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===Change Log===
 
===Change Log===

Revision as of 11:57, 6 June 2012

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About

Pascal Script is an ObjectPascal/Delphi/Lazarus compatible interpreter with bytecode compiler. It currently works in Windows and Linux on a 32-bit Intel processor. It was created and is maintained by Carlo Kok and is copyrighted by RemObjects software as freeware with full source available. The fix of few incompatibilities between ROPS (RemObjects Pascal Script) and FreePascal 2.0.1 was made by Bogusław Brandys with a great help of many developers from #fpc and #lazarus-ide IRC channels . Thank You.


Its main caracteristics are :

  • almost all Object Pascal syntax supported
  • Delphi/Lazarus classes supported (however cannot be declared inside of script)
  • can create fully workable GUI forms with components
  • easily import new classes into script engine


The download contains the components package for Delphi (various versions) and Lazarus + a few samples for Delphi (which may or may not work under FreePascal+ Lazarus) It is a work in progress.

This component is now designed for cross-platform applications, however limited to 32-bit Intel platform only. I'd like to make it work on PowerPC and 64-bit architectures someday. (Note: The current version seems to support 64-bit machines, according to RemObjects.)

Screenshot

Here are some screenshots how it looks under Lazarus:

License

BSD like, see full text.


Download

  • From RemObjects (FPC + Lazarus is supported)
This is the main page of RemObjects Pascal Script distribution. There are download links for binary packages.
You can get the source from their SubVersion repository by command
svn co -r HEAD http://code.remobjects.com/svn/pascalscript pascalscript

Change Log

  • Version 1.0 2005/10/21
  • ("Official" support of FPC, as seen on 2006/07/21)


Dependencies / System Requirements

  • None

Status: Beta (ToDo: update info)

Issues: (ToDo: update info) Needs testing on Windows. Needs testing on Linux. Almost working ;-)

Installation

  • Create the directory lazarus\components\pascalscript
  • Unzip files into the directory
  • Open lazarus
  • Open the package pascalscript.lpk with Component/Open package file (.lpk)
  • Click on Compile
  • Click on Install

Compilation errors

When compiling to install the package, the compiler will stumble on two lines in uPSR_forms.pas:

RegisterMethod(@TAPPLICATION.HELPCOMMAND, 'HELPCOMMAND'); // <-- this one
RegisterMethod(@TAPPLICATION.HELPCONTEXT, 'HELPCONTEXT');
RegisterMethod(@TAPPLICATION.HELPJUMP, 'HELPJUMP');       // <-- and that one

Simply comment out the lines. These methods are not yet implemented in the LCL.


Usage

Drop the PascalScript component on a form and a few plugins. (TODO:finish)

If you get the error "Fatal: Can't find unit uPSCompiler used by ...", open up the pascalscript package, and under the "more" options, select "add to project".

See the example projects.

See also this article from RemObjects.

Example application

Sample small console mode interpreter application: Pascal Script Examples (psce)