This is a list of changes (error fixes and enhancements) for Pascal Browser.

Version 3.5.33 December 16, 2024

• new switch /PRIO for PABCMD.exe to set process priority (calls SetPriorityClass)
• deactivate license is now done in the About-box
• it is valid to use relative paths in the "Search folders" setting in project properties. These were previously resolved only according to the folder of the PAL/PAB project file. Now it is also resolved according to the folder of the main file for the analysis.
• new switch /BUILD in PABCMD to set build configuration, overriding setting in the project properties or in the DPROJ-file
• fixed an error reading DPROJ files
• fixed an issue with inline variables
• switches for hints and warnings now also can be set on the Switches tab page in project properties

Version 3.5.31 October 22, 2024

• improved selection of output root directory, and templates directory
• repeated run in same session could trigger errors

Version 3.5.30 September 12, 2024

• fixed issue with third-party code

Version 3.5.29 September 3, 2024

• numerous low-level fixes and improvements
• fixed some issues with exceptions
• fixed issues with overloads
• conditional define symbol LLVM is from Delphi 12 predefined for LLVM-based compilers (synonym to EXTERNALLINKER)
• fixed issue with with-statements
• fixed issue with goto-labels and if-statements
• fixed issue with non-standard formatted case-structures

Version 3.5.28 April 23, 2024

• numerous low-level fixes and improvements
• fixed some issues with forward declarations
• fixed error parsing "deprecated" directive
• fixed error related to operators
• fixed some issues with local subprogram
• improved handling of records with variant part
• fixed issue for with-statement
• fixed issue with helpers
• fixed issues with overloads

Version 3.5.27 March 8, 2024

• fixed issues with multi-line strings
• fixed issue with generics and forward declarations
• fixed issue with overloads

Version 3.5.26 February 21, 2024

• improved handling of attributes
• improved handling of overloads
• fixed low-level parser issue

Version 3.5.25 February 10, 2024

• improved handling of class/record helpers
• improved handling of if-statements formatted in a non-standard way
• improved handling of records with variant fields
• improved handling of type declarations inside class/record declarations
• improved handling of overloads
• fixed low-level code that could not handle very large string constants
• fixed error parsing deprecated constants

Version 3.5.24 January 23, 2024

• fixed a problem parsing literal strings

Version 3.5.23 January 20, 2024

• fixed a problem with generics
• fixed a problem with code paths

Version 3.5.22 January 15, 2024

• fixed some issues with try-finally blocks and code paths
• fixed some issues with generics
• fixed some issues with overloads
• fixed some threading issues

Version 3.5.21 November 20, 2023

• now supports also Delphi 12 Athens
• fixed some issues with environment variables

Version 3.5.20 October 26, 2023

• fixed some problems with generics

Version 3.5.19 September 19, 2023

• fixed error parsing form files for FileMonkey
• fixed some issues with overloads

Version 3.5.18 August 14, 2023

• lots of internal fixes and improvements, also with regard to memory consumption and speed
• fixed an issue with nested class types and constants
• fixed some issues with overloads

Version 3.5.17 March 27, 2023

• fixed issues with compilation directives
• improved interpretation of $IF-expressions
• fixed some issues concerning generics

Version 3.5.16 March 3, 2023

• fixed issue resolving overloaded functions/procedures
• improved UI for visually impaired users
• adjusted for Delphi 11.3

Version 3.5.15 December 20, 2022

• improved error handling when source file contains invalid characters

Version 3.5.14 November 3, 2022

• fixed a problem with inlined variables

Version 3.5.13 October 5, 2022

• fixed an error related to 32/64-bits types

Version 3.5.12 September 9, 2022

• adjusted for Delphi 11.2

Version 3.5.11 August 24, 2022

• improved handling of custom managed records
• fixed some memory issues

Version 3.5.10 August 8, 2022

• fixed issues finding files
• for a package main file (*.dpk) the corresponding *.dproj file was not read
• fixed some generics problems
• improved handling of inlined variables

Version 3.5.9 July 6, 2022

• fixed a problem parsing properties
• fixed 32/64-bits issue when converting to/from file names
• a new project must now be saved before running
• fixed a problem finding INC-files

Version 3.5.8 March 9, 2022

• fixed a problem parsing properties

Version 3.5.7 March 1, 2022

• fixed some problems parsing expressions

Version 3.5.6 February 8, 2022

• improved handling of interfaces
• fixed parsing error for property declaration in some edge case

Version 3.5.5 January 21, 2022

• fixed an issue with class/record helpers
• fixed some issues concerning overloaded subprograms
• fixed a problem recognizing identifiers in some edge case
• fixed an error while parsing variant records
• fixed an error resolving property references
• fixed an error related to properties and generic types

Version 3.5.4 January 2, 2022

• fixed an issue resolving function calls

Version 3.5.3 December 29, 2021

• fixed an issue resolving overridden function calls

Version 3.5.2 December 15, 2021

• removed an exception that could occur while parsing $IF-expressions

Version 3.5.1 December 3, 2021

• fixed some issues with class helpers
• fixed an issue with overloaded functions

Version 3.5.0 September 21, 2021

• added support for Delphi 11
• improved function that checks for new version

Version 3.4.6 August, 2021

• also supports Delphi 10.4.2
• calls to Writeln procedure were not always handled correctly
• DefStyle.css and Funcs.js were missing from template files directory

Version 3.4.5 February 4, 2021

• new version of activation component

Version 3.4.4 September 22, 2020

• if number of structures to analyze was less than 10, could cause exception and no reports were written

Version 3.4.3 September 18, 2020

• if number of expressions to analyze was less than 10, could cause exception

Version 3.4.2 September 11, 2020

• performance improvements

Version 3.4.1 August 20, 2020

• fixed error parsing nodefault directive
• fixed error with include-directive containing "/"

Version 3.4.0 May 29, 2020

• added support for Delphi 10.4 (Sydney)
• default compiler target is Delphi 10.4 Win64

Version 3.3.4 May 19, 2020

• various fixes related to expressions
• fixed parser error for with-statement, and inner class type
• fixed problem related to parsing "inherited"

Version 3.3.3 May 6, 2020

• various fixes related to expressions

Version 3.3.2 April 15, 2020

• changed to Tahoma 9pt in dialogs
• fixed parser error for generics

Version 3.3.1 February 20, 2020

• now also supports source files in UCS-2
• fixed problem parsing attributes in some cases

Version 3.3.0 December 6, 2019

• added support for Delphi 10.3.3, with new target Android64

Version 3.2.0 August 7, 2019

• fixed some parser problems
• added support for Delphi 10.3.2 Rio

Version 3.1.5 May 27, 2019

• fixed some problems for "with"-statements
• fixed problem with "inherited" call

Version 3.1.4 March 6, 2019

• some constants for Delphi 10.3 were missing, affected scope of analysis
• speed improvements when analyzing structures
• fixed parser errors for inline variables

Version 3.1.3 February 20, 2019

• misc. memory optimizations

Version 3.1.2 January 29, 2019

• fixed parser error for inline variables

Version 3.1.1 January 28, 2019

• About-box can now display license information
• fixed error handling result variable for operator methods

Version 3.1.0 December 4, 2018

• added support for Delphi 10.3 Rio

Version 3.0.12 November 21, 2018

• fixed problem resolving identifiers within "with"-statement
• fixed problem resolving calls to overloaded function

Version 3.0.11 October 27, 2018

• dialog to select folders is now much wider, so more of the path is visible
• fixed problem with code that could be stuck in infinite recursion
• fixed error with false positive for OPTI8-"Var param can be changed to out"

Version 3.0.10 September 26, 2018

• much improved handling of generics
• fixed parser error when property had name "Result"
• fixed problems related to analysis of expressions

Version 3.0.9 August 25, 2018

• reference for used unit was not updated correctly in some cases
• reference for class and record helpers were not correctly set
• fixed error resolving expressions

Version 3.0.8 August 18, 2018

• fixed error parsing unit name reference

Version 3.0.7 July 31, 2018

• fixed problem parsing typed constant
• fixed some problems resolving unit names
• fixed parser, removed false syntax error
• improved code that identified a unit as a Windows API unit
• fixed error resolving class members
• fixed errors resolving overloads
• fixed error parsing typed enumerated constant
• fixed error parsing attribute in a variant record type declaration

Version 3.0.6 June 6, 2018

• fixed some parser errors

Version 3.0.5 May 24, 2018

• fixed an error parsing variant record fields
• CPU32BITS was not defined for some targets
• fixed error resolving typecasts with "as"

Version 3.0.4 May 10, 2018

• fixed issue with invalid typecast
• more info added to error message
• fixed error, now source code for initializatio/finalization is not included when source code should not be shown (change in Module.xsl template)

Version 3.0.3 March 20, 2018

• fixed some problems with validation of licences

Version 3.0.2 March 14, 2018

• fixed some parser problems

Version 3.0.1 February 9, 2018

• added a couple of predefined identifiers in System.pas introduced in Delphi 10.2 Upgrade 2, for Windows targets
• fixed parser problem with type declaration
• fixed parser problem with class const declaration
• fixed parser error when semicolon was omitted before "end"
• fixed parser error for "implements"

Version 3.0.0 January 13, 2018

• fixed some problems parsing generics
• fixed a problem with typecasts
• fixed an issue with private members
• fixed parser error for record with case statement in some odd case
• fixed problem parsing $IF-directive
• fixed issues resolving identifiers preceded with unit name
• fixed parser error for attribute in interface section
• as default "Excluded identifiers from these folders in reports" is set to "$(BDS)<+>" to avoid reporting on RTL/VCL source
• fixed issue with "with"-statements
• fixed some problems resolving methods based on an interface
• improved parsing speed and page generation speed
• fixed error resolving object created through a class reference
• fixed problems resolving overloaded functions
• file names for generated standard files did not use selected file extension
• fixed problem resolving calls to overloaded functions/procedures
• fixed problem involving types declared as aliases to other types
• fixed problem resolving members of interfaces
• initial scope for record type fields was not set to "public"
• fixed error resolving calls to overloaded subprograms
• added support for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo and 10.2.1, with all compiler targets
• PAB.EXE and PABCMD.EXE are now available also in 64-bits versions

Version 2.7.13 March 6, 2017

• fixed error parsing declaration with generics
• fixed error parsing "final" directive
• fixed problem parsing class declaration with unitscoped identifier names
• fixed some issues with references to field in objects
• fixed some issues with dereferencing variables

Version 2.7.12 February 25, 2017

• fixed some problems with object in DFM-file missing type
• improved handling of references to class helper methods
• fixed error resolving generics declaration
• improved handling of record fields passed as parameters
• fixed parser error related to anonymous functions
• fixed problem resolving read/write for properties
• fixed problem resolving overloaded calls in some cases

Version 2.7.11 January 29, 2017

• fixed list index error when resolving unit names
• removed false positives for references to System identifiers in some cases
• fixed error in low-level function handling references

Version 2.7.10 January 21, 2017

• removed some duplicate references added to identifiers

Version 2.7.9 January 14, 2017

• fixed problem resolving unit names
• fixed problem resolving generic types
• fixed handling of references to record variables and field instances

Version 2.7.8 January 6, 2017

• now uses TurboActivate 4.0.8
• fixed parser problem with constant declared as an anonymous record type
• fixed parser problem resolving unit names

Version 2.7.7 December 15, 2016

• fixed problem resolving unit names
• fixed error for units with many overloads

Version 2.7.6 November 27, 2016

• end line of structures (for-loop, if-block etc) was not correctly registered

Version 2.7.5 November 22, 2016

• enumerated type could be marked as unused even though its enumerated constants were used in a typed constant declaration
• improved handling of "strict" class members
• fixed problem for identifiers starting with '&&'
• misc. parser fixes and improvements

Version 2.7.4 September 24, 2016

• fixed problem resolving record type declared unnamed directly in variable declaration

Version 2.7.3 August 31, 2016

• fixed problems with generics
• various parser fixes

Version 2.7.2 June 13, 2016

• fixed problem with type declaration in class

Version 2.7.1 June 6, 2016

• fixed problem with sorting of references
• fixed parsing problems with generics
• internal structure could overflow in some cases

Version 2.7.0 May 10, 2016

• added support for Delphi 10.1 Berlin, with all targets
• fixed parser error for conditional directive
• fixed error with pointer dereference
• fixed problems with "with"-statements, resolving identifiers
• fixed problem resolving overloaded subprograms
• fixed issue with unit scope
• fixed issue with calls to Inc, Dec
• fixed issue with kind of type set erroneously in some rare cases
• fixed parser problems with generics
• fixed error with identier names
• improved parser code for handling anonymous functions
• improved handling of references when passed as var-parameters
• internal list of OSX compiler versions was wrong

Version 2.6.0 Sep 30, 2015

• fixed problems with "ampersanded" identifiers
• fixed bad scaling for dialogs in some cases
• support of Delphi 10 added

Version 2.5.0 Sep 2, 2015

• now uses same backend parser as Pascal Analyzer
• misc. fixes and updates in template files
• support of Delphi XE8 added

Version 2.2.0 Oct 27, 2014

• support of Delphi XE7 added

Version 2.1.0 Aug 4, 2014

• support of Delphi XE6 added
• fixed error resolving generics usage
• improved resolving of calls to overloaded functions
• fixed problem with comments after "end." in source file

Version 2.0.0 Feb 18, 2014

• support of Delphi XE5 added
• misc. performance improvements
• fixed problem resolving class helper property
• new functions to optionally create CHM file in addition to normal output from templates
• template HeaderInc.xsl: TITLE tag now displays identifier name
• new option for CHM compiler path (app settings)
• new options for CHM projects for project
• fixed error resolving identifiers in string concatenation expressions
• fixed errors with predefined conditionals
• wrong library path for iOS targets
• fixed error when conditional expression spanned over several lines
• improved handling of environment variables
• fixed error parsing helper class
• fixed error parsing "unsafe" directive
• improved resolving references to identifiers with same name
• fixed error parsing property declaration
• improved handling of function results
• conditional directive "EXTERNALLINKER" was misspelled
• when reading older Delphi project files, variables were truncated after 2048 characters
• old-style object did not recognize "var", "const" or "type" in declaration
• fixed error with global ToDo-iin PTodo for global items

Version 1.9.0 July 18, 2013

• support of Delphi XE4 added
• directive "winapi" was not recognized
• fixed problem resolving nested types
• fixed problem resolving generic type declaration
• when property is set, the associated "write"-object is also registered as referenced
• when property has "write"-object, that object is considered "ref" at that location, was "set"
• references to Low(), High() also considered "safe", like SizeOf()
• fixed error parsing property with "default" directive
• NATIVECODE was not predefined for some compiler targets
• SizeOf() was not correctly handled
• improved handling of pointers passed as parameters
• if record field set, the record variable is also marked as set (earlier just referenced)
• fixed problem identifying property in some cases
• fixed error resolving identifier in expression
• fixed error with fields in variant part of packed record
• fixed error resolving typed constant
• fixed error with namespaces
• fixed error with class helper code
• fixed problems resolving calls to overloaded functions
• fixed error resolving reference to recordfield
• fixed error resolving identifier after typecast
• message for syntax error now has more information

Version 1.8.0 Dec 6, 2012

• added support for Delphi XE3
• fixed error with "read" directive for properties
• fixed problems with "class property" declarations
• fixed parser error handling record types
• fixed parser error resolving overloaded methods with generics
• fixed parser problem for pointer types
• fixed parser problem with constant declaration
• fixed problems with predefined identifiers
• fixed error resolving implementation of overloaded methods
• fixed error parsing attributes with nestled "["
• fixed error resolving identifiers in some rare cases
• fixed problem resolving pointer type declarations in some cases
• fixed error resolving assignment of identifiers om some cases
• fixed error parsing case-structures in some cases
• fixed error parsing set type in record fields

Version 1.7.0 Nov 2, 2011

• added support for Delphi XE2, all compiler targets
• fixed error with Namespaces setting
• improved message for parser errors in some situations
• fixed error parsing property read declaration in some situations
• fixed error recognizing function pointers in typed constants
• fixed error parsing UTF-8 source files starting with blank line
• fixed error recognizing array elements
• fixed error parsing type declarations containing constants
• fixed error parsing type declarations with arithmetic expressions
• fixed error parsing var declaration with generic type
• fixed error parsing property declaration with generic type
• fixed error parsing $IF-expressions in some cases
• fixed error parsing attributes with nestled "["
• fixed error resolving identifiers in some rare cases
• fixed problem resolving pointer type declarations in some cases
• PAB.EXE and PABCMD.EXE now support address spaces larger than 2GB (the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag is set in the EXE header)
• prevented stack overflow if bad include directive
• directive "experimental" was not always recognized

Version 1.6.1 Apr 27, 2011

• improved handling of local built-in "Result" variable
• improved handling of default properties, now identifies such properties to a higher extent
• fixed error parsing string constant with "deprecated" directive
• fixed error parsing new Exit()-function
• fixed handling of record destructors
• fixed error handling property in some rare cases
• fixed error with parser failing to resolve a function pointer
• fixed error with default property
• improved handling of Self in class implementations
• improved handling of class/record constructors and destructors
• fixed error where pointer dereference was not handled correctly
• fixed error where procedure type directive was not handled correctly
• fixed error handling overloaded calls
• fixed error handling type declaration in class
• fixed problem with anonymous methods
• fixed error parsing "stdcall of object"
• fixed error parsing "X = object(Y.Z)"

Version 1.6.0 Nov 1, 2010

• added support for Delphi XE
• fixed error sometimes occurring when loading DFM file saved as UTF8
• fixed error parsing class helper declarations
• fixed error parsing class code with type declarations
• fixed error parsing anonymous method with nested function

Version 1.5.3 May 14, 2010

• wrong file extension in template file RefInc.xsl

Version 1.5.2 April 15, 2010

• environment variables can be used for main path
• fixed a problem with conditional defines in some odd cases
• $IF-expressions can be resolved in a better way
• error in evaluation version when scrambled identifiers were written to HTML, could cause AV

Version 1.5.1 September 21, 2009

• fixed error parsing anonymous methods

Version 1.5.0 September 15, 2009

• support for Delphi 2010, which is now the default compiler target
• fixed error parsing DFM files with UTF8 BOM

Version 1.4.15 July 14, 2009

• now uses EurekaLog for exception handling
• fixed bug in overload handling

Version 1.4.14 May 25, 2009

• fixed error when parsing for-loops in some cases
• improved overload handling

Version 1.4.13 April 13, 2009

• code for main module was included in output even when "Include source code" was turned off in project options
• fixed problems when selecting different file extension for output than the default "htm", did not create correct links

Version 1.4.12 April 5, 2009

• fixed error with compiler switch for PABCMD.EXE

Version 1.4.11 March 30, 2009

• improved resolution of calls to overloaded functions
• fixed problem resolving relative paths on network drives

Version 1.4.10 March 22, 2009

• improved handling av constant declarations
• improved resolution of calls to overloaded functions

Version 1.4.9 March 17, 2009

• fixed problem handling class helper declaration

Version 1.4.8 March 8, 2009

• selection of "Both source and form files/Only source files" was not handled correctly in all situations
• fixed problem in reopen menu

Version 1.4.7 March 3, 2009

• link to web did not work in About-dialog
• fixed problem in reopen menu

Version 1.4.6 February 21, 2009

• fixed error related to anonymous methods

Version 1.4.5 February 18, 2009

• fixed error related to anonymous methods

Version 1.4.4 February 9, 2009

• fixed error related to anonymous methods

Version 1.4.3 January 28, 2009

• fixed problem with handling of generics

Version 1.4.2 January 15, 2009

• fixed problem with typecasted strings in const declarations
• fixed problem with generics and method declarations
• now understands "$IF NOT" conditional expressions
• fixed error with hint directive after "end" keyword

Version 1.4.1 January 13, 2009

• did not find library/browsing path for Delphi 2009

Version 1.4.0 January 8, 2009

• added support for Delphi 2009

Version 1.3.1 September 27, 2008

• fixed problem parsing record types with const declaration

Version 1.3.0 June 1, 2008

• new tags possible to include in source code comments (<#IMG>, <#CODE> and <#URLA>/<#URLB>)

Version 1.2.6 April 24, 2008

• control characters in comments (except TAB, CR and LF) are now converted to spaces

Version 1.2.5 April 15, 2008

• fixed error parsing generics declaration

Version 1.2.4 March 14, 2008

• option for including source was not always used

Version 1.2.3 February 19, 2008

• fixed error for comments with XML tags

Version 1.2.2 November 23, 2007

• fixed problems with extracting category and owner from todo item
• error in TodoInc.xsl, text for global todo items were not written, selected "text" instead of "Text"

Version 1.2.1 November 5, 2007

• directive VER190 was not set for compiler Delphi 2007 .NET

Version 1.2.0 November 2, 2007

• added support for Delphi 2007 .NET

Version 1.1.2 October 13, 2007

• improved rendering of hierarchy structures
• changed output of constant declarations, earlier written as "sMyConst='My'", now written as "'My'"
• changed output for all declarations, trailing "//" comments are removed

Version 1.1.1 July 11, 2007

• fixed problem with record operators

Version 1.1.0 July 10, 2007

• overload handling has been improved a lot, PAB is now much better at resolving calls to overloaded methods
• new option "Show unused, exposed identifiers with special font" (default is Yes), on Options|Source tab page. In some cases, such as when generation documentation for library routines, you may not want to mark those identifiers as if they are unused
• new option "Skip comment lines starting with these words" (default is empty), on Options|Source tab page. List words separated with semicolons that you want skipped. For example if "ENDIF" is such a word all comment lines "// ENDIF" are skipped. 
• now also shows class hierarchy for reported classes that descend from classes with missing code

Version 1.0.3 June 20, 2007

• fixed problem with file dialogs, "My Computer" button did not work
• in source code listings, "package X" showed package name in strikeout font, like if it was not used
• some directives were not recognized, so were not shown with keyword/directive font

Version 1.0.2 May 27, 2007

• fixed problem with file dialogs in Windows Vista

Version 1.0.1 May 17, 2007

• the first public version of Pascal Browser