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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
ThreadLock( <lockname> ) {} -- Locks a given section of code allowing only one thread to execute it at a time
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
isVarDLLStruct( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a DLLStruct
isVarGUIObject( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a GUI Object
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
Hash( <expression> ) -- Generate a unique hash code for a string value
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
RunShell( <file>, <arguments>, <workdir>, <flag>, <show options> ) -- Runs an external program (Using ShellExecute)
RunShellWait( <file>, <timeout>, <arguments>, <workdir>, <flag>, <show options> ) -- Runs an external program (Using ShellExecute) and waits until the program finishes
RunAsSet( <user>, <domain>, <password>, <options> ) -- Initialise a set of user credentials to use during Run and RunWait operations.
PHandle( <pid/name> ) -- Get the process handle of this program
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

GetFiles ( <path>, <pattern> ) -- Get an array of all files in a directory
GetFolders ( <path>, <pattern> ) -- Get an array of all folders in a directory
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
DirCopy ( <sourcepath>, <destpath> ) -- Copies a directory and all sub-directories and files (Similar to xcopy)

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( "Window", <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a GUI window
DoEvents( ) -- Keep GUI windows active by dispatching all messages in the queue
GUILoad( <GUI Window> ) -- Load a GUI window and display it (Usually after creation or after GUIUnload)
GUIUnload( <GUI Window> ) -- Unload a GUI window and hide it (GUILoad will bring it back)

Control Creation Functions

GUICreate( "Button", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a Button
GUICreate( "DataGrid", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a DataGrid
GUICreate( "TextBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a TextBox
GUICreate( "TabSheet", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a TabSheet
GUICreate( "TabPage", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a TabPage
GUICreate( "Label", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a Label
GUICreate( "CheckBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a CheckBox
GUICreate( "RadioButton", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a RadioButton
GUICreate( "GroupBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a GroupBox
GUICreate( "ComboBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a ComboBox
GUICreate( "CheckedListBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a CheckedListBox
GUICreate( "DateTimePicker", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a DateTimePicker
GUICreate( "LinkLabel", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a LinkLabel
GUICreate( "ListBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a ListBox
GUICreate( "ListView", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a ListView
GUICreate( "MaskedTextBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a MaskedTextBox
GUICreate( "MonthCalendar", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a MonthCalendar
GUICreate( "NumericUpDown", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a NumericUpDown
GUICreate( "PictureBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a PictureBox
GUICreate( "RichTextBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a RichTextBox
GUICreate( "ToolTip", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a ToolTip
GUICreate( "TreeView", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a TreeView
GUICreate( "WebBrowser", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> ) -- Create a WebBrowser

Control Properties Get/Set Functions

GUIDataGrid( <datagrid> ) -- Properties & Functions specifically for DataGrid
GUITabSheet( <tabsheet> ) -- Properties & Functions specifically for TabSheet

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

GUI Link (Event) Functions

GUILink( <gui object>, <linktype>, <action>, <param var> ) -- Add a link on a Click event to a GUI object

Other GUI Functions

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
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

Graphics/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>, <padding>, <step> ) -- Searches a rectangle of pixels for the pixel colour provided
PixelSearchHWND ( <hwnd>, <left>, <top>, <right>, <bottom>, <colour>, <shade>, <padding>, <step> ) -- Searches a rectangle of pixels for the pixel colour provided
PixelChecksum ( <left>, <top>, <right>, <bottom>, <step>, <hwnd> ) -- Generates a checksum for a region of pixels
Colour( <name> ) -- Get the colour INT value of a given colours name
RGB( <red>, <green>, <blue> ) -- Get the colour INT value of given red, green and blue bytes
GetRValue( <colour> ) -- Get the red byte from a colour INT value
GetGValue( <colour> ) -- Get the green byte from a colour INT value
GetBValue( <colour> ) -- Get the blue byte from a colour INT value
ColourDialog( ) -- Allows the user to select a colour and allows you to get the RED, GREEN, BLUE etc values
FontDialog( ) -- Allows the user to select a font and allows you to get the Name, size, bold etc values

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

User Defined Functions

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

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 * [[Core Function GUICreateButton|GUICreate( "Button", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a Button
 * [[Core Function GUICreateDataGrid|GUICreate( "DataGrid", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a DataGrid
+* [[Core Function GUICreateTextBox|GUICreate( "TextBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a TextBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateTabSheet|GUICreate( "TabSheet", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a TabSheet
+* [[Core Function GUICreateTabPage|GUICreate( "TabPage", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a TabPage
+* [[Core Function GUICreateLabel|GUICreate( "Label", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a Label
+* [[Core Function GUICreateCheckBox|GUICreate( "CheckBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a CheckBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateRadioButton|GUICreate( "RadioButton", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a RadioButton
+* [[Core Function GUICreateGroupBox|GUICreate( "GroupBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a GroupBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateComboBox|GUICreate( "ComboBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a ComboBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateCheckedListBox|GUICreate( "CheckedListBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a CheckedListBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateDateTimePicker|GUICreate( "DateTimePicker", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a DateTimePicker
+* [[Core Function GUICreateLinkLabel|GUICreate( "LinkLabel", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a LinkLabel
+* [[Core Function GUICreateListBox|GUICreate( "ListBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a ListBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateListView|GUICreate( "ListView", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a ListView
+* [[Core Function GUICreateMaskedTextBox|GUICreate( "MaskedTextBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a MaskedTextBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateMonthCalendar|GUICreate( "MonthCalendar", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a MonthCalendar
+* [[Core Function GUICreateNumericUpDown|GUICreate( "NumericUpDown", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a NumericUpDown
+* [[Core Function GUICreatePictureBox|GUICreate( "PictureBox", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a PictureBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateRichTextBox|GUICreate( "RichTextBox", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a RichTextBox
+* [[Core Function GUICreateToolTip|GUICreate( "ToolTip", <gui object>, <Text>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a ToolTip
+* [[Core Function GUICreateTreeView|GUICreate( "TreeView", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a TreeView
+* [[Core Function GUICreateWebBrowser|GUICreate( "WebBrowser", <gui object>, <Left>, <Top>, <Width>, <Height> )]] -- Create a WebBrowser
 ===== Control Properties Get/Set Functions =====

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