Friday, September 28, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.5 Released on 12 Sept 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.5 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.5-setup.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg215-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/09/12: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.5 Published.
* Fixed: Typo in the source c_getbox.c (introduced in the build 2.0.6).
Based upon a contribution of Brazil HMG user.
* New: The MAIN window have an optional NotifyBalloonClick event at using of
the command SET TOOLTIPSTYLE BALLOON.
Based upon a contribution of Rossine <qiinfo@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\TrayBalloon_2)
* Changed: The codeblock of 'On Paint' event be executed directly on the
client
area before painting of the controls. It allows to set a background
image in a window via the ON PAINT event.
The old behaviour is available also via using of the command
SET PROGRAMMATICCHANGE OFF for backward compatibility with old code.
Contributed by Claudio Soto <srvet@...>
* Enhanced: The function WindowsVersion() detects Windows 8 and 2012 server.
Borrowed from xHarbour distribution.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Updated: Function _HMG_PRINTER_SHOWPAGE for compatibility with
'On Paint' event change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-09-09 14:02).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Dynamic Grid' sample: modification of a GRID control at runtime.
Based upon a contribution by Claudio Soto <srvet@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\DynamicGrid)
* New: 'Trick for putting of icons to a form' sample.
Contributed by Verchenko Andrey <verchenkoag@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\TransparentIcons)
* Updated: 'Gradient Background' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FillBlue)
* Updated: 'Fill Triangle' sample for compatibility with 'On Paint' event
change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FillTriangle)

It is a regularly scheduled monthly maintenance release.
This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

HMG 3.0.44 Released on 3rd Sept 2012

HMG 3.0.44

Hi all,

I am so happy to upload the new test version HMG 3.0.44.

It can be downloaded from site (37.51 MB)

Alternatively you can download from sourceforge.net too.

Code:
- HMG 3.0.44 (Test) 2012/09/03 Changelog:
   - Fixed Portuguese language definitions (Thanks to Ronaldo (Chacal.GO))
   - New GridEx dynamic grid functionality and see the sample in HFCL samples directory. (Thanks to Claudio Soto)
      - GRID_ColumnCount         ---> Return the Number of Column on GRID
      - GRID_AddColumnEx         ---> Complement of Method:  AddColumn (nColIndex)
      - GRID_DeleteColumnEx      ---> Complement of Method:  DeleteColumn (nColIndex)
      - GRID_GetColumnControlsEx ---> Return Array with Controls of Column(nColIndex) ==> {cCAPTION, nWIDTH, nJUSTIFY, aCOLUMNCONTROL, bDYNAMICBACKCOLOR, bDYNAMICFORECOLOR, bCOLUMNWHEN, bCOLUMNVALID, bONHEADCLICK}
      - GRID_GetColumnControl    ---> Return specific Control of Column(nColIndex) ==> [cCAPTION, nWIDTH, nJUSTIFY, aCOLUMNCONTROL, bDYNAMICBACKCOLOR, bDYNAMICFORECOLOR, bCOLUMNWHEN, bCOLUMNVALID, bONHEADCLICK]
      - GRID_SetColumnControl    ---> Set specific Control of Column(nColIndex)    ==> [cCAPTION, nWIDTH, nJUSTIFY, aCOLUMNCONTROL, bDYNAMICBACKCOLOR, bDYNAMICFORECOLOR, bCOLUMNWHEN, bCOLUMNVALID, bONHEADCLICK]
      - GRID_GetColumnDisplayPos ---> Get the position of Column(nColIndex) in that display in the GRID
      - GRID_SetColumnDisplayPos ---> Set the position of Column(nColIndex) in that display in the GRID
      - GRID_GetColumnWidthDisplay -> Get the Width of Column(nColIndex) in that display in the GRID
      - GRID_SetBkImage          ---> Set background image in Grid

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