V.1.5

Additions & Changes with BricsCAD V22 (stage V22.1.07)

BLADE LISP IDE : a number of issues, defects, glitches have been fixed, "Syntax & Variables" dialog has been extended to analyse + report referenced Lisp files; Debugging is now much easier, loading referenced Lisp code is automatically managed now; debug step modes are fine-tuned (see below)

Extended VLA functions (properties + methods) for Linux + Mac (also as "Fast-COM" under Windows)

AddObject	AddPViewPort	AddXrecord
AppendInnerLoop	AppendOuterLoop	AssociativeHatch	AttachmentPoint
BackgroundFill
CheckInterference
ColorIndex	ColorMethod	ConfigName	CustomScale
Description	DimensionLineColor	DimTxtDirection	Display
DisplayScrollBars
EntityColor	Explode	ExtensionLineColor
FontFile	Freeze
GetBlockTableRecordId	GetBlockTableRecordId32	GetBlockTableRecordId2	GetBlockTableRecordId232
GetCanonicalMediaNames	GetCellTextStyle	GetCellTextHeight	GetCustomScale
GetName	GetObject	GetPaperMargins	GetPaperSize
GetLoopAt	GetPlotDeviceNames	GetProjectFilePath	GetWindowToPlot
GetXData
InsertLoopAt
LastHeight	LayerOn	Lock	LockPosition
MTextAttribute
NumberOfLoops
ObliqueAngle
PaperUnits	Plottable	PolarPoint
RefreshPlotDeviceInfo	Remove	Rename	Replace
SetBlockTableRecordId	SetBlockTableRecordId32	SetBlockTableRecordId2	SetBlockTableRecordId232
SetCellTextHeight	SetCellTextStyle	SetCustomScale	SetProjectFilePath
SetWindowToPlot	StandardScale	StyleSheet	SetXData
TabOrder
Target	TextAlignmentPoint	TextBackgroundFill	TextPosition
TextColor
Used	UseStandardScale
ViewportDefault	ViewportOn
XScaleFactor	YScaleFactor	ZScaleFactor

Extended BIM API functions for Prile handling and IFC file Import & Export (since V22.2)

bim:ifc-exportfile	bim:ifc-importfile		bim:dlg-profiles

bim:get-all-availablematerials	bim:get-all-usedmaterials
bim:has-material	bim:get-material	bim:save-material	bim:delete-material

Extended DOSLib implementations for Linux + Mac (since V22.2)

dos_deltree

added new VLE functions :

vle-file-encoding

Improvements and Additions for BLADE
the "Syntax & Variables" dialog provides a nice improvement :
for a selected file or DEFUN scope, a new list box shows all referenced Lisp files, which are necessary to run that selected file/defun;
this allows to get a quick overview on mandatory Lisp file code which needs to be loaded along.

Furthermore, a double-click on such a file entry in the new list box opens a new "Syntax & Variables" dialog instance, which then analyses that double-clicked Lisp file, and so forth.

Debugging is now significantly faster :
several improvements for the Debugger (memory management, data + code breakpoint handling) result in much better performance when Lisp code is processed under Debugger ... mainly for loop-based code, improvements are up to factor 5;
DebugStep modes (SingleStep, StepOver) were fine-tuned and improved for a more consistent + predictable behaviour;
CodeBreakPoints are no longer triggered multiple times for same line of code;

Another important improvement :
debugging pre-loaded Lisp files (loaded into BricsCAD outside BLADE & Debugger) is now possible;
BLADE Debugger will automatically recognise - from StepInto debug step mode, from active Code-, Data-, SystemVariables-BreakPoints - when there is a Halt operation on such pre-loaded Lisp code, and will automatically + dynamically load that Lisp file code under Debugger, preserving all global variables from being overwritten, and not executing any load-time Lisp code (as the Lisp file was already loaded, to preserve application logic).
That way, Debugging Lisp code is as simple as never before, virtually fool-proof :-)

And finally, a number of visual glitches have been fixed