Thursday, September 22, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.1 Released on 21st Sept 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.1 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.1-setup.zip

and a lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg201-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2011/09/21: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.1 Published.
* Changed: From this release, build number is at the end of version number.
This way '2.0.1' is used instead '2.0 build 1'.
* Enhanced: The PROGRESSBAR control supports an optional [ STYLE ] MARQUEE
clause
(continuous loop) with optional parameter VELOCITY nValue (default is
40):
- New: Added write only 'Velocity' property.
You can set this property at runtime:
- function syntax:
SetProperty ( Form, ProgressBar, 'Velocity', nValue )
- pseudo-OOP syntax:
Form.ProgressBar.Velocity := nValue
You can use Form.ProgressBar.Velocity := 0 for stopping of the loop.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo4.prg in folder \samples\Basic\PROGRESSBAR)
* Fixed: When you have a popup with menuitems is showing a message from
another item
that's not the popup. Reported by Marcelo A. L. Carli
<malcarli@...>.
The DEFAULT statusbar message will be used for filling of the popup's
message.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Fixed: DO REPORT command don't restore Portrait mode with using Landscape
clause.
Problem was reported by Sudip Bhattacharyya <sudipb001@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Enhanced: DO REPORT command supports now an optional NODATETIMESTAMP clause.
Requested by Sudip Bhattacharyya <sudipb001@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\DO_REPORT)
* Changed: Added BCC optimization switches to main batch file and MPM utility
(the ones used for the hbmk2 switch -optim).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see Compile.bat in folder \Batch and mpm.prg in folder \Utils\MPM)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.25 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Changed: preview images are stored on temporal files similar to
miniprint.
Based upon a code borrowed from OOHG.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Socket library source code by Matteo Baccan <baccan@...>:
- Added: parameter with length of custom string buffer (default is 1)
in method ReceiveChar( nBufLen ) (tsocket.prg)
Based upon a contribution of Artyom Verchenko
<artyomskynet@...>
- Updated: Revised class code for compatibility with Harbour switch
-w3.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \Source\Socket)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- New: Added method UserPopup() allows to add an user-defined menus
to
the selected columns. It is activated by right mouse button within
the header.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@...>
(see demo at Menu TSBrowse 9.0->'Headers User Menu'
in folder \samples\Advanced\TSBrowse)
- Fixed: Added conversion for datetime value in the function
cValToChar().
Problem was reported by Marcelo Torres <lichitorres@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see sample tsbrowse 9.0->Test Ado->All Fields, the field HIREDATE
in folder \samples\Advanced\TsBrowse)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-09-16 11:56):
* Updated: HbSqlDD library source code (see in folder
\Source\HbSqlDD);
* Updated: PostGreSQL library source code (see in folder
\Source\HbPgSql).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.0.8. Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer.
Contributed by Walter Formigoni <walter.formigoni@...>
(look for what's new at changelog.txt in folder \Ide)
* New: 'Table of Colors' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\ColorsTable)
* New: 'Download Manager with MultiThreading' sample (based on socket
library).
Based upon a contribution of Artyom Verchenko
<artyomskynet@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\Downloader)
* New: 'Hack Tray' sample (based upon a nice work of Nibu babu thomas).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\HackTray)
* Updated: 'Data Base Assistant' utility:
- Added: a draft print function at the showing of the database list.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \Utils\DBA)
* Updated: 'Simple Editor' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\EDITOR)

This build was tested on the following platforms:
- Win98 SE (passed);
- WinXP SP1 (passed);
- Win7 SP1 (passed).

This build was not tested on the following platforms:
- Win95;
- Win2000;
- WinVista.

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

Your feedback is welcome!

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 99) Released on 17th August 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 99) setup is published at the following URL:
 http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-1.9-99-setup.zip
and a lite MinGW-based build 99 archive is placed at the following URL:
 http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg99-mingw.zip
>
> There is the following changelog for this build:
>
> 2011/08/17: Build 99 (HMG 1.9 Extended Edition) Published.
> * Enhanced: The ComboBox control supports now an optional UPPERCASE and LOWERCASE clauses.
> Suggested by Simon Norbert .
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demos in folders \samples\Basic\COMBO_1 and \samples\Basic\COMBO_4)
> * Enhanced: The AnimateBox control supports now an optional NOBORDER clause.
> Suggested by Simon Norbert .
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demos in folder \samples\Basic\ANIMATEDEMO)
> * Changed: The main batch file adds the user's libraries before Harbour core and contrib.
> Problem was reported by Mahmoud Fayed .
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see Compile.bat in folder \Batch)
> * Updated: C-code for compatibility with a last Harbour changes regarding to:
> 2011-07-17 16:21 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
> * deleted things marked with HB_LEGACY_LEVEL3, finishing cleanup
> job started many years ago.
> ; this also means that windows.h and os2.h will no longer be
> included by Harbour headers, HB_OS_WIN_USED is thus ineffective,
> so if someone needs these headers to access system APIs, they
> should be manually included in each source file.
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> * Updated: MPM utility:
> - Changed: maximum length of environment strings set at 254 characters.
> Problem was reported by Bill Broyles
> Contributed by Kevin Carmody <i@kevincarmody.com>
> (see in folder \Utils\MPM)
> * Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-08-13 17:25).
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
> * Updated: The all samples are revised for compatibility with a last Harbour changes:
> - Added IS*() -> HB_IS*() conversing
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> * New: 'Firebird database access through a ODBC driver' sample.
> Contributed by Hugo Rozas
> (see in folder \samples\Basic\Firebird)
> * Updated: 'CallDll32 function' samples:
> - Added calling function UnloadAllDll() at 'On Release' event.
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demos in folder \samples\Basic\CallDll)
> * Updated: 'Volume Info' sample.
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\VOLUME_INFO)
> * Updated: Added Bulgarian language translation to the following multilingual samples:
> - Biorhythm;
> - DBFview;
> - Language Indicator;
> - Multilingual;
> - Shutdown.
> Contributed by Danail Dikov .
>
> This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Grigory Filatov
> [MiniGUI Team]

Harbour/xharbour Diff :12/57 - MULTIVALUE MACROS by Przemyslaw Czerpak

In the early Harbour days was added basic support for multivalue macros
which can be evaluated to list of values, f.e.:
      ? &("1,2,3")
should show:
      1,  2,  3
The implementation of this extension was not accepted by many of Harbour
developers and it was one of the main reasons of the xHarbour fork.
In Harbour it was later fully removed and implemented from scratch using
different internal algorithms and structures. Now Harbour supports multivalue
macros in code like:
      proc main()
         local s1 := "'a', 'b', 'c'", s2 := "1,3", a
         ? &s1
         a := { { "|", &s1, 'x', &s2, 'y' }, 'x', &s2 }
         ? "a[1] items:"
         aeval( a[1], { |x,i| qout( i, x ) } )
         ? "a["+s2+"] =>", a[ &s2 ]
      return

xHarbour which inherited the original implementation after over 6 years
still cannot execute correctly above code.


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