BETA: SciTE v5x & lua Dynamic_include and "Smart" AutoComplete for Vars/UDFs/Abbrevs

[Jos]

Just now, argumentum said:

ConsoleWrite(FileGetVersion("MSVCP140.dll") & @CRLF) ; 14.42.34433.0 ; new one just installed
ConsoleWrite(FileGetVersion("MSVCP140.dll") & @CRLF) ; 14.31.31103.0 ; older

Check for your version and demand it as a minimum ?

You are raising questions,  not giving exact solutions. I have thought of all those questions already, but what i really would need is either a proper workaround from somebody or be able to let my setup crash so i can use the debugger to figure out why it crashes.

[argumentum]

..a proper workaround.., would be to load/{Try} what does not in a newer version. Did not find in M$ any log change other than "try our new and shiny ...".
The installer should have a way to check for FileVersion and if/then/else. That was my exact solution.

11 minutes ago, Jos said:

or be able to let my setup crash so i can use the debugger to figure out why it crashes.

What I did is to create a VirtualMachine in Hyper-V and install the old version ( with working DLLs for them ) then upgrade.
If you can make such setup, you can make it crash.
That I may make believe that am better at crashing stuff but you to can become a "why does it happen to me"

[Jos]

Can you still make it Crash?
One option that might help is to change from a Dynamic to a Static linking, SO i can make a static linked ScITE x64 available to you or anybody having this crash and see if that solves it.

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/download/beta_SciTE4AutoIt3/SciTEStatic/

It contains the x86 static linked version and the x64 static linked version now.

Edited February 7 by Jos

[argumentum]

1 minute ago, Jos said:

or anybody having this crash and see if that solves it.

...that would take me to build another VM and repeat the process that lead to the crash. And I'd save the disk, or make checkpoints, to go back and forth with the VM's disk.
I'll have to do that in about 8 hours because I'm busy right now but yes, I can do it later this evening.

[Jos]

4 minutes ago, argumentum said:

...that would take me to build another VM and repeat the process that lead to the crash. And I'd save the disk, or make checkpoints, to go back and forth with the VM's disk.
I'll have to do that in about 8 hours because I'm busy right now but yes, I can do it later this evening.

No worries, just hoped you hadn't used that sledgehammer on that VM yet.  
I'll just wait for the next person having the issue to see whether it could be solved this way.

This link now contains the x86 static linked version and the x64 static linked version of SciTE: now.https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/download/beta_SciTE4AutoIt3/SciTEStatic/

 

Edited February 7 by Jos

[SOLVE-SMART]

Hi @Jos,

to be honest, I lost the track or the overview about which version does what, which is for which purpose and so on.

I follow and participate in the Thread Visual Studio Code Extension currently available and future plans for SciTE? and also here at BETA: SciTE v5x & lua Dynamic_include and "Smart" AutoComplete for Vars/UDFs/Abbrevs .

May I ask you to summarize somewhere which SciTE or "SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer" version contains what and where it can be downloaded? You have a link in your signature and have now distributed further links in (what feels like) numerous places, hence the confusion on my part.

I am grateful 🤝 .

Best regards
Sven

[Jos]

Only use this latest version....  All the other stuff will be closed soon.
This latest version has everything in it that was developed/changed in the last couple of years, including the Dynamic stuff.

As soon as the release candidate is proven to be working, then all webinfo and links will be updated.

 

Edited February 7 by Jos

[donnyh13]

Just wanted to say I just installed your last version (non-static), and all seems to be working for me, (Including VSCode detection).

[argumentum]

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\VSCodium]
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VSCodium.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VSCodium.exe\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\resources\\app\\resources\\win32\\default.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VSCodium.exe\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VSCodium.exe\shell\open]
"Icon"="\"C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\VSCodium.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VSCodium.exe\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\VSCodium.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\VSCodium]
@=hex(2):4f,00,70,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,77,00,26,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,20,00,56,\
  00,53,00,43,00,6f,00,64,00,69,00,75,00,6d,00,00,00
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shell\VSCodium\command]
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell\VSCodium]
@=hex(2):4f,00,70,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,77,00,26,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,20,00,56,\
  00,53,00,43,00,6f,00,64,00,69,00,75,00,6d,00,00,00
"Icon"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,55,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,65,\
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\VSCodium]
@=hex(2):4f,00,70,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,77,00,26,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,20,00,56,\
  00,53,00,43,00,6f,00,64,00,69,00,75,00,6d,00,00,00
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\VSCodium\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,55,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,65,\
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vscodium]
"URL Protocol"=""
@="URL:vscodium"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vscodium\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vscodium\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vscodium\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\VSCodium.exe\" \"--open-url\" \"--\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSCodium.js]
@="JavaScript Source File"
"AppUserModelID"="VSCodium.VSCodium"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSCodium.js\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\resources\\app\\resources\\win32\\javascript.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSCodium.js\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSCodium.js\shell\open]
"Icon"="\"C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\VSCodium.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VSCodium.js\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\VSCodium.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\VSCodium]
@=hex(2):4f,00,70,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,77,00,26,00,69,00,74,00,68,00,20,00,56,\
  00,53,00,43,00,6f,00,64,00,69,00,75,00,6d,00,00,00
"Icon"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,55,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,65,\
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\VSCodium\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,55,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,65,\
  00,73,00,74,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,4c,00,\
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\vscodium]
"URL Protocol"=""
@="URL:vscodium"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\vscodium\shell]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\vscodium\shell\open]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\vscodium\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\Test\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\VSCodium\\VSCodium.exe\" \"--open-url\" \"--\" \"%1\""

- add VSCodium support given that is the same ?

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@Jos slaps @argumentum around with a large trout 

 

[donnyh13]

Hi Jos,

Just wanted to say, I noticed the changes that were made to the Ctrl+H Header creator were reverted in this release. Was this intentional?

[Jos]

55 minutes ago, donnyh13 said:

Hi Jos,

Just wanted to say, I noticed the changes that were made to the Ctrl+H Header creator were reverted in this release. Was this intentional?

Just checked the latest LUA code I posted in the previous available   SciTE5-with-DynamicFunctions  directory, and there are no changes with the current Beta installer in the AutoItTools.lua file (other that the comment changes I have reverted.  So could it be that this is an oops that is made longer ago?

EDIT: I will merge it back in and this time in the proper version of AutoItTools.lua and put in the next version of the installer before release.

EDIT2: Merged your changes again into AutoItTools.lua and created an updated Beta installer v25.205.1420.1. It only contains changes for SciTE:

• Merged the Header changes from you
• Updated The scanning through the *.au3 in the Dynamic LUA code so it can handle filenames containing a special character.
• Changed AutoitWrapper to avoid getting a Set HotKeys error in case they are set to Blank.

Jos

Edited February 10 by Jos

[donnyh13]

Thanks Jos.

I just noticed it now, but it is possible it was a couple modifications ago... haven't had much time to use Scite/AutoIt for the last little while.

Edited 12 hours ago by donnyh13

[WildByDesign]

I installed the latest beta installer v25.205.1420.2 (non-static) on latest Windows 11 and everything went perfectly. No issues with dependencies or anything.

[Jos]

Uploaded a new beta installer that has the following updates:

• Added VSCode wrapper to show output in user tasks
• Added example user tasks
• Fixed some /AddIncludes issues with constants and duplicate local includes

Just take a look at the tasks.json included in the autoit3Wrapper directory, which will allow you to add AutoIt3Wrapper tasks like /addincludes  and /au3stripper to the tasks in VScode.
These tasks will shell an already included powershell script (see below) in the AutoIt3Wrapper directory that will ensure that the output will be shown in the VScode terminal window.

The powershell wrapper included with some more detailed description:

# #
# # powershell script to wrap AutoIt3Wrapper to use in VSCODE and show the console output when ran as Task
# #

# When you get: File C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\run_autoit.ps1 cannot be loaded
#      because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information......
# The error message indicates that PowerShell script execution is disabled on your system.
# You need to enable script execution by setting the execution policy.
# You can do this by
# 1. running PowerShell as an administrator and executing the following command:
# 2. Do command: Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
# This command sets the execution policy to RemoteSigned for the current user, allowing locally created scripts to run.

param (
    [string]$AutoitPath,
    [string]$Options,
    [string]$ScriptFile
)
# Run AutoIt3 Wrapper
& "$autoitPath\Autoit3.exe" "$autoitPath\Scite\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" $options /in "$scriptfile" | Write-Output
echo "--Done--"

Thoughts?

[donnyh13]

Hi Jos,

I have a quick question.

Did the Call Tip box ever work when a continuation character is used (and go to the next line) when calling a function? I though it did, but see it doesn't now, nor in the version from December. Maybe I'm mistakenly remembering it used to?

MsgBox(0, _
"",

Edit: Never mind, on second thought, I don't think it ever worked like that.

Thanks.

Edited 12 hours ago by donnyh13

[Jos]

Just uploaded SciTEx86.zip & SciTEx64.zip which contain the Latest SciTE 5.5.5 versions released 25 February 2025, for those that like to use the latest version of SciTE Full.

This will also be part of the final update soon of SciTE4AutoIt3.

Edited February 26 by Jos

[donnyh13]

On 2/26/2025 at 8:19 AM, Jos said:

Just uploaded

Works good so far!

On 2/15/2025 at 12:52 PM, Jos said:

Thoughts?

This worked good for me, but only after I changed

Quote

"command": "powershell",

To

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"command": "${config:autoit.aiPath}/SciTE/AutoIt3Wrapper/run_autoit3wrapper.ps1"

Otherwise it told me it couldn't find the command.

But haven't tested much yet.

Thanks!

Edited February 27 by donnyh13

[Jos]

20 minutes ago, donnyh13 said:

To

Quote

"command": "${config:autoit.aiPath}/SciTE/AutoIt3Wrapper/run_autoit3wrapper.ps1"

Otherwise it told me it couldn't find the command.

But haven't tested much yet.

This is already there in the example part of the installer...right?

[donnyh13]

On 2/27/2025 at 12:51 PM, Jos said:

example part of the installer

I assume you mean the Tasks.json? If so, yes, but its in ARGS, not command, so I had to fill in the command part to make it work for me on WIndows 7. Perhaps this is common knowledge, or implied, but I didn't know, if so?

On another note, in a new script in Scite, I'm not getting a drop down for auto completing of variables such as $MB_OK, when there isn't an include added yet (I'm pretty sure it used to?), but I do for AutoIt functions such as _Word_Create, and MsgBox. And when accepting auto-complete of _Word_Create, an include isn't added, which I think it should still, unless I missed a change? And having a script with only the following:

_Word_Create()

MsgBox($MB_OK, "", "")

And pressing CTRL+Shift+Z does not add any includes.....

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> done, no includes to add.(v20251002 0145)

I haven't tested a new script for some time, maybe this isn't too new?

Or perhaps I'm missing something obvious. I just noticed it, so I'll keep testing, or perhaps I need a clean install.

Edit: Debug:

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!13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->! ===== Start AddMissingIncludes for ALL to current script C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Testing.au3
-13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->reload_apis->->reloadproperties:
>13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->>> All:0-46
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes-> => 0 1 -1 | _Word_Create 0 0
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes-> => 0 3 1 | MsgBox 4 0
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes-> -> 0 3 3 | $MB_OK 9 8
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->  Add atSourceWords Word $MB_OK :9
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->### Start processing found words
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes-> -> $mb_ok 9
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->==> Initial VARIABLE FILE globalconst tableload: 3
 13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->==> Initial VARIABLE STD globalconst tableload: 0
>13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->> Variable FILE: $mb_ok iFileName:  Includename:  Includepath:
>13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->> Variable STD: $mb_ok igFileName:  gIncludename:  gIncludepath:
-13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->- UDFs         Processed:0
-13:45:58 AutoItDynamicIncludes->- Global Const Processed:1
> done, no includes to add.(v20251002 0145)

 

Edited February 28 by donnyh13

[Jos]

24 minutes ago, donnyh13 said:

I assume you mean the Tasks.json? If so, yes, but its in ARGS, not command, so I had to fill in the command part to make it work for me on WIndows 7. Perhaps this is common knowledge, or implied, but I didn't know, if so?

This is the tasks.json content included in the installer:

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{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Add AutoIt Includes",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "powershell",
      "args": ["-File",
        "${config:autoit.aiPath}/SciTE/AutoIt3Wrapper/run_autoit3wrapper.ps1",
            "-AutoitPath", "${config:autoit.aiPath}",
            "-Options", "/addincludes",
            "-ScriptFile",  "${file}"],
      "presentation": {
        "reveal": "always",
        "panel": "shared",
        "echo": false,
        "showReuseMessage": false,
        "clear": true
      },
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "detail": "Add missing includes to the AutoIt script"
    },
    {
      "label": "Run Au3Stripper",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "powershell",
      "args": ["-File",
        "${config:autoit.aiPath}/SciTE/AutoIt3Wrapper/run_autoit3wrapper.ps1",
            "-AutoitPath", "${config:autoit.aiPath}",
            "-Options", "/au3stripper",
            "-ScriptFile",  "${file}"],
      "presentation": {
        "reveal": "always",
        "panel": "shared",
        "echo": false,
        "showReuseMessage": false,
        "clear": true
      },
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "detail": "Strip/Merge your script"
    }

  ]
}

... so unsure what is missing there as it does contain those full paths?