Script Debugger 3.0.2 Release Notes

Script Debugger 3.0.2 is a maintenance release that addresses a series of issues that came to light following the release of Script Debugger 3.0.

3.0.1 Release Notes

Release Notes

In addition to the changes made for Script Debugger 3.0.1, Script Debugger 3.0.2 introduces the following new features and bug fixes.

New Features

The following new or altered features appear in Script Debugger 3.0.2:

• A new option has been added to the Palette Window Settings preferences catagory to turn off tooltips in palette windows.
• Scroll Wheel support has been added on Mac OS X. Holding the shift key down while moving the scroll wheel accellerates scrolling.
• The Enter Search String command can now be used in the Script Error dialog box.
• Initial AppleScript Studio 1.0 support. It's now possible to (full details):
• open the AppleScript Studio dictionary from the Open Dictionary submenu on X systems.
• attach AppleScript Studio's dictionary to a script (persistent setting) using the Set Default Target sub-menu of the Script Options submenu of the Script menu.
• you can use Script Debugger's AppleScript debugger instead of AppleScript Studio's build-in debugger.
• It's now possible to get the source code for script objects and handlers by using as string when reading the object's default value.
• Added option is down, shift is down, and control is down properties to the application object.

Bug Fixes

Script Debugger 3.0.2 addresses the following:

• Script Debugger now properly marks documents as dirty when in-line input is used on Japanese systems.
• Script Debugger now properly recognizes clippings created in Mac OS X systems.
• Script Debugger now opens files with a filetype and creator of 0, such as those created by AppleScript Studio, as text files.
• Script Debugger now opens the dictionaries of bundled applications without a "resource fork", like those created by AppleScript Studio.
• A crashing bug which occured when examinging BBEdit 6.0's dictionary.
• Problems with the Edit with BBEdit command that could cause misleading error messages to appear.
• The dictionary window now properly handles cases where a dictionary employs multiple-inheritance, such as InDesign 2.0.
• Some cosmetic problems on Mac OS X systems.
• A problem with scrollbar ranges updates when split panes are used.
• The AppleEvent keyAESubject parameter is now properly handled by Script Debugger Nub/Script Debugger.component during external debugging sessions.
• Problems with the Script Debugger's save AppleEvent when used to perform certain kinds of Save As operations.
• Script Debugger now properly remembers changes to palette window position and size changes in all cases.
• The Event Template generator can now handle the subroutine events in the MacScripter.com dictionary.
• Problems with Command-Option key modifiers.
• A crashing bug that occurred when an open viewer window's value became undefined.
• A workaround a Mac OS X bug where events sent to dead processes via PSN were not generating the correct error.
• Changed the way palette sizes are handled. Each individual palette now has its own size, and switching between palette tabs causes the palette window to resize accordingly.
• A number of problems where the debugger failed to see changes to local variables.
• JavaScript for OSA 1.0.2 is included.

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