DWScript showcase: AquaSoft SlideShow

Answering the call for showcases, Steffen Binas prepared a very nice set of screenshots for AquaSoft‘s Slide Show impressive product, which went far beyond the minimal requirement, so I’m posting a full-blown article about it. Following is the presentation of their software and how DWScript is used inside it.

When you need a powerful showcase I’d bet AquaSoft SlideShow is the one: http://www.aquasoft.de/diashow.as (an english website for version 8 is coming soon).

AquaSoft_ScreenshotDS8

Despite the simple name of the application it’s very powerful, just have look at the trailer video created completely with it.
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Call for DWScript showcases

dws-mirrorI’m considering setting up a DWScript showcase webpage. If you’re using DWScript and want to be on that page, please mail the following to “eric at delphitools.info”:

  • short description of how DWScript is used
  • screenshot of the application where it’s used
  • website or product link

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Property expressions and statements

Object Pascal does allow binding a property to a field for direct read/writer, but we all have seen properties that required a slightly more complex getter or setter, and that usually meant a method for both. DWScript (svn trunk) & Smart Pascal (1.1) now support property expressions and statements, so the syntax is extended to allow:

property Name : Type read (expression) write (expression|statement)

Under the hood, the compiler will generate an unnamed getter or setter method when appropriate.
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DWScript and the Gabelou

GabelouThe Gabelou is now available in the DWScript SVN, this is a set of classes and rules that aims to watch over coding styles.

Currently only a handful of naming rules are declared, with more coming.

You can run the Gabelou by adding the dwsGabelou unit to your uses, then create an instance, add custom rules or use built-in ones (f.i. those in dwsGabelouStdRules), compile a script program as usual, then invoke Gabelou on the compiled program:

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