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LuaRT v2.2.0 (Apr 21 2026)

Highlights

  • Lua VM updated to 5.5
  • New optional source preprocessor with language extensions (async function, class, try/catch, string interpolation with ${}, import)
  • New capture module for camera/video capture (requires Windows 10+)
  • New LuaRT interpreters options -p, -l, -v
  • Various additions and bugfixes

Lua VM

  • Updated to Lua VM 5.5

Language Extensions (Preprocessor)

  • Optional preprocessor that expands to standard Lua code
  • Preserves Lua 5.5 compatibility by default
  • New: --! luart-extensions comment at first line to activate the LuaRT preprocessor
  • New: async function name(args) ... end syntax for async task factories
  • New: await expr syntax for awaiting tasks
  • New: import mod.path syntax for requiring modules
  • New: class Name { ... } and class Name(Parent) { ... } syntax for Object definition
  • New: try ... catch err ... end syntax for simple error handling
  • New: String interpolation with "hello ${name}" syntax
  • New: LuaRT interpreter -p CLI option to preprocess a file and print output to stdout

LuaRT interpreters

  • New: -l name option to require a library before running the script
  • New: -v option to show version information
  • Fixed: requiring for binary modules on x86 won't crash anymore

rtc

  • Updated: Faster loading time for compiled executables startup
  • Updated: embedded content is now obfuscated (simple encryption)
  • Fixed: Now Lua files included in the embedded content are really compiled to Lua bytecode
  • Fixed: multiple compiled executables instances can now execute at the same time
  • Fixed: multiple compiled executables with different LuaRT versions can now execute at the same time

LuaRT C API

  • New: lua_starttask() to start a Task from C
  • New: luaL_loadfilep() for preprocessor-aware file loading

sys module

  • New: sys.TaskFactory(fn) for method-style async functions
  • New: sys.tasks property to get a list of all active tasks
  • Fixed: sys.clipboard.content text is no more trimed by one character
  • Updated: COM object now supports using properties with parameters (using a function call)
  • Updated: Bufferconcatenation now returns a Lua string

console module

  • Fixed: Flushing console.stdin works now as expected

capture module

  • New capture module for camera and video capture
  • New capture.devices property to enumerate video and audio devices
  • New Camera object to record video (with preview widget if ui module is already loaded)
  • New Camera:snapshot(path) method to take a photo
  • New Camera.record.start() and Camera.record.stop() methods for video recording

ui module

  • New: ui.task is a Task object that manages ui updates in the background
  • New: Window:showasync() method to show the Window with a helper Task that ends when the Window hides.
  • New: Edit.textlimit and Edit.textlength property
  • New: Drag and drop support with Listbox:onDropItem() and Tree:onDropItem() events
  • New: List:insert(), Tab:insert(), Tree:insert(), Combobox:insert() methods (buggy with icons...)
  • New: ListItem:move(), TreeItem:move(), TabItem:move(), ComboboxItem:move() methods (buggy with icons...)
  • Removed: ui.run() function have been removed (use now ui.task or Window:showasync())
  • Fixed: No more random ui module crashes on x86
  • Fixed: ui won't crash when some custom Windows messages are received
  • Fixed: Button clicks won't beep anymore
  • Fixed: tooltip is now correctly dark/light themed
  • Fixed: ui.opendialog() and ui.savedialog() are now modals as expected
  • Fixed: Edit:onChange() and Entry:onChange() won't go in an onChange() loop anymore

net module

  • Fixed: Http requests with large content are no more truncated

sysutils module

  • Updated: sysutils.drives now returns serial number of each drive in the hexserial field

webview module

  • Fixed: Webview now uses correctly embedded content for requests

c module (FFI)

  • Fixed: c.sizeof() and c.Array() now accepts the 'Z' character as a correct C type

serial module

  • Fixed: Port.stopbits now is correctly sets to one by default

sqlite module

  • Fixed: db.query() now always release statement memory

json module

  • Fixed: json:save() now correctly returns false in case of error

xml module

  • Fixed: XML attributes now works as expected

yaml module

  • Fixed: save() and encode() functions now preserves tabulations and hierarchy

LuaRT v2.1.0 (Sept 11 2025)

Highlights

  • New hardware modules : cpu, power, and wifi
  • New data serialization format modules : xml and yaml
  • Improved asynchronous Task operations and scheduling
  • ui module is no more integrated to desktop interpreters
  • Lua VM updated to 5.4.8
  • LuaRT binaries and setup files are now digitally signed
  • Various additions and bugfixes

Lua VM

  • Updated to Lua VM to 5.4.8

rtc

  • New: -L option to specify a new search path for Lua modules
  • Updated: Link only the correct module dll (either the static or dynamic version)
  • Fixed: static linking is more reliable now

LuaRT C API

  • New: lua_taskcount() function to get current total Tasks count
  • Updated: lua_pushtask() now returns the pointer to the newly created Task struct
  • Updated: lua_schedule() now returns a boolean value

sys module

  • New: Task.priority, Task.timeout and Task.expiredproperties
  • New: Task.pause() and Task.resume() methods
  • New sys.idleThreshold property to adjust the task scheduler cpu usage
  • Updated: waitall() now accepts to wait on the provided Tasks and gathers all results
  • Updated: Improved Task scheduler with faster Task switching and lower CPU charge
  • Fixed: Errors in Task are now correctly propagated when waiting
  • Fixed: Getting an integer value from a sys.COM property or method won't crash anymore

cpu module

  • New cpu module to get CPU information and manage process priority.
  • Various CPU properties cpu.usage, cpu.cores, cpu.threads, cpu.name, cpu.vendor, cpu.clock, cpu.currentclock, cpu.features, cpu.priority and cpu.cache
  • New cpu:prefetch() method to prefetch a Lua string into the cache.

power module

  • New power module to manage power state and battery information.
  • Power information properties with power.battery, power.plugged
  • Various functions to manage power mode : power:hibernate(), power:sleep(), power:hold(), power:unhold() and power:displayoff()
  • Power events power.onPlugged(), power.onSuspend(), power.onResume() and power.onBatteryLow()

wifi module

  • wifi:scan() method to scan for available Wi-Fi networks.
  • wifi:connect() and wifi:disconnect() methods to manage Wi-Fi connections.
  • Various Wi-Fi network properties : wifi.name , wifi.connected, wifi.quality, wifi.mac and wifi.channel
  • wifi.onConnected() and wifi.onDisconnected() events.

xml module

  • New xml module to parse and write XML strings and files.
  • New xml.Node object to manipulate XML nodes.
  • xml.encode() method to encode a string to xml.Node.
  • xml.load() and xml.save() methods for loading/saving xml.Node from/to file.

yaml module

  • New yaml module to convert YAML form/to Lua tables
  • yaml.decode() and yaml.encode() methods for YAML strings.
  • yaml.load() and yaml.save() methods for YAML files.
  • Support for placeholder substitution with {{variable}} syntax.
  • yaml.null readonly property to represent a YAML null value.

net module

  • New: net.urlencode() method to encode a string as a valid URL
  • Updated: Socket.recv() now returns a Buffer object instead of a string

json module

  • Fixed: json.load() now closes the file correctly

serial module

  • Fixed: Port.rts property now accepts `"on"`` value
  • Fixed: Port.bytesize now returns the correct value
  • Fixed: Port.write(), Port.read() and Port.readline() won't crash anymore

webview module

  • Updated: Webview module updated to support new standalone ui module

canvas module

  • New: Canvas.capture() method to save a snapshot of the Canvas
  • Updated: Canvas module updated to support new standalone ui module
  • Fixed: Canvas mouse events are now fired correctly
  • Fixed: Canvas:onPaint() event will keep throwing even if the parent window shows/hides

ui module

  • New: ui.task and ui.mainWindow properties
  • Updated: ui module is now standalone
  • Updated: ui module now throws a Task to update the event loop constantly
  • Updated: ui.run() is deprecated and will be removed (replaced by ui.mainWindow and ui.task)
  • Fixed: Better ui responsiveness
  • Fixed: Picture.save() method now uses the correct format from file extension
  • Fixed: Sizes of widgets are now fixed when the text is empty
  • Fixed: Checking a Checkbox widget won't draw a selection rect anymore
  • Fixed: ui.info(), ui.warn(), ui.confirm() and ui.msg() now put the owner Window to modal state

LuaRT v2.0.1 (June 08 2025)

Highlights

  • Bugfix release for LuaRT 2.0.1
  • New onThemeChange method for Window and Webview widgets

RTBuilder

  • Fixed some ui glitches, but the problem may still occur at times (still investigating)
  • Fixed various themes related bugs
  • Fixed Window loading bug
  • Fixed cursor property bug
  • Fixed widget name bug with non authorized characters

net module

  • Http requests with 204 status code won't return an error anymore

serial module

  • Fixed: Writing to serial port won't crash anymore

ui module

  • New: Window:onThemeChange() event when the Windows theme have been changed
  • Fixed: Events for Window maximize/restore/minimize are now fired as expected
  • Fixed: "raw" styled Window not returns correct width and height values
  • Fixed: `Windous graphical bugs when switching themes have been fixed
  • Updated YouTw.childs` property won't crash
  • Fixed: notepad.wlua example to take in count Windows theme changes

webview module

  • New: Webview:onThemeChange() event when the Windows theme have been changed
  • Updated YouTube.wlua example to take in count Windows theme changes

LuaRT v2.0.0 (May 10 2025)

Highlights

  • Enhanced rtc static compilation to use Lua static binary modules : no more lua54.dll dependency
  • New serial module for asynchronous serial communications
  • Various community reported suggestions and bug fixes

LuaRT C API

  • New lua54-static.lib to build static Lua 5.4 binary modules without lua54.dll dependency
  • New RTSTATIC define for static compilation
  • Updated: lua_toBuffer() renamed to lua_pushBuffer()

LuaRT interpreters

  • luart-static and wluart-static interpreters can now load static binary module suffixed by -static.dll
  • luart-static and wluart-static interpreters don't include net and crypto modules anymore

RTBuilder

  • Fixed: Putting a Canvas or Webview widget inside a Panel won't crash RTBuilder anymore

rtc

  • New: sys.File() and sys.Directory now uses embedded files and directories first for compiled scripts.
  • Updated: static compiled executables can now embed and load Lua binary modules (linked with lua54-static.lib and suffixed by -static.dll)
  • Updated: rtc now displays more information during compilation
  • Updated: wrtc now supports static linking of binary modules
  • Updated: static compiled executables can now load Lua 5.4 binary modules suffixed by -static.dll
  • Updated: arg[0] now contains the current executable fullpath for compiled scripts
  • Fixed: sys.File() won't crash anymore for embedded files

serial module

  • New module for serial communications
  • New Port object supporting asynchronous COM ports operations with Tasks, and fine control for baud rate, parity, stop bits, etc.

embed module

  • New: embed.Directory object to access directories from embedded content

sys module

  • New: COM object can now be indexed by any of its constant values
  • Updated: sys\word.lua example updated with the new COM object constants indexing
  • Fixed: Pipe:read() won't wait indefinitely if the running process exits
  • Fixed: Datetime:interval() now returns correctly rounded values
  • Fixed: Setting Datetime properties now updates/normalizes correctly its internal date/time representation

compression module

  • Fixed: Zip.async.extract() works now correctly
  • Fixed: Zip entries now can use either \ or / separator characters for paths
  • Fixed: Zip:extract() won't fail anymore when extracting directories

console module

  • New: console:show() and console:hide() methods
  • New: console.visible property
  • Updated: console.read() argument is now optional, defaulting to 1

C module

  • Updated: Struct can now use multidimensional array members in signature
  • Fixed: C.Library() now can load embedded DLL files as expected
  • Fixed: Struct values can now be initialized with another Struct value
  • Fixed: Any Lua C Object can now be used as C pointer

net module

  • New: Http:patch()method for PATCH HTTP requests
  • Updated: Http:put(), Http:delete() and Http:patch() now takes a second parameter to set the body content of the request
  • Updated: sys.Buffer can now be used to set HTTP requests body content

sysutils module

  • Fixed: sysutils.user won't include a terminal \0 character anymore
  • Updated: sysutils.shellexec() now waits for the child process to terminate before returning

ui module

  • Updated: ui.theme value now changes when the user changes the Windows theme setting
  • Updated: Button.hastext property now remembers last Button size
  • Updated: Mouse events will now have their x,y mouse position corrected with current DPI
  • Fixed: Windows can now be closed using ALT+F4
  • Fixed: Tab widget now draws correctly when changing Tab font properties
  • Fixed: Groupbox now draws correctly and adapts to the parent background color
  • Fixed: Button size is now correct when setting a button icon
  • Fixed: Widget.font property changes now the Widget font as expected
  • Fixed: Changing Edit width will now adapt the text input area

canvas module

  • New Image:drawsub() method to draw a part of an image with new example subimage.wlua
  • New Canvas:onMouseWheel() event for detecting mouse wheel rotation
  • Fixed: Canvas:measure() won't leak memory anymore

webview module

  • Updated: URL starting by "file:///" now search the resource on the current directory, and if not found, search in the embedded content
  • Updated: Webview.cdp property is now read/write, allowing to set a Chrome DevTools Protocol callback function for events
  • New: Webview\Chrome DevTools Protocol\event.wlua example
  • Fixed: Webview:show(), Webview:hide() and Webview.visible now update Webview state correctly

LuaRT v1.9.5 (March 23 2025)

Highlights

  • Bugfix release for LuaRT 1.9.0 with some user requested updates
  • Completely rewritten Webview widget, with ability to set options, Chrome DevTools Protocol and printing support
  • Updated dependencies for less bugs (miniaudio, miniz and Kuba zip library)

rtc

  • Updated: rtc now supports submodules linking and requiring from the generated executable

QuickRT

  • Fixed: Indentation for structured statements works now as expected

C module

  • New: C.Library() now can load embedded DLL files
  • Fixed: size_t should now be correctly handled
  • Fixed: Struct can now be passed as C function argument by value
  • Fixed: C functions can now return lightuserdata to be used as Struct contructor parameter

sys module

  • Updated: Pipe.read() now take an optional delay parameter to wait for before starting reading
  • Updated: String conversion from Buffer now provides the full buffer (with its entire size) as a string
  • Fixed: Buffer won't over-read anymore with "base64" encoding (Fixes #242)
  • Fixed: Pipe:read() won't enter an infinite loop anymore if the process is terminated, but will return nil instead (Fixes #241)

compression module

  • Updated: miniz updated to 3.0.2 with lots of bug fixes
  • Updated: kuba zip library to 0.3.3 with lots of bug fixes
  • Zip compression/decompression is now less prone to bugs

sqlite module

  • Fixed: removed debugging console output in Database.query() and Database.exec()

json module

  • Fixed: json.encode() function now escapes double quoted strings correctly

audio module

  • Updated: audio module now uses latest miniaudio v0.11.22
  • Updated: record.start() won't throw an error anymore, and will now return a boolean value indicating if the operation succeeded or not

ui module

  • Fixed: ui module won't consume too much CPU time now (Fixes #243)
  • New: Window.startmoving() method to initiate a drag and move operation (even for "raw" windows)

webview module

  • New Webview.cdp property for Chrome DevTools Protocol support
  • New Webview.print() and Webview.printPDF() methods to print Webview content
  • Updated: Webview.eval() now returns two values : a boolean indicating if the operation succeeded and the result as a JSON string
  • Updated: Full rewrite of Webview widget
  • Updated: Webview constructor now takes a table as second argument instead of a string, to set url and options

LuaRT v1.9.0 (January 27 2025)

Highlights

  • New C module for C FFI (foreign functions interface)
  • New keyboard module to read or send keys
  • New sysutils module for various Windows functionalities, including Process launch and control
  • LuaRT now uses the latest Lua 5.4.7 VM
  • Drag and drop operations are now implemented in desktop applications (text and file list format)
  • Better Windows clipboard support (text and file list format)
  • Record sounds with various encodings in audio module
  • Compiled executables with rtc can now embed and use DLL dependencies seamlessly
  • Faster Tasks scheduling
  • Faster canvas module with lots of bugfixes

LuaRT interpreter

  • Console luart.exe and desktop wluart.exe interpreters now use latest Lua 5.4.7 VM

LuaRT Studio

  • Updated: LuaRT Studio is now using the LuaRT 1.9.0 toolchain
  • Fixed: Task function can now be debugged (Fixes #237)

rtc

  • New: sys.File() constructor now checks for files embedded in the compiled executable if they do not exist
  • Updated: DLL binary modules dependencies are now resolved transparently in the embedded content
  • Fixed: sleep() now waits for the provided delay to elapse in compiled executables (Fixes #226)

QuickRT

  • New: QuickRT uses now an asynchronous loop, to use Task instances and any other asynchronous functions
  • Fixed: Objets are now correctly pretty printed (Fixes #221)

RTBuilder

LuaRT C API

  • New: lua_wait() to wait for a Task to finish from the C side
  • New: lua_throwevent() to launch a new ui event when implementing third party widgets
  • New: lua_update() to set an update C function during Task scheduling
  • Updated: lua_pushTask() now push a Task with the provided continuation C function and starts it, with a context and optional cleanup lua_CFunction

C module

  • New C module for foreign functions interface (FFI)
  • Still a work in progress (bugs may occur)
  • Call C functions directly from Lua using Library object and functions prototypes definition
  • Define C data structures with Struct and Union objects
  • Automatic type conversion between Lua and C types with Value object
  • Manipulate C pointers with the Pointer object
  • Use C arrays as if you were using Lua tables with the Array object

sysutils module

  • New sysutils module that provides various system utility functions and properties
  • New Process object to start and manage a new process

keyboard module

  • New keyboard module with keyboard management functions and properties
  • Get keyboard status, wait for keypress asynchronously, bind Lua functions to key presses
  • Send virtual key presses to any Windows application

debug module

  • New debug.settaskhook() function to set debug hook for all new Tasks

string module

  • New: string.normalize() function to replace accentued characters by non accentued ones in a string

sys module

  • New: Buffer.encoding property to specify an encoding value, to be used when converting the Buffer to a string
  • New: sys.locale property to get/set current locale for Datetime format and error messages from sys.error and net.error
  • New: COM objects now support calling items-like properties to access sub items (as Range, Cells and so on...)
  • New: File:copytask() and Directory:copytask() methods to copy files and directories asynchronously (without blocking)
  • Updated: sys.clipboard property now returns the kind of clipboard data and its content
  • Updated: File:copy() and Directory:copy() now returns a booleanvalue indicating if the operation succeeded or not
  • Updated: Pipe:read() now returns both stderr and stdout output (Pipe:readerror() have been removed)
  • Fixed: Task.after is now called even if the Task returns no result (Fixes #233)
  • Fixed: Task switching is now faster (Fixes #210)
  • Fixed: Task objects don't cause memory leaks anymore (Fixes #209)
  • Fixed: errors thrown inside a running Task don't cause a PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API error anymore (Fixes #228)
  • Fixed: COM objects methods now uses more than one argument (Fixes #205)

console module

  • Fixed: Using an unknown color with console.bgcolor, console.color, console.clear() and console.writecolor() won't crash anymore (Fixes #211)
  • Fixed: Console.x and Console.y properties now return a correct cursor position (Fixes #212)

compression module

  • New: Zip.async.extractall() and Zip.async.extract() to extract ZIP archives asynchronously

crypto module

  • Fixed : Cipher.constructor() won't crash anymore if the mode parameter is invalid

net module

  • New: property Http.content to get the current response content

ini module

  • Updated : INI property names and values are now trimmed

json module

  • Fixed : JSON numbers are now correctly parsed (Fixes #217)
  • Fixed : json.decode() don't unescape escaped characters from json strings (Fixes #227)

webview module

  • New : Webview.useragent property to get/set the user agent string

sqlite module

  • Fixed : module functions query() and exec() now set column values correctly (Fixes #234)

canvas module

  • New: canvas:onMouseDown(), canvas:onMouseUp() events
  • Updated : Changing canvas.bgcolor() don't clears the canvas anymore
  • Updated : canvas.begin() and canvas.flip() are now required before and after drawing content in event and Tasks.
  • Updated: canvas.onPaint() event is now called constantly, providing faster drawing operations
  • Updated: Image.draw() and Image.drawrect() now accept an image interpolation mode argument
  • Removed: canvas.sync property have been removed
  • Removed : canvas.map() function has been removed
  • Removed : canvas.onLeave() event has been removed
  • Fixed: Canvas dpi support don't use wrong pixel coordinates anymore but DIP instead (Fixes #224)
  • Fixed: Canvas rendering is now way faster (Fixes #207)
  • Fixed: Canvas widget don't blinks anymore when parent Windows goes fullscreen (Fixes #206)
  • Fixed: LinearGradient, RadialGradient and Image objects are now drawn correctly when the Canvas is resized
  • Fixed: Canvas:fillrect()and Canvas:fillroundrect() won't crash anymore if the brush parameter is omitted (Fixes #236)

audio module

  • New: audio.playdevice and audio.recdevice properties to set/get the current playback and record devices
  • New: audio.devices property to enumerate audio devices
  • New: audio.record.start() and audio.record.stop() methods to record and encode audio
  • Updated: Sound.play() now returns a Task that will complete once the sound has finished playing.
  • Removed: audio.device property have been removed.

ui module

  • New: Window.notify() to send Windows toast notifications
  • New: ui.drag() function to start a drag and drop operation
  • New: allowdrop property to set the widget as a drop target
  • New: onDrop() event, thrown when the user dropped the mouse on the widget
  • New: Edit.hscroll() and Edit.vscroll() horizontal and vertical scrolling functions
  • New: Edit.mousepos property to get the nearest character position from the current mouse screen coordinates
  • New: ui.selectdir() uses the previous shell directory selection dialog
  • Removed: Edit.scroll() method have been removed (replaced by the vscroll() and hscroll() methods)
  • Updated: GUI events are now thrown asynchronously as Tasks
  • Updated: ui events responsiveness have been increased (as seen in the examples\ui\balls.wlua)
  • Updated: ui.dirdialog() now uses modern folder selection dialog
  • Updated: onHover() events now provides a third argument for mouse button status
  • Updated: cursor property now can be set/can return nil in case no cursor is displayed
  • Fixed: GUI won't freeze anymore when calling sleep() inside an event handler (Fixes #232)
  • Fixed : Panel:onLeave() event if now thrown as expected (Fixes #231)
  • Fixed : Edit.cursor now changes the cursor as expected (Fixes #228)
  • Fixed : Groupbox.parent property now returns Tab intead of TabItem (Fixes #225)
  • Fixed: ui.opendialog() and ui.savedialog() don't uses old Windows 3.1 theme anymore (Fixes #223)
  • Fixed: Calendar widget now supports dark mode (Fixes #218)
  • Fixed: Combobox won't draw white background in dark mode anymore (Fixes #202)
  • Fixed: Using Entry widget in dark mode won't crash application anymore (Fixes #201)
  • Fixed: Picture.resize() now works as expected (Fixed #213)
  • Fixed: Label.textalign property now is respected when Label text is changed (Fixes #208)

LuaRT v1.8.0 (May 15 2024)

Highlights

  • Warning : Windows versions older than 8.1 are no more supported
  • This release focuses on the ui module, bringing modern Desktop Windows functionnalities :
    • Windows dark and light themes (requires Windows 10+)
    • Theme switching depends on Windows system setting, and can be changed programmatically during runtime
    • Seamless HighDPI support
    • Widgets are now double buffered better user experience
    • Parent widgets/windows can now list all their childs widgets
    • Monitors enumeration

LuaRT interpreter

  • Updated: The Runtime error window when an error occurs with wluart.exe now uses the current Windows theme

LuaRT Studio

  • New: Theme selection is now available in the new Edit\Preferences\Theme menu
  • New: DarkDefault and LightDefault themes
  • Fixed: Themes now applies to the left pane too (Projects/Symbols)
  • Fixed: Better dark mode autodetection for Windows 10/11

rtc

  • Updated: wrtc has been updated to support HighDPI
  • Updated: When requiring for an embedded Lua or binary modules, rtc now uses package.path and package.cpath to conform to Lua search path
  • Fixed: Changing executable icon with -i option updates immediately in Windows explorer

RTBuilder

  • New: Option to switch to dark/light theme

string module

  • New: string.split() function to split a string in substrings using a separator

LuaRT C API

  • New: lua_uigetinfo() to get current dpi and theme
  • New: luaL_checkDirname() to get the fullpath of a Directory object on the stack
  • New: lua_regparentwidget() and lua_regparentwidgetmt() to register parent widgets

LuaRT documentation

  • Fixed: ui.rtl documentation is now available
  • Updated: now the documentation contains all new LuaRT 1.8.0 changes

sys module

  • Fixed: sys.cmd() now returns false if the command fails (fixes #187)

string module

  • New: string.split() function to split a string in substrings using a separator

canvas module

  • New: Canvas widget updated to support double buffering and HighDPI

webview module

  • New: New event Webview.onFullScreenChange() when the current HTML page ask for fullscreen switch
  • New: Webview can now access "file:///" resources from embedded content if available

ui module

  • New: Window and other widgets now supports HighDPI (runtime change of DPI not yet supported)
  • New: Widgets now uses double buffering
  • New ui.dpi property that returns current dpi scale
  • New ui.theme and ui.systheme properties for dark/light Windows themes management
  • New ui.monitors property to retrieve the list of current connected displays
  • New ui.windows property to get a list of all created Windows
  • New Window.transparency property to get/set Window's degree of transparency
  • New Window.monitor property to get the monitor on which the Window is located
  • New Window.parent to retrieve the parent Window
  • New Window.childs, Groupbox.childs, TabItem.childs and Panel.childs properties to get a list of childs widgets
  • New Edit.border, List.border and Tree.border properties to show/hide the widget's border
  • New Edit.scroll() method to scroll the Edit content vertically
  • New: Tree.readonly property to prevent any TreeItem editing by the user
  • Updated: Resizing Picture widget now uses cubic interpolation for better image quality
  • Updated : Widgets position and size properties now take count of the current DPI scale
  • Fixed: Combobox.tooltip property now shows its tooltip as expected (Fixes #179)
  • Fixed: Picture:load() now uses correct parameter for the height argument (Fixes #185)
  • Fixed: Edit.selection.visible now shows/hides selection as expected

LuaRT v1.7.1 Bugfix (Jan 26 2024)

LuaRT interpreter

  • Updated: Now LuaRT uses an arg table implementation closer to PUC Lua :
  • arg[2] => command line argument at position 2
  • arg[1] => command line argument at position 1
  • arg[0] => The executing script path (or nil in case of a compiled executable)
  • arg[-1] => The current executable ("luart.exe", "wluart.exe", or the compiled executable file)
  • Fixed: Errors from command line switch -e are now thrown as expected (Fixes #176)

LuaRT Updater

  • Fixed: LuaRT Updater now downloads updates correctly (Fixes #168)

LuaRT Studio

  • Fixed: Running scripts with arguments now set the arg table correctly

QuickRT

  • Fixed: Can't change values of a global variable defined in another environment (using loadfile() for example)
  • Fixed: QuickRT exits when printing custom userdata

rtc

  • Fixed: wrtc error message "no input file" fixed (Fixes #172)
  • Fixed: wrtcdon't throw "no input file" error anymore
  • Updated: rtc now use LuaRT 1.7.1 arg table

RTBuilder

  • Fixed: RTBuilder won't crash anymore when changing current Window name
  • Fixed: Shortcuts CTRL+O and CTRL+S work now as expected
  • Fixed: Changing the Tab.selected property in inspector shows the selected TabItem
  • Fixed: Assigning icon to TreeItem now works as expected
  • Updated: Setting an icon in the TreeItems editor will switch the Tree.style property to "icons" in inspector window
  • Updated: RTBuilder now uses LuaRT 1.7.1 arg table
  • Updated: RTBuilder windows are not topmost anymore

LuaRT documentation

  • Updated: now the documentation contains all new LuaRT 1.7.1 changes

sys module

  • Fixed: Calling COM object methods with nil argument won't crash the program anymore (Fixes #177)
  • Fixed: COM method or property returning a COM Nothing value won't crash the program anymore (Fixes #173)
  • Fixed: Task that returns a boolean or number value will crash the program when calling the Task.after function (Fixes #175)

ui module

  • Fixed: TreeItem:loadicon() now load icon correctly (Fixes #170)
  • Fixed: Tab:onSelect() event is now fired when the property Tab.selected is set (Fixes #171)
  • Fixed: Tab key can now be used to navigate between widgets inside a Panel or TabItem (Fixes #174)

LuaRT v1.7.0 (Jan 05 2024)

Highlights

  • This release introduces RTBuilder, a new GUI RAD tool to design LuaRT desktop interfaces using ui module
  • Lots of bugs have been fixed, especially for the ui module, the rtc compiler and the LuaRT Studio IDE

LuaRT toolchain

  • Updated: MSVC builds now use better optimizations for faster execution
  • Fixed: rtcheck won't propose to update for an inferior version now (Fixes #167)

rtc

  • New: rtc now accepts mutiple files (the first one will be considered the main script)
  • Updated: -l option now search for modules in the current directory too
  • Fixed: Errors thrown by any compiled executables now mention source file and error line (Fixes #5)

LuaRT Studio

  • Updated: LuaRT Studio is now using the LuaRT 1.7.0 toolchain
  • Fixed: Debugger will now pause once a breakpoint is hit inside an ui event function, when using a Task to update the GUI
  • Fixed: Output panel bug with Unicode input/output fixed
  • Fixed: require of modules using init.lua from compiled executable is now working as expected
  • Fixed: Setting project arguments won't add a blank space to the first argument anymore

Examples

  • New: balls_demo.wlua example for canvas module

sys module

  • Fixed: Task:cancel() won't try to close an already closed Task
  • Fixed: sys.cmd() now returns true in LuaRT Studio as expected (Fixes #155)
  • Fixed: File:write() method now flush data to disk when the file is a standard stream (Fixes #165)

ui module

  • New: Window constructor now takes a first optional argument to provide a parent Window
  • New: Window:restore() method
  • New: Window.topmost property
  • New: Window.onMaximize(), Window.onMinimize() and Window.onRestore() events
  • New: Tree.items property can now be indexed by integer value, returning the TreeItem in numerical order from the first TreeItem to the last one
  • New: Tree.items property is now iterable with the each() iterator
  • New: TreeItem.index property to get the numerical order of the TreeItem in the Tree
  • Updated: Setting Entry.text property now moves the caret at the start Updated: Setting the Calendar.date property from a string is now possible
  • Fixed: Treeitem: Loadicon() won't fail to load a new icon after having removed the previous one (Fixes #160)
  • Fixed: Providing a filename without extension in ui.savedialog() now returns correct filename when using multiple filters (Fixes #166)
  • Fixed: Window keyboard shortcuts now execute binded Lua functions as expected (Fixes #162)
  • Fixed: After Progressbar construction, Progressbar.themed returns true now as expected (Fixes #154)
  • Fixed: Canvas.fontstyle now returns a string value as expected (Fixes #164)
  • Fixed: Third party widgets now use initial size/position when the align property is set to nil (Fixes #158)
  • Fixed: Widget:center() method now work as expected inside a Groupbox (Fixes #163 and #153)
  • Fixed: Window.height returns now the correct value and a Window.menu property is set (Fixes #161)
  • Fixed: Setting Edit.font property now preserve the current foreground color (Fixes #159)

LuaRT v1.6.0 (Nov 26 2023)

Highlights

  • This release focuses on fixing many bugs in the ui module, to prepare for the launch of the LuaRT GUI builder
  • It also offers many suggestions proposed by LuaRT users
  • New: ini module to convert from/to Windows INI configuration file from/to Lua table
  • New: Panel widget that can contain other child widgets

LuaRT toolchain

  • Updated: Using require() to load .wlua files is now possible
  • New: New tool rtcheck.exe to check/install LuaRT updates
  • Fixed: rtc compiled executables with embedded modules can have now multiple running instances (Fixes #124)
  • Fixed: QuickRT now pretty prints correctly Object values (Fixes #9).
  • Fixed: wluart.exe don't crash anymore in case of error (Fixes #121)
  • Fixed: wluart.exe errors are now shown, without the empty "Runtime error" message box (Fixes #123)

LuaRT Studio

  • Updated: LuaRT Studio is now using the LuaRT 1.6.0 toolchain
  • New: New Check for LuaRT update command in File menu
  • New: New toolbar icon for the "Analyze" command
  • Updated: Help menu now contains links related to LuaRT webiste
  • Fixed: Debugging a script that contains a call to the Task:wait() method won't crash the program anymore (Fixes #20)
  • Fixed: Clicking on the "stop" button will now really stop the running program (Fixes #19)

QuickRT

  • Updated: QuickRT now uses LuaRT 1.6.0 runtime (Lua 5.4.6 VM)
  • Fixed: interacting with ui widgets and windows won't hang the GUI anymore
  • Fixed: Pretty printing of LuaRT Object is now fixed

LuaRT documentation

  • Updated: now the documentation contains all new LuaRT 1.6.0 changes, and a lot of fixes
  • Fixed: Canvas documentation for transformations methods are now published as expected

Examples

  • Updated: net\download.lua hides now the cursor during downloading
  • Updated: ui\notepad.wlua can now open *.rtf files
  • Fixed: net\server.wlua now shows text as expected
  • Fixed: Syntax highlighting fixed in ui\zoom.wlua

sys module

  • Updated: Faster Task switching in internal scheduler providing more responsiveness
  • Updated: sys.cmd() now has a third argument to specify whether the launched process is a standalone one or a child process
  • Fixed: Setting a number COM property value don't cause an error anymore when using a string (Fixes #113)
  • Fixed: COM objects don't crash once garbage collection/program exit (Fixes #116)
  • Fixed: Datetime:interval() now returns a to...from interval as expected (Fixes #114)

console module

  • Fixed: console.reset() now resets cursor height too

net module

  • Fixed: Http object can now send new requests without crashing (Fixes #149)

ui module

  • New: Panel widget that can contain other child widgets
  • New: Edit.rtf property to set Rich Text Format mode without loosing content
  • Updated: Edit.richtext property now set/get the current Edit content in Rich Text Format
  • Updated: Setting Edit.text property won't scroll the content to the bottom anymore
  • Updated: Autosized widgets now conforms more with Windows UI standards
  • Updated: Widget.align now remembers last widget position and size
  • Updated: Widget.bgcolor property now returns nil if bgcolor was not previously set, meaning the widget uses the parent background color
  • Updated: List.selected, Tree.selected and Combobox.selected can now be set to nil to unselect current selection
  • Fixed: Examples using Edit.color instead of Edit.fgcolor since LuaRT 1.5.0 are now fixed
  • Fixed: Label.bgcolor and Label.fgcolor cannot be set when Label is inside a TabItem (Fixes #119)
  • Fixed: ui.run() Task won't run indefinitely anymore in some cases
  • Fixed: Groupbox child widgets events now provides the correct self (Fixes #125)
  • Fixed: Tab.cursor property don't set cursor for TabItems, only on the tabsheet part (Fixes #134)
  • Fixed: Tab don't align TabItems correctly when setting the Tab.align property (Fixes #128)
  • Fixed: Widget background color may not be drawn correctly (Fixes #127)
  • Fixed: Clicking on a List blank space unselects the current selected item (Fixes #143)
  • Fixed: Deleting a Treeitem may crash the program (Fixes #137)
  • Fixed: Entry is still focused when ENTER/RETURN key is pressed (Fixes #135)
  • Fixed: Groupbox does not dispatch the onClick() event to its child widgets as expected (Fixes #147)
  • Fixed: Window:maximize() does not work on first display (Fixes #142)
  • Fixed: Picture:load() don't adjust image to Picture alignment (Fixes #132)
  • Fixed: Label.textalign returns "center" instead of "right" when text alignement was previously set to right (Fixes #139)
  • Fixed: Widgets property tooltip returns incorrect or empty string (Fixes #138)
  • Fixed: Centering a Widget with the center() method in a Window with a status bar resulting in a vertical position too far up (Fixes #146)
  • Fixed: Picture:load() don't adjust image to Picture alignment (Fixes #132)
  • Fixed: Progressbar.fgcolor and Progressbar.bgcolor return wrong 0x000000 colors in non themed mode (Fixes #131)
  • Fixed: ui.opendialog() and ui.savedialog() should not change current directory (Fixes #133)
  • Fixed: Clicking on a MenuItem without an onClick event handler should not throw a runtime error (Fixes #145)
  • Fixed: ListItem:loadicon() TabItem:loadicon() ComboItem:loadicon() and TreeItem:loadicon() don't remove icon when called with a nil value (Fixes #129)
  • Fixed: Setting Edit.text property don't work when Edit.richedit is set to true (Fixes #130)
  • Fixed: Edit:load() and Edit:save() methods don't closes the file (Fixes #148)

webview module

  • New: Webview.acceleratorkeys property
  • Updated: Webview:eval() now returns a Task that will be finished once the Javascript engine has returned the result
  • Updated: Webview:onResult() event removed due to the eval() rework
  • Updated: hostfromfolder() now allows local resource access when using loadstring()
  • Fixed: Compiling Webview module won't throw library missing errors anymore

json module

  • New: json.load() and json.save() to load/save lua table from/to a JSON file
  • Fixed : json.encode() failed memory allocation fixed (Fixes #117)
  • Fixed : json.encode() now encodes Lua "null" values to JSON null (Fixes #118)

LuaRT v1.5.2 Bugfix (Sept 16 2023)

LuaRT installer

  • Fixed: now the LuaRT installer window will show over other windows.

LuaRT toolchain

  • Updated: rtc now prevents access to embedded content from generated executables.
  • Fixed: LuaRT can now be built with mingw-w64 compiler again (Fixes #105)

LuaRT documentation

  • Updated: now the documentation contains all new LuaRT 1.5.0 (and later) changes
  • Fixed: Checking for a Widget instance won't throw a "((null)) instance expected, found..." anymore

LuaRT C API

  • New: lua_gettask() function to get the current executing Task.

sys module

  • Fixed: Getting COM enumeration property value don't crash anymore (Fixes #104)

Asynchronous programming

  • Fixed: Calling sleep() from a compiled script don't cause a fatal error anymore (Fixes #103)

ui module

  • New: Progressbar.themed property (as a side effect the isthemed constructor parameter is no more used).
  • New: Button.textalign, and Entry.textalign properties.
  • New: example filelist.wlua that implements an explorer-like List widget.
  • Updated: ui.run() function now returns a Task object that will update the GUI asynchronously.
  • Updated: bgcolor and fgcolor properties now returns the default color instead of nil.
  • Updated: Edit.selection.color renamed to Edit.selection.fgcolor for consistency.
  • Updated: Edit.color renamed to Edit.fgcolor for consistency.
  • Fixed: ui.colordialog() and ui.fontdialog() now return a RGB color value as expected (Fixes #111)
  • Fixed: Tab.onMouseUp() and Tab.onMouseDown() events are now fired when the mouse is over the entire Tab (Fixes #108)
  • Fixed: Setting List.selected property now ensures the selected item is visible (Fixes #107)
  • Fixed: Label.bgcolor now renders the Label background correctly (Fixes #102)
  • Fixed: Picture constructor now uses the width and height parameters as expected (Fixes #106)
  • Fixed: Picture transparency bug fixed when inside a Tab (Fixes #100)
  • Fixed: List now redraws correctly when resized (Fixes #110)
  • Fixed: Label.textalign property now behave as expected (Fixes #99)

LuaRT v1.5.1 Bugfix (Aug 10 2023)

LuaRT installer

  • Fixed: now the LuaRT installer will launch even if a previous LuaRT distribution is found

Asynchronous programming

  • Fixed: await/async/sleep from a compiled script is now possible (Fixes #95)

ui module

  • New: onMouseDown() and onMouseUp() events for Window and any other widgets
  • New: example mouse.wlua to illustrate the new mouse events
  • Fixed: calling sleep() from an ui event handler now works as expected (Fixes #96)
  • Fixed: Window.onCreate() event is now fired as expected (Fixes #97)

LuaRT v1.5.0 (Aug 03 2023)

Asynchronous programming with LuaRT

  • Asynchronous programming with LuaRT is now available with a thin layer around Lua coroutines, with an integrated scheduler
  • New global functions async(), await(), and waitall() functions
  • New global function sleep() that replaces sys.sleep()
  • New sys.Task object

LuaRT codebase

  • Visual C++ compiler support is now complete, thus becoming the default target compiler for LuaRT
  • LuaRT release package is built using cl.exe version 19.35.32217.1 (Visual Studio 2022). See build instructions in README.md
  • Mingw-w64 compiler support still available, but is now deprecated (might be removed later)
  • LuaRT won't use AVX2 instructions set by default anymore (causes crash on CPU that don't provide it)

Lua VM

  • Updated: LuaRT is now using Lua 5.4.6

LuaRT C API

  • New: lua_pushtask() and lua_sleep() to create Task object and to sleep from C
  • Fixed: luaL_checkFilename() now checks for a File instance

QuickRT

  • Better support of ui module (Window/widget can now be created and manipulated interactively from the command prompt) (suggestion #72)

sys module

  • New: sys.COM objects can now manage enumeration properties by getting/setting string values
  • New: sys.COM constructor can now use an already running instance of a COM object
  • New: sys.Task object that encapsulates a Lua coroutine with scheduling capabilites
  • Updated: Pipe.read() and Pipe.readerror() methods are now asynchronous and returns a Task object instance
  • Removed: sys.sleep() function have been replaced by the new global sleep() function
  • Fixed: File.open() with "append" mode don't recreate a new file instead of appending to it anymore (Fixes #79)
  • Fixed: Errors now uses current locale encoding when displayed (Fixes #89)

console module

  • Fixed: console.fullscreen now works as expected on x64 (Fixes #90)

net module

  • Total rework of the net module to use asynchronous operations
  • Http object uses asynchronous Tasks for GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE HTTP requests
  • Http object now supports headers, cookies and proxy connections (suggestion #63)
  • Http.sheme, Http.status, Http.statuscode, Http.mime, Http.open() members have been removed
  • New Http.put(), Http.delete(), Http.cookies, Http.proxy() members
  • Ftp object now uses asynchronous Tasks to perform operations
  • Ftp object now supports proxy connection and logging
  • Ftp.open() and Ftp.active members have been removed
  • New Ftp.proxy() method
  • Socket uses now asynchronous Tasks for non blocking sockets, for Socket.recv(), Socket.send(), Socket.connect() and Socket.accept()
  • Socket.sendall() method have been removed
  • net modules examples have been updated accordingly

sqlite module

  • New binary module for LuaRT that provides SQLite3 database support
  • New Databaseobject to execute SQL commands or queries and iterate over the results seamlessly

canvas module

  • Fixed crash on some integrated Intel GPU without Direct2D support (Fixes #76)
  • Canvas.print() prints now antialiased text.
  • New Canvas.rotate(), Canvas.translate(), Canvas.scale(), Canvas.skew(), Canvas.identity() methods

audio module

  • Fixed crash on CPU that don't have AVX2 instruction set (Fixes #77)

ui module

  • New: Added support for RTL (right to left) layout, with layout autodetection and ui.rtl property to force a RTL or LTR layout
  • New ui.run() function to the specified main Window asynchronously, while processing events, and returning only when this Window have been closed
  • Updated ui.update() that don't use the delay argument anymore.
  • Fixed iterating Tree.items with each() (Fixes #91)
  • Fixed Edit.append() that may crash when appending lot of lines (Fixes #88)
  • Fixed Window.onMove() event that was not properly fired (Fixes #87)
  • Fixed Groupbox not redrawing correctly (Fixes #80 and #81)
  • Fixed Edit.onCaret() event that was not fired (Fixes #75)
  • Fixed Edit.selection.visible that was not hiding selection as expected (Fixes #74)
  • Fixed Edit.load() to support BOM and prevent crash for big files (Fixes #73)

LuaRT v1.4.0 (Apr 21 2023)

LuaRT codebase

  • Rework of the LuaRT codebase, now separated between the core framework and the other modules
  • The core framework includes the LuaRT runtime and the toolchain.
  • The core framework source code is in the src\core\ folder
  • Complementary modules source code is in the src\modules\ folder
  • Updated build system to build all or part of LuaRT
  • Examples are now sorted by modules

Lua VM

  • Updated: LuaRT is now using Lua 5.4.5

LuaRT C API

  • New: Macros for easy registering modules/objects functions and properties
  • New: luaL_getlasterror() to push last Windows error message on Lua stack
  • Updated: luaL_checkscinstance() now returns a more explicit error message
  • Fixed: Headers can now be included from C++

LuaRT Studio v1.4.0

  • Updated: LuaRT Studio now uses the LuaRT 1.4.0 toolchain

rtc v1.4.0

  • New: -l option to embed binary modules in the executable
  • Updated : wrtc has a new field to embed modules

embed module

  • Fixed: New mechanism to embed files when compiling LuaRT scripts to executables, compatible with x86 and x64 (Fixes #66 and #67)

sys module

  • New: sys.fsentry() function that returns a Directory or File object by name
  • Fixed: sys.error property no longer returns strange characters in certain locales

ui module

  • New: Window have now an onKey() event, thrown when the user press a key
  • New: Widgets have now an onClick() event (except Radiobutton and Checkbox)
  • New: Window.fullscreen property, to switch the Window to full screen
  • New: Widgets now have tofront() and toback() methods to control their Z position
  • Updated: Window "single" style no longer allows the Window to be maximized
  • Updated: Default Entry.height increased due to Segoe UI font
  • Fixed: Closing Window with status bar don't make it showing again when closing (Fixes #68)
  • Fixed: Custom widgets events don't crash anymore in case of Lua error (Fixes #65)
  • Fixed: Tab.selected now really selects the specifed TabItem (Fixes #64)

canvas module

  • New binary module canvas that provides a new ui widget as a drawing surface, using Direct2D
  • You can now draw text, lines, circles, rectangles, images, with colors, gradients and transparency
  • New documentation and examples for the canvas module

audio module

  • New binary module audio for audio playback
  • You can now play music and sounds encoded in WAV, MP3, FLAC, and OGG Vorbis
  • New documentation and examples for the audio module

Webview module

  • Webview module is now part of the LuaRT codebase

Other

  • Updated: Installer button now include platform version (x86/x64)

LuaRT v1.3.2 Bugfix (Feb 19 2023)

LuaRT Studio

  • Fixed print() function prints only first argument in Lua interpreter panel (Fixes #15)

ui module

  • Fixed Widgets inside a Groupbox don't display background and foreground colors correctly (Fixes #62)
  • Fixed Background colors of widgets may not display correctly (Fixes #61)
  • Fixed Groupbox widget displays incorrectly in TabItem (Fixes #60)
  • Fixed Button.onClick() event handler is called twice (Fixes #59)
  • Fixed Widgets bgcolor property returns wrong RGB color value (Fixes #58)
  • Fixed Window.align property returns "all" instead of nil (Fixes #57)
  • Fixed Edit.bgcolor property returns wrong value (Fixes #56)
  • Fixed Combobox:onClick() event not thrown (Fixes #55)
  • Fixed Clicking on Window keep the current widget focused (Fixes #54)
  • Fixed Fast Checkbox mouse click don't throw onClick() event (Fixes #53)
  • Fixed Edit selection is not visible when focus is lost (Fixes #52)
  • Fixed tree:remove() called with string argument throws an error (Fixes #51)
  • Fixed Combobox:remove() don't check for value type (Fixes #50)
  • Fixed Combobox:clear() don't clear at all items (Fixes #49)
  • Fixed Combobox:onChange() event not thrown when selection change

LuaRT v1.3.1 Bugfix (Feb 04 2023)

LuaRT Studio

  • Fixed running script fails due to spaces in path (Fixes #13)
  • Fixed running with arguments fails (Fixes #14)

ui module

  • Fixed Combobox:clear() don't clear at all items (Fixes #49)
  • Fixed Combobox:remove(), Listbox:remove(), Tree:remove(), Tab:remove() don't check for value type (Fixes #50)
  • Fixed Combobox:onChange() event not thrown when selection change

LuaRT v1.3.0 (Jan 28 2023)

General / Highlights

  • New: compiled Lua scripts can now require for embedded DLL binary modules without extraction (may not work for all binary modules)
  • New: binary modules inside the \modules folder can now be required using a folder structure, while still using luaopen_modulename() function
  • Updated luart.exeand wluart.exe command line arguments (-e and script can now be specified together : the -e statement will be executed first)
  • String module now uses non-encoded strings by default, as standard Lua (UTF8 functions are now available, see string module below)
  • Updated default desktop application icon

LuaRT installer

  • Now detects already installed LuaRT distribution

rtc

  • Updated wrtc so that it don't show a message box after compilation anymore
  • Updated to use the UTF8 string functions

QuickRT

  • Updated to use the new UTF8 string functions

LuaRT Studio

  • LuaRT toolchain updated to v1.3.0
  • Updated examples to LuaRT v1.3.0
  • New integrated Lua code formatter/beautifier Alt + F (uses Stylua)
  • New Variables pane shown during debugging that list all current scope variables
  • New debugging view that shows Symbols and Variables pane during debugging
  • New UTF8/UNICODE complete support in Output pane
  • New LuaRT modules\ folder autodetection
  • New keyboard shortcut to copy line(s) down Alt + Shift + ↓ and up Alt + Shift + ↑
  • New keyboard shortcut to move line(s) down Alt + ↓ and up Alt + ↑
  • Changed comment keyboard shortcut to Ctrl + :
  • Changed replace keyboard shortcut to Ctrl + H
  • Changed replace in files keyboard shortcut to Ctrl + Shift + H
  • Updated "Local console" pane to "Lua interpreter" pane
  • Updated "Remote console" pane to "Debugging console" pane
  • Updated breakpoint color to a more consensual one (red !)
  • Updated wrtc to show message in Output panel after compilation succeeded instead of showing a message box
  • Symbols pane now shows only symbols for the current opened file
  • Project view now shows EXE and DLL files
  • Removed Watch pane (replaced by the new Variables Pane)
  • Fixed Lua scripts cannot be executed in the IDE
  • Fixed "Show console when running option" has no effect
  • Fixed document tab may contain more than one '*' after file change
  • Fixed Symbols pane showing global variables multiple times
  • Fixed Symbols pane showing a non transparent icon for anonymous functions
  • Fixed Output pane don't support reading from console input
  • Fixed LuaRT Console output module breaking Output pane redirection
  • Fixed binary modules in LuaRT "modules\" folder not found during debugging session

Examples

  • Examples have been updated to use the new UTF8 string functions

Objects

  • Fixed super() global function do not returns inherited parent object (Fixes #42)
  • super() supports only method ancestor calls using the "." dot notation, specifying the self instance explicitly

LuaRT C API

  • Fixed luart.h C++ inclusion that was throwing errors regarding typename keyword (Fixes #41)
  • New lua_super() function in LuaRT C API to push on the stack the ancestor of the provided indexed Object/instance on the stack

console module

  • Fixed bad standard input redirection with luart.exe and wluart.exe (Fixes #39)
  • Fixed console.readchar() running forever when interpreter input is redirected (Fixes #40)

string module

  • Updated UTF8 functions in string module, now prefixed with a u to preserve compatibility with standard Lua

net module

  • New net.getmime() function to retrieve MIME type from URL, filename or sys.File instance

sys module

  • New Directory:copy() method to copy a folder recursively
  • Fixed buffer overflow when reading long sized UTF8 character from sys.File instance (Fixes #43)
  • Fixed Directory:removeall() that can be very slow on Windows 10 and later (Fixes #44)

compression module

  • New Zip:open("delete") mode
  • New Zip.remove() method to delete one or more entries in ZIP archive.
  • Updated dependencies zip to 0.2.6 and miniz to 2.2.0

ui module

  • New "single" Window style (standard Window that cannot be resized)
  • Fixed widgets align property not working correctly
  • Fixed Parent align property don't propagate to childs widgets (Fixes #46)

LuaRT v1.2.0 (Dec 11 2022)

General

  • New modules\ folder in the root directory to put your binary/Lua modules
  • Fixed lots of modules memory leaks (string iterator, embed module, COM module, ui module, Zip object)

LuaRT installer

  • Updated installer with the new Progressbar widget and other cosmetics changes
  • Fixed uninstaller from deleting installation folder even if it's not empty anymore (Implements #36)

LuaRT Studio

  • Updated LuaRT Studio with LuaRT 1.2.0 runtime
  • Fixed LuaRT-Studio x64 program crash when starting a new debug session

LuaRT C API

  • Include files are now in the include\ folder in the root directory

  • Library files are now in the lib\

  • New lua_registerevent() and lua_getevent() for custom widgets events

  • New lua_widgetdestructor() to be called during custom Widget destruction

  • New lua_widgetproc() to register a custom Widget messages procedure

  • luart.h can now be included in C++ files easily

  • New header Widget.h for builtin and custom Widgets

  • Fixed compilation warnings when using GCC 12+

  • lua_widgetfinalize() renamed to lua_widgetconstructor()

  • Fixed lua_checkcinstance() error when using a non instance value

  • Fixed lua_registerwidget() not setting Widget properties properly

sys module

  • New Directory.isempty property to check if a directory is empty

  • Fixed crash when getting a COM object

  • Fixed COM methods that might being called twice

console module

  • Fixed console to be not closeable anymore when using desktop applications (Fixes #32)

ui module

  • New Progressbar widget

  • New onClick() event for all Widgets

  • New rounded corners for "raw" windows on Windows 11

  • New Widget.align property (alignment now persists even if the size of the parent Widget changes)

  • Removed Widget:align() method (replaced by the new align property)

  • Updated Window:status() to convert each argument to string

  • Updated ui.info(), ui.error(), ui.confirm() and ui.warn() to convert first argument to string

  • Updated ui.update() to use registered events for custom Widgets

  • Updated ui.List selection now spans to the entire row

  • Updated Edit:append() to scroll down automatically

  • Fixed changing a widget font attribute alter other widget fonts (Fixes #18)

  • Fixed Widget:center() not taking in count the presence of a Window statusbar

  • Fixed ui.Tab not drawn properly and background color when parent window background color changes

  • Fixed Label.fgcolor and Label.bgcolor properties ineffective when parent is a TabItem (Fixes #35)

  • Fixed Window statusbar not always showing on top of other widgets (Fixes #31)

  • Fixed Tree, List, Combobox and Tab that didn't check for a table argument in constructor

  • Fixed readonly Edit scrollbars that coouldn't be used

  • Fixed Picture constructor not accepting string or a File instance (Fixes #30)

  • Fixed Window finalizer not being called

  • Fixed taskbar showing ugly-resized Window icon when application is compiled with rtc -i option (Fixes #34)

  • Fixed Widget:center() not taking in count the presence of the window statusbar

  • Fixed selected TreeItem not staying higlighted

16/10/2022 -------- LuaRT 1.0.2 (bugfix)

----------- General [ NEW ] New examples img_viewer.wlua and binary.wlua

----------- QuickRT [ BUG ] Fixed nil variable names with underscore character "_" outputs no result

----------- LuaRT Studio [ BUG ] Fixed runtime error when compiling to executable without a project set

---------- net module [ BUG ] Http:get() method might return wrong results

----------- ui module [ UPDATE ] Segoe UI font is now used by default, as recommended since Windows Vista [ BUG ] Fixed Runtime error when compiling to executable without a project set [ BUG ] Fixed Groupbox painted with white background color when redrawn

08/10/2022 -------- LuaRT 1.0.1 (bugfix)

----------- General [ BUG ] Fixed GCC 10+ warnings during compilation [ BUG ] Fixed build error because of "bin" and "bin\std" folders missing

---------- rtc [ BUG ] Lua compiled scripts silently crash after execution

----------- ui module [ BUG ] Fixed strange characters with IME input when using Entry and Combobox widgets

25/09/2022 -------- LuaRT 1.0.0

----------- General [ NEW ] LuaRT is now open sourced, under the MIT License [ NEW ] LuaRT binary distribution now includes LuaRT Studio and QuickRT [ NEW ] New examples : syntax.wlua, iconbutton.wlua, balls.wlua, dir.lua

----------- rtc [ NEW ] New rtc -i option to change executable icon [ NEW ] New wrtc.exe GUI frontend for rtc

----------- OOP [ NEW ] New mixins implementation for Object() declarations [ NEW ] New super() global function to get inherited object [ NEW ] New Object.iterator() to iterate over an object instance [ UPDATED ] rawset() and rawget() global functions cannot operate on objects/instances anymore

----------- zip module [ UPDATED ] Zip object iteration now returns only the entry name [ BUG ] Fixed Zip:write() archive corruption when writing directories

----------- ui module [ NEW ] New Edit.selection.visible property to disable scrolling/visibility when manipulating the selection [ NEW ] New Button.hastext property [ NEW ] New readonly option in Combobox constructor [ NEW ] New Window.bgcolor, Label.bgcolor, Label.fgcolor properties [ NEW ] New Window:loadtrayicon() method, Window.traytooltip property and tray icon events [ UPDATED ] Tree:add(), Treeitem:add(), List:add(), Tab:add() and Combobox:add() now accepts more than one string [ UPDATED ] Menu:add() now has an optional parameter for a submenu, as Menu:insert() [ UPDATED ] Window:loadicon(), MenuItem:loadicon() and button:loadicon() called without argument removes the icon [ BUG ] Fixed edit.color and edit.bgcolor property (using RGB value and not BGR value) [ BUG ] Fixed application crash on status bar mouse click [ BUG ] Fixed runtime error once a MenuItem, without onClick event set, is clicked [ BUG ] Fixed widgets not redrawing once their position has changed [ BUG ] Fixed Groupbox childs widget not receiving events notification [ BUG ] Fixed TAB and ARROWS keys widget navigation on a Window [ BUG ] Fixed crash with Window.parent property

12/06/2022 -------- LuaRT 0.9.9 [ NEW ] LuaRT is now available for x64 and x86 Windows systems [ NEW ] New global _ARCH variable that holds LuaRT interpreter architecture ("x64" or "x86") [ NEW ] New sys.COM object added to interact with Microsoft Component Object Model [ NEW ] New examples illustrating the new sys.COM object : json.lua, speech.lua, shortcut.lua [ NEW ] New LuaRT interpreter option "-e" to execute a Lua statement from the command line

[ UPDATED ] LuaRT interpreter now accepts UTF8/UNICODE characters as arguments [ UPDATED ] Global _VERSION variable now holds full LuaRT version string [ UPDATED ] Now qrcode.wlua example can now save the generated QRCODE

[ BUG ] ComboItem:remove(), ListItem:remove(), TabItem:remove() are now working as expected [ BUG ] Window shortcuts are now calling the binded function correctly [ BUG ] TabItem:remove() now gives focus to the next remaining TabItem [ BUG ] Path registry key is no more corrupted during LuaRT installation [ BUG ] ComboItem, TabItem, TreeItem, ListItem and MenuItem objects are no more available from ui module

26/05/2022 -------- LuaRT 0.9.8
[ NEW ]			New 'compatibility' LUA54.DLL runtime in bin\std, with better Lua 5.4 standard library compatibility (including io and os modules)
				This runtime library provides better compatibility with Lua ecosystem (mobdebug, LuaSocket,...)				
[ NEW ]			LuaRT now uses generational garbage collector by default
[ NEW ]			New sys.tempdir() function to create temporary directories

[ UPDATED ]		sys.Directory constructor now uses the current directory by default
[ UPDATED ]		File:copy() now returns a File object representing the copied file
[ UPDATED ]		Buffer:contains() now returns only one value (sequence position or false)
[ UPDATED ]		Edit.textlength property removed 
[ UPDATED ]		Edit.lines property now returns empty string instead of nil when line is empty
[ UPDATED ]		"embed" module is now defined globally if embedded content is detected inside executable
[ UPDATED ]		ui.Edit:onChange() event don't fire any other Edit:onChange() during its call

[ BUG ]			console required by a desktop application don't close entire application now
[ BUG ]			ui.List now has better horizontal visibility
[ BUG ]			Widget:loadicon() now load other Widget's icon correctly
[ BUG ]			console.fullscreen property now works correctly with wluart.exe interpreter
[ BUG ]			GroupBox child widgets are now throwing events to child widgets correctly
[ BUG ]			Fixed random crashes when using ui module when IME is activated on Windows

20/03/2022 -------- LuaRT 0.9.7
[ NEW ]		LuaRT script to executable compiler rtc.exe
[ NEW ]		New geo.lua example
[ NEW ]		New geo.lua example
[ NEW ]		New qrcode.wlua example
[ NEW ]		New labeled_entry.wlua example
[ NEW ]		console.cursor property to get/set cursor visibility

[ UPDATE ]	luart.exe now don't include the ui module, use wluart.exe instead for GUI applications

[ BUG ]		sys.registry.delete() now delete key and all subkeys/values if no specific value is provided, as expected
[ BUG ]		GUI applications now open a console Window as expected when requiring for the console module
[ BUG ]		console.fullscreen now work better with Windows Terminal
[ BUG ]		File.accessed, File.created, File.modified now return nil when file do not exists
[ BUG ]		console.readchar() now return correct value when pressing "à" key on french, belgian, and canadian keyboards
[ BUG ]		High CPU usage when calling ui.update() fixed
[ BUG ]		Combobox now display selected item correctly
[ BUG ]		Setting MenuItem.text don't corrupt the MenuItem.text property anymore
[ BUG ]		Last item added to the List was not always visible
[ BUG ]		Horizontal List's scrollbar is now shown only if the item width is lower than List width
[ BUG ]		Directory.fullpath is now valid if the Directory name is a drive letter (C:\, D:...)
[ BUG ]		TreeItem:loadicon() now works if the Tree widget has been previously cleared with Tree:clear()
[ BUG ]		Zip:write() and Zip:extract() don't return false anymore if the operation succeeded
[ BUG ]		Cipher.constructor() now throws the right error message if incorrect mode is provided

12/03/2022 -------- LuaRT 0.9.6
[ NEW ]		LuaRT now uses Lua 5.4.4 VM
[ NEW ]		New ui.Tree Widget supporting icons and new theme for Windows 10/11
[ NEW ]		New TreeItem Object
[ NEW ]		New documentation for ui.Tree and ui.Picture widgets
[ NEW ]		New Picture:load(), Picture:save(), Picture:resize() methods  
[ NEW ]		New Picture:onClick() and Picture:onDoubleClick() events
[ NEW ]		New Widget:center() method 
[ NEW ]		New Tab.style property
[ NEW ]		New Label:onDoubleClick() event
[ NEW ]		New fireworks.lua example from QB64 version
[ NEW ]		New zoom.wlua example
[ NEW ]		New imgconv.wlua example

[ UPDATE ]	console.locate() now accepts float numbers
[ UPDATE ]	console:readln() provides a better user experience (support now arrows, history, HOME,...)
[ UPDATE ]	Widget:show() now shows the Widget and bring it on top
[ UPDATE ] 	examples updated for new ui.Tree widget
[ UPDATE ] 	ui.opendialog() and ui.savedialog() now use the selected file extension if omitted by user
[ UPDATE ] 	Combobox and List don't loose their icons anymore when switching between "text" and "icons" styles
[ UPDATE ]	Ftp:upload() now expect a string or a File object
[ UPDATE ]	sys.cmd() now has an optional parameter to show/hide the executed command window
[ UPDATE ]	Zip object iterator now returns an entry string and a isdir boolean value

[ BUG ]		*Lots of* documentation fixes
[ BUG ]		luart.exe and wluart.exe now shows the right LuaRT version
[ BUG ]		Fixed: Window:show() now should show the Window on top
[ BUG ]		error message in console are now followed by a newline
[ BUG ]		global _VERSION variable is now uptodate
[ BUG ]		Combobox.text property is now back
[ BUG ]		example widget.lua : Picture widget now load LuaRT.png correctly
[ BUG ]		Various GUI application crashes fixed
[ BUG ]		sys.registry.read() now fixed prior to Windows 10
[ BUG ]		LuaRT install script don't crash anymore prior to Windows 10
[ BUG ]		console.readchar() fixed for unicode char 'à' (0x00E0)
[ BUG ] 	console.fullscreen now don't show scrollbars when set to true

23/01/2022 -------- LuaRT 0.9.5
[ NEW ]		New LuaRT GUI installer written in LuaRT
[ NEW ]		New widget ui.Picture supporting JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP and ICO formats
[ NEW ]		New registry functions : sys.registry.read(), sys.registry.write(), sys.registry.delete()
[ NEW ]		Zip.file property returns the Zip filename
[ NEW ]		zip.isvalid() checks if the specified zip file is valid
[ NEW ]		ui.remove() removes a widget
[ NEW ] 	List:onDoubleClick() event
[ NEW ] 	New console.font and console.fontsize property
[ NEW ]		New Directory.name property

[ UPDATE ]	File:copy() now uses the same filename by default
[ UPDATE ]	zip module now have two member : Zip Object constructor and isvalid() method
[ UPDATE ]	Zip:extract() can now extract zip entries preserving their path if needed
[ UPDATE ]	Widget:loadicon() now accept string or File object
[ UPDATE ]	Widget:loadicon() method can now extract an icon from an EXE or DLL or retrieve the default associated icon
[ UPDATE ]	Widget.font property can now accept a font file (".ttf", ".fon"...) 
[ UPDATE ]	Tab.items, List.items, Combo.items properties are now indexable by strings
[ UPDATE ]	File.name property replaces now File.filename
[ UPDATE ]	Setting/getting LuaRT modules fields is now possible as in standard Lua
[ UPDATE ]	Widget:loadicon() now uses default system associated icon if not found in the specified file
[ UPDATE ]  Zip constructor now accepts File objects 
[ UPDATE ]  notepad.wlua now changes font, fontsize and fontstyle when setting font

[ BUG ]		ui.msg, ui.info, ui.error, ui.warn() now ensure the foreground window is from ui module
[ BUG ]		Button:loadicon() is now *really* available
[ BUG ]		Combo:onSelect() and Combo:onChange() crash fixed when altering item.text property
[ BUG ]		Sizing and position properties now fixed when using non integer values
[ BUG ]		Windows have now their default background color (back to gray) !
[ BUG ]		Now widgets transparency and Windows theme are more respected (TabItems, Labels, Checkboxes...)
[ BUG ]		ui.opendialog() and ui.savedialog() now use the provided title
[ BUG ]		List column now resizes correctly with the List
[ BUG ]		List can now show items correctly
[ BUG ]		Widget align() method now uses correct parent size
[ BUG ]		Tabs now draws correctly
[ BUG ]		Console.fullscreen removes the vertical scrollbar correctly when set to true

27/12/2021 -------- LuaRT 0.9.4
[ NEW ]		Tab and List onContext(), onHover() and onLeave() events
[ NEW ] 	Combobox, List and Tab remove() method
[ NEW ]		ComboItem, ListItem and TabItem are now iterable
[ NEW ]		ComboItem, ListItem and TabItem owner property
[ NEW ] 	ComboItem, ListItem and TabItem remove() method
[ NEW ] 	Combobox.text property 
[ NEW ] 	Combobox, Tab and Listbox constructors now expects table with strings items
[ NEW ] 	List:sort() method 
[ NEW ]		List.style and Combobox.style property
[ NEW ]		MenuItems, Button, List, Combobox, Tab objects now support icons
[ NEW ]		MenuItems.onClick event
[ NEW ]		Widget.cursor property to change control's cursor when hovering with the mouse
[ NEW ]		Widget.font is now a read/write property
[ NEW ]		Widget.fontsize property
[ NEW ]		Widget.fontstyle property
[ NEW ]		Window:loadicon(), Button:loadicon() and MenuItem:loadicon() methods
[ NEW ]		Item object for List, Tab and Combobox members
[ NEW ]		Tab:insert(), List:insert() and Combobox:insert() methods
[ NEW ]		Entry:searchup() and Edit:searchdown() method
[ NEW ]		Entry:add() method
[ NEW ]		Edit.selection property
[ NEW ]		Edit:load() and Edit:save() method, supporting RTF files
[ NEW ]		New ui.colordialog() function
[ NEW ]		New Window style "raw"
[ NEW ]		The long awaited system function sys.Beep() is now implemented
[ NEW ]		Widget.parent property
[ NEW ]		Widget.onCreate event
[ NEW ]		ui.mousepos() function
[ NEW ]		Window:showmodal() method
[ NEW ]		Window:shortcut() method
[ NEW ]		Window:popup() method
[ NEW ]		Window.menu property
[ NEW ]		File.name to get filename (replace previous File.filename propoerty) and Directory.name to get directory name (the last part of the directory path)

[ UPDATE ]	Rework of ui objects event system for a new faster implementation and more responsiveness
[ UPDATE ]	Total rework of Menu and MenuItem objects
[ UPDATE ]	ui.dirdialog() now return a Directory value
[ UPDATE ]	ui.opendialog() now allow multiple files selection
[ UPDATE ]	ui.dialogfont() updated
[ UPDATE ]	Tab.selected, Combobox.selected and List.selected properties now get/set an Item object
[ UPDATE ]	Menu.items, Tab.items, List.items and Combobox.items are now iterable
[ UPDATE ] 	List.items, Combobox.items and Tab.items are now proxy table to Item objects
[ UPDATE ] 	Menu.items is now a proxy table to MenuItem objects
[ UPDATE ] 	Tab.pages renamed to Tab.items accordingly to List.items and Combobox.items
[ UPDATE ]  ui.fontdialog() now returns choosen font name, size, styles and color.
[ UPDATE ] 	Notepad.wlua example rewrite, now supporting large files, RTF file type
[ UPDATE ]  ui.update() now has an optional delay argument
[ UPDATE ]	wluart.exe has now a new icon

[ BUG ]		Objects inheriting from Widgets are now fixed
[ BUG ]		Inherited Objects use of properties inside constructor is now fixed
[ BUG ]		Tab.pages text property fixed
[ BUG ]		ui.savedialog and ui.loaddialog filter bug fixed
[ BUG ]		Setting Tab.selected, Listbox.selected and Combobox.selected properties now throws an onSelect event
[ BUG ]		Edit object now has a border
[ BUG ]		Stack bug fixed after Window:onClose() event
[ BUG ]		Fixed error message when occuring with get/set property
[ BUG ]		Changing font of a Widget now autosizes the Widget to take count the change
[ BUG ]		Widgets fontsize property now get/set the font height in points not in pixels
[ BUG ]		Window.constructor() bug fixed, now using the given width and height arguments
[ BUG ]		Window:align() bug fixed
[ BUG ]		Widget.x and Widget.y property bug fixed
[ BUG ]		Widget.width and Widget.height property bug fixed
[ BUG ]		Widget.enabled property now redraws the Widget
[ BUG ]		Resized window now update properly its status bar
[ BUG ]		sys.clipboard get property now fixed
[ BUG ]		console.read bug with DEL key fixed
[ BUG ]		File:open() uses "binary" encoding now, if not provided
[ BUG ]		Richedit DLL now unloads correctly
[ BUG ]		Pipe constructor now hides the created process
[ BUG ]		Windows with "fixed" styles maximize button now hidden on Windows 11
[ BUG ]		Now ui.Window() shows correctly on the Windows Taskbar
[ BUG ]		ui.opendialog() and ui.savedialog() not return nil if user have canceled as expected

04/07/2021 -------- LuaRT 0.9.3 beta

[ NEW ]		Total rework of Zip module with support of Zip64 specification
[ NEW ]		Zip:isdirectory() method
[ NEW ]		Zip.iszip64() method
[ NEW ] 	Zip:write() / Zip:read() / Zip:extract() now more integrated with File, Directory objects
[ NEW ] 	crypto.Cipher object supporting now AES128, AES192, AES256, DES, 2DES, 3DES, RC2, RC4
[ NEW ] 	Support encryption/decryption in CBC, CFB, ECB, and CTS modes
[ NEW ]		crypto.hash() function supporting MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
[ NEW ]		Buffer:contains() method
[ NEW ]		File.directory property
[ NEW ]		Global _VERSION variable is now set to "luaRT x.x"
[ NEW ]		New example "help.lua" with auto-generated table from documentation

[ BUG ]		Buffer equality fixed and optimized
[ BUG ]		File:open() - User provided encoding now prevail over BOM file detection
[ BUG ]		Directory:make() now can create folders on another drive
[ BUG ]		Various memory leaks fixed
[ BUG ]		Datetime:interval() now use "months" instead of "month"
[ BUG ]		*Lots of* documentation fixes
[ BUG ]		sys.cmd() now don't impact standard streams

07/03/2021 -------- LuaRT 0.9.2 beta1

[ NEW ]		net.Ftp object
[ NEW ]		net.Http object
[ NEW ]		net.adapters iterator
[ NEW ]		net.urlparse() function
[ NEW ]		net.ip and net.publicip properties
[ NEW ]		Socket.port, Socket.ip, Socket.family properties
[ NEW ]		Socket:sendall() method
[ NEW ]		Zip:extractall() method
[ NEW ]		Http object to perform GET/POST requests
[ NEW ]		ui.dirdialog() to open a dialog and choose directory
[ NEW ]		New example sendmail.lua
[ NEW ]		New example widgets.lua
[ NEW ]		LuaRT Community now hosted on http://community.luart.org

[ UPDATE ]	crypto module has been refactored
[ UPDATE ]	net.resolve() and net.reverse() now supports IPv6
[ UPDATE ]	Socket constructor now supports IPv6
[ UPDATE ]	Socket:start_tls() have been renamed to Socket:starttls() for more consistency
[ UPDATE ]	Socket:bind() have been removed
[ UPDATE ]	Buffer:encode() has been renamed to Buffer:decode() (actualy Buffer:encode does not encode, but decode)
[ UPDATE ]	Zip:extract() can now extract in a specified path
[ UPDATE ]	Zip:extract() can now extract entire directories
[ UPDATE ]	console.readln() now accepts a string (written to the console before reading for input)
[ UPDATE ]	console.fullscreen is now a read/write property 
[ UPDATE ]	console.echo now enable/disable echoing, with the possibility to set the echoed character.
[ UPDATE ]	Examples lang.lua and guess.lua have been updated to use the new console color names
[ UPDATE ]	Documentation : various fixes and rewrites, better SEO, navigation links in modules section

[ BUG ]		global arg table fixed (arg[0] was the luart.exe interpreter)
[ BUG ]		console.read(n) reads more than n characters when console.echo is true
[ BUG ]		Fixed ui onClick() event not leaving the clicked control
[ BUG ]		Fixed type() function not returning "nil" for nil argument as it should
[ BUG ]		Function console.clear now uses the provided color argument as it should
[ BUG ]		Directory:make() is now *really* constructing the path
[ BUG ]		console.stderr and console.stdout now check for "write" File open mode before assignment
[ BUG ]		Fixed console.fullscreen() hanging minimized when calling console.fullscreen(false) twice
[ BUG ]		File:writeln() now writes CRLF "\r\n" (default Windows EOL)

07/02/2021 -------- LuaRT 0.9.1 beta1

[ NEW ]		Added Socket:shutdown()
[ NEW ]		Added Socket.canread, Socket.canwrite, Socket.failed properties
[ NEW ]		Added net.select()
[ NEW ]		Added console.x and console.y properties
[ NEW ]		Added console.readmouse() function
[ NEW ]		Strings are now iterable with each() function
[ NEW ]		Buffers are now iterable with each() function

[ UPDATE ]	lua54.dll is no more embedded in luart.exe and wluart.exe (generate lots of false positive with antivirus)
[ UPDATE ]	console colors naming update 
[ UPDATE ]	console.write() and console.writeln() now write all arguments to console.stdout using tostring()
			and separate each arguments with a space character
[ UPDATE ]	console.writecolor() major change : first rgument is the color, then write all arguments to console.stdout 
			using tostring() and separate each arguments with a space character
[ UPDATE ]	Fixed false positive antivirus detection using crypt module 
[ UPDATE ]	console.open() removed : now console module detects and open a console if none is available (wluart.exe)
[ UPDATE ] 	Documentation : various fixes
[ UPDATE ] 	Documentation : console module documentation now available

[ BUG ]		Fixed application hanging when clicking on ui.Window status bar
[ BUG ]		Fixed wrong index in string.byte()
[ BUG ]		File:SaveAs() function fixed in examples\notepad.wlua
[ BUG ]		Throws error when File:read() on an File opened in "write" or "append" mode
[ BUG ]		Throws error when File:write() on an File opened in "read" mode
[ BUG ]		File:read() and File:readln() now return nil instead of "" when reading past File.eof
[ BUG ]		console.stdin/out/err:close() not reaffecting correctly standard File
[ BUG ]		console.locate coordinates uses now 1 based coordinates
[ BUG ]		Fixed Socket.constructor throwing strange error message
[ BUG ]		Fixed modeless ui.opendialog, ui.savedialog
[ BUG ]		Fixed modeless ui.msg, ui.warn, ui.info, ui.confirm

17/01/2021 -------- LuaRT 0.9 beta1