Function Reference

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Function Reference

How to create a Function

To create your own funtions see the Function page.

• User Defined Functions

Core Functions

Language Features

• <Expression> =~ m/pattern/flags -- Match a string to a regular expression pattern and check if it matches and optionally return captured groups
• <Expression> =~ s/pattern/replacement/flags -- Replace parts of a string using a regular expression pattern and optionally executing functions on the matched groups
• Goto Label; & Label: -- Jump to another section of the script

Console Functions

• Print( <expression> ) -- Prints an expressions string value to the console window
• Println( <expression> ) -- Prints an expressions string value to the console window and inserts a newline charactor at the end.
• Printf( <expression>, <expressions>... ) -- Print a formatted string to the console window
• Input( <expression> ) -- Capture a string typed to console window
• InputC( <expression> ) -- Capture a char typed to console window
• Cls( ) -- Clear all text from the console window
• ConsoleHide( ) -- Hide the console window
• ConsoleShow( ) -- Show the console window
• ConsoleBeep( <freq>, <duration> ) -- Plays the sound of a beep of a specified frequency and duration through the console speaker
• ConsoleSeek( <x>, <y> ) -- Set the position of the console cursor
• ConsoleBackColour( <colour> ) -- Set the background (behind text) colour of the console
• ConsoleForeColour( <colour> ) -- Set the foreground (text) colour of the console
• ConsoleBufferWidth( <newval> ) -- Get or Set the buffer width of the console window
• ConsoleBufferHeight( <newval> ) -- Get or Set the buffer height of the console window
• ConsoleWidth( <newval> ) -- Get or Set the width of the console window
• ConsoleHeight( <newval> ) -- Get or Set the height of the console window
• ConsoleTitle( <newtitle> ) -- Get or Set the title of the console window
• ConsoleCursorLeft( <newval> ) -- Gets or sets the column position of the cursor within the buffer area
• ConsoleCursorTop( <newval> ) -- Gets or sets the row position of the cursor within the buffer area
• ConsoleCursorSize( <newval> ) -- Gets or sets the height of the cursor within a character cell
• ConsoleCursorVisible( <newval> ) -- Gets or sets a value indicating whether the cursor is visible

Multi-Threading Functions

• ThreadCreate( <name>, <function> ) -- Create a new thread and start it off executing a function or some code
• ThreadSleep( <name> ) -- Freeze a thread and make it sleep
• ThreadResume( <name> ) -- Unfreeze a thread and allow it to continue execution
• ThreadState( <name> ) -- Returns state of a thread
• ThreadKill( <name> ) -- Terminate a thread and remove it from the script
• ThreadExists( <name> ) -- Check if a thread exists by this name
• ThreadName( ) -- Returns the name of the current thread that is executing this code
• Threads( ) -- Return an array of all threads

Variable Type Conversions

• Char( <expression> ) -- Returns the single letter representation of an expression
• Byte( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 8-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• SByte( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 8-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Short( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Int16( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Int32( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Int( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Int64( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Long( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• UShort( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• UInt16( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• UInt32( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• UInt( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• UInt64( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• ULong( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
• Float( <expression> ) -- Returns the 32-bit floating point representation of an expression
• Double( <expression> ) -- Returns the 64-bit floating point representation of an expression
• String( <expression> ) -- Returns the String representation of an expression

Common Variable Functions

Misc

• Unset( $variable ) -- Delete a variable
• IsDeclared( <variable name> ) -- Check if a variable has been declared

Hash/Array

• Reset( $variable ) -- Reset the current array pointer to the first element
• Next( $variable ) -- Set the array pointer to the next element
• Prev( $variable ) -- Set the array pointer to the previous element

Type Checking

• isVarChar( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a char type
• isVarByte( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 8-bit integer type
• isVarSByte( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 8-bit integer type
• isVarShort( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 16-bit integer type
• isVarInt16( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 16-bit integer type
• isVarInt( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 32-bit integer type
• isVarInt32( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 32-bit integer type
• isVarInt64( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 64-bit integer type
• isVarLong( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 64-bit integer type
• isVarUShort( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 16-bit integer type
• isVarUInt16( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 16-bit integer type
• isVarUInt( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 32-bit integer type
• isVarUInt32( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 32-bit integer type
• isVarUInt64( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 64-bit integer type
• isVarULong( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 64-bit integer type
• isVarFloat( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a single precision floating point type
• isVarDouble( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a double precision floating point type
• isVarString( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a string type
• isVarNumber( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is any integer or float/double type
• isVarBinary( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a binary type
• isVarRef( $variable ) -- Check if a variable is an reference to another variable
• isVarArray( $variable ) -- Check if a variable is an array
• isVarObj( $variable, <type> ) -- Check if a variable is an object type (This includes classes, file handles etc)
• isVarClass( $variable, <type> ) -- Check if a variable's object type is a class
• isVarGUI( $variable ) -- Check if a variable's object type is a GUI
• isVarGUIObject( $variable, <type> ) -- Check if a variable's object type is a GUI Object (Buttons etc)
• isVarDLLStruct( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a DLLStruct
• isVarServer( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a Server object from Listen()
• isVarClient( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a Client object from Connect()
• isVarClientSocket( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a Client socket object

Get Type Directly

• GetVarType( $variable ) -- Get the common type of a variable
• GetVarObjType( $variable ) -- Get the common object type of a variable (If it is an object)
• GetVarGUIObjType( $variable ) -- Get the common object type of a variable (If it is a GUI object)

Binary Data Management Functions

• Pack( <expression>, <expressions> ) -- Pack data into a binary array
• Unpack( <expression>, <binary-array> ) -- Unpack data from a binary array
• BinaryCreate( <size>, <fill> ) -- Create a new binary variable and its array size and fill data type
• BinaryClone( <binary-array> ) -- Clone a binary variable 100% and return a new binary variable with exactly same data as the old one
• BinaryWipe( <binary-array> ) -- Wipes a binary variables data 100% and sets the variable to a blank int containing just 0
• BinaryStr( <binary-array>, <separator> ) -- Create a Hex string from a binary array
• BinaryHex( <expression> ) -- Create a binary array from a hex string
• BinaryLen( <binary-array> ) -- Returns the number of bytes in a binary variable
• BinaryGet( <binary-array>, <index> ) -- Get the byte at an index of a binary variable
• BinarySet( <binary-array>, <index>, <value> ) -- Set the byte at an index of a binary variable
• BinaryReverse( <binary-array>, <start>, <length> ) -- Reverse the order bytes a binary variable
• BinaryMid( <binary-array>, <start>, <length> ) -- Create a binary variable by extracting a number of bytes from another binary variable
• BinaryAppend( <binary-array>, <binary-array2>, <flag> ) -- Append a binary variables data onto the end or beginning of another binary variables data
• BinaryInsert( <binary-array>, <binary-array2>, <index> ) -- Insert a binary variables data into another binary variable at a specific location
• BinaryUnshift( <binary-array>, <byte> ) -- Add a byte to the beginning of a binary variable
• BinaryPush( <binary-array>, <byte> ) -- Add a byte to the end of a binary variable
• BinaryShift( <binary-array> ) -- Delete the first byte from a binary variable
• BinaryPop( <binary-array> ) -- Delete the last byte from a binary variable
• BinaryResize( <binary-array>, <size>, <data> ) -- Resize a binary variables data array
• BinaryCompress( <binary-array> ) -- Compress a binary variables data
• BinaryUncompress( <binary-array> ) -- Uncompress a binary variable data
• BinarySave( <binary-array>, <file>, <flag> ) -- Save a binary variable data to file
• BinaryLoad( <file>, <flag> ) -- Create a new binary variable by loading binary data from a file

Math Functions

• Abs( <expression> ) -- Calculates the absolute value of a number
• ACos( <expression> ) -- Calculates the arcCosine of a number
• ASin( <expression> ) -- Calculates the arcsine of a number
• ATan( <expression> ) -- Calculates the arctangent of a number
• ATan2( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Compute arc tangent with two parameters
• BitAND( <expression>, <expression2>, <n> ) -- Performs a bitwise AND operation
• BitNOT( <expression> ) -- Performs a bitwise NOT operation
• BitOR( <expression>, <expression2>, <n> ) -- Performs a bitwise OR operation
• BitSHIFT( <value>, <shift> ) -- Performs a bit shifting operation
• BitXOR( <expression>, <expression2>, <n> ) -- Performs a bitwise exclusive OR (XOR) operation
• Ceiling( <expression> ) -- Returns a number rounded up to the next integer
• Cos( <expression> ) -- Calculates the cosine of a number
• Cosh( <expression> ) -- Returns the hyperbolic cosine of the specified angle
• Exp( <expression> ) -- Returns e raised to the specified power
• Floor( <expression> ) -- Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the specified number
• Log( <expression> ) -- Returns the logarithm of a specified number
• Log10( <expression> ) -- Returns the common (base-10) logarithm of a specified number
• Math( <expression> ) -- Parse a string containing mathematical equations
• Max( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Find the greater number and return it
• Min( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Find the lesser number and return it
• Mod( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Performs the modulus operation
• Pow( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Returns a specified number raised to the specified power
• Random( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Get a random number from the defined area.
• Round( <expression>, <decimalplaces> ) -- Returns a number rounded to a specified number of decimal places
• Sin( <expression> ) -- Returns the sine of the specified angle
• Sinh( <expression> ) -- Returns the hyperbolic sine of the specified angle
• Sqrt( <expression> ) -- Returns the square root of a specified number
• Tan( <expression> ) -- Returns the tangent of the specified angle
• Tanh( <expression> ) -- Returns the hyperbolic tangent of the specified angle
• Truncate( <expression> ) -- Calculates the integral part of a specified decimal number

String Functions

• Asc( <char> ) -- Returns the ASCII code of a character.
• AscW( <char> ) -- Returns the UNICODE code of a character.
• Chr( <expression> ) -- Returns a character corresponding to an ASCII code.
• ChrW( <expression> ) -- Returns a character corresponding to a UNICODE code.
• Contains( <srting>, <string>, <casesense>) -- Check if string contains a sub string
• CSV( <string>, <delim>, <quote>, <comment> ) -- Split strings and parse a CSV text into an array
• Dec( <expression> ) -- Returns a integer representation of a hexadecimal string
• FDec( <expression> ) -- Returns a float representation of a hexadecimal string
• DDec( <expression> ) -- Returns a double representation of a hexadecimal string
• DecPad( <expression>, <count> ) -- Pads numeric string to a given number of chars (Filling in the gap with zeros)
• DecryptString( <expression>, <password> ) -- Decrypt a string with a given password
• EncryptString( <expression>, <password> ) -- Encrypt a string with a given password
• EndsWith( <expression>, <expression2>, <flag> ) -- Check if a string ends with a substring
• Hex( <expression>, <length> ) -- Returns a string representation of an integer type converted to hexadecimal
• FHex( <expression> ) -- Returns a string representation of an float type converted to hexadecimal
• DHex( <expression> ) -- Returns a string representation of an double type converted to hexadecimal
• InStr( <string>, <substirng>, <casesense>, <occurrence>, <start>, <count> ) -- Checks if a string contains a given substring.
• isAlpha( <expression> ) -- Checks if string contains only Alphabetic characters
• isAlphaNumeric( <expression> ) -- Checks if string contains only AlphaNumeric(A-Z, 0-9), Characters
• isASCII( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only ASCII chars
• isEmpty( <expression> ) -- Checks if a string is completely empty.
• isFloat( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains a floating point and could be converted
• isLower( <expression> ) -- Checks if string contains only lowercase letters
• isNumeric( <expression> ) -- Checks if string only contains numbers
• isSpace( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only whitespace
• isSymbol( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only symbol chars
• isUpper( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only uppercase chars
• isXDigit( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only hex chars
• LC( <expression> ) -- Returns string in all lower case
• LCFirst( <expression> ) -- Lower Cases first letter of string
• LCLast( <expression> ) -- Lower Cases last letter of string
• LCWords( <expression> ) -- Lower Cases first letter of each word in string
• Left( <expression>, <count> ) -- Returns a number of characters from the left-hand side of a string
• Match( <expression>, <charset> ) -- Check if a string contains only characters from a substring
• MD5( <expression> ) -- Creates MD5 Hash of specified string
• PadLeft( <expression>, <pad>, <count> ) -- Pad the left of a string a given number of times with another string
• PadRight( <expression>, <pad>, <count> ) -- Pad the right of a string a given number of times with another string
• RandStr( <count> ) -- Generate a random sequence of characters at a given length
• Repeat( <expression>, <count>, <flag> ) -- Create a new string or new array containing repeats of a string provided
• Replace( <expression>, <find>, <replace>, <case-sensitive-flag> ) -- Replace substrings within a string with other strings
• Reverse( <expression> ) -- Reverse all characters in a string
• Right( <expression>, <count> ) -- Returns a number of characters from the right-hand side of a string
• SHA1( <expression> ) -- Returns SHA1 hash of string
• Split( <expression>, <delim/pattern>, <flag> ) -- Splits up a string into substrings depending on the given delimiters.
• SPrintf( <expression>, <expressions>... ) -- Create a formatted string
• StartsWith( <expression>, <expression2>, <flag> ) -- Check if a string starts with a substring
• StrInsert( <expression>, <index>, <expression2> ) -- Insert a string at a given index of another string and return the new string
• StrIndex( <expression>, <index> ) -- Get or set a char from/to a string at a specific index
• StrLen( <expression> ) -- Returns length of specified string
• SubStr( <expression>, <start>, <end> ) -- Return part of a string
• Trim( <expression>, <chars> ) -- Removes whitespace from the beginning and end of a string
• TrimLeft( <expression>, <chars> ) -- Strip whitespace from the start of a string
• TrimRight( <expression>, <chars> ) -- Strip whitespace from the end of a string
• UC( <expression> ) -- Returns string in all Upper Case
• UCFirst( <expression> ) -- Upper Cases first letter of string
• UCLast( <expression> ) -- Upper Cases last letter of string
• UCWords( <expression> ) -- Upper Cases first letter of each word in string

Array Functions

• Join( <array>, <separator> ) -- Join an array into a string with an optional separator
• UBound( <array/binary-array> ) -- Returns the size of array (How many elements it currently has stored)
• Push( <array>, <expressions> ) -- Add items to the end of an array
• Insert( <array>, <id>, <expressions> ) -- Add items to an array at a given location
• Unshift( <array>, <expressions> ) -- Add items to the beginning of an array
• Pop( <array> ) -- Delete the first item in an array
• Shift( <array> ) -- Delete the last item in an array
• Remove( <array>, <start-id>, <end-id> ) -- Delete items from an array starting at a given location and stopping at a given location
• IsIndexSet( <array>, <index> ) -- Check if an element exist at a given index ID within an array

Hash (Dictionary) Functions

• Each( <array> ) -- Get hash key/value pair and return them as a 2 element array and each time the function is called get the next key/value pair
• IsKeySet( <array>, <key> ) -- Check if given key exists within an array (hash/dictionary)

Process Functions

• DLLCall( <dll>, <function>, <returntype>, <paramtypes>, <params> ) -- Dynamically call a function in a DLL
• DLLStructCreateDef( <name>, <def string> ) -- Creates a named C/C++ style structure definition that can be used with DLLStructCreate and can also be placed inside other DLLStructs
• DLLStructCreate( <def string> ) -- Creates a C/C++ style structure to be used with DLLCall
• DLLStructGetData( <dllstruct>, <element>, <index> ) -- Returns the data of an element of the struct
• DLLStructSetData( <dllstruct>, <element>, <index> ) -- Set the data of an element of the struct
• DLLStructGetSize( <dllstruct> ) -- Returns the size of the struct in bytes
• DLLStructGetPtr( <dllstruct>, <element>, <index> ) -- Returns the pointer to the struct or an element in the struct or even a specific index of an array object within an elment
• DLLStructGetVars( <dllstruct> ) -- Create an array of all items and their array size with total byte size
• LoadAssembly( <file> ) -- Load a .NET DLL into a variable
• UnloadAssembly( <assembly> ) -- Unload a .NET DLL from a variable
• GetMethod( <assembly>, <namespace>, <class>, <method>, <paramdefs>, <params> ) -- Load an instance of a method and its container class into a variable to be able to call it
• Invoke( <method>, <params> ) -- Call the function obtained from GetMethod()
• Run( <file>, <arguments>, <workdir>, <flag>, <show options> ) -- Runs an external program
• RunWait( <file>, <timeout>, <arguments>, <workdir>, <flag>, <show options> ) -- Runs an external program and waits until the program finishes
• RunAsSet( <user>, <domain>, <password>, <options> ) -- Initialise a set of user credentials to use during Run and RunWait operations.
• ProcessClose( <pid/name> ) -- Terminates a named process
• ProcessExists( <pid/name> ) -- Checks to see if a specified process exists
• ProcessList( <name> ) -- Returns an array listing the currently running processes (names and PIDs)
• ProcessSetPriority( <pid/name>, <priority> ) -- Changes the priority of a process
• ProcessWait( <pid/name>, <timeout> ) -- Pauses the current thread until a given process exists or optional the timeout expires
• ProcessWaitClose( <pid/name>, <timeout> ) -- Pauses the current thread until a given process no longer exists or optional the timeout expires
• Shutdown( <shutdown code> ) -- Shuts down the system
• Debug( <flag> ) -- Enter or Leave debug mode in debug state the program can interact with operating system processes that run in a special mode by enabling the native property SeDebugPrivilege on the current thread

Environment Management

• EnvExpand( <expression> ) -- Convert a string containing %name% env tags and return complete string with names resolved
• EnvGet( <tag> ) -- Get the value of an environment variable
• EnvSet( <tag>, <expression> ) -- Set the value of an environment variable
• EnvUpdate( ) -- Refreshes the OS environment

File Functions

File Create/Read/Write Functions

• FileOpen( <FileName>, <flag> ) -- Opens a file for reading or writing
• FileClose( <file> ) -- Closes a previously opened file
• FileWrite( <file>, <expression> ) -- Write text to previously opened file at the current File Steam pointer location
• FileWriteBinary( <file>, <binary-array> ) -- Write the data from a binary variable to previously opened file at the current File Steam pointer location
• FileAppend( <file>, <expression> ) -- Append a line of text to the end of a previously opened text file
• FileAppendBinary( <file>, <binary-array> ) -- Append the data from a binary variable to the end of a previously opened file
• FileSeek( <file>, <offset>, <flag> ) -- Change the POSITION of the File Stream pointer
• FilePos( <file> ) -- Get the current POSITION of the File Stream pointer
• FileRead( <file>, <expression> ) -- Read a number of characters from a previously opened text file starting from current File Steam pointer location
• FileReadBinary( <file>, <expression> ) -- Read a number of bytes from a previously opened file starting from current File Steam pointer location
• FileReadLine( <file>, <expression> ) -- Read a line of text from a previously opened text file (Or specify a name of a file)
• FileReadLines( <file> ) -- Read all lines of text from a previously opened text file (Or specify a name of a file)
• FileSave( <file>, <expression> ) -- Save all text to a file
• FileLoad( <file> ) -- Load all text from a file

Misc

• FileCopy( <file1>, <file2>, <flag> ) -- Copy a file
• FileDelete( <file> ) -- Delete a file
• FileExists( <file> ) -- Check if a given file exists
• FileCreationTime( <file>, <flag> ) -- Get the creation time of a file
• FileWriteTime( <file>, <flag> ) -- Get the last write time of a file
• FileAccessTime( <file>, <flag> ) -- Get the last access time of a file
• FileEncrypt( <file> ) -- Encrypt a file so only the windows account used to encrypt it can decrypt it
• FileDecrypt( <file> ) -- Decrypt a file previously encrypted by this windows user account
• FileMD5( <file> ) -- Calculate the MD5 checksum of a file
• FileSHA1( <file> ) -- Calculate the SHA1 checksum of a file

Dialogs

• FileSaveDialog ( <title>, <dir>, <filter>, <options>, <default name> ) -- Initiates a Save File Dialog
• FileOpenDialog ( <title>, <dir>, <filter>, <options>, <default name> ) -- Initiates a Load File Dialog

Directory Functions

• MKDir ( <path> ) -- Creates all directories and subdirectories as specified by path
• RMDir ( <path>, <flag> ) -- Deletes the specified directory and, if indicated, any subdirectories in the directory
• DirExists ( <path> ) -- Determines whether the given path refers to an existing directory on disk

Dialogs

• FolderSelectDialog ( <text>, <dir>, <flag>, <init dir> ) -- Initiates a Browse For Folder Dialog

Path Functions

• HasExtension ( <path> ) -- Determines whether a path includes a file name extension
• GetFullPath ( <path> ) -- Returns the absolute path for the specified path string
• GetDirectoryName ( <path> ) -- Returns the directory information for the specified path string
• GetExtension ( <path> ) -- Returns the extension of the specified path string
• GetFileName ( <path> ) -- Returns the file name and extension of the specified path string
• GetFileNameWithoutExtension ( <path> ) -- Returns the file name of the specified path string without the extension
• GetPathRoot ( <path> ) -- Gets the root directory information of the specified path
• IsPathRooted ( <path> ) -- Gets a value indicating whether the specified path string contains absolute or relative path information

Network Functions

HTTP Functions

• HTTPFileExists( <not available> ) -- Check if a file exists at a given URL
• HTTPGetString( <not available> ) -- Copy all text from a URL and return it as a string

MySQL Functions

• MySQLConnect( <ip/ip:port>, <login>, <password> ) -- Connect to a MySQL database
• MySQLSelectDB( <mysql>, <db name> ) -- Select a database
• MySQLQuery( <mysql>, <query> ) -- Execute a query
• MySQLFill( <mysql>, <query> ) -- Grab a table or parts of it from the Database
• MySQLFetch( <mysql data> ) -- Fetch the next row from a table
• MySQLFetchReset( <mysql data> ) -- Reset the current position in the table rows to 0
• MySQLFields( <mysql data> ) -- Return how many Fields are in the table
• MySQLRows( <mysql data> ) -- Return how many Rows are in the table
• MySQLClose( <mysql> ) -- Close a MySQL connection

Sputnik Client/Server Functions (This is just for connecting Sputnik Clients to Sputnik Servers nothing else)

• SSListen( <port>, <max connections>, <name> ) -- Create a server and begin listening for clients to connect
• SSConnect( <ip>, <port>, <connection string>, <name> ) -- Connect to a server
• SSApprove( <server>, <client socket> ) -- Approve a client to connect to the server
• SSDisapprove( <server>, <client socket> ) -- Disapprove a client to connect to the server
• SSClientStatus( /* depends... /* ) -- Get the status of a client or of our client
• SSClientIP( <server>, <client socket> ) -- Get the IP of a client socket
• SSRecv( <server/client> ) -- Check for a message recieved from client/server
• SSRead( <message buffer>, <data type> ) -- Read data from a message
• SSDrop( <server>, <client socket> ) -- Kick a client off the server
• SSSendBufferCreate( <server/client> ) -- Create a new buffer to store data to send to the client/server
• SSSendBufferAppend( <message buffer>, <type>, <data> ) -- Add data to the buffer to send such as Strings etc
• SSSend( /* depends... /* ) -- Send data to client or server

Misc Network Functions

• HostResolve( <host name> ) -- Resolves a host name such as google.com into an IP address
• Ping( <ip address/host name> ) -- Pings a host and returns the roundtrip-time

Memory Functions

• WriteMem( < Caption / PID >, <Class>, <Address>, <value> ) -- Write a value to an address in an application's memory (Supports multiple values and even binary variables for writing multiple bytes)
• ReadMem( < Caption / PID >, <Class>, <Address>, <defs>, <size> ) -- Read bytes from an application's memory at an address and create variables using same defs and return values as Unpack()
• Alloc( <size>, <flag> ) -- Allocate memory and return the pointer to it
• Free( <ptr> ) -- Deallocate memory from a pointer
• StringToPTR( <type>, <string> ) -- Allocates memory for the string and writes the string to that memory and returns the pointer for that memory
• PTRToString( <type>, <ptr> ) -- Reads a string from a memory pointer
• PTRRead( <ptr>, <type>, <offset> ) -- Read data from a memory pointer optionally starting from a given index
• PTRWrite( <ptr>, <type>, <offset>, <value> ) -- Write data to a memory pointer optionally starting from a given index

GUI Functions

Dialog Creation Functions

• GUICreate( <Title>, <Width>, <Height>, <Left>, <Top> ) -- Create new GUI window
• DoEvents( ) -- Keep GUI window active by dispatching all messages in the queue

Dialog Properties Get/Set Functions

• GUIState( <expression> ) -- Gets current GUI state
• GUISetState( <expression> ) -- Sets GUI state

Control Creation Functions

• GUICreateButton( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a button
• GUICreateTextBox( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Textbox
• GUICreateTextBoxEx( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a multiline Textbox
• GUICreatePassword( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Passweord Box
• GUICreateLabel( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Label
• GUICreateCheckBox( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a CheckBox
• GUICreateTimer( <gui/container>, <name>, <interval> ) -- Create a timer
• GUICreateDataGrid( <gui/container>, <name>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Data Grid
• GUICreateGroupBox( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a GroupBox
• GUICreateTabSheet( <gui/container>, <name>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a TabSheet

Event Linking Functions

• GUILink( <gui/guiobject>, <linktype> ) -- Links an event to a GUI or GUI Object

Common Dialog/Control Properties Get/Set Functions

• GUIGetProp( <gui object>, <prop> ) -- Get the value of a GUI objects property
• GUISetProp( <gui object>, <prop>, <value> ) -- Set the value of a GUI objects property

Common Dialog/Control Method Functions

• GUIPropInvoke( <gui/gui object>, <method> ) -- Invoke a method of the GUI/GUIObject such as Focus()

GUIGetProp & GUISetProp Examples

Here are some GUIGetProp & GUISetProp Examples that you might not figure out by yourself.

• Change colour of controls -- Shows how to change the background and foreground colour on Buttons, Windows etc.

Control Properties Get/Set Functions

• GUITimerStart( <timer> ) -- Starts specified timer
• GUITimerStop( <timer> ) -- Stops specified timer
• GUIDataGrid( <datagrid> ) -- Properties & Functions specifically for Data Grid
• GUITabSheet( <tabsheet> ) -- Properties & Functions specifically for Tab Sheet

Other GUI Functions

• GUIMsgFilter( <gui>, <command> ) -- Use a function to recieve all messages windows sends to the GUI window (HWND, MSG, WPARAM, LPARAM)
• MsgBox( <message>, <title>, <flag>, <timeout> ) -- Show a message dialog
• InputBox( <title>, <message>, <default text> ) -- Shows a box to input text.
• ToolTip( <text>, <x>, <y> ) -- Creates a tooltip anywhere on the screen.
• ToolTipKill( <ToolTip> ) -- Delete a tooltip that was made using ToolTip().

Keyboard Control Functions

• HotKeySet( <keydef>, <expression> ) -- Create a custom hotkey to run custom code or execute a function.
• SendKeys( <keydef>, <flag> ) -- Sends simulated keystrokes to the active window

Mouse Control Functions

• MouseClick ( <button>, <x>, <y>, <clicks>, <speed> ) -- Perform a mouse click operation
• MouseClickDrag ( <button>, <x1>, <y1>, <x2>, <y2>, <speed> ) -- Perform a mouse click and drag operation
• MouseDown ( <button> ) -- Perform a mouse down event at the current mouse position
• MouseUp ( <button> ) -- Perform a mouse up event at the current mouse position
• MouseMove ( <x>, <y>, <speed> ) -- Moves the mouse pointer
• MouseGetPos ( ) -- Retrieves the current position of the mouse cursor
• MouseGetCursor ( ) -- Returns a cursor ID Number of the current Mouse Cursor
• MouseWheel ( <direction>, <clicks> ) -- Moves the mouse wheel up or down

Window Management Functions

(For info on using <title>, <text> See Window Titles and Text (Advanced) )

• WinActivate ( <title>, <text> ) -- Activates (gives focus to) a window
• WinActive ( <title>, <text> ) -- Checks to see if a specified window exists and is currently active
• WinExists ( <title>, <text> ) -- Checks to see if a specified window exists
• WinGetClassList ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the classes from a window
• WinGetHandle ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the internal handle of a window
• WinGetPos ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the position and size of a given window
• WinGetCaretPos ( ) -- Returns the coordinates of the caret in the foreground window
• WinGetTitle ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the full title from a window
• WinGetText ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the text from a window
• WinGetState ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the state of a given window
• WinGetProcess ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the Process ID (PID) associated with a window
• WinGetClientSize ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the size of a given window's client area
• WinClose ( <title>, <text> ) -- Closes a window
• WinKill ( <title>, <text> ) -- Forces a window to close
• WinMove ( <title>, <text>, <x>, <y>, <width>, <height> ) -- Moves and/or resizes a window
• WinWait ( <title>, <text>, <timeout> ) -- Waits until the requested window exists
• WinWaitActive ( <title>, <text>, <timeout> ) -- Waits until the requested window is active
• WinWaitNotActive ( <title>, <text>, <timeout> ) -- Waits until the requested window is not active
• WinWaitClose ( <title>, <text>, <timeout> ) -- Waits until the requested window does not exist
• WinSetTitle ( <title>, <text>, <newtitle> ) -- Changes the title of a window
• WinSetState ( <title>, <text>, <flag> ) -- Shows, hides, minimizes, maximizes, or restores a window
• WinSetTrans ( <title>, <text>, <transparency> ) -- Sets the transparency of a window
• WinMinimizeAll ( ) -- Minimizes all windows
• WinMinimizeAllUndo ( ) -- Undoes a previous WinMinimizeAll function
• WinFlash ( <title>, <text>, <flashes>, <delay> ) -- Flashes a window in the taskbar
• WinList ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves a list of windows

Controls

(For info on using <title>, <text> See Window Titles and Text (Advanced) )

• ControlClick ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Sends a mouse click command to a given control
• ControlSend ( <title>, <text>, <controlID>, <string> <flag> ) -- Sends a string of characters to a control
• ControlGetFocus ( <title>, <text> ) -- Returns the ControlRef# of the control that has keyboard focus within a specified window
• ControlGetPos ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Retrieves the position and size of a control relative to it's window
• ControlDisable ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Disables a control
• ControlEnable ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Enables a control
• ControlShow ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Shows a control that was hidden
• ControlHide ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Hides a control

Pixel Functions

• PixelGetColour ( <x>, <y> ) -- Returns a pixel colour according to x, y pixel coordinates
• PixelGetMouse ( ) -- Returns a pixel colour according to x, y position of the mouse pointer
• PixelSearch ( <left>, <top>, <right>, <bottom>, <colour>, <shade>, <step> ) -- Searches a rectangle of pixels for the pixel colour provided
• PixelChecksum ( <left>, <top>, <right>, <bottom>, <step> ) -- Generates a checksum for a region of pixels

Misc Functions

• Call <function>, <expressions> -- Calls a function contained in a string parameter
• Return <expressions> -- Returns a result from a Function
• Throw( <expression> ) -- Throw an exception
• Die( <expression> ) -- Gives an error and terminates the program
• Eval( <expression>, <flag> ) -- Evaluate a string as Sputnik code
• GC( <flag> ) -- Use the garbage collector
• Require( <file>, <flag> ) -- Add all functions etc from a file for use
• Include( <file>, <flag> ) -- Add all functions etc from a file for use and execute all expressions
• Opt( <option>, <value> ) -- Changes the operation of various Sputnik functions/parameters
• Colour( <name> ) -- Get the INT value of a given colours name

User Defined Functions

These functions are created using Sputnik and are not part of the Sputnik core language.