The newest, leanest and the meanest is here!

The next installment of the Small Basic Community Previews is now available for download.  Version v0.5 can be downloaded at:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/A/F/CAF9E062-94D3-4003-80D9-44CDF7EC7BD9/SmallBasic.msi

This version adds more of the community requested features and bug-fixes, the full list of it is below:

• Arrays:

  Small Basic now has native support for arrays.  Array keys are not limited to numbers, and the arrays themselves can be multidimensional.  An example is:

people[1]["Name"]["First"] = "Carl"
people[1]["Name"]["Last"] = "Fredrickson"
people[1]["Age"] = 78

• Uninitialized Variables:

  The Compiler now catches and reports as error, any variable that isn't initialized but is being used in the program.  This makes it much easier to catch misspelt variables.




• Spanish localization:

  The UI and the API reference have been translated to Spanish, and is now available alongside English and French.  The Guide will follow in a couple days.
  
  

• Environment Features:

  * Find feature: Ctrl+F brings up the new Find dialog, F3 finds the next match
  * Line and column indicator: At the bottom right of the editor is a line and column indicator
  * Save As command + toolbar button
  * Format Program command: Available from the context menu in the editor, this command reformats the entire program with the right indentation.
  * Mouse click and scroll support for Intellisense list box




• Under the hood:

  * A new attribute "HideFromIntellisense" which hides deprecated operations and properties from the Intellisense list




• Others:

  * Tons of bug fixes
  * Smaller footprint (installer is now just 3.7MB)
  * Setup now auto-detects presence of .Net framework 3.5 SP1