Script Debugger 2.0.4 Release Notes

Script Debugger 2.0.4 is a maintenance release that introduces a number of new features and addresses a series of issues that came to light following the release of Script Debugger 2.0.

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Release Notes

In addition to the the changes made for Script Debugger 2.0.2/2.0.3 and 2.0.1, Script Debugger 2.0.4 introduces the following new features and bug fixes.

New Features

The following new or altered features appear in Script Debugger 2.0.4:

• Script Debugger's URL opening feature (Command-Clicking on URLs in a script) has been improved to support open file:/// URLs for local files in addition to ftp://, mailto:, and http:// URLs.
• Script Debugger's URL opening feature is now attachable by adding an open location handler to the Attachments script. The following is an example attachment handler:
  
  on open location theURL
      display dialog "Opening:" & theURL
      continue open location theURL
  end open location
  
  
• Script Debugger's Table Of Contents popup menu now supports markers, allowing you to identify important sections within your scripts. Markers are defined using specially formatted comments in the script's source:
  
  -->>Marker Text
  
  or
  
  (* >>Marker Text *)
  
  Script Debugger's markers feature is fully compatible with that of Main Event Software's Scripter™, making it even easier for Scripter™ customers migrating to Script Debugger 2.0.
• Script Debugger 2.0.4 removes a limitation present in previous versions which prevented the use of AppleScript's tell variable construct. For example, it is now possible to single step through the following code:
  
  set a to {1,"2",3,"4"}
  tell a
      item 1
  end tell
  
  NOTE: Because of this change, scripts saved with AppleScript debugging enabled by Script Debugger 2.0.4 are incompatible with previous versions of Script Debugger 2.0. If you need to use scripts created by Script Debugger 2.0.4 with previous Script Debugger releases, disable AppleScript Debugging before saving.

Bug Fixes

Script Debugger 2.0.4 addresses the following:

• Script Debugger's external AppleScript debugging capability is now compatible with FaceSpan. This change makes it possible to debug AppleScript code within the FaceSpan environment.
• Problems viewing the AppleWorks 5 dictionary have been resolved.
• Script Debugger can now be used to edit scripts written in UserTalk (Frontier).
• Script Debugger's AppleScript debugger now properly recognizes implicit run handlers in script objects. Note that scripts must be recompiled to enable this bug fix.
• Script Debugger's handling of the Default Script template file has been improved. Script Debugger now properly creates new scripts in all cases. In addition, Script Debugger is smarter about window positioning and sizing when multiple scripts are created.
• Script Debugger's error reporting when a script attempts to invoke a missing handler is more consistent with Apple Computer's Script Editor.
• A number of changes have been made to improve stability.
• Script Debugger now clears the data fork of compiled scripts and script applications when saving.

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