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This seems possible. You can have multiple versions of AutoIt in subfolders and use a processor to read the source for AutoIt version to use for compile. AutoIt3Wrapper may have directives to do this already. Looking into the Scite4AutoIt3 help file, I see directives "#AutoIt3Wrapper_Autoit3Dir=", "#AutoIt3Wrapper_Aut2exe=". Give those a try.

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Interesting idea probably you can do this indirectly with

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before="myPreprocessor.exe"

and then your myPreProcessor.exe should modify the actual source script before it gets compiled
 
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/docs/SciTE4AutoIt3/AutoIt3Wrapper.html
http://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/AutoIt3Wrapper_Directives
 
or override the compiler exe with your own exe which calls in the end the au3 compiler

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Aut2exe       Optionally override the Aut2exe.exe to use for this script
#AutoIt3Wrapper_AutoIt3         Optionally override the Autoit3.exe to use for this script

and looking at the au3wrapper.au3 source it should not be hard to add a simple step to add conditional compilation

#DEFINE <some_compilervar>=<somevalue>
#IF <some_compilervar> = <somevalue
#ENDIF

Maybe a nice wish for future

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Hello !

I managed to do it, but in a very light way...

Available pre-processor operations : NAME (optional parameter1) (optional parameter2)

- #SET (<string varname>) (= <string value>)

- #IF (<string varname>) (= <string value>)

-#ELSE

-#FI

 

A piece of example :

ConsoleWrite("On... ")
#SET debugmode = False
_main()
ConsoleWrite("This way exit. ")
Exit

Func _main()
    #if debugmode = False
        For $i = 1 To 3
            ConsoleWrite("No ")
        Next

        MsgBox(0, "debugmode ?", False)
    #else

#       ConsoleWrite("Way. ")
#       MsgBox(0, "debugmode ?", True)
    #fi
EndFunc

No case sensitive mode: pre-processor operators will be forced up at read time in the wrapper.

Attached file is the wrapper modified source's code, with major changes in the Retrieve_PreProcessor_Info() function, and some new UDFs (_SelectOpt(), ConsoleWriteLine(), etc) in a dedicated #Region.

To use it, you have to compile it under a different name (e.g "AutoIt3Wrapper_NEW.exe") then rename manually as "AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" in your SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper directory. This because of the original "AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" currently running at compilation time.

As far as #IF is concerned, the easier way to avoid execution of command lines I found was to add "# " in front of undesirable lines. If you think of a better way, tell me !

Note: the "=" operator is the only one available for #IF tests. Is adding more operators worth the effort ? How do you feel with these commands ?

 

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AutoIt3Wrapper.au3 modified removed.
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I fail to see why you used an 5 years old version of AutoIt3Wrapper and used that to implement this as that doesn't give you any real path forward.

Jos

 

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I dont see why you consider the latest stable release is a "5 years version old" (even after the changes I made), can you explain me what lets you think that ?

 

A friend told me about the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Ren_Field yesterday evening, and showed me an example :

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Ren_Field=debugmode|YES
Global $debugmode = (FileGetVersion(@ScriptFullPath, "debugmode") = "YES")

ConsoleWrite("On... ")
_main()
ConsoleWrite("This way exit.")
Exit

Func _main()
    if $debugmode = False
        For $i = 1 To 3
            ConsoleWrite("No")
        Next
        MsgBox(0, "debugmode ?", False)
    else
        ConsoleWrite("Way.")
        MsgBox(0, "debugmode ?", True)
    EndIf
EndFunc

I feel he's right about using a proper way to avoid execution by the interpretor, but I can't remember why other languages have pre-processor operators...

Here, with those "# " prefix you may have conditonnal includes (whatever the reason for it), conditonnal #Autoi3Wrapper_ pre-processor operations, and so on. That can't be achieved by standard "Global $var / if $var then / else / endif" (after compilation) at execution time.

Maybe I'm wrong on this ?

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I dont see why you consider the latest stable release is a "5 years version old" (even after the changes I made), can you explain me what lets you think that ?

From the source you posted which tells me it is a very old version of AutoIt3Wrapper that is modified by you/somebody:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=2.0.1.25
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_LegalCopyright=Copyright © 2010 Jos van der Zande

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I didn't noticed this information. it *might* be because I begun to add things to my (very very old) installation of AutoIt, then was forced to update version because of the ternary "?:" operator not functionning.

I'll go for a more recent version later on today is gf's anniversary.

Why do you say "that doesn't give you any real path forward" ? Am I wrong in translating the "path forward" expression as "gain" ?

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You should not try to make your own version of AutoIt3Wrapper as that is modified and distributed by me on a regular basis.
When we feel we should have a pre-processor capability available in AutoIt3Wrapper, I should add an option to shell this external program like I have done for Au3Stripper by adding logic to AutoIt3Wrapper to read some preprocessors, in which you can define your pre-processor program file and the output file created.

EG:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_PreProcess_Program=c:\mypreprocessor.exe
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_PreProcess_OutFile=%temp%\preproc.au3

AutoIt3Wrapper could then run this before the au3stripper step and also run au3check against the outputfile from the preprocessor to ensure now errors occur after the pre-process step. It will provide the processed input scriptfile as the first parameter.
In this way people can make their own pre-processor and maintain it independently from any modifications I make in AutoIt3Wrapper.

Thoughts?

Jos

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As you refer to the Excel UDF:
In my eyes conditional compilation doesn't make sense here because too much has changed between UDF versions.
Simply create a new version of your script and change the function calls (and some lines of your script) to use the enhanced functionality/performance of the new UDF.
It's worth the effort ;)

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Jos : using an external pre-processor could (totally !) fullfill the needs, but why don't you make instructions alike internally available by default for all AutoIt users ?

Btw, that makes it possible to have conditionnal pre-processor statements, enabling conditional compilation. I didn't start a new thread because of this one, but it's not an Excel UDF matter anymore...

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@Denver, I am not sure I understand your proposal or I am lacking the imagination how this would ever work.
There are conditional preprocessor statements available already with the below but guess that isn't what you are asking?

Jos

; Optional
; Use this format to have separate directive values for Run and Compile
#AutoIt3Wrapper_If_Run
    #AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_AU3Check=Y
    #AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Tidy=Y
    [...]
#Autoit3Wrapper_If_Compile
    #AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_AU3Check=N
    #AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Tidy=N
    [...]
#AutoIt3Wrapper_EndIf

 

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I missed those instructions, my bad. :)

How does it comes to non- "run" or "compile" part ? As, say, different includes for differents @OSversion ?

And is there a #set (or #define) MACRO string for replace in the code's corpse ?

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This is the way I have approached the whole setup of tooling till now and that maybe explains better why I proposed the have the option to run another pre-processor:

AutoIt3Wrapper has the sole purpose of running all tools you want to process before aut2exe like:

  • Au3Check
  • Tidy
  • Au3Stripper
  • any user program wanted

Then run aut2exe with the required parameters and the process any tasks after the creation of the script.exe like"

  • SVN - versioning commitment
  • PE Resources updates like Version etc.
  • any user program wanted like copying the program to another directory

So AutoIt3Wrapper is solely automating all the process steps but doesn't make any changes to the source other than updating the directive's version number.
The other utilities are doing all the source modifications, so hence my proposal to make an exit option for a pre-processor which act like au3stripper does, which takes the input file and creates and new output source file which then is take by AutoIt3Wrapper as the sourcefile to continue the process with.

Making sense here?

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I made a lightened version of the Wrapper, containing only the preprocessor with minimal stuff possible to test it (up to date from the stable release available this 06/26/2015), and a simple copy-paste of Includes+Define #Regions.

First of all: there is a whole bunch of $variable modified in Wrapper's Global scope, how will this run in case of an external preprocessor ?

What should be the use of an (external) preprocessor: Would it be called before the Wrapper's internal one ? instead ? after ?

AutoIt3Preprocessor_light.au3

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I wont have much time in the comming week, but to me it is simple: you use a unique directive prefix like i do for tidy and au3stripper. Something like  #mypreprocessor_directive1

Autoit3wrapper ignores all directives with a different prefix.

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Hm, okay, let's say the chosen prefix is "#Cpp_", instructions now looks like:

  • #Cpp_Set (or #Cpp_define, I have to check it later)
  • #Cpp_If
  • #Cpp_Else
  • #Cpp_Fi (or #Cpp_ifend)

When it comes to reading the $ScriptFile_In by the preprocessor:

  1. Every # instructions have to be handled by the new preprocessor (referenced in the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_PreProcess_Program instruction set in the header of the Wrapper or sent by a commandLine argument), then the $ScriptFile_In is set to the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_PreProcess_OutFile and the next Wrapper's step occurs
    -or-
  2. Every new # instruction have to be handled by the new preprocessor (ref idem), then the $ScriptFile_In is changed and the internal Wrapper's preprocessor comes for the common # instruction, and next Wrapper's step occurs ?
    -or-
  3. Every common # instructions are internally handled by the Wrapper, then the new preprocessor is called to be in charge of the rest of # instructions, then the $ScriptFile_In is modified and next Wrapper's step occurs ?

1) is the heavier way to do this, but the most flexible way. The whole common # instructions have to be handled, and I don't know how the Global vars could be transferred (apart from serializing an object). 2) is the simplest way, but the file is read likely twice. 3) is the worst way, because there won't be any new preprocessor conditions available, and the file is read likely twice.

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If I were to make something like that I'd use

#define
#undef
#if
#ifdef
#ifndef
#else
#elif
#endif

# for "stringification"

But soon you'll have to handle real-world constructs:

#if (!defined(_UTF_8) && !defined(_UTF_16)) || defined(_UTF_NONE)

and

#define UNICODE_VERSION_MAJOR        5
#define UNICODE_VERSION_MINOR        1
#define UNICODE_VERSION_MICRO        0
#define UNICODE_VERSION_BUILD        10

#define __UNICODE_VERSION_STRING(a,b,c,d) #a "." #b "." #c "." #d
#define _UNICODE_VERSION_STRING(a,b,c,d)  __UNICODE_VERSION_STRING(a,b,c,d)
#define UNICODE_VERSION_STRING            _UNICODE_VERSION_STRING(UNICODE_VERSION_MAJOR,UNICODE_VERSION_MINOR,UNICODE_VERSION_MICRO,UNICODE_VERSION_BUILD)

 

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I had it already prepared, so now have uploaded a new beta for autoit3wrapper to the Beta directory.
The preprocessor is ran after au3check and before au3stripper.

It will shell the defined preprocessorprogram with as; "your-preprocessor.exe" "current-prcessessed_script.au3" and either expect the outfile to be defined or else continue using the inputfile.

15.503.1200.5 Added a preprocessor exit with the following Directives:
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_PreProcess_Program=c:\mypreprocessor.exe
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_PreProcess_OutFile=%temp%\preproc.au3

Have a try and see how this works.

Jos

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