Fixed plugin values which depended on the region settings of the computer (#1194)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantComponentPropHelper.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+
 using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem.Assistants.Icons;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem.Assistants.DataModel;
@@ -9,26 +11,58 @@ internal static class AssistantComponentPropHelper
     /// </summary>
     private const string LUCIDE_PREFIX = "lucide:";
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a prop as text. A number, which Lua hands over as a double, becomes the same text on every computer,
+    /// the one Lua itself writes: 12.5 stays "12.5", also where the region settings use a decimal comma.
+    /// </summary>
     public static string ReadString(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key)
     {
-        if (props.TryGetValue(key, out var value))
-            return value.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
+        if (!props.TryGetValue(key, out var value))
+            return string.Empty;
 
-        return string.Empty;
+        if (value is IFormattable formattable)
+            return formattable.ToString(null, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+        return value.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
     }
 
     public static void WriteString(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, string value) => props[key] = value;
 
-    public static int ReadInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int fallback = 0)
-    {
-        return props.TryGetValue(key, out var value) && int.TryParse(value.ToString(), out var i) ? i : fallback;
-    }
-    
+    public static int ReadInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int fallback = 0) => TryReadInt(props, key, out var number) ? number : fallback;
+
     public static void WriteInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int value) => props[key] = value;
 
-    public static int? ReadNullableInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key)
+    public static int? ReadNullableInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key) => TryReadInt(props, key, out var number) ? number : null;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a whole number, independent of the region settings of the computer.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Lua hands over every number as a double, and the setters of the components store an int. A plugin may also
+    /// write the number as text. A number with a fraction, or one beyond the range of an int, counts as missing.
+    /// </remarks>
+    private static bool TryReadInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, out int number)
     {
-        return props.TryGetValue(key, out var value) && int.TryParse(value.ToString(), out var i) ? i : null;
+        number = 0;
+        if (!props.TryGetValue(key, out var value))
+            return false;
+
+        switch (value)
+        {
+            case int whole:
+                number = whole;
+                return true;
+
+            case double real when double.IsInteger(real) && real is >= int.MinValue and <= int.MaxValue:
+                number = (int)real;
+                return true;
+
+            case string text:
+                return int.TryParse(text, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out number);
+
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
     }
 
     public static void WriteNullableInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int? value)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantDropdown.cs

@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ internal sealed class AssistantDropdown : StatefulAssistantComponentBase
         set => this.Props[nameof(this.Items)] = value;
     }
 
-    public string ValueType
-    {
-        get => this.Props.TryGetValue(nameof(this.ValueType), out var v) 
-            ? v.ToString() ?? "string" 
-            : "string";
-        set => this.Props[nameof(this.ValueType)] = value;
-    }
-    
     public bool IsMultiselect
     {
         get => AssistantComponentPropHelper.ReadBool(this.Props, nameof(this.IsMultiselect));
@@ -141,28 +133,6 @@ internal sealed class AssistantDropdown : StatefulAssistantComponentBase
         return [this.Default, .. this.Items];
     }
 
-    public IEnumerable<object> GetParsedDropdownValues()
-    {
-        foreach (var item in this.Items)
-        {
-            switch (this.ValueType.ToLowerInvariant())
-            {
-                case "int":
-                    if (int.TryParse(item.Value, out var i)) yield return i;
-                    break;
-                case "double":
-                    if (double.TryParse(item.Value, out var d)) yield return d;
-                    break;
-                case "bool":
-                    if (bool.TryParse(item.Value, out var b)) yield return b;
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    yield return item.Value;
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     public string Class
     {
         get => AssistantComponentPropHelper.ReadString(this.Props, nameof(this.Class));

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/PluginAssistants.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using System.Globalization;
 using AIStudio.Assistants;
 using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem.Assistants.DataModel;
 using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem.Assistants.DataModel.Layout;
@@ -856,21 +857,7 @@ public sealed class PluginAssistants(bool isInternal, LuaState state, PluginType
         this.State.Environment["DateTime"] = new LuaFunction((context, _) =>
         {
             var format = context.ArgumentCount > 0 ? context.GetArgument<string>(0) : "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
-            var now = DateTime.Now;
-            var formattedDate = now.ToString(format);
-            
-            var table = new LuaTable
-            {
-                ["year"] = now.Year,
-                ["month"] = now.Month,
-                ["day"] = now.Day,
-                ["hour"] = now.Hour,
-                ["minute"] = now.Minute,
-                ["second"] = now.Second,
-                ["millisecond"] = now.Millisecond,
-                ["formatted"] = formattedDate,
-            };
-            return new(context.Return(table));
+            return new(context.Return(CreateDateTimeTable(DateTime.Now, format)));
         });
         
         this.State.Environment["Timestamp"] = new LuaFunction((context, _) =>
@@ -889,6 +876,29 @@ public sealed class PluginAssistants(bool isInternal, LuaState state, PluginType
         });
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Builds the table which the Lua function DateTime returns for the given moment.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// The formatted text is the same on every computer. With the culture of the computer, the separators, the
+    /// calendar, and the names of months and days would follow its region settings, e.g., the year of the Buddhist
+    /// era in Thailand.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="moment">The moment to describe.</param>
+    /// <param name="format">The .NET format of the formatted text.</param>
+    /// <returns>The parts of the moment and the formatted text.</returns>
+    internal static LuaTable CreateDateTimeTable(DateTime moment, string format) => new()
+    {
+        ["year"] = moment.Year,
+        ["month"] = moment.Month,
+        ["day"] = moment.Day,
+        ["hour"] = moment.Hour,
+        ["minute"] = moment.Minute,
+        ["second"] = moment.Second,
+        ["millisecond"] = moment.Millisecond,
+        ["formatted"] = moment.ToString(format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+    };
+
     private static void InitializeState(IEnumerable<IAssistantComponent> components, AssistantState state)
     {
         foreach (var component in components)

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginVersion.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // ReSharper disable MemberCanBePrivate.Global
+using System.Globalization;
+
 namespace AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -46,9 +48,9 @@ public readonly record struct PluginVersion(int Major, int Minor, int Patch) : I
         if (segments.Length != 3)
             throw new FormatException("The input string must be in the format 'major.minor.patch'.");
 
-        var major = int.Parse(segments[0]);
-        var minor = int.Parse(segments[1]);
-        var patch = int.Parse(segments[2]);
+        var major = int.Parse(segments[0], NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        var minor = int.Parse(segments[1], NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        var patch = int.Parse(segments[2], NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         
         if(major < 0 || minor < 0 || patch < 0)
             throw new FormatException("The major, minor, and patch numbers must be greater than or equal to 0.");