Editing MIVA Script (section)

===Miva Merchant Script Compiler -- Miva Script===
Miva Merchant Script Compiler<ref>[http://www.mivascript.com/topic/compiler.html Compiler]</ref> was introduced in mid-2002, claiming to offer better performance and the closure of application source code. Compilability required some changes to the language, with support for the old HTMLScript syntax and macros evaluated at runtime (often considered a security risk) dropped. The [[compiler]] produces a platform-independent [[bytecode]] which runs on the Miva Merchant Empresa and Miva Merchant Mia Virtual Machines Minor variations exist between Empresa and Mia virtual machines.

In May 2005, MIVA Corporation made the Script Compiler available free. In 2011, the built in licensing code was removed simplifying installation.

In August 2007, Miva Merchant was separated from its parent company due to a management buy-out.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081115235809/https://www.mivamerchant.com/company/press/release.mv?Release_ID=95 press release]</ref>

Miva Script 5.0 Introduced the a '''page template compiler''' command which is the basis for Miva Merchant Storemorph&amp;trade; page template system. This compiler within a compiler offers a simplified subset of the full language, more suitable for end user creation and editing of web page templates. Storemorph&amp;trade; pages allow modular components created in MivaScript, to be added to a template extending its capabilities.