This is for you, PrimalScript fans: My contacts at Sapien allowed me to leak a few teasers about the next version of PrimalScript that will hit the streets around August 1. The new 2007 release of this scripting environment shows that Sapien put a lot of thought into what their customers want. This is for you, PrimalScript fans: My contacts at Sapien allowed me to leak a few teasers about the next version of PrimalScript that will hit the streets around August 1. The new 2007 release of this scripting environment shows that Sapien put a lot of thought into what their customers want. I got my hands on an early beta, and as an avid user of PrimalScript, I can say that some of the features will benefit only the power users, while others will benefit everyone. The UI has a brand-new look that I actually kind of like. It has new dockable panels and tabbed document groups for when you’re working with a lot of files. The new 2007 release of this scripting environment shows that Sapien put a lot of thought into what their customers want. I got my hands on an early beta, and as an avid user of PrimalScript, I can say that some of the features will benefit only the power users, while others will benefit everyone. The UI has a brand-new look that I actually kind of like. It has new dockable panels and tabbed document groups for when you’re working with a lot of files.Maybe it’s just because I’m a DBA, but I consider one of the more significant features in PrimalScript 2007 to be the cached metadata for the query builder. That allows you to cache the definitions of the database objects in your project so you can browse and work with them offline. Not only can you work away from the office, but the cached metadata speeds up your work while in the office by eliminating the need to query the database for simple table information. Another nice upgrade: the “find in files” results have been organized into a tree view. I’ve always found the other results a bit hard to read when it returned a lot of entries, but the new tree view is much cleaner and can handle more results without overwhelming you. I hadn’t thought much about the way the results were organized, but after seeing this, I’m glad Sapien did. Sapien also added script packager support for HTA and PowerShell, improved the smart spell checker, and integrated online VBScript help reference. I can’t talk yet about the coolest features of all, but they’ll be revealed soon enough. Until then, if you want to track the progress of this new version, you can do so on Sapien’s Web site. Technology Industry