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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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Using DataSnap Importer to Work with Datasets

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Last time we looked at how Smart can be used to write a client for a REST server, written in Delphi. This time we’ll see how we could use this approach to work with datasets.

In theory, it should be possible to write a client which works seamlessly with datasets, just like Delphi does when you use a “normal” DataSnap server. In practice, however, even Delphi’s own clients don’t support this with REST servers in versions up to XE6. Only in XE7 a better support for sending FireDAC datasets over REST was added, but this is not yet supported in Smart. So for the time being you will have to do some manual work and write some dataset-wrapping code on the server (and also on the client).

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Using DataSnap Connector Importer

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This tutorial shows how to use DataSnap connector in the Smart Mobile Studio Enterprise.

Server

Firstly, create a DataSnap server. In this example we are using Delphi XE7 but any older version will be OK as long as it can create a REST server.

Start by creating new project. Select DataSnap REST Application from the DataSnap Server branch. It is important to create REST server as Smart doesn’t work with binary data format used in MIDAS-based DataSnap server.

Create DataSnap REST server

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Writing REST Clients with Smart 2.1.2

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Besides a bunch of fixes, Smart 2.1.2 introduced a new unit, SmartCL.Inet.REST. This unit greatly simplifies writing REST clients in Smart. A simplest way to introduce it is with an example.

Introduction

Let’s say we have a REST server listening at http://someserver/hbbtv/streamevents. It supports one request – PUT – and three parameters – applicationid, eventid, and eventdata. To send a request, one would just open a HTTP connection (TW3HttpRequest would do that for you in Smart) and send something like http://someserver/hbbtv/streamevents/applicationid=1&eventid=233&eventdata=Test (or http://someserver/hbbtv/streamevents/1/233/Test if your REST server is not completely braindead). Still, you would have to set up the TW3HttpRequest object, concatenate the URL and parse the response. And whenever you write some code, there’s an opportunity to introduce a bug so it’s best if you code as little as possible.

The REST client for the example above can be written in one statement.

REST['someserver', '/hbbtv/streamevents']
  .Get([1, 233, 'Test'])
  .OnDone(lambda (http) Log('Event sent'); end)
  .OnError(LogHttpError);

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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

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

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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