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Smart Mobile Studio 3.0.0 beta1 released

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Smart Mobile Studio 3.0.0 beta1 is released!

After almost 5 months of development of Smart Mobile Studio’s alpha-version, we are proud to release the first beta-version of the upcoming version 3.0.0.

Major changes:

  • A control’s style is now split up into a border style, background style and control’s own style. Details
  • Size and position of controls are automatically adjusted according to margins and padding. Description and discussion
  • Improved support for PhoneGap Example
  • Support for WebFonts and Font-Awesome

Installers

Portable installation

Smart Mobile Studio can also be downloaded with the SmartUpdate utility. To get the beta, make sure to select the BETA channel. If you already have the Alpha-version installed, you can upgrade it to the Beta -version by running the SmartUpdate.exe with the /changechannel switch.

Known problems:

  • A few demos are not yet updated:
    • Biotopia in Contest Demos
    • ControlsListMenu and ControlsToolBar in Smart Book Demos
  • Datasnap importer is not working at the moment

Changelog since release of the first alpha:

12.2.2018

First Beta of the upcoming Smart Mobile Studio 3.0 -version.

3.2.2018

– Bug fix to LoadFromStream in Sqlite
– Bug fixes to TMemoryStream and TStringStream

25.1.2018

– Bug fix to streams.

21.1.2018

– Bug fix to transitions.
– Various bug fixes to demos.

9.1.2018

– Bug fixes and improvements to TW3ListBox and TW3CheckListBox.
– Bug fix to Control Animation-demo.

8.1.2018

IDE:
– Added support for search paths
– Updated SynEdit
– Bug fixes
– ACE (TW3AceEditor) added to the Component Palette

RTL:
– New units:
– System.Collections
– System.StorageDevice
– Marjor improvements to TW3Dataset, TW3DatasetFilter and WebSQL
– Bug fixes and improvements to TextParser
– Bug fixes to WebFonts support
– Moved TCriticalSection to System.Types
– Improvements to TW3ListBox and TW3CheckListBox:
– Support for SelectedIndex and automatic change of style
background for selected items
– Support for MultiSelect
– Possibility to override creation of TW3ListBoxItemData
– Allows use of own classes and properties
– Allows overriding SetSelected to control what styling
changes should be made when items are selected

Bug fixes to many demos

9.12.2017

– Phonegap: Added Push Notification Support.

29.11.2017

– Important bug fixes to PhoneGap support.
– Fixup of legacy and color mixing classes.

22.11.2017

– Fix scrollbar bug in embedded Chrome browser.
– TW3EditBox and TW3Memo
– Added AutoComplete, SpellCheck, AutoCapitalize and AutoCorrect
– Allow scrolling of memo contents
– Fix bugs related to setfocus
– Update RequireJS to v2.0
– Changes to how EventManager passes or prevents touch events.
– Optimizations and bug fixes to
– System.Dataset
– System.Text.Parser
– TStringHelper
– Small fix to the Label caption to let designer set empty caption.

17.11.2017

IDE:
– Major improvements to Object Inspector (enum-types)
– Added more default units to uses-clauses

RTL:
– TW3Button rewritten.
– Bug fix to TW3BitBtn.
– Bug fixes to System.FileSystem.Memory.
– Big fix to Dialogs.

11.11.2017

Bug fix to scrolling in older iOS devices
Fix to Keypress in Android

9.11.2017

New demo: Featured Demos / Dialog Demo
Fixed Spartacus Demo to use new Dialogs

8.11.2017

This update contains a lot of big changes:
– Themes have been completely rewritten and updated.
– Most controls have been rewritten.
– Massive speed improvements.
– Support for native scrolling even on mobile devices.
– Support for FlexBox.
– Support for font-awesome and webfonts.
– Vastly improved dialogs.
– Automatic support for margins and padding.
– IDE: Bug fixes and small improvements.

16.10.2017

Fixes and improvements to the debugger

8.10.2017

Fix to HttpAndJsonp-demo

7.10.2017

Improvements to resizing:
– Fix wrong display height on iOS/Chrome after device flip
– Reduce number of resizes during startup

5.10.2017

New controls:
– TW3RadioGroup
– TW3MediaPlayer
Support for WebFonts
Styling changes to TW3ScrollControl’s background
EventManager to send OnClick through CBClick
Bug fixes to the RTL
Bug fixes to the IDE

28.9.2017

Improvements to Resizing:
– Minimize number of resizes during form create.
– Trigger only one resize during device flip.

26.9.2017

– New controls and classes:
– TW3GroupBox
– TW3RadioButton
– TStringStream
– Improvements to Game View initialization
– Added overloaded ShowDialog with custom width and height
– Fixed Contest Demos:
– RetroBalls
– PolyDna
– Afternoon Walk
– GraphicsDemo

20.9.2017

Bug fixes and improvements to
– TW3Button
– TW3ScrollBox
– TW3ScrollContentIndicator

19.9.2017

Bug fixes to TW3GraphicControl/TW3PaintBox.
Fixed the Minesweeper-, Tetris- and Box2D-demos.

18.9.2017

Improvements to TW3HeaderControl initialization.
Bug fix to TW3Button to prevent multiple clicks.

16.9.2017

Bug fix: Fixed form saving immediately after project creation

Logistic problems

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We have been experiencing some logistic problems with our service desk for a while; Sadly we were only able to verify the magnitude of this today.
Apparently our Zendesk account have had problems forwarding messages, and as such – there is a substancial number of emails and messages that we quite frankly havent had access to until now.

We will be going through the backlog in the coming days and weeks, and we apologize to all that have contacted us without getting a proper response.

Regards

The Smart Mobile Studio Team

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 Hotfix 2

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As it turned out, the recent Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 Hotfix 1 introduced a big problem. Because of a regression bug in the compiler, generated programs are sometimes incorrect and don’t execute. To fix that are pushing out Hotfix 2 which contains all the updates of Hotfix 1 except the DWScript compiler which was reverted back to version 2.2.

To update, you can rerun the SmartUpdate utility [more information] or download the installer from the following locations:

Changes

  • Reverted compiler to version 2.2 to fix code generation problems.

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 Hotfix 1

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This is just a small update to Smart Mobile Studio 2.2. We have fixed the GUI problems (black rectangles under icons), updated DWScript to the latest version, and made small change to the Find in Files function.

To update, you can rerun the SmartUpdate utility [more information] or download the installer from the following locations:

Changes

  • Fixed icon display problem (black background).
  • Updated compiler
    • Fixed critical issue with smart linking and lambda functions
    • Fixed missing dot in FormatDateTime.
    • Fixed range checking for dynamic arrays.
    • Improved compatibility with Google’s closure compiler.
  • Improved ‘Find in Files’ – current selection is used for search text.

It’s finally here – Smart Mobile Studio 2.2

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Yes, it is true! Not a beta, not a release candidate – we have finally published The Real Thing!

For the impatient

Download and run the installer.

Portable installation

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 can also be downloaded with the SmartUpdate utility [more information]. To get the final release, you should download from the (default) Release channel.

SmartUpdate - Release channel

If you already have a SmartUpdate-installed Beta channel on your disk, you can simply upgrade it to a Release by running the SmartUpdate.exe with the /changechannel switch.

What’s new

In two words: A Lot. Version 2.2 started out as a small upgrade, but as we worked on it we added tons and tons of stuff. A long list of changes since the 2.1 release can be found below.

What about the future?

We are already working on two fronts. A version 2.3 with revamped RTL (much faster visual component library and other goodies), support for search paths in the compiler and more is already in the work. At the same time we are triaging the issue list to determine which feature and bug requests will be fixed in the 2.2.1 hotfix.

List of changes since release 2.1

Compiler

  • Updated to latest DWScript.
  • Improved Date/Time handling.
    • DateTimeZone scoped enumeration (.Default, .Local, .UTC).
    • FormatSettings.ShortDateFormat, LongDateFormat, ShortTimeFormat, LongTimeFormat, Zone.
    • An extra “utc” parameter of DateTimeZone type on many DateTime functions.
    • A new ParseDateTime function, which acts as a reverse FormatDateTime
    • ISO8601 functions (were declared but missing from the codegen)
    • FormatSettings.Zone allows setting the default behavior between Local & UTC, and the utc parameter of DateTime functions allows to override that.
    • FormatSettings does not yet expose short/long day/month names, but these are used for Formatting & Parsing dates.
    • Fixed date/time rounding issues in the JS RTL.
    • JDateHelper was moved from W3C.Date to System.Date.
  • Added VarIsArray & VarIsClear.
  • Supports “export” qualifiers for functions (use in libraries).
  • Added support for ‘~’ in asm sections.
  • Added option to generate RTTI for objects in the implementation section.
  • Added missing error message for an invalid lambda syntax.
  • Added support for floating point modulus. (see https://www.delphitools.info/2015/10/29/floating-point-modulus)
  • Added support for sets in constant records.
  • Stricter enumerations type checks.
  • Integer operators are now more “strongly” typed, facilitates use of helpers over aliased integer types.
  • Case..of type matching is now more tolerant with variants.
  • Made code suggestions in a local scope more resilient to syntax errors in that local scope.
  • Compiler displays a hint about empty then/else blocks.
  • Compiler supports comparing Variant to nil with = and <> operators.
  • Conditional compilation symbols can be passed to the smsc compiler by using -defines=list.
  • Fixed: Source files with the UTF BOM header $FEFF are supported.
  • Fixed array add type-checks for classes & sub-classes.
  • Fixed array assignment typechecks.
  • Fixed an issue which caused a slight increases in memory usage after each compilation (a leak that was not strictly a leak).
  • Fixed “Invalid variant operation” error.
  • Fixed codegen for some class parameters.
  • Fixed codegen for StrBeginsWith.
  • Fixed method type detection bug.
  • Fixed issue with external class fields being assigned in an initialization section.
  • Fixed issues with incorrect array assignments.
  • Fixed handling of overloaded methods & override.
  • Fixes related to syntax errors in connectors (like Variant / JSON).
  • Fixed codegen bug with interfaces across inherited classes.
  • Fixed issue with nested contexts.
  • Fixed missing support for “set of” record fields.
  • Fixed bug with nested constant arrays.
  • Fixed obfuscation support.
  • Fixed some bugs and memory leaks.
  • Fixed compiler bug related to strict helpers.

RTL

  • Redesigned component management resulting in much faster redraw.
    • All visual elements now has a new procedure: ObjectReady() which you should override and use to adjust and set object values.
    • Added the property “ComponentState” as used by Delphi and FreePascal.
  • Added Indexed Database API W3C.IndexedDatabase (http://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/).
  • Added System.Memory.
    • Marshaled pointer support, combined with support for Move, FillChar and all the other “memory” methods.
  • Added System.TypeCon containing data conversion classes.
  • Added System.DateUtils, capable of handling both local and UTC time.
  • Added System.Dataset unit containing in-memory database.
  • Added new system units: System.Streams, System.IO,  System.FileUtils, System.Messages.
  • Added Pixi.js library.
  • Added SmartCL.Legacy.pas containing Delphi-style TCanvas, TBitmap, and file path functions.
  • Added SmartCL.PageDiv unit, for managing a fixed buffer of abstract elements divided into pages. This is used by database navigators, thumnail viewers and anything which displays a fixed number of items out of a large whole.
  • Added simple label control SmartCL.Components.SimpleLabel.
  • Added TSimpleButton, a simple, rounded iOS standard button without gradients.
  • QTX Effects added to SmartCL.Effects.pas
  • Screen API wrapped in the TW3Screen class (accessible through the TApplication.Screen property).
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen
  • Improved TW3Image.
  • Defined ‘file’ input type for TEdit.
  • Added “Element” property (exposes the JXMLHttpRequest object) to TW3HttpRequest.
  • Added ResponseToMemory and ResponseToStream to TW3HttpRequest.
  • Added TW3WebSocket to SmartCL.Inet.
  • Added mousewheel support to scrollbars.
  • Added support for the Page Visibility API.
  • Added WebVR (Editors Draft) API.
  • Added font loading API (see http://www.w3.org/TR/css-font-loading/).
  • Added events OnActivate and OnDeactivate to TW3CustomForm.
  • Added cryptographic header translations (Cryptography API and “DRM” API).
  • Added neural network libraries Brain and Synaptic.
  • Added APIs:  W3C.Console, W3C.Push, W3C.ServiceWorkers, WHATWG.Fetch
  • Added AAC audio file support
  • Separated external objects defined by the JavaScript specification itself to a separate namespace ECMA. New units: ECMA.Date, ECMA.Json, ECMA.Math, ECMA.RegEx. RegEx class now lives in th ECMA.RegEx unit and global JSON object in the ECMA.Json unit.
  • Added System.Nullable containing nullable primitive types (see http://smartmobilestudio.com/2016/01/16/nullable-types/).
  • JEventHandler renamed to TEventHandler as it is not a native JS type. JEventHandler still exists, but is marked ‘deprecated’.
  • Completed overloads for the JJSON class.
  • Improved several of W3C APIs.
  • Updated Node.JS units.
  • Minor changes about accessing the audio tag from the Web Audio API.
  • Improved WebSocket support with binary and BLOB messages.
  • Redesigned REST API. REST API appends random number to the end by default (unless .NoRandomize is called).
  • Extended TypeScript header translation.
  • JUInt8ClampedArray was replaced with JUint8Array which has better browser support.
  • Fixed: touch events must not prevent default handler.
  • Fixed Scope confusion with CTRL + Click (namespace unit was opened instead of implementation unit).
  • Fixed modal dialog handling.
  • Fixed: Problem with ClientWidth & ClientHeight in document->body.
  • Fixed: Scrollbar math.
  • Fixed: Removed bug in ToggleSwitch where we used a “hack” to invoke a resize. This is no longer needed with the new system, so the bug and insertion of &nbsp; was removed.
  • Fixed “double free” bug in TW3Component.Destroy.
  • Fixed implementation of TMath.PI and TMath.E in Espruino.System.
  • Fixed System.Date/JDateHelper.SetAsDateTime and .SetAsLocalDateTime.
  • Fixed w3_getStyleAsFloat.
  • Fixed TW3Label positioning bug.
  • Fixed wrong declaration of JEventHandler (changed to ‘TEventHandler’ as it is rather a Pascal type declaration and not a JavaScript type).
  • Fixed TW3Dataset.Back.
  • Fixed Application.Document.ClientHeight.
  • Fixed TW3Slider component.
  • Fixed problems with TW3Label positioning.
  • Fixed TW3ScrollInfo.ScrollX and .ScrollY.

CSS

  • Added ‘None’ theme to allow CSS free simple demos using browser default.
  • New theme for Scrollbars.
  • Added CSS for TSimpleButton
  • Fixed: CSS3 form-background for Internet Explorer
  • Fixed: focus rectangle is now GONE for all themes.

IDE

  • Added: Metrics
  • Added: Project statistics
  • Added configuration option “Legacy support for IE9 (and below)”.
  • Added IDE setting to automatically save the project every N number of minutes (N is settable from 1 to 60).
  • Uses DCEF3 revision 2069 for built-in browser.
  • Improved UI with new (more) icons and a more consistent usage of fonts (now uses Segoe UI for all dialogs)
  • Improved JSON support.
    • JSON files can be added to the project.
    • Unit map shows JSON structure.
    • JSON files are available in the project generator API.
  • Improved Snippets management
    • Sort snippets after insertion
    • Renaming snippets
    • Snippets are not trimmed anymore (-> may contain leading spaces for indention)
    • (Incremental) search feature added
    • Doubleclick now pastes the snippets into the source code
  • Added: Close all tabs to the right
  • Added: Open file (tab) in explorer
  • Added: Only compile if necessary (when the project has been modified).
  • Added: Source code export tool.
  • Added: Search text highlighting.
  • Added SynEdit keystroke configuration to the IDE Settings/Keyboard page.
  • Added preferences page for internal browser configuration.
  • Added option controlling whether to add unit to the project’s uses section to the ‘new unit/form’ dialog.
  • Added unit name validation to the ‘new unit/form’ dialog.
  • Added option to have the internal browser log reversed (newest information at the top).
  • Added support for bulk deletion of several project files.
  • Added dialog to ask whether an unlinked external should be deleted upon making a project file all internal.
  • Added basic Cordova support.
  • New forms/units are external by default (on new installations).
  • Allows opening more than one file at once.
  • Introduced option for resource file path handling
  • Improved working with icons.
  • Implemented the sort project file feature.
  • Redesigned IDE Settings dialog.
  • Redesigned Project Options dialog.
  • Color is shown next to clXXX constants in the Code Insight window.
  • Implemented incremental searching in Project Manager.
  • Pressing Escape closes the Goto Line dialog.
  • Monitoring external files for changes can be turned off in IDE Settings.
  • The forms component list is now sorted
  • Welcome page can be closed.
  • Improved background compiler triggering and performance (ignores hidden designer implementation code)
  • Improved: [Enter] in project manager now opens file
  • Improved (IDE) compiler performance
  • Locate JS source code position in case of an error
  • Revived: Class browser, which now directly operates on the source code allowing to show even recent changes (in the editor).
  • Improved: Tightened XML files used by the IDE (less junk and empty tags) -> faster loading
  • Improved handling of open files that are not part of the project.
  • Improved ‘Normalize’ refactor.
  • Serial number is displayed in Help, License info.
  • Form name rename now calls rename refactoring.
  • ‘Mobile Manifest’ renamed to  ‘AppCache Manifest’.
  • Marked handled exceptions as expected so they don’t trigger EurekaLog dialog.
  • Fixed: ‘Asm’ highligher can be configured.
  • Fixed: Pressing Enter in Project Manager did not open selected unit.
  • Fixed: Search was not working for HTML source in the internal browser.
  • Fixed: If project was saved under a different name, it was not recompiled until it was modified in same other way.
  • Fixed: WriteLn messages were not always visible in logs.
  • Fixed: Switching from Project Manager to code could cause an access violation.
  • Fixed: Projects in the RTL/library folder won’t crash anymore
  • Fixed: Error in component name check (reserved words were possible)
  • Fixed: Extraction of units (in uses section) failed when comments were present within this section
  • Fixed: Automatic adding of new units now consider the right edge properly
  • Fixed: Unit scoping (namespaces) were not considered when adding new units to the uses section
  • Fixed: Node.js empty project generator created an invalid project (did not compile and needed manual tweaking of .sproj file)
  • Fixed: Messages window was visible when program was started
  • Fixed: Unit source is correctly displayed if new project or unit is created when no tabs are visible.
  • Fixed: When a new project is created, existing Unit1/Form1 files are no longer silently overwritten.
  • Fixed a problem when project files for a newly created project were not monitored for changes.
  • Fixed a problem when change was not detected if a form file (.sfm) was modified on disk.
  • Fixed issue where background compilation was performed twice on project load. The fix not only removes an internal exception, but also speeds up project loading as it only updates editor states once.
  • Fixed wrong icon for external resource files
  • Fixed: Double-clicking on a ‘folder’ icon crashed the program.
  • Fixed icon preview.
  • Fixed: Failed compilation didn’t always focus the editor.
  • Fixed issue with codegen which could crash on invalid source.
  • Fixed small issues with ‘Find in files’.
  • Fixed problems setting the linker output path.
  • Fixed ‘Open in browser’ button.
  • Fixed unnecessary limitations in ‘Keywords’ and ‘Homepage URL’ editors.

Editor/Designer

  • Updated CSS highlighter.
  • Syntax highlighting for JSON files.
  • Added visual designer guidelines.
  • Added simple ruler to the visual designer.
  • Added visual designer option to show the form’s bounds.
  • Added tool ‘Limit precision’ to the editor’s pop-up menu. This tool limits precision of numbers in the selected code.
  • Added ‘Wrap string’ feature to the editor to wrap a string which is longer than the right edge (Editor.RightEdge) to the next line(s).
  • Caret position change causes less workload (improved performance during source code navigation).
  • View state (editor/designer) is preserved in the <project>.dsk file.
  • Better live preview (less flickering).
  • Corrected ‘Show parameter’ (Shift + Ctrl + Space).
  • Improved Find&Replace dialog behaviour when executing ‘Replace all’.
  • Improved code completion.
  • Improved Ctrl+click behaviour.
  • Editor is refocused when internal browser window is closed.
  • Fixed source highlighting when double-quote was the first character in a line.
  • Fixed: Deletion of components in the designer did not mark the project as modified
  • Fixed DWS syntax highlighter for double quoted strings (did not highlight properly where delimiter was the very first character of a line).
  • Fixed: Form is marked as ‘modified’ when an event handler is created by double-clicking on a component.
  • Fixed: All controls on the form were duplicated when form was edited outside of the program while it was open in the editor.
  • Fixed event generation problem on secondary forms.
  • Fixed problems with Property Inspector and event generation (general crashes, “Invalid property value” exceptions).
  • Fixed the bug which occurred when several replacements were done in one line.
  • Fixed searching in RTL files (Find in Files, Include RTL/Library path).

Demos

  • Added DataSnap client/server demo.
  • Added DataSnap FishFacts demo.
  • Added DateTime demo.
  • Added HTML5 DOM demos.
  • Multiple demos corrected & adapted to the new RTL.
  • Added simple example for the Page Visibility API.
  • Added Splash Screen demo (http://smartmobilestudio.com/2015/09/27/writing-small-splash-screen-pre-loader-code).
  • Added a simple geolocation demo.
  • Added simple geolocation-based sunrise/sunset calculator.
  • Added a few examples to test certain cordova features (back button, audio playback [hooking its data for further processing]).
  • Improved Web Audio ABX Test demo.
  • Updated web audio examples and added new lessons.
  • Added third, manually created form to the `Multiple forms’ demo.
  • Added Layout Manager to the ‘Multiple forms’ demo to show how it is correctly used in a multiform application.
  • Updated REST demo.
  • Fixed Canvas Application demo.
  • Fixed: OnPrepare handler was not properly forwarded in SmartCL.Inet.REST.

Other

  • SmartUpdate program.
  • Unified installation for all editions.
  • Added support for “portable” installations that don’t require installation.
  • Cleaned-up default .spr file.
  • New icons.
  • Added a snippet that shows how to create a form in runtime.

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 Release Candidate 2

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While the SmartMS 2.2 RC was generally well accepted, users found few critical bugs that should not make it into a released product. They are now fixed and we proudly present 2.2 Release Candidate 2!

As before, you have two installation options. A portable version can be installed with the SmartUpdate program from the Beta channel. Or you can download and run the installer – either for the full IDE or for the free command line compiler.

Changes since Release Candidate 1

  • RTL fixes regarding form activation and destruction.
  • Fixed: Wrong Form.Name when creating a new Form with dots in the name.
  • Fixed incorrect FHandle type in TW3TagObj.
  • Implemented TW3Dataset.Locate.
  • Fixed TW3Dataset.EOF.
  • Fixed TW3DataSet.Delete.
  • Fixed a bug in commandline compiler where wrong file could be used for compilation.

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 RC

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Smart 2.2 was long in the beta, but that can only mean it will be a great product, right? We believe we have fixed all important bugs and we proudly present the 2.2 Release Candidate!

This time you have two installation options. Firstly, you can download a portable version with the SmartUpdate program. If you are already running beta-5, you can just start SmartUpdate and it will fetch the new version. Otherwise, you should follow the detailed instructions outlined in the beta-1 announcement.

Secondly, you can install Smart with the setup program. Also available is an installer for the free command line compiler.

Changes since beta-5

  • Conditional compilation symbols can be passed to the smsc compiler by using -defines=list.
  • Added Pixi.js library.
  • Added DateTime demo.
  • Fixed compilation warnings in the RTL.
  • Added Layout Manager to the ‘Multiple forms’ to show how it is correctly used in a multiform application.
  • Added W3C.WebVR unit (http://mozvr.github.io/webvr-spec/).
  • Extended TypeScript header translation.
  • Editor is refocused when internal browser window is closed.
  • Fixed clipping for nested components.
  • Fixed searching in RTL files (Find in Files, Include RTL/Library path).
  • Fixed scrolling in console output.
  • Fixed TW3ScrollInfo.ScrollX and .ScrollY.
  • Fixed compiler bug related to strict helpers.
  • Fixed: OnPrepare handler was not properly forwarded in SmartCL.Inet.REST.
  • Removed old-style date functions from System.DateUtils and added `UTC` parameter to others.

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 (beta-5)

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Last October we thought that we have version 2.2 all but ready, but then users found some hard to fix problems and our schedule plan got heavily delayed into the 2016. Of course we spent all this time improving Smart in all its aspects and we added a ton of fixes and even some small new features. So now – when the original problems are fixed – we decided to release yet another beta. Hopefully this will be the last one.

If you are already running the beta-4, you can just start the SmartUpdate program and it will fetch the new version. Otherwise, you should follow the detailed instructions outlined in the beta-1 announcement.

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Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 (beta-4)

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Before releasing the final version of Smart Mobile Studio 2.2, we decided to push out one more (we hope it will be the last) beta release, beta-4.

If you are already running the beta-2, you can just start the SmartUpdate program and it will fetch the new version. Otherwise, you should follow the detailed instructions outlined in the beta-1 announcement.

Changes since beta-3

  • Sped-up replace dialog.
  • Built-in basic Cordova support.
  • Added correct MIME type for WOFF and WOFF2 fonts.
  • Added font loading API (see http://www.w3.org/TR/css-font-loading/).
  • Introduced option for resource file path handling.
  • Added ‘Wrap string’ feature to the editor to wrap a string which is longer than the right edge (Editor.RightEdge) to the next line(s).
  • Added a simple geolocation demo.
  • Added a simple geolocation-based sunrise/sunset calculator.
  • Resource files are only written to disk when they are modified, not every time project is saved.
  • Improved working with icons.
  • Added option to have the internal browser log reversed (newest information at the top).
  • Implemented the sort project file feature.
  • Added feature to only write resources when neeeded.
  • Added support for bulk deletion of several project files.
  • Added Splash Screen demo (http://smartmobilestudio.com/2015/09/27/writing-small-splash-screen-pre-loader-code).
  • Improved WebSocket support with binary and BLOB messages.
  • Updated to the latest DWScript.
  • JUInt8ClampedArray was replaced with JUint8Array which has better browser support.
  • Redesigned REST API and updated the demo.
  • REST API appends random number to the end by default (unless .NoRandomize is called).
  • Updated basic examples
  • Fixed method type detection bug in DWScript.
  • Fixed compiler issue with external class fields being assigned in an initialization section.
  • Fixed missing default icon for iOS.
  • Fixed compiler issues with incorrect array assignments.
  • Fixed the bug which occurred when several replacements were done in one line.
  • Fixed old MIME types.
  • Fixed Canvas Application demo.
  • Compiler fixes for overloaded methods & override.
  • Fixed response code in server for failed GET requests.
  • Fixed TW3Label positioning bug.
  • Fixed wrong icon for external resource files
  • Fixed System.Date/JDateHelper.SetAsDateTime and .SetAsLocalDateTime.
  • Fixed: Double-clicking on a ‘folder’ icon crashed the program.
  • Fixed w3_getStyleAsFloat.
  • Fixed icon preview.

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 (beta-3)

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For the past two months we were working on the 2.2 release, adding few small features and fixing bugs. (Thanks for all the feedback!)

We are now nearing the final release, but before pressing the button we prepared one more (we hope it is the last) beta version – beta-3.

If you are already running the beta-2, you can just start the SmartUpdate program and it will fetch the new version. Otherwise, you should follow the detailed instructions outlined in the beta-1 announcement.

Known problems

  • System.TypeCon doesn’t handle correctly browsers that do not support UInt8ClampedArray (Safari, default browser on Android 4.x, …). Currently, beta-3 just ignores the exception in that unit which allows the application to start but most of the type conversion functions will fail if you’ll try to use them.

Changes since beta-2

  • Compiler supports comparing Variant to nil with = and <> operators.
  • Added option controlling whether to add unit to the project’s uses section to the ‘new unit/form’ dialog.
  • Added unit name validation to the ‘new unit/form’ dialog.
  • Improved Find&Replace dialog behaviour when executing ‘Replace all’.
  • Added W3C.Console unit.
  • Added tool ‘Limit precision’ to the editor’s pop-up menu. This tool limits precision of numbers in the selected code.
  • Added support for the Page Visibility API to the RTL.
  • Added simple example for the Page Visibility API.
  • Added preferences page for internal browser configuration.
  • Updated to CEF3 revision 2069.
  • Updated W3C.Canvas2DContext and W3C.HTML5 units.
  • Removed the GUI for disabling WebKit GPU acceleration as DCEF3 no longer supports that.
  • Fixed event generation problem on secondary forms.
  • Fixed “Invalid variant operation” error in the compiler.
  • Fixed codegen for some class parameters.
  • Fixed codegen for StrBeginsWith.
  • Fixed “double free” bug in TW3Component.Destroy.
  • Fixed issue with performing a background compilation twice on project load. The fix not only removes an internal exception, but also speeds-up project loading as it only updates editor states once.
  • Fixed problems with Property Inspector and event generation (general crashes, “Invalid property value” exceptions).
  • Fixed implementation of TMath.PI and TMath.E in Espruino.System.
  • Project is correctly reloaded in internal browser when recompiled.
  • Corrected ‘Show parameter’ (Shift + Ctrl + Space).
  • Fixed a problem when project files for a newly created project were not monitored for changes.
  • Fixed a problem when change was not detected if a form file (.sfm) was modified on disk.
  • When a new project is created, existing Unit1/Form1 files are no longer silently overwritten.
  • Fixed loading a project without a .sdk file.
  • Corrected occasional problem when File1.sfm was not written to disk when new project was created.
  • Corrected extensions for generated icon files.
  • Fixed a bug where all controls on the form were duplicated when form was edited ouside of the program while it was open in the editor.

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 (beta-2)

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Beta-2 of Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 is now ready.

If you are new to the beta program, you can just follow instructions outlined in the beta 1 announcement.

If you have already installed the beta-1, then please first update the SmartUpdate program with the fresh version. We have enhanced it with two small details. Firstly, it will display the changelog for the selected channel before the download is started and secondly, it can now update itself. So from now on SmartUpdate will fetch a fresh copy of itself from the server whenever we add functionality or fix some bug.

SmartUpdate - Changelog

Before upgrading to the new beta, please close the Smart Mobile Studio IDE.

Changes

We only changed a few critical critical files in this update, but fixes were really important so you definitely should upgrade from beta-1 to beta-2. Most importantly, we have fixed some problems with the visual library (“forms” part of the RTL) while also improving the rendering speed by a factor of 2-3x (depending on occasion an on the browser).

Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 (beta-1)

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We are very proud to announce a start of the beta cycle for the next Smart Mobile Studio release – 2.2. Amongst many other news (a full list of changes can be found at the end of this article), we are also presenting new distribution mechanism, a SmartUpdate program.

With SmartUpdate you can follow different Smart Mobile Studio distribution channels. At the moment, Beta is the only distribution channel but this will most probably change after the 2.2 is released. We plan to introduce at least a Stable channel that would distribute stable releases.

Of course, you’ll still be able to use the standard distribution mechanism – the installer – for stable releases but betas will only be released via the SmartUpdate.

Another big change in the 2.2 beta is that you can install it into a single folder. You can also run it from that folder and it will not interfere with other (stable) Smart installation on the same computer. This will greatly simplify the testing. Also, if you want to test Smart on different computers, you can just make a copy of that folder.

Disclaimer

Please keep in mind that this is beta quality software and that problems are expected. Don’t open you production projects directly in Smart Mobile Studio 2.2 beta, but always make a copy first! As the beta is installed in a separated folder, it will not mess with your existing installation, but it may corrupt any project you open in the IDE. (We are pretty sure that it won’t, but such things have happened before and can happen again. That’s why we are beta testing before the release.)

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Smart Mobile Studio 2.1 (Hotfix 2)

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More fixes are collected in this second hotfix release.

 

Download

You can download the installer here:

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

 

Changelog

Compiler

  • Fixed support of expressions in array insert.
  • FloatToStr is now overloaded rather than a function with a default parameter.
  • Added support for + and += operators for array concatenation.
  • Fixed issue with overloaded methods and public/private scoping.
  • Fixed scoping issues with helpers.
  • Added support for the ‘library’ keyword.
  • Parser supports default property of a property. Example: someObject.stringDictionary[‘abc’] := ‘123’;
  • Relaxed Gabelou for fields of external classes.
  • Eliminated TObject dependency from some external-class related codegen.

 

IDE

  • Fixed: ‘Code packing’ option was not stored.
  • Preferences not defaulted properly after a re-installation

 

RTL

  • Fixed some minor issues and UTF-8 encoding in the RTL
  • Shims.InternetExplorer is included if SMART_LEGACY_INTERNET_EXPLORER conditional symbol is defined.
  • Fixed setting style attributes in SmartCL.Borders.
  • Fixed code that sets font family in TW3CustomFont.
  • Added property .TextContent.
  • Added SmartCL.Controls.ScrollBox to SmartCL.Controls.
  • Removed deprecated unit warning in DataSnap.pas
  • Added JEventTarget overload (needed for older browsers).
  • Added Method, StatusClass, and URL properties to TW3HttpRequest.
  • Added Timeout and OnTimeout properties to TW3HttpRequest.
  • Added THttpHeaders class to SmartCL.Inet.
  • Added unit SmartCL.Inet.REST which simplifies sending REST requests.
  • Added function Test to string helpers in SmartCL.RegEx.
  • Fixed default Header / Toolbar controls inverse gradient colors.
  • Fixed OnTouch event handling for controls that can accept focus (memo, edit).

 

Demos

  • A Smart Book Demos are converted to 2.1 format.

 

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Sincerely,
The Smart Mobile Studio Team

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

Smart Mobile Studio 2.1

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Smart Mobile Studio 2.1We are proud to release Smart Mobile Studio 2.1.

Download

You can download the installer here:

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. Make sure to always backup your projects case you want to revert to v2.0.

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Sincerely,
The Smart Mobile Studio Team

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