Alpha version test program members will receive a download link
As of the name suggests ,this is a Work In Progress version and it is totally IDE focused
Therefore ,you cannot build anything useful with this version , You can only build an empty project with some customizations
Such as : 32Bits vs 64Bits ,
Only a standard main window options exist ,you can create as many windows as you want but you can only display main window
There is only Button control ,Other control icons there for testing purposes and they are inactive
Actually there were more controls exist but , Due to buil-in theme support possibilities and *maybe* an auto-multilingual gui support
We are using a single control to test everything and then create new controls based on these possible options
Much more options will be added to controls (current Window and Button control contains only a few options)
Project settings dialog is almost empty ,there is a reson for this , and we have not forgot anything
They will be added in the next versions
Application preferences dialog is empty, same reason applies to this just like the project settings dialog
Some options are either disabled or hidden , such as import/export template , Publish button etc..
All of them will be available in the next versions
Script editor still needs some work but they will be added based on the new controls ,and your requests
Function wizard contains only a few functions for testing , Like mentioned above you can not make anything useful with this version.
Maybe a few weeks later
Script editor uses an XML file based color theme (syntax highlighting) a theme is automatically selected based on the current application theme
This will be optional , auto by app theme , custom theme specified by user ,or any installed theme
Theme files can be found in the following path , this might be different on your computer
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C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\SDStudio\Editor Themes
Curent themes might appear incorrectly , because current themes were hastily created
If you have a better version suggestion for a specific theme or a custom theme then please do not hesitate to send us
The application debugger does not function properly , because of the Lua's error reporting logic
This will be fixed in the next versions , this might require a modified Lua build
You can only static link with the Lua library , this will be optional in the next versions , so you will be anle to select linkage of the Lua library
Curent version of the Lua in SDStudio is 5.3.4
Working events in the test environment are : Button:OnLefClick and Window:OnInitDialog
Working Functions are :
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Application:ShowMessage("Title","Message");
All of the Visual Designer options will be available in the next versions , such as (Grid,Snap etc..)
A toolbar editor ,a menu editor ,an image collection will be added
Currently scripts are encrypted with a simple algorithm ,and embedded with application binary in debug (preview mode)
A more advanced encryption will be applied in publish mode after Lua byte code compilation ,so this will provide a double encryption
In debug mode scripts will be added as they appear in the editor without any modifications (due to debugging requirements (line no etc..)
Even if Lua does not report error line correctly
Finally ,The next steps of the project will go faster because most of the stuff was already exist as an old SDStudio draft or as a standalone extension , from the old p-l-u-g-i-n-s etc..