Smart Mobile Studio 2.1 (beta-1)

Version 2.1 of Smart Mobile Studio will soon be released.

If you would like to give this a try, you can download the installer here:

• setup_enterprise.exe
• setup_professional.exe
• setup_basic.exe
• setup_educational.exe

A valid license key (trial or subscription) is required.

NOTE: Since v2.0 isn’t forward compatible, you can’t open v2.1 projects in v2.0 anymore. Make sure to always backup your projects case you want to revert to v2.0 again.

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Sincerely,
The Smart Mobile Studio Team

Changelog

Compiler

• Constant arrays of records are now supported, the ‘[ ]’ and Delphi-like ‘( )’ syntax (Delphi-like syntax should be reserved for constant initialization like in Delphi).
• Added StrMatches() function and .Matches() helper, it allows simple filtering (using * and ? wildcards). When the filter is constant, it’s compiled to a regexp.
• Improved procedure type matching so that inline type declarations will match against named types, for example “procedure” vs “TProc”.
• Added missing support for accessing open-array elements.
• Fixed edge cases for unused variable hinting, with regard to overloaded procedures and var parameters.
• Selected time conversion functions can now be optimized at compile time.
• “In array” operator will now perform basic (safe) auto-casts (integer in float_array, etc.).
• Compilation fails if resource file linked with $R directive cannot be found.
• Added support for new special includes
  • %MAINFILE%
  • %LINENUM% current line as a number (%LINE% includes it as a string, this is FreePascal compatible)
• Supports “empty” units (would previously report incorrect errors in other units).
• Initial support for “with”, as sugar for a type-inferenced local variable, not that this is not yet Delphi compatible for arrays and records.
  • with p := something do begin
    // do anything with p
    end;
• More internal includes are possible now, beside {$I app:name} to insert the project’s name it’s now also possible to use {$I app:author}, {$I app:company}, {$I app:description}, {$I app:notes} & {$I app:keywords} to get access to the (meta) information found in the project’s options.
• Symbol DWSCRIPT is defined.
• Static calls to non-abstract class methods of an abstract class are now possible.
• Improved array constructor to support heterogeneous metatypes.
• Fixed internal compiler error when empty unit was being compiled.
• Fixed internal compiler error when a property was invoked on an “as” cast, like in “(foo as TBar).Prop”.
• Fixed support of MidStr() by the codegen.
• Added peephole optimization for string character access with a fixed offset like someString[whatever+1]
• Added peephole optimization for Copy/MidStr calls of the form “Copy(stringVariable, whatever, Length(stringVariable))”.
• Improved “case of” performance for integer & string constants.
• Supports nested arrays with () boundaries when type is known.
• ‘$ names’ (for example, $scope) can be use in ‘asm’ sections.
• Fixed some minor leaks in the compiler for some “set of” syntax errors.
• Fixed support of nil meta parameters.
• Fixed codegen of string character assignments.
• Fixed special case in overload resolution.
• Fixed JS codegen for open array High.
• Minor compiler fixes.

IDE

• Panels are now using docking. Multiple layouts can be stored and quickly accessed.
• Simplified form creation – forms can be auto-created when the program starts. No manual registration is required. (link to an article describing this function)
• Keyboard shortcuts can be configured.
• Editor tabs can be rearranged with mouse.
• Built-in browser uses Chromium CEF3 instead of CEF1.
• Added Search, Find in Files.
• Symbol under the cursor is used for initial search term on Ctrl+F (Search).
• Redesigned toolbars.
• Improved project generator API.
• Welcome page can be closed. Added View, Welcome page.
• Added combo box containing open unit names.
• Added shortcuts for Search&Replace dialog.
• Renamed Preferences to IDE Settings and Options to Project options.
• Fixed: Search dialog option Whole words was not persistent.
• Fixed: Underscore was not allowed in a component name.
• Fixed command-line compiler crashes.
• Better compilation error messages in some obscure cases.
• Compiler messages are updated during the compilation.
• Files containing an ampersand in the path can be opened through the ‘recent items’ menu.
• Right-click activates tab. This fixes a problem when action was selected from right-click menu on a non-active tab but was executed on the active tab.
• Ctrl+Home/End behave same as Home/End in the Messages window.
• Fixed exception when user Ctrl-clicked on a whitespace.

Editor/Designer

• Added Split View mode (editor and designer side by side).

• Added icons for ‘Move back in history’ (negates effects of Ctrl+Click) and ‘Move forward in history’ (negates the the ‘Move back’ command) to the editor toolbar.
• Improved Ctrl+Click behaviour.
• Fixed: It is no longer possible to create two components with a same name.
• Fixed: Initial TPanel color was ignored.
• Fixed: Properties Left and Top were not updated when component was dragged.
• Fixed line moving with Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down.
• Fixes for highlighter, in the case of multi-line strings whose ending quote/double-quote is the first character of a new line.

RTL

• RTL was split into multiple namespaces (for example System, SmartCL, Espruino …). Proxy units (W3xxx) are provided for backward compatibility.

• Added WebCL API.
• Updated Espruino RTL.
• Updated WebAudio API.
• Added System.Encoding unit.
• Added string constants sLineBreak (#13#10) and sHtmlLineBreak (<br>) to W3System.
• Added AllowAllUp, Down, and GroupIndex properties to toolbar buttons.
• Fixed TW3CSSClassStyleNames.RemoveByName.

Demos

• Added WebAudio ABX Test demo.
• Updated Sine generator demo.
• Structured and commented Particles demo.
• Fixed Box2D demo.

Known issues

• The background compiler crashes occasionally (no debugging possible in this case)
• Command-line compiler crashes for a project file input (but works for pure pascal files!)
• Boolean properties in the property inspector are displayed as -1 (which equals to True)

We are aware of the known issues and have/will fix these until the final release.