Yet another new beta version of WinBatch+Compiler. This one is predictably named WinBatch+Compiler 2020c beta. Some of the changes do not have a great deal of verbiage associated with them but impacts may be more significant than the verbiage suggests. However, the effect on existing scripts is that they may take a bit less time to execute depending on the script's operations.
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Release notes:
WB 2020C Dec 24, 2020 (beta)
DLL 6.20ctc First appearing in WB 2020C
Modified the WIL language interpreter's tokenizer to significantly reduce the impact of loaded
extenders on the overall execution time of a running script.
Addressed problem with IntControl 99 that under certain conditions caused still loaded
extender's functions to become inaccessible after unloading one or more extenders.
Added the optional i/s:options (previous documented as "[reserved]") parameter to the
"RegOpenKeyEx" function. When the function is passed the value REG_OPTION_OPEN_LINK( 8 ) it
attempts to open a symbolic link subkey. When option 8 is used the hKey parameter must be
set to one of the predefined keys @REGMACHINE, @REGCURRENT, @REGUSERS, or @REGCLASSES.
Add support for a new REG_LINK( 6 ) type to the RegSetEx function. This type is used to specify
a registry symbolic link target or "real key" associated with the registration database link
key. When using this type the "handle" parameter must be a registry key handle returned by the
"RegCreateKeyEx" function using the REG_OPTION_CREATE_LINK( 2 ) option or a handle returned by
the "RegOpentKeyEx" function's REG_OPTION_OPEN_LINK( 8 ) option. The subkey-string parameter
must be set to an empty string(""). The "value" parameter must be set to the complete path to
the "real key" including one of the root keys @REGMACHINE, @REGCURRENT, @REGUSERS, or
@REGCLASSES. For example, "@REGMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wilson WindowWare" makes the main WinBatch
registry key the linked to key. The "view-flag" affects the view of the key path set in the
value parameter but does not affect the handle passed in the function's first parameter.
New functions:
MapKeyFind(m:map, s:key[, i/s:not_found])
Returns the value associated with a WIL map key.
map: a variable containing a WIL map.
key: key of a WIL map key/value pair.
not_found: (optional)alternate return value when the key is not found. Zero ( 0 ) is
the default return value.
RegCreateKeyEx(i:handle, s:subkey-string, s/i:mode, i:options [,i:view-flag])
Can be used to create a registration database key link.
Returns handle to new key with indicted access "mode" and "option".
handle: handle to a registration database key
subkey-string: a registry path to the key to create
mode: new key's access mode
options: new key's life-time and/or creates a registry symbolic link key.
0 - non volatile key
1 - volatile key
2 - sumbolic link key
view-flag: (optional) controls registry 32-bit or 64-bit registry view
RegDeleteLink(i:handle, s:subkey-string [,i:view-flag])
Used to delete a registration database link key. Returns 1 if the key is deleted.
handle: @REGMACHINE, @REGCURRENT, @REGUSERS, or @REGCLASSES
subkey-string: a registry path to the link to delete
view-flag: (optionsal) controls registry 32-bit or 64-bit registry view
WinBatch Studio
Added a new user-defined procedure(UDP) toolbar to the available default toolbars. The UDP
toolbar is used to navigate to user-defined functions, subroutines, and commands by selecting
the name of a UDP from the toolbar's dropdown list. The UDP toolbar can be added or removed
from the displayed default toolbars by checking or unchecking the UDP checkbox in the list of
toolbars on the Toolbar tab of the Toolbars dialog box. The Toolbars dialog box can be
displayed by selecting the View/Toolbars menu item from the WinBatch Studio main menu bar.
Added a "Clear selection" menu item to the main menu bar's "Edit" menu. Selecting this menu
item removes selection highlighting and/or any yellow selection marks for the first column of
the current document. A yellow selection mark appears when the WIL debugger detects an error
and halts script execution or when a user-defined procedure is selected from the UDP
toolbar's dropdown list.
Modified the Analyze (Shift+Ctrl+F5) menu command to only check the syntax of the selected
region of the currently displayed file. If a selection is not present, the syntax checking
performs checking on the entire file.
PopMenu
Addressed issue that prevented PopMenu from launch the "ANSI/ASCII Char Chart" menu item
dialog when logged on to Windows 10 as a standard user.
Changed the "ANSI/ASCII Char Chart" menu option to use the "www-prod.ini" file located in the
currently logged on user's "AppData" folder.
Modified the "ANSI/ASCII Char Chart" menu item dialog to display most extended characters in
the range of decimal 128 through 160.
