboard navigation capabilities.
Fixed LOADSCRIPT functionality.
Refined code that tracks
active windows.
Included sample script file.
Changed to Mijenix's ZipMagic(r) self extracting installation shell. |
| Dec, '96 |
2.0 Release added clipboard and data manipulation instructions |
| Oct, 1996 |
Initial 1.0 release. |