| What | Ticol |
| Where | http://ticol.kerys.co.uk |
| Description | A hobby Tcl interpreter originally based on Picol. |
| Platforms | Windows NT 4.0 SP6a ReactOS 0.4.14+ to Server 2012. 32 and 64 bit |
| Updated | January 2022 |
| License | Proprietary non-commercial |
| Contact | See website |
| Support | None |
Recent Changes of this page and other news * 30 Jan 2022 New build has been released with amendments and bugfixes. See [L1 ]
Features
* Released as an EXE binary and linkable DLL version (ANSI only)
* Sample Windows GUI and command-line stub test interfaces linking to the DLL version
* Example C++ code to link dynamically to the DLL version
* Extensive help file at about 900+ pages, command-line help. HTML and Windows CHM file versions
* Small footprint portable binary at about 250kb (compressed) with no external dependencies
* Supports {*}, dynamic linking to external DLLs, double-dereferencing
* Single-step debugging, execution profiling/graphing
* C-like Macro Preprocessor language with static expression simplification and basic syntax checking
* Password protected file obfuscation and localised execution locking via TCX files
* Flow constructs include: while, loop, goto_block, sub, switch, for, foreach, on, try/catch, catch, time
* Supports Tcl lists, arrays, dictionary, basic structs, linked lists, C-like arrays, stacks
* Provides an experimental pseudo-assembler language plugin (TicASM)
* Offers a range of about 40 add-in plugin DLL modules
* ANSI art viewer plugin, CScript (VBScript), DHCP, DNS, ARP and big number plugins
* Zip plugin, SMTP email, SQLite, DBase and Ticol DB plugins, event logging, CPU query, FTP etc.
* HASP and RLM utility plugins
* argc, argv handling
* Emulated namespaces
* Offers autoexec.tcl startup script support
* Configurable via INI file with command-locking/restrictions
* Designed to support Windows HTTP webserver CGI use
* About 350 unit tests
* Tested on a variety of legacy platforms including NT4/SP6a, Win2k, XP, Windows 7, Windows 10, Server 2012
* Aims to work on recent builds of ReactOSDisadvantages
* ANSI only. Unicode not supported * No Linux or DOS versions. A legacy DOS version is mooted * Is updated as and when I find time * Unit tests need expanding * Some features incomplete * Not recommended for production use (yet) * No support!