-=:: FBSL ::=-

Fri Apr 08, 2005 :
- added pure COM built in layer !

Sun Apr 10, 2005 :
++ Simplified COM layer :
- InitializeCom( True|False ) is now optional becasue it's by default launched at the FBSL.exe startup.
- InitializeCom( ) is the same but it's unitialized at Exit.

- Modified & revisited GetValue !
GetValue exists no more !
It's replaced by GetIntValue, GetDblValue and GetStrValue !
- COM HTML doc is updated to reflect changes.

Thu Apr 14, 2005 :
++ Simplified again COM layer + updated HTML COM documentation
- CreateObject 2nd parameter is now optional.
- Fixed bug in Allocation, concatenation strings
- Added newest keywords to the grammar :
Hex
HexToDec
StrCpy
Val
CheckSum
- Added samples to reflect changes

Sun May 01, 2005 :
- Fixed bugs into L2 parser.

- Added SetResource and GetResource to patch any EXE/DLL files by adding extra resource !

- Added those resource constants ::
RT_CURSOR, RT_BITMAP, RT_ICON
RT_MENU, RT_DIALOG, RT_STRING
RT_FONTDIR, RT_FONT, RT_ACCELERATOR
RT_RCDATA, RT_MESSAGETABLE
RT_GROUP_CURSOR, RT_GROUP_ICON
RT_VERSION, RT_DLGINCLUDE, RT_PLUGPLAY
RT_VXD, RT_ANICURSOR, RT_ANIICON, RT_HTML

- Added Begin Events / End Events / Continue Events / Exit Events to the grammar

- Added those PROTECTED variables :
CBCTL, CBCTLMSG, CBHWND, CBWPARAM, CBLPARAM, CBMSG
Versus v2, those variables are not allowed to be modified by user, either an error message will be printed to inform you.

- FBSL GUI is now in progress...

Mon May 02, 2005
GUI is more than in progress : it comes to reality !
BEGIN EVENTS / EXIT EVENTS / END EVENTS / CONTINUE EVENTS
SHOW
HIDE
CENTER
FORM

Sun May 22, 2005
- FileEOf crashed onto an empty file, now it returns 1 without crashing.
- Fixed COM layer, the yesterday version was no more recognizing CreateObject :/

Actually i'm porting FBSLv3 to GCC, MINGW and LCC compatible, the progres s is important because i've reached 90% of portability

Wed May 25, 2005
- Fixed SendMessage / PostMessage ( thanks Cpilot for pointing it out )
- Added ApicallEx ( see Wiki )
- Added support for Dim myvar = "content"
- Added support for Dim myvar as New otherOne ( not yet complete )
- Added support for Begin Const... End Const ( not yet complete )
- Enhanced Dim ( thanks to Mehdi )
- Added ENUM ( thanks to Mehdi )
- Added Begin / End CONST ( thanks to Mehdi )

Fri May 27, 2005
- Fixed again SendMessage / PostMessage ( thanks Cpilot for pointing it out again )

- Enhanced the GUI message pump to redraw easier windows when restored from menu bar or when they were hidden by other ones.

Sun Jun 05, 2005
- Added Multi-LET support !
- Added Macro directives !
- Added samples to reflect changes

Mon Jun 06, 2005
Version 3.01.0 is out with bugs less

Tue Jun 07, 2005
Version 3.01.0 is out with bugs less for socket layer and string layer

Mon Jun 20, 2005
- bugs less for GUI layer : fixed inner initcommoncontrols : was missing some classes to work properly.

- extends of Select Case : now you can case a, b, c, ... like Helena suggested!
Thanks to Mehdi for this enhancement !

Mon Jun 27, 2005
Version 3.01.1 is out with :
- FBSL.DLL : now you can use either FBSL.EXE either its DLL version
- revisited inner startup architecture !
- Fixed a memory leak into FBSL_GetFileName : memory was growing :/
- Added InputBox
- Updated the CHM file to reflect all those changes + added Danny's IDE sample into the CHM

Thu Jun 30, 2005
New version uploaded : 3.0.1.2

- fixed the problem with SAve/Open dialog
- fixed memory leak relative to those dialog boxes
- Added #INCLUDE meta statement support
- Added Fbsl2Exe and Exe2Fbsl functions to compile/decompile at runtime any FBS -> EXE and any EXE -> FBS !

Mon Jul 04, 2005
New version uploaded : 3.0.1.3

- fixed problem with FBSL_GetFileName :: last parameter can be 0 or 1 ( see the CHM documentation please )

- fixed memory leaks + possible crash relative to some string functions.

- Added those newest keywords + Wiki + CHM documented / updated
( Trim, LTrim, RTrim, STrim, Using, StrToken, Verify, Tally, Space )

Mon Jul 04, 2005
New version uploaded : 3.0.1.3

-Updated again CHM file with theses dynamic contants added :
WINDIR, SYSDIR, APPEXEPATH, APPEXENAME, TEMPDIR

Tue Jul 05, 2005
New version uploaded : 3.0.1.3

-Updated again FBSL binaries and fixed main form Flickering !
-Updated again and again FBSL binaries and fixed main #include paths !

Wed Sep 21, 2005
New version uploaded : 3.0.1.8

Bug Fixed :
- several #include were not working ( thanks to Helena for having pointing this bug )

- Variable '' is missing :: erroneous message was set but in fact there was no error, it was due to a too limited temporary buffer ( thx to Mike, Helena and me for having pointing this bug )

- Added more error messages : now you can see more messages with better information that will tell you what and where the problem is located!

- StrToken was too slow and potentially dangerous!
Rewritten this function fron scratch and tested against stupid loopz with a 1000x speed gain compared to previous version!

Tue Oct 04, 2005
New version uploaded : 3.0.1.9

Bugs fixed ::
- Socketreceive : was unsure and was leading to possible crash.
- The For/Next construction was totally unstable : Mike has fixed this feature : thanks Mike

Added ::
- CallAbsolute function was added to deal with ASM tricks & other goodies.
- Data function was added ( works like Chr function, was added because it sounds more functional & old skool basic ^^ )

Bugs fixed ::
- The For/Next construction had a possible bug : Mike has fixed this feature : thanks again Mike
- A crash occurred when FindFirst / FindNext were used to look for FBS files into the same folder where the FBS was running.
- A COM crash occurred when trying a GetObject onto many COM instances like internetExplorer.application, MsXml, Excel, ... fixed!

Added ::
- The return of the CHM Help file!!!
It's bundled into latest Setup file : please download it now if you don't have it

Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:37 pm
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.0

- A memory leak fixed into COM layer.
- CHM help file updated (not yet complete)

Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:23 pm
Hello!

New major version uploaded again : 3.0.2.1

- Enhanced memory management into core FBSL engine + tiny fixes.

- CHM help file updated including missing parts + samples + fixes


Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:10 pm
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.2

- Fixed TRIM, LTRIM, RTRIM, STRIM, USING, SPACE & MID functions that were suffering from memory leaks...

- Found a bug into REPLACE / REMOVE / EXTRACT : a crash occurred after certain loops : fixed!

- Started to fix some Lexer bugs with the help of Mehdi, but fixes are not yet complete, but are present onto this version : precisely it's aimed at avoiding stupid crashes at runtime when a syntax error was typed.
To be continued...

- CHM help file updated

Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:22 am
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.3 ( user sub/functions added! )

- Added primitive user Sub/Function support !

- Execline() can now act like a real function !

- Added Listview functions :
fbsl_listview
listview_insertitem
listview_setitem
listview_setcolumntext
listview_settextcolor
listview_getitem
listview_insertcolumn
listview_deletecolumn

- CHM help file updated


Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:02 am
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.5

- Added #region #endregion ala .NET

- Added Main() : that means if you have a main() function somewhere in your script, it'll be executed at first no matter if the main() function has been typed

- Added / enhanced the ERROR messages output : IF an error is detected at runtime or at parsing time a console will prompt and report the exact error with line number of the weird stuff typed

- Revisited primitive user Sub/Function support !

- Execline() can now act like a real function !

- Added Listview functions :
fbsl_listview
listview_insertitem
listview_setitem
listview_setcolumntext
listview_settextcolor
listview_getitem
listview_insertcolumn
listview_deletecolumn

Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:02 am
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.5

- Added AnsiToWide and WideToAnsi to the grammar

- Added a few constants for the string convertion ( see the CHM )

- Updated the CHM help file to reflect changes of : Class, Main, Sub, Function, ListView_xxx && Ansi_xxx functions

New major version uploaded again : 3.0.2.5 (reloaded!)

- When a missing DLL was encountered, the error was not reporting the name of the missing DLL

- When a DLL aliased functions was set, it was reporting a FAKE error : fixed

- Revisited erroneous error messages concerning DLLDECLARE

- Updated Setup with latest samples : Cpilot's + Mike's ones added

Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:30 am

New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.6

- StrPtr / To_Lpstr bug fixed by Mike

- SetToolTip enhanced, it now returns a handle of the created tooltip control

- Style_Remove bug fixed by Mike

- Added newest function : StrSep( $szBuffer, $szSeparatorS, %nIndex )

- Updated documentation (wiki + CHM)

Thanks to Mike for his great help and his advice!

New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.6 (reloaded!)

- $Trace on resource bug fixed.

- Added STANDALONE statement keyword to the grammar (thanks Mike).

- Updated Wiki, but not yet CHM file

Thanks to Mike for his great help and his advice!
Stay tuned for the incoming Mike's editor...!

Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:26 am
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.7

- Found a bug when file pointer was released : a potential crash eliminated.

- $Trace on resource tweaked a bit more.

- Added COMPRESS & DECOMPRESS keywords to the grammar with samples

- Added Mike's Editor the the Setup!

- Updated CHM file

Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:10 am
New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.9

- Found a bug when script was released when ATL was used : crash eliminated, ExitProgram() was modified to avoid the crash ( Tanks to Mike ).

- FBSL_ColorDlg tweaked a bit to return -1 in cas of cancel or close box button closed ( Thanks to Mike )

- Added Fbsl_Thread, Fbsl_ThreadWait, Fbsl_ThreadSuspend, Fbsl_ThreadResume, Fbsl_ThreadKill and Fbsl_ThreadEnd keywords to the grammar with sample. (Thanks to Mike )

- Added newest Mike's Editor the the Setup! (Thanks to Mike )

- Updated CHM file + Wiki


New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.9 again!

- Added ScQsort keyword to the grammar with sample.

- Updated CHM file + Wiki

New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.9 again!

- Fixed setup samples against missing declares.

- Added ScExport keyword to the grammar with sample.

- Updated CHM file + Wiki

New major version uploaded : 3.0.2.9 again!

- Fixed memory leaks into ScExport & StrSep.

- Added ScImport keyword to the grammar with sample.

- Fbsl2Exe now has 1 parameter, we don't no more need the Fbsl_Gui, Cgi or Console flag to force its compilation ( but kept for compatibility but no more documented! )

- Updated CHM file + Wiki

Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:37 pm
- I've remodeled the Setup file and added a tweak that allows to patch on the fly the Edit.ini file to settle dynamically the expected full paths for the Fbsl Editor.

- I've added latest samples to the setup.

- Changed internal compression : we have 200kb less, it's a good news for people who still have modems!

Hello,

- I've added StrPipe to the Grammar + sample that comes with it.

- Updated Wiki + CHM to reflect latest changes.

Enjoy!

Hello,

- I've added AddHotKey to the Grammar + sample that comes with it.

- Updated Wiki + CHM to reflect latest changes.

Thanks to Mike for that BIG step to freedom

Click HERE to grab the very latest Setup than contains the newest Mike's WONDERFUL editor!

Enjoy!

Hello,

- I've added GetType to the Grammar + sample that comes with it.

- Core engine : replaced strcpy & strncpy by a secure version to avoid buffer overflow and fixed ones i've seen thank to this newest inner implementation!

Click HERE to grab the very latest Setup than contains the newest Mike's WONDERFUL editor!

Enjoy!

Hello,

- I've enhanced StrPipe() function to ALSO be able to send its data into a desired Handle at runtime!

- Fixed TextOut() function : thanks to Cpilot for pointing me that bug

- Updated Wiki + CHM (added Mike's pic ) to reflect latest changes.

Enjoy!

Hi,

- Rewamped a newest Setup file that contains an html explanation about Fbsl v3 COM layer and its differents supported tokens.

- Fixed here and there CHM bugs.

- Added more samples to the Wiki and updated the CHM file!

Enjoy FBSL!

Hi,

- Revisited COM layer to better support : %b, %B, %s, %S, %T, %d, %u, %e, %o, %O and %v ( variant! )

Please refer to the GetValue manual + MISC -> More COM -> COM layer inti the CHM help file to see how to manage thise parameters!

I REALLY NEED testers for this newest COM with GetValue() function please!

Enjoy FBSL!

Hi,

- Trim, LTrim and RTrim were buggy : fixed thanks to Mike

- Added Color, CsrLin and CsrCol console functions

- Updated Wiki + the CHM help file to reflect changes

Enjoy FBSL!

Hi,

FBSL v3.0.3.0 uploaded again!

- Trim fixed again due to a stupid unseen bug : fixed thanks to Mike

- Added Danny_J latest editor to the Setup

Enjoy FBSL!

Hi,

FBSL v3.0.3.0 uploaded again!

- #include <myincludefile.inc> was buggy : fixed + fixed relative path bug.

- Added FBSL.INC file to the distribution : feel free to add your own definitions!

- Added sample to reflect changes

Enjoy FBSL!

Hi,

FBSL v3.0.3.0 uploaded again!

- Added PEEK, POKE to the grammar : thanks to Mike for these keywords

- StrGetMem & StrSetMem are now obsolete : see GetMem & SetMem to see how to use those last 2 keywords with integer, float, double and string !

- Added INCR, DECR to the grammar + samples

- Adapted Mike's editor to reflect changes + ALL samples into the distro to stick to the newest Get/Set MEM policy

- Updated CHM + Wiki help file system

Enjoy FBSL!

Yo!



So fast so good
BTW, beeing onto top of the speed, i've added Realloc() keyword to the grammar + sample + updated CHM file + Wiki + build a newest Setup.

And now, you don't have any excuses to use :
Alloc
Realloc
Len (to compute even total length of any var

It's up to you now

Hi,

FBSL v3.0.3.1 is out!

- Rewritten PEEK, POKE : they combine classical Peek & Poke + SetMem/GetMem : see the CHM help file for complete description + samples

- GetMem & SetMem can now also be considered as obsolete because of enhanced Peek & Poke functions.

- Added MemMove to the grammar + sample

- Added many INCludes files to the distribution : see the .\include directory

- Added latest Mike's editor

- Updated CHM + Wiki help file system

Feedbackis welcome

Enjoy FBSL!

Hi,

FBSL v3.0.3.1 is out again!

- Replaced all memcpy with memmove into the core FBSL engine : if any part of the memmory buffers overlap, memmove guarantees that a character from the source buffer is copied before it's overwritten versus memcpy where overlapping is not guaranteed!

Feedbackis welcome

Enjoy FBSL!