Friday, July 16, 2010

Harbour MiniGUI 1.8 Extended Edition (Build 85a) Released on 14th July 2010

CCH : From the HMG Extended Forum

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI 1.8 Extended Edition (Build 85a) setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-1.8-85a-setup.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2010/07/14: Build 85a (HMG 1.8 Extended Edition) Published.
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 7.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: default value for property PICTURE (introduced in build 85).
Problem was reported by Roberto Manini <conexxus@yahoo.com.br>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 2.1.0beta1 (SVN 2010-07-13 08:55):
* Updated: most important differences between Harbour and xHarbour
(see xhb-diff.txt in folder \harbour\doc);
* Updated: MySql library source code (see in folder \Source\MySql);
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3);
* Updated: HbWin contrib library (see in folder \harbour\Lib).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: 'Console+GUI mixed mode' sample for compatibility with Harbour change.
Problem was reported by Arcangelo Molinaro <arcangelo.molinaro@fastwebnet.it>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\MixedMode)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

Your comments/feedback are welcome!

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Harbour MiniGUI 1.8 Extended Edition (Build 85) is now available

CCH : From the Extended HMG Forum


Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI 1.8 Extended Edition (Build 85) setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-1.8-85-setup.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2010/07/07: Build 85 (HMG 1.8 Extended Edition) Published.
* New: Added PANEL Window type.
Panel windows can be embedded in other windows.
You can define a PANEL window inside a DEFINE WINDOW / END WINDOW
structure or outside specifying Parent's name (exactly as a control).
Panel windows are automatically activated through its parent, so
explicit activation is not required.
Example:
DEFINE WINDOW Win_1 ;
ROW 0 ;
COL 0 ;
WIDTH 400 ;
HEIGHT 400 ;
TITLE 'Panel Window Demo' ;
WINDOWTYPE MAIN

DEFINE WINDOW Win_2 ;
ROW 30 ;
COL 30 ;
WIDTH 300 ;
HEIGHT 200 ;
VIRTUAL WIDTH 400 ;
VIRTUAL HEIGHT 400 ;
WINDOWTYPE PANEL

<...>

END WINDOW

END WINDOW

ACTIVATE WINDOW Win_1

Based upon a code borrowed from an Official HMG.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
(see demos in folder \samples\Basic\CONTAINERS\
Panel)
* Enhanced: LOAD WINDOW command supports now an additional optional
AT , WIDTH HEIGHT clauses.
It's needed for support of the PANEL Window from FMG file.
Borrowed from an Official HMG.
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\CONTAINERS\Panel_2)
* Changed: Modified some translate directives in the header include\i_pseudofunc.ch
for avoiding of concurrence with user's function names.
Suggested by Francek Prijatelj <francek.prijatelj@siol.net>
* Updated: Synchronized Extended HMG with Official HMG 3.0.35:
- Fixed: Problem with 'Visible' property. Previous version forced
message processing creating problems in some rare situations.
Remark: old behaviour was stay for Label control only.
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 7.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: improved definition of methods in the TSBrowse class;
- Enhanced: added clause PICTURE for edit fields in the TBROWSE command.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo at Menu TSBrowse->'Grid form' in folder \samples\Advanced\TSBrowse)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 2.1.0beta2 (SVN 2010-07-07 10:08):
* Updated: MySql library source code (see in folder \Source\MySql);
* Updated: HbODBC library source code (see in folder \Source\HbODBC);
* Updated: HbSqlDD library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSqlDD);
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3);
* Updated: HbNetIO contrib library (see in folder \harbour\Lib);
* Updated: HbWin contrib library (see in folder \harbour\Lib).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Array Arithmetics' sample. Contributed by Bicahi Esgici <esgici@gmail.com>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\ARRAY_ARITHMETICS)
* New: 'Drag and Drop' sample. Contributed by Bootwan <bootwan@yahoo.com.tw>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\ON_DROPFILES)
* New: 'View BMP Image' sample with Bitmap handling functions.
Based upon a contribution by Claudio Soto <srvet@adinet.com.uy>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\VIEW_IMAGE)
* Updated: 'FileMan' sample. Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FileMan)
* Updated: 'RicheditEx' samples for compatibility with Harbour 2.0 change.
Problem was reported by Fernando Yurisich <fernando.yurisich@gmail.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@freemail.ru>
(see in folders \samples\Advanced\RicheditEx and \samples\Advanced\RicheditEx_2)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

Your comments/feedback are welcome!

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

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