PCRE Toolkit for AutoIt RELEASED

At long last the first release version of the PCRE Toolkit for AutoIt is available for public download.

If you are planning on working with regular expressions then this may be the only tool you need.

Download it now.

The help file is not yet ready but since you are a developer you should be able to figure it out.
Please post any comments you may have or suggestions for improvement.  I'm also looking for comments about whether the help file should be included with the install or a separate download.

I hope you enjoy using it more than I've enjoyed creating it.

Update:  Gone now are most of the control tool tips in favor of displaying the information in the status bar.

PCRE Toolkit updated again

See this post
This is mainly a cosmetic update but a couple of minor bugs were also fixed.

PCRE Toolkit Question

I've been asked why the database for the libraries uses binary data.  The answer is simple enough, because of some characters used in the Regular expressions, databases wouldn't play nicely so there were 2 possible solutions.

• Use Binary
• Escape the stored data

The second may have been a bit more user friendly since it would allow the user to edit the data directly in the database, however the binary method was one that I'm very familiar with and has worked well in the past.  I now have a couple of simple escape functions (compliments of jchd) for the database and I may indeed switch to method 2 at some point in the future.  There is definitely no rush because anything that should be edited by the user can be done with the edit button on the Library tab.  The new version includes a new database table that includes some application settings and the editor does not have access to that table.

Another question.
Why can't I delete the Samples library?  You can as long as it's not the default library.  In order to do that, at least one other library must exist and you must change the default to a different library.

Whats in store for the next release?  Hopefully I'll get rid of the Up/Down buttons and make it so you can move an item just by dragging it where you want it to go.  I'm also considering having new libraries available for download at some point and that may be started in time for the next release.  I'm also going to attempt to get at the much hated documentation.

Enjoy what there is and check back for changes.

You can either report bugs to me through a PM in the AutoIt forums or by leaving comments on this blog.

PCRE Toolkit Beta

Announcement:
The newest beta release of the toolkit is now available for download.  Currently only available as an installer file.  The source code is available by request only.

Available at
http://dundats.mvps.org/beta/pcretest.zip

Extract the Setup.exe file from the Zip and install it.
Stay tuned, there are yet more features in progress and I will update the file as they are completed.

What's new? too many things to list but for openers, the button to make the selected library item the current expression is now gone.  Just double click the library item and it's taken care of.

Edit: Updated June 11, 2010 (mainly cosmetic)
Edit: Updated June 04, 2010
    Now with a new tab for running commands using @ComSpec and reading the StdIO stream so you can check things like Ping 127.0.0.1
Edit:  Updated   May 19, 2010
Edit:  Updated   May 10, 2010
Download was updated May 06 /2010

Now with the ability to insert standard RegEx elements into your expression from the Expression>> Insert menus.