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Those few of you who remember my previous post about this, may recall that I tried to keep it secret at all cost. Well, now the alpha period is over, and it's beta test time. I'm not just looking for a few select beta testers. I'm putting the beta out in the open for everybody to test.
Like the name in the subject says, this thing validates DinkC scripts. It aims finding all kinds of errors in DinkC scripts, from missing semicolons at the end of lines, to "else"s appearing before "if"s. This beta isn't entirely complete, though, so it doesn't validate parameters of functions yet. (Such as that say() should have a string, and a sprite number, and nothing more, nothing less.)
I want you to report any kind of anomalies with the program. If it finds an error that is not an error, please report that. However, what's more important is when it doesn't find an error that it should've found. So please, put this program through scrutiny by testing all kinds of sick and twisted DinkC constructs you can come up with through it.
You can download the program from my site. Save it to a folder of its own, and extract it. A decent extractor, like WinRAR should be able to handle tar.bz2 files. You run the program by starting the command prompt, and change the directory to the one where you extracted the files, and then issue the command "java -jar dinkValidator.jar <path-to-dinkc-file-to-test>". I'm not certain that the path can contain spaces or not. You'll find out soon enough.
The final version will have a GUI, so you won't have to worry about these things if you wait. However, I will need to have some people to test this for me before I start doing the necessary stuff for the final release, so please give it a go if you have time.
Just like last time, the program requires you to have or install the Java Runtime. If you're certain you don't have it, you can download it at that link.
If you are sure you have it, you must also make sure that the path to the java binaries are in your PATH environmental variable. Instructions for doing this can be found here.
KNOWN ISSUES:
* Global variables will be reported as "possibly uninitialized variables"
* Calls to own methods will give an error
Like the name in the subject says, this thing validates DinkC scripts. It aims finding all kinds of errors in DinkC scripts, from missing semicolons at the end of lines, to "else"s appearing before "if"s. This beta isn't entirely complete, though, so it doesn't validate parameters of functions yet. (Such as that say() should have a string, and a sprite number, and nothing more, nothing less.)
I want you to report any kind of anomalies with the program. If it finds an error that is not an error, please report that. However, what's more important is when it doesn't find an error that it should've found. So please, put this program through scrutiny by testing all kinds of sick and twisted DinkC constructs you can come up with through it.
You can download the program from my site. Save it to a folder of its own, and extract it. A decent extractor, like WinRAR should be able to handle tar.bz2 files. You run the program by starting the command prompt, and change the directory to the one where you extracted the files, and then issue the command "java -jar dinkValidator.jar <path-to-dinkc-file-to-test>". I'm not certain that the path can contain spaces or not. You'll find out soon enough.
The final version will have a GUI, so you won't have to worry about these things if you wait. However, I will need to have some people to test this for me before I start doing the necessary stuff for the final release, so please give it a go if you have time.
Just like last time, the program requires you to have or install the Java Runtime. If you're certain you don't have it, you can download it at that link.
If you are sure you have it, you must also make sure that the path to the java binaries are in your PATH environmental variable. Instructions for doing this can be found here.
KNOWN ISSUES:
* Global variables will be reported as "possibly uninitialized variables"
* Calls to own methods will give an error
Phoenix has released 3 files
| Title | Category | Avg | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie2000 Tutorial | Development, Tutorial |  7.5 | July 22nd, 2003 |
| Easy DinkC | Development, Utility | 8.9 | October 5th, 2001 |
| Emerald Hunt (The) | D-Mod, Demo | 7.1 | December 30th, 2000 |
Phoenix has written 7 reviews
| Title | File | Type | Score | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None of These Midis Are New | 16 Best Midi | Normal |  0.3 | May 3rd, 2002 |
| This Pack is Packed with Awesome Midis | 374 Midis | Normal | 7.4 | May 3rd, 2002 |
| This Program is So Unfinished | D-Mod Development Suite | Normal | 1.6 | April 23rd, 2002 |
| Advanced? Not | Advanced Graphics Tutorial | Normal |  3.0 | April 22nd, 2002 |
| This is a Smart Solution To an Otherwise Annoying Detail | Skeleton | Normal |  9.9 | January 28th, 2002 |
| This Game is One of the Best Ever Made | Dink Smallwood | Normal | 9.9 | January 28th, 2002 |
| I had Very Much Use For This When I Decided To Learn All the Secrets of the Dink | Dink.ini Index | Normal |  5.2 | January 28th, 2002 |
