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#111286 - 2004-01-05 10:49 PM Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Hello everyone,

I wrote a simple to use script editor in visual basic a few months back and posted in the general discussions board. Through user feedback I believe I've tweaked it into a very usable editor for KiXtart scripts. Heres a brief list of the features:

1. Color highlighting of Kixtart script keywords (commands, functions, variables, macros, and comments) with the ability to change the highlight color for each group of words.
2. Easily insert all current commands, functions, and macros with proper syntax.
3. Gives you ability to debug script files with a built in output window.
4. Can associate .kix, .kxs, and .scr files to this program with its own icon so you only need to double click a script file to edit it.
5. Supports most text editing features (Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Save, Save As, Print, etc)
6. Ability to switch compatibility between version 3.61 and version 4.22 for shops operating older versions of Kixtart.
7. Keywords can be switched to UPPER or MixedCase automatically keeping you scripts easy to read.

This program is being released as freeware. If you download and use it please let me know how you like it. I'm always looking for ways to improve it. Its available at http://www.gardinertrane.com/kixtarter/. That same page has a feedback form if you find a bug or want to suggest something. Thanks in advance to those that try it out!

Allan

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#111287 - 2004-01-12 09:39 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Thanks to those that have emailed or submitted feedback through the website on the program. I'm looking for more ideas for the Insert wizards. One I planned on doing was for drive mapping, another possibly for registry access. Anyone have any ideas, something they use fairly often that would be nice for a wizard to take card of it?

Allan.
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#111288 - 2004-01-14 03:18 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Howdy all,

To the two people that asked about syntax checking: Yeah I thought about adding it in, doing a simple if theres 16 IF's but 15 ENDIF's then highlight the last one or something but the logic programming would take a while to do. Also theres some syntax checkers out there. Now if someone that wronte a syntax checker in VB would be willing to let me plagerize there code please email me at APDynes (at) trane.com. I would be more then happy to put it into my program. Until then maybe I will put in a simple check just to look for a even number of begining and end statements (SELECT CASE + END SELECT, If + ENDIF, etc). Thanks for the suggestions!

Allan.
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#111289 - 2004-01-14 05:04 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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well, I was thinking as a start of an syntax checker you could have a "compiler"... that is a part of the editor that sucks the whole junk in and if errors reports them back... if not, allow "builder" which could be tokenizing

well, the words are wrong etc, but similar feedback of syntax problems as VS has.
then comes strict rulesets (setoptions) and warnings on vars that have been initialized but never used...

just playing with my thoughts...

btw, the permanent homepage says: " It is distributed as freeare"
wonder if that is a typo
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#111290 - 2004-01-27 05:59 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Some updates:

KiXtarter updated to version 1.1.5:
- Fixed a horribly annoying bug when clicking within a long line of text and having the cursor jump to a different part then you clicked on
- Added in the drive mapping wizard

Oh, and I fixed my typo on the site.

Maybe if you debug code and there are no errors generated then you could have a option to produce a compiled version of the script. Or possibly intercent the error messages back and try to highlight that part of the script for you. I'll keep that idea on the back burner. Probably best to wait until 4.5 is done and officially released as I'm sure I'll have other changes to make.

As always please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.

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#111291 - 2004-01-27 06:09 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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KiXtarter v1.1.5 is still listed as beta on your website.
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#111292 - 2004-01-27 11:04 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Technically it is, its just a very stable beta. However I changed enough things within the code for me to doubt that I didn't create other bugs that wern't present in 1.1.2. Therefor I'm leaving the tag of 'beta' on there. If I don't get any reports of bugs for a few weeks I'll repackage a install based on 1.1.5 and remove the beta tag. So far in my own testing however it has been very stable and the only bug I haven't fixed is one I can't repeat (a wierd one that if you hit delete on the last character of a opened file it will recolor to black....and it dosnt do it consistantly).

Allan.
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#111293 - 2004-01-27 11:18 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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I had to open my mouth....two people already emailed me. Double clicking a file in 1.1.5 causes the file open box to pop up instead of just opening the file. 1.1.6 is up.

Allan.
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#111294 - 2004-02-06 11:04 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Version 1.2.9 is now up. Lots of improvements in speed, features, and bug fixes. I have impremented about have the suggestions I've gotten, added a simple syntax checker and did a couple other things. Please check the website for a readme and full description of the changes.

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#111295 - 2004-02-07 08:11 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Aditional note about 1.2.9:

A lot of things changed with this version (hence the jump in version numbers) and because of this there will sure be more bugs, more then the last "release" of 1.1.2 (which was very stable). A couple people have notified me and the two main ones are:

1. The Insert Wizard -> Script header : if you cancel while in a script it erases the screen.
2. On Windows XP - Lots and lots of goofy color issues.

If you find anything else please let me know, I'm hoping to have a 1.3x up next week to fix all the bugs. Thanks

Allan.
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#111296 - 2004-02-07 10:34 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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your version numbering seems to be little goofy too.

you kinda do what ruud does:
1.29

is your current version and you go for:
1.30

but instead of similar numbering, you use:
1.3.0

which is goofy and little misleading as it does indicate a totally different versioning schema...
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#111297 - 2004-02-09 03:33 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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Like in 1.2.9. I consider the 1 the major version, the 2 the sub version, and the 9 how many revisions I've made to the sub version. So when 1.3.0 comes out it will be the first copy of the never version. Any bug fixes will be added on (1.3.1, 1.3.2, etc). Speaking of 1.3.0 should be done today. I'm gonig to repackage it completely and remove the betas from my site.

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#111298 - 2004-02-09 04:37 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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The issue is that 1.2.9 is different from 1.29 and 1.30 is different from 1.3.0, thus you might want to either stay with a two-level versioning or a three-level versioning system.
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#111299 - 2004-02-09 08:21 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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I'll stick with three. It's easier on me to keep track of things. And with that said 1.3.0 is done. The direct link to download it is: http://www.gardinertrane.com/kixtarter/kixtarter.msi or you can visit the page in my signature for more info. XP Users: Please let me know if you have any wierd color issues, espeically if your using XP's built in color schemes. There were lots of bugs brought out by that (display bugs, not operational ones).

Allan.
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#111300 - 2004-02-10 08:10 PM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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well, then I must ask what is the major change?
you told 1.2.9 had lot of different and talked about 1.3.0 just as a bugfix.
don't get me wrong, not offensive here, but dropped down from the vagon.
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#111301 - 2004-02-14 05:27 AM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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1.3.0 should have fixed all the little bugs brought out in 1.2.9 which I considered a beta (as I knew it had lots of little bugs). 1.3.0 I consider a release as it dosn't have any major operational bugs (that I've found), was proven to be very stable (on win95 - XP), and was repackaged as a install file. Visual basic versioning has a major, minor, and revision as the numbers in a version. I stuck with this as its what I use in the code.

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#111302 - 2004-02-14 06:32 AM Re: Kixtarter - KiXtart Script Editor (Freeware)
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well, good to know.
so, we can refer to it.
when you say *.*.0 you say bugfix.
otherwise it's buggy or beta?

just bugging you because of this is not clear yet either.
say 1.3.0 is release.
next beta would then be 1.3.1 BETA 1
not 1.3.1!
otherwise you mark all *.*.something versions beta.

just as thought.
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