Capricorn 76 News

ScriptENGINE Runtime Installer now includes the VC++ 2008 Redistributables

The ScriptENGINE Runtime 3.16 installer now includes the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86). The MS VC++ 2008 Redist supports the ScriptENGINE Runtime, extensions and the wxWidgets packages.

Download the latest ScriptENGINE Runtime to get the updated installers.

VC++ 2008 Redistributables required to support the ScriptENGINE Runtime

The ScriptENGINE Runtime requires the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86). This package is available for free from Microsoft and installs shared libraries (DLLs) on the host computer.

This package is often necessary with earlier versions of Windows XP that have yet installed the required DLLS.

If the package has not been installed on the host computer, the user will see one of the following errors:

"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect." OR
"The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect."

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) from Microsoft for free at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en

wxWidgets now available for ScriptENGINE: 3D Engine

Have you ever wanted to build GUI applications using only script-code? Without using any compilers? With the upcoming release of the ScriptENGINE: 3D Engine v3.10 you can.

We've done all the hard work for you by building the wxWidgets source-code and making a simple installer that copies the DLLs into the ScriptENGINE 2010 Runtime. All you have to do is download the installer, run the setup.exe program and voila! The ScriptENGINE can then run scripts that use wxLua interfaces. We've also included examples and doco in the download.

Please note that the wxLua/wxWidgets packages are not supported by Capricorn 76. They are third-party libraries and we recommend users visit their respective websites for support and further information.

Visit our ScriptENGINE download pages to get the latest installers.

ScriptENGINE 2010 Released

The ScriptENGINE 2010: 3D Engine, version 3.16, is now available.
Download it for free! No obligations or time limitations. Purchase a license to activate full version.

ScriptENGINE Events

ScriptENGINE: Lua 3D Engine Article Series In this article, we'll take a look at ScriptENGINE Events and how you can create your own.

ScriptENGINE events realize the Publisher-Subscriber Design Pattern to connect an unlimited number of subscribers to a single publisher while keeping the two entities completely decoupled. So a publisher can publish an event without knowing who or how many subscribers are interested in the event.

We use the IEvents interface to subscribe to ScriptENGINE events so that we can perform specific processing when certain things occur. For example, when a user presses a GUI button we may want to exit the program, or load a 3D world etc. The IEvents interface also allows us to create user-defined events.

ScriptENGINE 2010 Out Soon

Our new product, ScriptENGINE 2010: Lua 3D Engine, will soon be released. Initial feedback from our corporate clients has been excellent. The ScriptENGINE 2010 supports the Lua 5.1 scripting language.

Using ScriptENGINE Extensions

ScriptENGINE: Lua 3D Engine Article Series In this article, we'll take a look at ScriptENGINE Extensions and how they can be used in your programs.

ScriptENGINE extensions (or plugins) are are specifically designed for use with the ScriptENGINE. They are built as Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) and loaded into your programs using the IApp:loadExtension() function.

After loading an extension a new interface will usually be added to the ScriptENGINE. The Programmer's Reference contains all the details for every published ScriptENGINE extension deployed with the ScriptENGINE Runtime.