August 20, 2018

Symbol Information

The new SymbolInfo method allows WinWrap® Basic host applications to:

• Determine what's in a script before execution
• Execute script code conditionally based on the script's structure and content
• Get expression result type

Get Symbol Information

• Get global methods, structures, types, modules, classes and enums
• Get members of scripts, structures, types, modules, classes and enums
• Return identifier definition location

See Symbol Info Method for how a WinWrap® Basic host application can get symbol information from the Auto Completion Unit.

• public string SymbolInfo( String fileName, String expr, Int32 index, Boolean publicOnly );

See Symbol Info Solution for detailed information and examples on how a WinWrap® Basic host application can get and use the SymbolInfo method.

• Class, Enum, Module, Structure and Type symbol information
• Location based symbol information
• Expression and location based symbol information
• Supports all scripting languages (WWB-COM, WWB-NET and WWB-NET/Compiled)

See Announcing WinWrap® Basic v10.40 for an overview of the additions and changes in the WinWrap® Basic v10.40 release:

• '#PromoteAllUses: Promote all uses up one level.
• SymbolInfo Method: Get symbol information.
• Cross Thread: Non-blocking script execution.
• Inter-process: Collaborative editing between processes.
• Web Server: Collaborative editing, debugging, running scripts on a web server.

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