Monthly Archives: September 2014

Building simple native application for Windows

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NativeIEThis article shows how a web application can easily be transformed into a native application. It uses the Internet Explorer, which is not among the best browsers, but often satisfying. In some aspects it’s probably even the best choice.

The article also contains download links to a tool that easily allows you to create standalone applications containing any HTML5 content as internal resource.
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Smart Mobile Studio 2.1 (Hotfix 1)

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We have done some improvements with v2.1, and we’ve collected these in a new hotfix release.

 

Download

You can download the installer here:

For other information about other releases, take a look in the release history.

 

Changelog

Compiler

  • Linker error caused by DWS filter in HTML/CSS files are reported.
  • Added ability to cast JS “Variant” to arrays.
  • Added support for initializing record fields inline in class/record declarations.
  • Better error in case of invalid array syntax.
  • Fixed issues with symbol table handling.
  • Inline resources ({$R file:’…’}) are linked properly.
  • Non-empty set constants are supported as parameters and default parameters.
  • Added support for integer<->set conversion for small sets.
  • Local (in project folder) copies of RTL files take priority during the compilation.
  • Fixed support for ‘break’ statement inside a ‘case’ statement.
  • Fixed operator precedence, operators now evaluate just like in Delphi.

 

Debugger

  • Fixed several memory corruption problems.
  • Breakpoints are disabled when debugging is not enabled.
  • JavaScript file name is shown in the stack frame.

 

IDE

  • Added resource string export.
  • When Custom CSS was selected in project options, CSS file did not appear in the Project Manager.
  • Improved Basic edition (non-functional parts are not shown).
  • Fixed “Find in Files” which reported unit name instead of file name.
  • Fixed a rare issue with QR code generation.
  • Full path name is shown in a tab hint.
  • Console messages are shown correctly when built-in browser is used.
  • Category for components can be set in the package builder.
  • A  warning is displayed if package compilation fails during IDE load.
  • “ZIP entire project” was not working properly.
  • Fixed label display on the welcome page.
  • F3 function key was not working on the Source page of the built-in browser.
  • Improved serving of text files.
  • Fixed unicode character handling in forms.
  • Unit was not marked as saved after a new project was saved for the first time.
  • Suggestions are not invoked inside a string.
  • DataSnap proxy generator DLL is included in the installer.
  • Unopened files were not saved after ‘Make item external’.
  • Improved loading times for large and old Base64 encoded projects.
  • Fixed ‘asm’ statement detection in highlighter.
  • More than one external source file can be added in one step.
  • Fixed execution in external browser – when started twice in a row without closing Brower/Server window, source was not reloaded in the external browser.
  • Fixed occasional execution problems.
  • If an error occurs when executing program in internal browser, cursor jumps to the JavaScript source line which caused the error.

 

RTL

  • Added bunch of W3C APIs.
  • Added Tizen APIs.
  • Improved GLScene libraries.
  • Fixed problem when InitializeObject was called twice for forms in old (pre-2.1) projects.
  • CSS theme cleanup.
  • Fixed w3_getElementByName.

 

Demos

  • Added example for XMLHttpRequest.
  • Updated all contest demos [GraphicsDemo, Afternoon Walk, Real Fire, RetroBalls, Biotopia, PolyDNA]  to the new format (including minor fixes related to changes in v2.1).

 

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Sincerely,
The Smart Mobile Studio Team