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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To read documentation regarding the fixes and improvements to earlier versions of Winbatch prior to what is documented in this file, please go to the following URL: http://techsupt.windowware.com and on that web page, click on the link entitled, "Winbatch", then scroll down to the bottom of the page, and see the links: "Winbatch Fixes and Improvements 5.0H Through 97D" and "Winbatch Fixes and Improvements 98A through 2000C". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WB 2000A Feb 24, 2000 Fixed problem in FileMenu with FileItemize("") and DirItemize("") sometimes returning a "function failed" error. BoxDrawCircle and BoxDrawRect no longer draw anything if all the coordinates are 0. FileMenu supports new FileItemPath("") function (see below under WIL DLL). DLL 3.0abv First showing up in WB 2000A New functions: FileItemPath(file-list) Returns a delimited list of file paths. This function is like FileItemize, but the list of file names it returns contains full path information. ItemReplace(item, index, list, delimiter) Replaces an item in a list. (s) item the replacement item. (i) index the position in list that will be replaced by the item. (s) list a string containing a list of items. (s) delimiter a character to act as a delimiter between items in the list. This function replaces an item in a list with a new item. It returns a new list, with the specified replacement made; the original list ("list") is unchanged. For example, specifying an index of 1 causes the first item in the list to be replaced with the new item ("item"). AskTextBox(title, prompt, default, flags, reserved) Prompts the user for multiple lines of input. (s) title title of the dialog box. (s) prompt question to be put to the user. (s) default default answer. (i) flags see below. (i) reserved reserved for future use, should be set to 0. "default" can contain multiple lines of text, using embedded @CRLF's. "flags" can be set to 0, or can specify one or more of the following values combined with the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Meaning ----- ------- 1 do not automatically wrap text 2 place cursor at end of default text (instead of highlighting it) The return value is whatever the user enters in the edit box. If multiple lines of text are entered, they will be delimited in the returned string with @CRLF's. StrClean(s:source-string, s:characters, s:replacement, i:match-case, i:mode) Removes or replaces characters in a string. "source-string" is the string to be operated upon. "characters" is a string specifies the characters in "source-string" to be replaced or retained. This parameter can be a single character (eg, "x"), a list of characters (eg, "~!@#"), or a blank string (""). "replacement" specifies the replacement string to be inserted in place of matching (or non-matching) characters. It can be a string, one or more characters long. It can also be a blank string (""), in which case matching characters are removed. "match-case" can be @TRUE or @FALSE, indicating whether string comparisons are case-sensitive or case-insensitive, respectively. "mode" can be one of the following: Value Meaning ----- ------- 1 Replace all occurrences of "characters" with "replacement" 2 Replace all non-occurrences of "characters" with "replacement" This function can be used to remove or replace specific characters in a string, or to retain only specific characters in a string. If "mode" is 1, then any characters which appear in "characters" will be replaced with "replacement". If "replacement" is a blank string, then any characters which appear in "characters" will be removed. If "characters" is a blank string, then no chnges will be made. If "mode" is 2, then any characters which DON'T appear in "characters" will be replaced with "replacement". If "replacement" is a blank string, then any characters which DON'T appear in "characters" will be removed. If "characters" is a blank string, then ALL characters will be replaced. The return value is the new string, with all changes made. The original string ("source-string") is untouched. Examples: ; Remove all spaces from a string StrClean("Have a nice day", " ", "", @FALSE, 1) ; Replace all ampersands with the HTML code "&" StrClean("Here & there & everywhere", "&", "&", @FALSE, 1) ; Remove all characters other then letters and spaces StrClean("Healthy, wealthy, & wise.", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ", "", @FALSE, 2) New IntControl: IntControl(38, p1, p2, 0, 0) (not really new, but previously undocumented) Sets quiet mode. P1 Meaning -- ------- -1 Don't change (just return current setting) 0 Disable quiet mode (default). 1 Enable quiet mode. p2 = error log filename, or a blank string ("") for no error log. In "quiet mode": 1. No error messages are displayed. If an error log filename is specified, then error messages will be written to that file. 2. You MUST set the "warning" parameter in any FileCopy or FileMove commands to @FALSE, or else a fatal error will occur. 3. Sounds that would normally be controlled by the Sounds() function are suppressed. Returns previous setting. "#include" directives can have leading whitespace (ie, they can be indented with spaces or tabs). Note that an "#include" directive appearing in a menu file MUST be indented at least 4 columns, just like all menu code must be. DirExist no longer returns true if the directory name is followed by "*.*". Fixed a problem with numeric strings containing an "e" incorrectly being treated as floating point numbers. For DebugTrace, you can now specify a mode of 2, in which case when a terminal error occurs, the error message and the WIL variable table will be dumped to the debug log file. This mode is entirely separate from DebugTrace(@ON) (ie, only one of the modes can be active at any time, and each mode has different types of output information, with no overlap). If you use IntControl(28) to specify a fixed pitch font for list boxes, a fixed pitch font will now also be used for ITEMBOX controls in dialogs. IntControl(56) can now terminate an application based on its module or file name as well as its window name. The expanded syntax is: IntControl(56, p1, p2, 0, 0) p1 = window or application name p2 = name type specified by p1: 0 window name 1 module or file name (with optional path) FileVerInfo can now return numeric version fields, by preceding the resource string name with a '#'. The following are available: "#FileVersion" "#ProductVersion" "#FileFlagsMask" "#FileFlags" "#FileOS" "#FileType" "#FileSubtype" "#FileVersion" and "#ProductVersion" are 64-bit numbers, and are returned as comma-separated strings in the form "n1,n2,n3,n4", where n1 is the most significant word and n4 is the least significant word. The other fields each return a single 32-bit number. WaitForKey now supports punctuation keys. Improved speed of BinaryReplace. Fixed a problem with RegQueryMulSz crashing with NULL (blank) registry values. BinaryStrCount now returns an error if the specified end-offset is past the binary EOD. Windows NT extender 11015 First showing up in WB 2000A New functions: wntServerInfo(s:server-name, i:request) Returns information about a server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "request" specifies the information about "server-name" to be returned, and can be one of the following: 1 (i) major version 2 (i) minor version 3 (i) type (see wntServiceAt for a list of server types) 4 (s) comment 5 (i) maximum users who can log on 6 (i) auto-disconnect time, in minutes, or -1 if no auto-disconnect 7 (i) hidden to other computers in domain? (0 = visible, 1 = hidden) 8 (i) network announce rate, in seconds 9 (i) delta value by which announce rate can vary, in milliseconds 10 (s) path to user directories wntShareList(s:server-name, i:share-type, i:flags) Returns a list of shares on a server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "share-type" is a bitmask specifying the type(s) of shares that should be returned. It can be set to 0 to return all shares, or it can be one or more of the following values combined with the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Share type ----- ---------- 1 Disk drive 2 Print queue 4 Communication device 8 Interprocess communication (IPC) 16 Administrative or special share (eg: C$, D$, ADMIN$, IPC$) "flags" is reserved for future use and should be set to 0. This function returns a tab-delimited list of shared resources on a server, including hidden shares. Example: wntShareList("\\SERVER", 1 | 16, 0)) wntShareUsers(s:server-name, s:share/computer-name, i:share-type, i:format, i:flags) Returns a list of users connected to a share or server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "share/computer-name" specifies either a share name (eg, "PUBLIC") on "server-name", or a computer name (eg, "\\FRED"). See explanation below. "share-type" is a bitmask specifying the type(s) of shares that should be returned if "share/computer-name" specifies a computer name. It can be set to 0 to return all shares, or it can be one or more of the following values combined with the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Share type ----- ---------- 1 Disk drive 2 Print queue 4 Communication device 8 Interprocess communication (IPC) 16 Administrative or special share (eg: C$, D$, ADMIN$, IPC$) "format" specifies the information that will be returned for each connection. It can be one of the following values (see explanation below): Value Return format ----- ------------- 1 username 2 netname 3 username|netname "flags" is reserved for future use and should be set to 0. This function can return either a list of users connected to a share, or a list of computers connected to a server. If "share/computer-name" specifies a share name, then the function will return a list of users connected to that share. If "share/computer-name" specifies a computer name, then the function will return a list of shares on "server-name" (filtered by "share-type") to which that computer is connected. This function returns a tab-delimited list of user names and/or net names, depending on "format". The values returned are as follows: username: If "server-name" is running with user-level security, then "username" will be the name of the user who made the connection. If "server-name" is running with share-level security, then "username" eill be the computer that made the connection. netname: "netname" is the opposite of "share/computer-name". In other words, if "share/computer-name" specifies a share name, then "netname" will be the name of the computer connected to that share, and if "share/computer-name" specifies a computer name, then "netname" will be the name of the share to which that computer is connected. Example: wntShareUsers("", "PUBLIC", 1, 1, 0) wntRemoteTime(s:server-name, i:format) Gets the time of day from a server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "format" specifies the format in which the time will be returned, and can be one of the following values: Value Format ----- ------ 1 UTC/GMT time, in YYYY:MM:DD:hh:mm:ss format 2 local time (on local machine), in YYYY:MM:DD:hh:mm:ss format wntShutdown(s:computer-name, s:message, i:timeout, i:force, i:reboot) Shuts down (and optionally restarts) a computer. "computer-name" is the name of an NT machine (eg, "FRED" or "\\FRED"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "message" is an message to be displayed in the shutdown dialog box, or a blank string ("") if no message is desired. "timeout" is the amount of time, in seconds, that a shutdown dialog box should be displayed on the specified computer before the computer is shut down. While the dialog is displayed, a countdown timer shows the number of seconds remaining, and when it reaches 0 the computer is shut down. "timeout" can be set to 0, in which case no dialog is displayed and the computer is shut down immediately. If "force" is @TRUE, then applications with unsaved data will be forcibly closed. If "force" is @FALSE, then the user will be prompted to close such applications, and if the user cancels (or doesn't respond) then the computer will not be shut down. If "reboot" is @TRUE, the computer will be automatically restarted after shutting down. If "reboot" is @FALSE, the system flushes all caches to disk, clears the screen, and displays a message indicating that it is safe to power down. In order to shut down a remote computer, the caller must have the privilege "Force shutdown from a remote system" (SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege). Returns 1 on success, or an error. Note that this function returns immediately, so the return value does not indicate whether the computer is actually shut down or not. wntDomainSync(s:server-name, i:request) Synchronizes domain controllers. "server-name" is the UNC name of the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) or BDC (Backup Domain Controller) on which the operation will be performed (eg, "\\SERVER"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "request" specifies the operation to perform, and can be one of the following values: Value Meaning ----- ------- 2 Force replicate on BDC (standard replication). "server-name" should be a BDC. 3 Force synchronize on BDC (full replication). "server-name" should be a BDC. 4 Force PDC to broadcast change. "server-name" should be a PDC. 5 Force to re-discover trusted domain DCs. 7 Notify netlogon that a new transport has come online. Returns 1. wntAcctPolSet(s:server-name, i:request, i:value) Sets account policy information for a server. "value" is the new value to be set for "request". See wntAcctPolGet for additional information. Note: This function can only be performed by members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group. Returns 1. Fixed a problem with wntFilesOpen possibly crashing. Changed the error message from "password too short" to "password is unacceptable", unless it's clear that the password really is too short (Windows returns a "password too short" error for various unrelated error conditions). This affects wntChgPswd, wntUserAdd, and wntUserSetDat. Fixed a problem with wntAcctInfo(1) returning a SID that only included the last subauthority, instead of all of them. Windows 95 extender 11007 First showing up in WB 2000A New functions: w95ServerInfo(s:server-name, i:request) Returns information about a server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "request" specifies the information about "server-name" to be returned, and can be one of the following: 1 (i) major version 2 (i) minor version 3 (i) type (see w95ServiceAt for a list of server types) 4 (s) comment w95ShareList(s:server-name, i:share-type, i:flags) Returns a list of shares on a server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "share-type" is a bitmask specifying the type(s) of shares that should be returned. It can be set to 0 to return all shares, or it can be one or more of the following values combined with the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Share type ----- ---------- 1 Disk drive 2 Print queue 4 Communication device 8 Interprocess communication (IPC) "flags" is reserved for future use and should be set to 0. This function returns a tab-delimited list of shared resources on a server, including hidden shares. Example: w95ShareList("\\SERVER", 1 | 2, 0)) w95ShareUsers(s:server-name, s:share/computer-name, i:share-type, i:format, i:flags) Returns a list of users connected to a share or server. "server-name" is the UNC name of a server (eg, "\\SERVER1"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the local machine. "share/computer-name" specifies either a share name (eg, "PUBLIC") on "server-name", or a computer name (eg, "\\FRED"). See explanation below. "share-type" is a bitmask specifying the type(s) of shares that should be returned if "share/computer-name" specifies a computer name. It can be set to 0 to return all shares, or it can be one or more of the following values combined with the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Share type ----- ---------- 1 Disk drive 2 Print queue 4 Communication device 8 Interprocess communication (IPC) "format" specifies the information that will be returned for each connection. It can be one of the following values (see explanation below): Value Return format ----- ------------- 1 username 2 netname 3 username|netname "flags" is reserved for future use and should be set to 0. This function can return either a list of users connected to a share, or a list of computers connected to a server. If "share/computer-name" specifies a share name, then the function will return a list of users connected to that share. If "share/computer-name" specifies a computer name, then the function will return a list of shares on "server-name" (filtered by "share-type") to which that computer is connected. This function returns a tab-delimited list of user names and/or net names, depending on "format". The values returned are as follows: username: If "server-name" is running with user-level security, then "username" will be the name of the user who made the connection. If "server-name" is running with share-level security, then "username" eill be the computer that made the connection. netname: "netname" is the opposite of "share/computer-name". In other words, if "share/computer-name" specifies a share name, then "netname" will be the name of the computer connected to that share, and if "share/computer-name" specifies a computer name, then "netname" will be the name of the share to which that computer is connected. Example: w95ShareUsers("", "PUBLIC", 1, 1, 0) Windows 9x extender 10004 First showing up in WB 2000A New functions: w9xGetDc(s:server-name, s:domain-name, i:flag) Returns the domain controller for a domain. "server-name" is the UNC name of the NT server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"). "domain-name" is the name of a domain, or a blank string ("") to indicate the primary domain. "flag" must be set to 1: Flag Meaning ---- ------- 1 Return the primary domain controller for the specified domain Returns a domain controller name in UNC format (eg, "\\MYSERVER"). w9xRemoteTime(s:server-name, i:format) Gets the time of day from a server. "server-name" is the UNC name of an NT server (eg, "\\SERVER1"). "format" specifies the format in which the time will be returned, and can be one of the following values: Value Format ----- ------ 1 UTC/GMT time, in YYYY:MM:DD:hh:mm:ss format 2 local time (on local machine), in YYYY:MM:DD:hh:mm:ss format WB 2000B Mar 20, 2000 Compiler now sets the numeric FileVersion and ProductVersion fields to match the corresponding string fields. The strings should be specified as a series of up to four numeric fields, delimited by periods or commas or spaces (eg, "3.01" or "5,1,2,0" or "2000 1 2". Any missing or non-numeric fields will be converted to 0. If file specified by #include directive didn't exist, it was incorrectly returning an "unable to allocate memory" error. DLL 3.0bbv First showing up in WB 2000B New IntControls: IntControl(72, p1, 0, 0, 0) Sets Cancel handler. This IntControl lets you specify what should happen when the next Cancel event occurs in the script. P1 Meaning -- ------- -1 Don't change (just return current setting) 0 Normal cancel processing (ie, the script exits) 1 Goto the label :CANCEL 2 Gosub the label :CANCEL By default, if you don't use this IntControl at all, then every time a Cancel event occurs, WIL does a "Goto Cancel". The first time you use this IntControl, the behavior changes to being a one-time flag, which gets reset to 0 after the next Cancel event occurs. When processing goes to :CANCEL, the following WIL variables are automatically set: Variable Type Meaning -------- ---- ------- wberrorhandlerline string Cancel line (ie, line in script that caused Cancel) wberrorhandleroffset integer offset into script of Cancel line, in bytes wberrorhandlerassignment string variable being assigned on Cancel line, or "" if none Note: The :CANCEL label must be in the same script where the Cancel event occurred. If a Cancel event occurs in a called script, it will go to the label in the called script, not the calling script. Returns previous setting, or -1 if the setting had not previously been changed from the default behavior. IntControl(73, p1, 0, 0, 0) Sets Error handler. This IntControl lets you specify what should happen when the next error occurs in the script. P1 Meaning -- ------- -1 Don't change (just return current setting) 0 Normal error processing (default) 1 Goto the label :WBERRORHANDLER 2 Gosub the label :WBERRORHANDLER This is a one-time flag, which gets reset to 0 after the next error occurs. When processing goes to :WBERRORHANDLER, the following WIL variables are automatically set: Variable Type Meaning -------- ---- ------- wberrorhandlerline string error line (ie, line in script that caused error) wberrorhandleroffset integer offset into script of error line, in bytes wberrorhandlerassignment string variable being assigned on error line, or "" if none Note: The :WBERRORHANDLER label must be in the same script where the error occurred. If an error occurs in a called script, it will go to the label in the called script, not the calling script. Returns previous setting. Fixed a problem (introduced in WinBatch 2000A) with WaitForKey not detecting some of the special keycodes. In 32-bit version, if you use IntControl(49) to add system menus to dialog boxes, the icon in the title bar will now be the application icon instead of a generic Windows icon. Fixed a problem with DirSize returning incorrect numbers for directories containg files larger than 4 gigabytes. Windows NT extender 11016 First showing up in WB 2000B New functions: wntSvcCreate(s:server, s:string-values, s:numeric-values, s:dependencies, s:reserved) Adds a service to the service control manager database. "server" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or "" for the local computer. "string-values" is a is a tab-delimited or vertical-bar ('|') delimited list of string properties for the service being created, in the following format: "ServiceName | DisplayName | BinaryPathName | LoadOrderGroup | ServiceStartName | Password" (Spaces around the delimiters are permitted, but not necessary.) "numeric-values" is a is a tab-delimited or vertical-bar ('|') delimited list of numeric properties for the service being created, in the following format: "ServiceType | StartType | ErrorControl" (Spaces around the delimiters are permitted, but not necessary.) "dependencies" is a tab-delimited or vertical-bar ('|') delimited list of dependencies of the service being created. There should be no spaces around the delimiters. "reserved" is reserved for future use, and should be set to "". See wntSvcCfgSet for information on the elements specifies in "string-values" and "numeric-values". Returns 1. wntSvcDelete(s:server, s:service-name, i:flags) Marks a service for deletion from the service control manager database. "server" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or "" for the local computer. "service-name" is the name of a service. "flags" specifies the type of name that "service-name" represents: 0 display name (the name shown in Control Panel) 1000 service name (the actual registry key name) Returns @TRUE on success, or @FALSE if the specified service has already been marked for deletion. wntGroupEdit(s:server-name, s:group, i:group-type, i:request, s/i:value) Modifies information about a group. "server" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or "" for the local computer. "group-type" can be @LOCALGROUP or @GLOBALGROUP. "request" specifies the element to be modified, and can be the following: Request Element ------- ------- 1 group comment "value" specifies the new value to be set for the element. Note: This function can only be performed by members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group. Returns 1. WB 2000C May 3, 2000 Fixed a problem with the compiler sometimes setting the "Src" key in the project configuration (.CMP) file to the wrong source file name. Changed BoxButtonWait to be more responsive to window messages during the wait period. DLL 3.0cbv First showing up in WB 2000C New IntControl: IntControl(74, p1, 0, 0, 0) (32-bit only) Set idle wait after Run commands. "p1" specifies the amount of time, in milliseconds, that the WIL Interpreter will wait, after launching an application with the Run (and similar) commands, for the application to become "idle" (ie, ready for user input). The default is 10000 (ie, 10 seconds). Specify 0 for no idle wait. See also IntControl(43). Returns previous setting. Added new "function" to WinHelp (32-bit only): "HTML" Launches HH.EXE to view a topic in an HTML help (.CHM) file. "Keyword" specifies the topic to display, or "" to view the starting topic in the file. Example: WinHelp("iexplore.chm", "HTML", "web_collect_favorites.htm") Which is identical to: Run("HH.EXE", "iexplore.chm::/web_collect_favorites.htm") In AskTextBox, "default" is no longer truncated at 256 characters. Also, a horizontal scroll bar is added if "flag" number 1 is specified. Also, the cursor is now scrolled into view if "flag" number 2 is specified. WinMetrics(-5) and (-6) now return floating point values (they are no longer rounded to an integer). Added new request to IntControl(54): P2 Meaning -- ------- -1 Return window's current topmost state (@TRUE = topmost, @FALSE = not) In 32-bit version, you can now specify a negative number for TimeDelay, in which case the negative number will be treated as a positive number (eg, -5 will be treated as 5), and an alternate delay routine will be used. In NT, several functions may not have worked properly after using wntRunAsUser to impersonate a different user: IntControl(58) IntControl(67) IntControl(68) RegLoadHive RegUnloadHive Changed the internal routine used to create delays (eg, to wait for a window to appear or a program to finish), so that during the delay the WIL Interpreter is now more responsive to window messages. Fixed a problem with ItemReplace crashing when replacing the last item in a list. Windows NT extender 11017 First showing up in WB 2000C wntSvcCreate now prepends '.\' to the specified ServiceStartName, if it doesn't already contain a contain a '\' (unless it's "LocalSystem"). This matches the behavior of wntSvcCfgSet. NetWare 4 extender 14027 First showing up in WB 2000C n4UserGroups now returns a blank string ("") instead of an error if the specified user doesn't belong to any groups. WB 2001B Feb 27, 2001 16-bit version is no longer being developed (so no more references to "32-bit only"). Added additional option for IntControl(1007): p1 Meaning -- ------- 4 Modify currently-running script in the system tray If p1 == 4 (modify icon), then p2 can be one or more of the following flags, combined with the bitwise OR ("|") operator: p2 Meaning -- ------- 1 Modify tool tip (p3 specifies the new tool tip) 2 Modify icon (p4 specifies the new icon file) IntControl 1004 now returns a full path for uncompiled WinBatch scripts. The extension for extender data files used by the compiler has been changed from ".DAT" to ".EXT". Fixed some problems with overlapping boxes Fixed some problems with button focus in boxes. DLL 3.2bcb First showing up in WB 2001B *** Important: The following changes alter (break) previous behavior *** In DiskFree and DiskSize, the items in "drive-list" can no longer be separated with spaces (in order to now support UNC's containing spaces). In ItemCount, trailing delimiters are now significant. This means that the comma-delimited list "a,b,c," has 4 items in it. In ItemInsert, trailing delimiters are now significant. This means that if you specify a blank item ("") and an offset of -1, a blank item will be added to the end of the list, even if the list already has a trailing delimiter. The following functions no longer add a trailing delimiter to the returned list (some of these are "legacy" functions that are no longer documented): AskFileText AskItemList ItemSelect RegQueryItem TextBox TextBoxSort TextSelect Changed the format of the string for OLE return types of VT_DECIMAL (this was previously undocumented). The new format is described below. FileExist now returns @FALSE if the file name contains any '/' characters (this change was actually made in WB 99M). 16-bit version is no longer being developed (so no more references to "32-bit only"). New -- user-defined functions! WIL now supports user-defined functions (UDF's). A UDF is defined as follows: #DefineFunction functname([param1, param2, ..., param16]) <code> Return retval #EndFunction "#DefineFunction" and "#EndFunction" are the keywords indicating the beginning and end of the UDF. "functname" is a placeholder for the name of the function. The function name must begin with a letter, can contain letters, numbers, and underscores, and can be up to 30 characters long. You may not use a function name that is the same as the name of a WIL DLL function, but you may override a function name that's in an extender DLL. You may specify up to 16 optional parameters. "param1" - "param16" are placeholders for your actual variable names. These are the names of the variables that your UDF will receive when it is called. Between the "#DefineFunction" and "#EndFunction" keywords is the code that will get executed when the UDF is called. It may contain a Return command followed by a value (or an expression that evaluates to a value), in which case the UDF will end and return this value. If you specify a Return command without a value, the UDF will return 0. If a UDF does not contain a Return command, it will execute to the end of the UDF and return 0. An Exit command in a UDF will cause the entire script to end, not just the UDF. A UDF must be defined anywhere in a script, as long as it is defined prior to being used for the first time. A UDF may be defined or used in a separate script that is called with the Call command, as long as it is defined before it is used. You may not have nested UDF definitions (ie, each "#DefineFunction" must be followed by an "#EndFunction" as a pair). A UDF will not have access to any variables in the main WIL script, other than the variables passed as param1 - param16. Any variables set in a UDF will be destroyed when the UDF returns, other than the return value of the UDF. Any percent signs in the UDF code will be expanded at runtime (when the code is called), not at define time. You may return a file handle, binary buffer, OLE object, or array from a UDF using the Return command. However, if you create one of these types of objects in your UDF and do not return it using the Return command, you are responsible for freeing it before the UDF returns, using the appropriate WIL function (ie, FileClose, BinaryFree, ObjectClose, or Drop, respectively); otherwise, the object will become an "orphan" and will no longer be accessible and may not be automatically freed when the script exits. Example: ; Define three UDF's #DefineFunction Done() Message("All done", "Script processing is complete") #EndFunction #DefineFunction Square(number) Return (number * number) #EndFunction #DefineFunction AddListItem(list, newitem, delimiter) list = ItemInsert(newitem, -1, list, delimiter) list = ItemSort(list, delimiter) Return list #EndFunction ; Now use them list = "apples,bananas,peaches" list = AddListItem(list, "cherries", ",") Message("New list", list) Message("The square of 5 is", Square(5)) Done() New -- arrays! WIL now supports arrays. Arrays are created using the new ArrDimension function (see below). An array may have from 1 to 5 dimensions, and each dimension may contain up to 65,535 elements. Array elements are referenced with their subscripts enclosed in square brackets. If an array has more than one dimension, the subscripts are separated with commas. Eg: arrayvar[1] arrayvar[1, 1] arrayvar[0, 5, 2] Array subscripts are 0-based; ie, the first element in an array is array[0]. Array elements can contain any type of WIL value: string, integer, float, etc. You can have different types of values within an array. You may not pass an array as a parameter to a WIL function (except for functions which state they accept an array), or use it in any sort of operation. For example, the following are NOT legal: arrayvar = 5 ; NOT legal x = arrayvar ; NOT legal Message("Value is", arrayvar) ; NOT legal On the other hand, the following are all legal: arrayvar[0] = 5 x = arrayvar[0] Message("Value is", arrayvar[0]) You can pass arrays to user-defined functions, and you can return arrays with the Return command. When you pass an array name (ie, not an array element) as a parameter to a function, the array gets passed "by reference". That is, the function receives a pointer to the array, and is therefore able to make changes to it "in place". This is similar to passing a binary buffer handle to a function, where the function is then able to make wholesale changes to the binary buffer. In contrast, passing an array element (ie, with a subscript) to a function is like passing a regular string or integer parameter to a function -- it gets passed "by value". Ie, the function receives the value of the array element, but is not able to modify the array itself. By the same token, when you pass a string to a function like StrUpper: newstring = StrUpper(oldstring) The function does not modify the variable "oldstring" at all. If you want to modify the existing variable, you can assign to it the return value of the function, eg: mystring = StrUpper(mystring) array[2] = StrUpper(array[2]) New functions: ArrDimension(i:dim1 [, i:dim2 [, i:dim3 [, i:dim4 [, i:dim5]]]]) Creates an array. This function creates an array of 1 to 5 dimensions. Each dimension ("dim1" through "dim5") specifies a dimension size up to 65,535. At least one dimension must be specified; the other parameters are optional and will default to 0 (ie, unused dimension). For example: 1-dimension array: array1 = ArrDimension(10) 2-dimension array: array2 = ArrDimension(10, 10) 3-dimension array: array3 = ArrDimension(10, 10, 10) 4-dimension array: array4 = ArrDimension(10, 10, 10, 10) 5-dimension array: array5 = ArrDimension(10, 10, 10, 10, 10) ArrDimension(10) creates a 1-dimension array with a size of 10 (10 elements). Since array subscripts are 0-based, the first element is arrayvar[0] and the last element is arrayvar[9]. An array can theoretically contain up to 200,000,000 elements in total. Of course this will be further limited by your available system memory. You can not create embedded arrays (ie, an array within an array). You can use the Drop command to free an array. This will also Drop any OLE object handles within the array, as well as any WIL string variables. It will NOT close any file handles or binary buffers. The return value is the array that was created. ArrInfo(a:array, i:request) Gets information about an array. "array" specifies an array. "request" can be one of the following: request returns ------- ------- 0 number of dimensions in the array 1 number of elements in dimension 1 2 number of elements in dimension 2 (or 0 if unused) 3 number of elements in dimension 3 (or 0 if unused) 4 number of elements in dimension 4 (or 0 if unused) 5 number of elements in dimension 5 (or 0 if unused) 6 number of elements in the entire array ArrInitialize(a:array, i:value) Initializes an array. "array" specifies an array. "value" specifies an integer value. This function sets all elements of "array" to "value". Returns @TRUE. Arrayize(s:list, s:delimiter) Converts a delimited list to an array. This function takes a delimited list, and creates a one-dimension array with the same number of elements as the number of items in the list, setting each element to the value of the corresponding item in the list. Ie, it converts a delimited list to an array. Returns the array that was created. RegOpenKeyEx(i:handle, s:subkey-string, s/i:mode, s:reserved-1, s:reserved-2) Opens a registry key with specified access rights. "handle" handle to a registration database key "subkey-string" a path from the key provided to the desired key "mode" access mode (see below) "reserved-1" reserved for future use; should be set to "". "reserved-2" reserved for future use; should be set to "". This function is like RegOpenKey, but lets the user specify the desired access rights (RegOpenKey opens a key with default access, so may fail if the user only has read permission for the key). "Mode" may be one of the following pre-defined string values: Value Name Meaning (see below for bit descriptions) ----- ---- ---------------------------------------- "READ" KEY_READ KEY_QUERY_VALUE | KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS | KEY_NOTIFY | STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ "WRITE" KEY_WRITE KEY_SET_VALUE | KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY | STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE "FULL" KEY_ALL_ACCESS (KEY_QUERY_VALUE | KEY_SET_VALUE | KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY | KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS | KEY_NOTIFY | KEY_CREATE_LINK | STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL) & ~SYNCHRONIZE Or, "mode" may be a bitmask comprised of one or more of the following integer values, combined using the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Name Meaning ----- ---- ------- 1 KEY_QUERY_VALUE Permission to query subkey data. 2 KEY_SET_VALUE Permission to set subkey data. 4 KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY Permission to create subkeys. 8 KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Permission to enumerate subkeys. 16 KEY_NOTIFY Permission for change notification. 32 KEY_CREATE_LINK Permission to create a symbolic link. Returns a handle to the newly-opened key. VarType(s:varname) Gets the type of a WIL variable. This function returns the type of WIL variable that "varname" specifies. The return value will be one or more of the following type flags, combined using the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Type Meaning ---- ------- 0 undefined 1 integer 2 string 5 file handle 17 OLE object 32 floating point value 65 binary buffer 256 array RegQueryStr(i:handle, s:subkey) Retrieves and expands a string value from the registry. This function can be used to read a REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ value from the registry. If the value is a REG_EXPAND_SZ, any environment strings will be expanded to their defined values in the string returned by this function (the registry entry itself is untouched). See RegQueryValue for parameter information. Returns the expanded registry value. FileSizeEx(s:file-list) Finds the total size of a group of files (including open files). This function is like FileSize, but can be used to get the size of files that are open by other applications (which FileSize cannot). See FileSize for additional information. FileCreateTemp(s:prefix) Creates a temporary file. This function creates a 0-byte file with a unique name, in the directory designated for temporary files (as specified by the "TMP" or "TEMP" environment variable). "prefix" specifies a prefix for the file name, up to 3 characters long (the string may be longer than that, but only the first 3 characters are used). The temporary file name will have the form: preXXXX.tmp Where "pre" is the prefix specified by the user, and "XXXX" is a 4-character hexadecimal string generated to guarantee a unique file name. The file name will have an extension of ".tmp". The return value is the full path name of the temporary file created. Note that this file will not be automatically deleted by the system. ClipHasFormat(i:format) Determines if the clipboard contains a particular format. This function returns @TRUE if the clipboard contains data in the format specified by "format", or @FALSE if it does not. See BinaryClipGet for a list of clipboard formats. BinaryTagIndex(s:tag-struct, i:mode) Returns the offset of a binary tag in a buffer. mode returns ---- ------- 0 offset of text 1 offset of start tag This function can be used after a successful BinaryTagFind, to return the offset where the binary tag was found. It must be used before any subsequent BinaryReplace, since BinaryReplace will change the tag structure. See BinaryTagFind for additional information. BinaryTagLen(s:tag-struct, i:mode) Returns the length of a binary tag. mode returns ---- ------- 0 length of text 1 length of text + tags This function can be used after a successful BinaryTagFind, to return the length of the text that was found. It must be used before any subsequent BinaryReplace, since BinaryReplace will change the tag structure. See BinaryTagFind for additional information. BinaryXlate(i:data-buffer, i:table-buffer, i:mode) Converts a binary buffer using a translation table. "data-buffer" is a binary buffer containing data to be converted. "table-buffer" is a binary buffer containing a translation table. "mode" can be one of the following: Mode Source buffer Target buffer Table size ---- ------------- ------------- ---------- 0 byte byte 256 1 byte word 512 2 word byte 65536 3 word word 131072 This function looks up a byte or word in "data-buffer", uses that number to compute an index into "table-buffer", looks up the byte or word there, and places the result in a temporary buffer. It does this for each byte or word in "data-buffer". When it's finished processing "data-buffer", it copies the new (temporary) buffer back to "data-buffer", and sets the binary EOD appropriately. For mode 1, "data-buffer" must be large enough to hold at least twice as much data as is currently in the buffer. New IntControls: IntControl(69, p1, p2, 0, 0) Suspends machine by shutting power down. P1 Meaning (NT/2000 only) -- ------- 0 hibernate mode 1 suspend mode P2 Meaning -- ------- 0 don't force apps to suspend 1 force apps to suspend This IntControl puts the system into standby mode, if supported by the hardware and device drivers. IntControl(75, p1, 0, 0, 0) Gets last dialog coordinates. P1 Meaning -- ------- 1 Returns last X coordinate 2 Returns last Y coordinate This IntControl returns the X or Y coordinate of the most recently displayed dialog (created with the Dialog function), at the time the previous dialog was closed. Coordinates are in dialog units. Returns -1 if there was no previous dialog. IntControl(76, p1, 0, 0, 0) Sets the computer name. This IntControl sets the NetBIOS name of the local computer, specified by P1. The change does not take effect until the computer is restarted. The name may not be longer than 30 characters. It may contain letters, numbers, and the following symbols: ! @ # $ % ^ & ' ) ( . - _ { } ~ In Windows 95/98, if the name contains invalid characters, they will be replaced with valid characters. In Windows NT/2000, if the name contains invalid characters, the function will fail. Returns @TRUE on success, or @FALSE on failure. IntControl(77, p1, 0, 0, 0) Gets internal operating parameters. This IntControl returns internal values which may be useful in script debugging. P1 specifies one of the following request codes: Request Meaning ------- ------- 0 total memory allocated for strings, in bytes 10 number of variables assigned 11 number of variable slots available 12 tab-delimited list of variables assigned 20 number of files open 21 number of file slots available 30 number of binary buffers open 31 number of binary buffer slots available 40 number of extenders loaded 41 number of extender slots available 42 tab-delimited list of extenders loaded 50 number of extender functions loaded 51 number of extender function slots available 60 number of OLE objects open 61 number of OLE object slots available 70 current structure depth 71 current structure slots remaining 80 current Call level depth 90 number of UDF's defined 91 number of UDF slots available 100 tab-delimited list of WIL function table entries 101 tab-delimited list of parent application function table entries 102 tab-delimited list of loaded extender function table entries 103 tab-delimited list of UDF's Requests 101, 102, and 103 return a tab-delimited list of table entries. Each entry consists of a list of fields delimited with an ASCII 255 character, as follows: index entry type: 0 BINARYOP 1 UNARYOP 2 FUNCTION 3 CONSTANT 4 COMMAND 5 COMPOP 6 FUNCTBYNAME 7 UNDEFINED 8 STRUCTOP parameter type mask parameter count OR constant value name length name Returns the indicated integer or string. IntControl(78, 0, 0, 0, 0) Frees all UDF's. This IntControl frees (undefines) all user-defined functions. It cannot be used while a UDF is currently executing. Returns the number of UDF's that were freed. Changed RegExistKey and RegQueryItem to work if the current user only has read access (not full access) to the specified key. IniItemize / IniItemizePvt no longer has a 32K limit on the size of the returned list. If you specify -1 for the X or Y coordinate of a Dialog, the corresponding coordinate (X or Y) from the most recently displayed dialog will be used. If there was no previous dialog, the dialog will be centered. The file name following an "#include" pre-processor directive no longer needs to be quote-delimited. Any of the following are now permitted: #include "filename" #include 'filename' #include `filename` #include filename If the file name is not delimited, it may not have any trailing whitespace. Can now pass an OLE object handle as a parameter to an OLE function. DirItemize wasn't returning directory names beginning with a period. Fixed problem with BinaryReplace giving a "Data to store would overrun binary buffer" error when replacing a NULL byte. In BinaryReadEx, if "file-offset" + "count" is larger than the file size, or if "count" is -1, "count" will be ignored and it will be treated as a request to read from "file-offset" to the end of the file. Debug and DebugTrace modes are now reset to @OFF before a Call command, and automatically set back to their previous states after the Call returns. You will need to put Debug and/or DebugTrace commands in the Call'ed script if you want it to be debugged. The Return command can now return a value, by specifying a value (or an expression that evaluates to a value) after the "Return" keyword. The value or expression may optionally be enclosed in parentheses. This feature can be used with the Call command, and with the new user-defined functions (see above). It does not affect the Gosub command. Examples: Return Return (10) Return "Okay" Return myvariable * 10 Return (ItemCount(list, @TAB)) A script run with the Call command can now return a value by using a Return command with a value (see above). If a Return command without a value is used, or the called script does not contain a Return command, the called script will return 0. Example: result = Call("other.wbt", "") ClipPut no longer has a 64K limit. Drop and DropWild can accept array names as parameters. IsDefined can accept an array name as a parameter. Fixed crash problem when doing an ObjectClose (or Drop, or variable reassignment) of an OLE object that was assigned to more than one variable name and had already been freed. OLE objects are now automatically attempted to be closed on shutdown. However, if you have a dependent OLE object open (eg, a document within an application), it may prevent the application from being closed. Fixed a problem where, if you assigned an OLE object handle to a second variable and then Drop'ed or reassigned the original variable, the OLE object would be closed and the second variable would therefore no longer refer to a valid OLE object. No longer receive an "unable to process include file" message when running an empty script file. Fixed problem with WallPaper function using tile and stretch options. DiskFree and DiskSize now support UNC's containing spaces (note that the items in "drive-list" can be UNC's corresponding to drives, as well as drive letters). Fixed a problem with AskFileName not bringing the window to the foreground. Fixed a problem with the BinaryTag[..] functions when the found text was larger than 64K. Directory functions now automatically return failure for directory names ending with two backslashes. Added new "select mode" to AskItemList and AskFileText: @extended to allow selection of multiple items by extending the selection with the mouse or shift key. AskItemList and AskFileText now support multiple selection up to 32,767 items (previous limit was 100 items). Added additional special characters to the SendKey (and SendKeysTo and SendKeysChild) functions. These may or may not work for any particular application or situation: Key SendKey equivalent --- ------------------ Ctrl-Break {CANCEL} Pause {PAUSE} OLE now supports return values of type VT_CURRENCY and VT_DECIMAL. They are returned as strings with prefixes: "#CURRENCY:value" (VT_CY) "#DECIMAL:value" (VT_DECIMAL) where 'value' is the decimal or currency value, converted to a string. You can also pass these types as parameters to an OLE function by prefacing the string with the appropriate prefix: Type Name Format ---- ---- ------ CY VT_CY CY:"#CURRENCY:value" DECIMAL VT_DECIMAL DECIMAL:"#DECIMAL:value" For FileOpen, increased the maximum number of open files from 5 to 128. For BinaryAlloc, increased the maximum number of current binary buffers from 10 to 128. WinActivChild has been renamed to WinActiveChild (the old name will continue to work). Added new request # to IntControl(71): P1 Meaning -- ------- 3 Dump WIL variable table to the debug log file. Added new request # to MouseInfo: Req# Return value ---- ------------ 9 WinID of top level parent window under mouse Added new flag to AskFileName: 3 for Save style, with no "Replace" confirmation. AskFileText no longer truncates lines at 254 characters. It now uses the line length set by IntControl(65) (4096 characters by default). AskFileText now treats line feeds as line terminators, instead of carriage returns. It therefore now supports both DOS files (which have CR/LF terminators) and UNIX files (which have LF terminators). Cleared up some confusion with AskDirectory by setting the edit field (if present) to a blank value, so the user will not try appending a subdirectory name to the text in the field. Any text entered in the edit field is treated as a subdirectory name under the selected directory. Also added a static text field showing the name of the selected directory. In BinaryWriteEx, if you specify -1 for "count", then "handle" and "binary-offset" are now ignored (there was previously a discrepency in the documentation about this). The following functions now return a file time of 1/1/1980 at 00:00:00 if the specified file has an invalid time field: FileTimeCode FileTimeGet FileTimeGetEx FileYmdHms The following file time get functions no longer round the seconds field of the file's time stamp to a multiple of 2 seconds, if a more accurate time format is supported by the operating system: FileTimeGet FileTimeGetEx FileYmdHms The file time compare routines in the following functions no longer round the seconds fields of the files' time stamps to a multiple of 2 seconds, if a more accurate time format is supported by the operating system. They now compare the full seconds and milliseconds fields of the time stamps: FileCompare FileCopy FileMove InstallFile Fixed a problem with DebugTrace where if you specified a filename that did not include a full path, and then changed directories while the script was running, a new debug file would be written in whatever the current directory was. Changed the output strings for FileTime and TimeDate to more correctly reflect the date and time format preferences set through Control Panel. This also affects the File Overwrite confirmation dialog displayed by FileCopy and FileMove. Changed the following error codes from fatal (3000-) to minor (1000-): Old New Error --- --- ----- 3210 1393 Cmd Extender: Out of memory to save result 3393 1394 AddExtender: Too many extenders added 3394 1395 AddExtender: Extender DLL not found 3395 1396 AddExtender: Not a valid extender 3396 1399 AddExtender: Extender table full 3437 1437 AddExtender: Extender DLL load failed Added an optional parameter to AddExtender: AddExtender(s:filename [, i:required-version]) "required-version" is the minimum acceptable version. If the version of the extender being loaded is less than "required-version", the AddExtender command will fail. The default value is 0 (ie, no required version). IntControl(73) now works with errors from extenders. Under Windows NT (and Windows 2000), AppExist and AppWaitClose now try to match the root + extension of "program-name", as well as just the root part, against any running application module names. So if you specify "program.exe", it will match either a module named "program.exe" or a module named "program". Now suppressing a Windows crash error that can occur when doing an ObjectClose on an object that has already been freed by another process. Fixed problem using ObjectOpen after AskFileName. Optimized StrFill. Fixed problem with "multi-type" WIL variables being passed to OLE functions (ie, integers or floating point numbers that had been converted to strings, or vice versa). If a variable has a floating point value, it will now be passed as a floating point value (even if it also has a string and/or integer value). If a variable has both an integer and string value, it will now be passed as an integer. Fixed a string memory leak when converting string variables to integers. Windows NT extender 32000 First showing up in WB 2001B New functions: wntLsaPolGet(s:server-name, s:class, i:element) Gets LSA (Local Security Authority) policy information. "server-name" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the current machine. "Class" is one of the following: "AuditEvents" "PrimaryDomain" "AccountDomain" "LsaServerRole" "DnsDomain" (Windows 2000 only) For each class, the possible elements are shown: "AuditEvents" -1 Auditing mode (1 if auditing is enabled, 0 if not) 0 Event count 1+ Audit Category (depending on NT version, use "Event count" to determine): 1 System 2 Logon 3 ObjectAccess 4 PrivilegeUse 5 DetailedTracking 6 PolicyChange 7 AccountManagement 8 DirectoryServiceAccess (Windows 2000) 9 AccountLogon (Windows 2000) Each audit category returns an integer indicating the auditing options for that category: 0 None 1 Success 2 Failure 3 Success and Failure "PrimaryDomain" 1 Name 2 Sid "AccountDomain" 1 Domain Name 2 Domain Sid "LsaServerRole" 1 Server Role (2=backup, 3=primary) "DnsDomain" (Windows 2000 only) 1 Name 2 Dns Domain Name 3 Dns Forest Name 4 Domain Guid 5 Sid Returns a string or integer value. wntLsaPolSet(s:server-name, s:class, i:element, s/i:value) Sets LSA (Local Security Authority) policy information. "server-name" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the current machine. "Class" is one of the following: "AuditEvents" "PrimaryDomain" "AccountDomain" "LsaServerRole" "DnsDomain" (Windows 2000 only) For each class, the possible elements are shown: "AuditEvents" -1 Auditing mode (1 to enable auditing, 0 to disable it) 1+ Audit Category (depending on NT version): 1 System 2 Logon 3 ObjectAccess 4 PrivilegeUse 5 DetailedTracking 6 PolicyChange 7 AccountManagement 8 DirectoryServiceAccess (Windows 2000) 9 AccountLogon (Windows 2000) For each audit category, you may specify one of the following integer values to set the auditing options for that category: 0 None 1 Success 2 Failure 3 Success and Failure "PrimaryDomain" 1 Name 2 Sid "AccountDomain" 1 Domain Name 2 Domain Sid "LsaServerRole" 1 Server Role (2=backup, 3=primary) "DnsDomain" (Windows 2000 only) 1 Name 2 Dns Domain Name 3 Dns Forest Name 4 Domain Guid 5 Sid Returns 1. wntUserSidChk(i:request, s:SID, i:reserved-1, i:reserved-2, i:reserved-3) Checks SID's in an access token. This function checks whether the current user's access token contains a given SID. "request": Request Meaning ------- ------- 0 Check if the specified SID is present and enabled in the token. "SID" specifies a security identifier, in string form (eg, "S-1-5-32-544", which is the well-known SID of the local Administrators group). The three "reserved" parameters should be set to 0. Returns @TRUE or @FALSE; wntAccessAdd2(s:server-name, s:resource/share-name, s:user/group name, i:object-type, s:access-string) Adds or updates access (permission) records for a resource. This function is like wntAccessAdd, but uses a different method of updating the access control list that may work better on Windows 2000 machines. It can also be used on Windows NT 4.0 machines. wntAuditAdd2(server-name, resource/share-name, user/group name, object-type, access-string) Adds audit records for a resource. This function is like wntAuditAdd, but uses a different method of updating the access control list that may work better on Windows 2000 machines. It can also be used on Windows NT 4.0 machines. wntEventLog(s:server-name, s:text) Writes a "WBMSG" entry to the NT application event log. "server-name" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or a blank string ("") to indicate the current machine. "text" is a string that will be stored with the event, or "" for none. This function will write an event with the message "WBMSG: xxx" to the NT application event log on the specified server, with "xxx" being replaced by the specified "text" string, and with an EventID of 1. This function will attempt to set the following values in the registry on the local machine, to specify the location of the message file: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\WBMSG] "EventMessageFile"="c:\\program files\\winbatch\\system\\wwwnt32i.dll" "TypesSupported"=dword:00000004 If that key is not writable, or needs to be set on a remote machine, you will need to set those values manually before using this function. Note that the value "EventMessageFile" must be set to the full path of the Windows NT extender DLL. The message file is part of the extender DLL itself. Since the Event Viewer locks and caches message files being used, you may need to close the Event Viewer before replacing or moving the extender DLL. Returns 1. wntGroupRen(s:server-name, s:group, i:group-type, s:new-name) Renames a group. "server" is the UNC name of the server on which the function will execute (eg, "\\MYSERVER"), or "" for the local computer. "group-type" can be @LOCALGROUP or @GLOBALGROUP. "new-name" specifies the new name for the group. Note: This function can only be performed by members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group. Returns 1. wntOwnerSet wasn't enabling the SE_RESTORE_NAME privilege to allow you to set ownership of an object to a different user. Fixed problem with wntUserAddDat("", "") not freeing some global memory. Fixed problem with wntUserAddDat possibly overwriting part of a different parameter value that had been previously set (with wntUserAddDat). Modified wntAccessAdd and wntAuditAdd to be more compatible with Windows 2000 machines (also see new wntAccessAdd2 and wntAuditAdd2 functions). Added new predefined access strings for Windows 2000. These are the same for files and directories: Access-string Meaning Specific equivalent -------------- -------------- ------------------- "Win2000:Full" Full Control "0:3:2032127" "Win2000:Modify" Modify "0:3:1245631" "Win2000:ReadExecute" Read & Execute "0:3:1179817" "Win2000:List" List "0:2:1179817" "Win2000:Read" Read "0:3:1179785" "Win2000:Write" Write "0:3:1048854" "Win2000:None" No Access "1:3:983551" wntAccessList now returns a sorted list with no duplicate items. wntAccess[..], wntAudit[..], and wntShare[..] functions specifying a printer may have returned an "Access Denied" error, because they were trying to open the printer with an excessive level of access requested (especially under Windows 2000). wntPrivAdd and wntPrivDel may have failed with an "Access Denied" error because they were trying to open the policy object with an excessive level of access requested. Fixed problem with wntMemberLst2 returning users with blank names in local groups (ie, just "domain\"). Changed wntServerInfo so that request #'s 1-4 can be called by any user. All other request #'s can can only be called by members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group, or those with Communication, Print, or Server operator group membership. Fixed a problem with wntMemberGrps that could have caused the script to hang if there were a very large number of groups that needed to be processed. Changed wntAccessAdd, wntAccessAdd2, wntAuditAdd, and wntAuditAdd2, so that if you specify one of the recursive object types (301, 302, 303, or 401) and the function is unable to modify one of the objects it attempts, it will skip that object and continue, and won't return an error. The function will return 0 if it was unable to modify an object. Fixed problem with wntRunAsUser with "allow interactive" flag set, where running an application could cause "abnormal termination" error. Added an additional flag to wntRunAsUser: Flag Meaning ---- ------- 2 Load user profile into HKEY_USERS\<User SID> Fixed problem with wntAcctPolGet and wntAcctPolSet, where request #3 was getting/setting the password age in seconds rather than days. The wntAccess[..] and wntAudit[..] functions have been improved to work better under Windows 2000. Windows 95 extender 32000 First showing up in WB 2001B Fixed a problem with the following enumeration-type functions that could have caused the script to hang if there were a very large number of items (files or shares) that needed to be processed: w95FileClose w95FileUsers w95ShareList w95ShareUsers Note that these functions are limited to using 64K buffers. If that is not sufficient to accomodate all items, some items will not be processed. Fixed a problem with w95AccessAdd and w95AccessDel not working with a remote machine. Windows 9x extender 32000 First showing up in WB 2001B Fixed a problem with w9xMemberGrps that could have caused the script to hang if there were a very large number of groups that needed to be processed. WILX extender 32000 First showing up in WB 2001B Removed xCursorSet (not useful in 32-bit versions of Windows). Removed xMemCompact (not useful in 32-bit versions of Windows). Fixed problem with xGetChildHwnd returning the wrong window handle if 'child-text' was blank. xBaseConvert now properly handles numbers beginning with a leading '-' or '+' sign. WB 2001C Mar 5, 2001 DLL 3.2ccb First showing up in WB 2001C Fixed a problem with the OK button in AskDirectory being disabled under Windows 2000. In OLE functions, fixed a problem handling VT_DATE values outside the range 1/1/1980 to 12/31/2099. RegQueryKeys no longer adds a tab to the end of the list. Windows NT extender 32001 First showing up in WB 2001C Fixed a problem with the wntAccess[..] and wntAudit[..] functions returning an Access Denied error. Fixed a problem with wntAccess[..] crashing when specifying a file in a FAT paartition. WB 2001D Mar 6, 2001 Windows NT extender 32002 First showing up in WB 2001D Fixed a problem with wntAccessList and wntAuditList adding a tab to the end of the list. WB 2001E Mar 8, 2001 DLL 3.2ecb First showing up in WB 2001E IniItemizePvt now supports itemizing the sections of Unicode INI files. Windows NT extender 32003 First showing up in WB 2001E Fixed a problem with wntAccessDel and wntAuditDel crashing if the only access record for the object was being deleted. Fixed a problem with the wntAccess[..] and wntAudit[..] functions creating ACL's with access records that were incorrectly sequenced. WB 2001F Mar 15, 2001 DLL 3.3fcc First showing up in WB 2001F In Windows 95/98, FILELISTBOX controls in dialogs no longer display files or directories marked as hidden or system, unless you first use IntControl(5) to enable that behavior. In Windows NT/2000, FILELISTBOX controls in dialogs now display files and directories marked as hidden or system, if you have first used IntControl(5) to enable that behavior. Fixed a problem with FILELISTBOX controls in dialogs not displaying directories beginning with a '.'. WB 2001G Mar 27, 2001 Fixed a problem with BoxButtonWait failing to wait if you had pressed the same button twice without calling BoxButtonStat in between. Fixed a problem with areas of the Box windows not getting repainted properly when the windows were resized. Fixed a problem with OLE objects becoming invalid after being passed as parameters to OLE methods or properties. In FileMenu, the functions FileItemize(""), FileItemPath(""), and DirItemize("") no longer add a trailing delimiter to the list. DLL 3.3gcc First showing up in WB 2001G Fixed a problem where the floating point number 0.0 was being displayed in scientific notation. Fixed a problem with IniItemizePvt returning an extra item with stray characters when itemizing sections in the file, if the file was over 32K. Fixed a problem with the parameter of a Return statement being validated even if the Return was in a conditional block that wasn't being executed. Fixed a problem with ItemInsert, ItemRemove, and ItemReplace removing blank items at the end of the list. Fixed a problem with ItemInsert inserting an item at the wrong position if it were being inserted between blank items at the end of the list. Fixed a problem with ItemReplace not replacing an item following a blank item at the end of the list. Fixed a problem with ItemSort removing blank items from the list. Windows NT extender 33001 First showing up in WB 2001G Fixed a problem with wntServerList hanging if the list of servers returned was larger than 64K. Windows 9x extender 33001 First showing up in WB 2001G Fixed a problem with w9xServerList hanging if the list of servers returned was larger than 64K. WB 2001H Apr 2, 2001 Fixed a problem with the compiler not being able to compile extenders into a large EXE (introduced in 2001G). Windows NT extender 33002 First showing up in WB 2001H The wntPriv[..] functions can now be used on a local workstation for domain accounts, by specifying the user/group name in the form "domain_name\account_name". Note that wntPrivAdd and wntPrivDel require administrator privileges on the local workstation. Fixed a problem with the wntShare[..] functions failing with "access denied" errors when the target object was a printer. WB 2001J May 25, 2001 New functions, only when running as a service: SvcSetAccept(i:codes) Specifies the control codes that the service will accept. "codes" can be 0 to specify that no, or it can be one or more of the following control codes, combined using the bitwise OR ('|') operator: Value Controls accepted Meaning ----- ----------------- ------- 1 SERVICE_ACCEPT_STOP The service can be stopped 2 SERVICE_ACCEPT_PAUSE_CONTINUE The service can be paused and continued 4 SERVICE_ACCEPT_SHUTDOWN The service is notified when system shutdown occurs 32768 Notify of logoffs. By default, a WinBatch service will accept and automatically process SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP commands. If you use the SvcSetAccept function, you will be responsible for processing any of the control codes that are received, including SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP (ie, it will no longer be processed automatically). Returns the previous value for "codes", or -1 if not running as a service. See also SvcSetState and SvcWaitForCmd. SvcSetState(i:state) Updates the service control manager's status information for the service. "state" can be one of the following service states: Value Service state Meaning ----- ------------ ------- 1 SERVICE_STOPPED The service is not running 3 SERVICE_STOP_PENDING The service is stopping 4 SERVICE_RUNNING The service is running 5 SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING The service continue is pending 6 SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING The service pause is pending 7 SERVICE_PAUSED The service is paused Returns the previous state, or -1 if not running as a service. See also SvcSetAccept and SvcWaitForCmd. SvcWaitForCmd(i:timeout) Waits or checks for receipt of a service control code. "timeout" specifies the timeout flag, in milliseconds. If any control codes have been received but not yet processed (using this function), this function immediately returns the value of that control code. WinBatch maintains a list of up to 16 unprocessed control codes that have been received, and this function returns the first (oldest) one in the list, then clears that code from the list, so the next time this function is called it will return the next control code in the list, if any. If there are no unprocessed control codes in the list, the behavior depends on the value specified by "timeout". If "timeout" is -1, the function will wait until a control code is received, and then return its value. If "timeout" is 0, the function will immediately return a value of 0. If "timeout" is any other value, then it specifies a timeout period (in milliseconds), and the function will wait until a control code is received or until the timeout period elapses, whichever comes first. If a control code is received before the timeout period elapses, the function will return its value, otherwise it will time out and return 0 indicating no control code was received. The following control codes may be returned: Value Control code Meaning ----- ------------ ------- 1 SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP Requests the service to stop 2 SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE Requests the service to pause 3 SERVICE_CONTROL_CONTINUE Requests the paused service to resume 5 SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN Requests the service to perform cleanup tasks, because the system is shutting down 128-255 User-defined control code 32768 Logoff notification Returns 0 or a control code value, or -1 if not running as a service. See also SvcSetState and SvcWaitForCmd. The compiler now properly handles "#include" directives with leading whitespace (ie, indented with spaces or tabs). The compiler now properly handles double byte characters in the customizable version strings. DLL 3.3jcc First showing up in WB 2001J New IntControl: IntControl(79, p1, p2, p3, 0) Causes a user-defined error. P1 = severity, which can be one of the following: -1 minor error -2 moderate error -3 severe error P2 = error code, which must be a number between 7000 and 7999. P3 = error message, which is a string describing the error. Returns 1. Fixed a problem with Arrayize crashing with large lists. In ItemLocate you can now specify a delimiter of "" to indicate a tab. Fixed a problem with Drop not returning a value. It now returns 1, as documented. Fixed a problem with AppExist no longer working after being called thousands of times. The Print command now ignores the "waitflag" parameter, as documented. Fixed a problem converting strings like "-.2", where a signed floating point decimal value did not have a 0 before the decimal point. Fixed a problem handling OLE object names longer than 30 characters where the variable name (the part before the '.') contained an underscore. ShortcutDir now supports registry strings of type REG_EXPAND_SZ. Increased the maximum number of open OLE objects from 20 to 128. Windows NT extender 33003 First showing up in WB 2001J New functions: wntAccessMod() wntAuditMod() wntMemberList() now accepts an optional parameter to allow members of local groups to be returned with domain and/or server information (as a prefix before the user/group name, e.g. "domain\user", "domain\global-group" or "server\user"). Improved support for managing permissions and auditing of printer objects (e.g. traditionally called "printers") and printer shares, and added new pre-defined access strings for printer objects and printer shares. wntMemberList now properly returns domain names and/or server names for standalone systems and workstations. wntAccess[..] and wntAudit[..] functions specifying a registry key may have returned an "Access Denied" error, because they were trying to open the key with an excessive level of access requested. Fixed a problem with the wntShare[..] functions, where specifying a printer name or printer share as "resource/share-name" didn't work properly. Windows 9x extender 33003 First showing up in WB 2001J Fixed a problem with the w9xShare[..] functions, where specifying a printer name or printer share as "resource/share-name" didn't work properly. WB 2001K Jun 1, 2001 Changed SvcWaitForCmd to use less CPU time. DLL 3.3kcc First showing up in WB 2001K