[WebMacro-user] re: WebMacro 2.0 release? / Items that are modified or added by Mike W / Marcel H (Mike Weerdenburg)

[Keats K. <ke...@xa...>]

Hey Mike,

Yes I'm back from SD West.  No, I wasn't promoting WebMacro. (I did get 
to hang out with Brian for a bit though.)

I'm working on the #eval stuff, but I'm having a little trouble getting 
my dev environment set up again.  (It has been a while.)  I hope to get 
it finished by next week.

btw, Looking at the code, it appears that the "inline" functionality is 
the default if you don't specify a "using" clause.  I think this is the 
way it should work.

Also, I'm toying with the idea of making it two different directives, 
#eval and #seval, one for Macro objects (e.g. Templets) and the other 
for String templates.  This might make things a bit more 
straightforward.  Any thoughts?

I think I like most of the ideas you are suggesting.  (Some of them look 
familiar.)  I'll try to digest them a bit over the weekend.

I'm not sure about the #while directive, but we can always include it as 
an option.

(I've actually been thinking about a #case/#when directive.)

[btw, For some reason your post only came through in the digest -- maybe 
because of the attachments?]

Keats

 >
 >    1. WebMacro 2.0 release? / Items that are modified or added by 
Mike W / Marcel H (Mike Weerdenburg)
 
 > ----- Message from "Mike Weerdenburg" <M.W...@tr...>
 > on Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:36:52 +0200 -----
 > 
 > [WebMacro-user] WebMacro 2.0 release? / Items that are modified or
 > added by Mike W / Marcel H
 >
 > Hello everybody,
 >
 > it would be great to have "soon" a 2.0 release.
 >
 > I'd like to see the following items to be included in this new version:
 >
 > 1) adjusted DefaultDirective (see attachment).
 >
 > Made #default pre wm2 compatible.
 > #default $myVar to "value" has been deprecated, but NOW it still works!
 >
 > It generates a warning if LogLevel.directive: NOTICE
 > This is a neat trick to log all the occurences and replace them!
 > Log-example: ../my.wmt:34.2 uses #default $border to "default", 
please use:
 > #default $border = "default"
 >
 >
 > 2) adjusted LogFile (see attachment)
 >
 > ChangeLog:
 >
 > 14-01-2005 (Mike Weerdenburg)
 > LogFilePerDay
 > It was :
 > exampl. c:/logs/wm.log -> c:/logs/wm.log_20050105
 > exampl. c:/logs/wmlog -> c:/logs/wm_log_20050105
 >
 > Now it is :
 > exampl. c:/logs/wm.log -> c:/logs/wm_20050105.log
 > exampl. c:/logs/wmlog -> c:/logs/wm_log_20050105
 >
 > Write a message to the 'old' logfile when switching to a 'new' one.
 >
 > 17-07-2002 (Marcel Huijkman)
 > setting for WebMacro.properties added
 > LogFilePerDay
 > usage:
 > LogFilePerDay=FALSE or TRUE
 >
 > LogFileAutoFlush
 > usage:
 > LogFileAutoFlush=FALSE or TRUE
 > (Notice: Only handy when developing on a Operating system, that buffers
 > file-writing, not recommended for production, since it obviously 
slows down
 > the machine.)
 >
 >
 > 3) new WhileDirective (see attachment)
 >
 > Just have fun with it...
 >
 > Syntax: #while (condition) [limit (int)] { block } WhileDirective 
implements
 > a WebMacro directive for an while control structure. If you use it 
without
 > the limit option than it stops after 1000000 loops! Use a limit value 
< 0 to
 > create a loop without a limit, this could hang your template!
 >
 >
 > 4) new SilentEvaluationExceptionHandler (see attachment)
 >
 > An implementation of EvaluationExceptionHandler which throws some
 > exception's when it is called.
 > The error is stored back into the webcontext $WMERROR (as ArrayList) and
 > could be handled by the templatewriter.
 >
 > You can use this in case of a live-situation to mail the error or 
show the
 > error in a fashioned way.
 >
 > Example:
 > #if ( $Variable.isDefined("WMERROR") )
 > {
 >       <B>Error(s):</B><BR>
 >       #foreach $item in $WMERROR
 >       {
 >          $item<BR>
 >       }
 > }
 >
 > * This one looks like the 'DebugEvaluationExceptionHandler' but doesn't
 > throw all the Exeptions.
 >
 >
 > 5) adjusted EvalDirective (no attachment, sorry I have no clue how to 
adjust
 > this)
 >
 > #eval <Macro or String> [using { ... }]
 >
 > To 'parse' a Macro or String value...
 > > Keats? Already back from Calif? To do some SD for the WM community? ;-)
 >
 >
 > Please add this modifications / add-ons to WebMacro 2.0 !
 >
 > Greetings
 > Mike Weerdenburg
 >
 >
 > PS. Maybe we should make a wish list for this 'new' WebMacro 2.0 release?
 > And set a date! when it should be up and running?