Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.2.2 setup Released on 29th May 2013

Hi All,

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.2.2 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.2.2-setup.zip

and MinGW-based self-extracting archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg222-mingw.exe

There are xHarbour-based archive also at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/xhmg222_xhb9950.zip

and donationware xCC-based self-extracting archive for xHarbour.com distribution at

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg222-xcc.exe

There is the following changelog for this build:

2013/05/14: HMG Extended Edition 2.2.2 Published.
* Fixed: Wrong detection of the Splitboxed Grid control in the internal function
_IsControlSplitBoxed() (introduced in the build 2.0.8).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo1.prg in folder \samples\Basic\CONTAINERS\
Splitbox)
* Fixed: Draw Text command draws a spare white rectangle at using of Angle clause.
Problem was reported by Andrey Sermyagin <super@freemail.hu>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Minor correction of ini file handling in the C-code.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\ini)
* Changed: The internal function IL_ADDMASKEDINDIRECT() is moved to PropGrid library.
The unneeded internal function IL_ADDINDIRECT() is removed.
Suggested by Pete Dionysopoulos <pete_westg@yahoo.gr>
* Changed: The internal functions _DragEnterImage(), _MoveImage(), _EndDragImage()
and _GetImageCount() are defined as pseudo-functions now.
They are a wrappers for the corresponding C-functions.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Enhanced: DO REPORT command supports now codeblock data for printing.
Contributed by Julius Bartal <gybartal@gmail.com>
* Updated: Synchronized Extended HMG for compatibility with Official HMG 3.1.2:
- New: function IsMainMenuDefined ( cFormName )
- New: command RELEASE MAIN MENU OF FormName
- New: command RELEASE CONTEXT MENU OF FormName
- New: command RELEASE NOTIFY MENU OF FormName
- New: command RELEASE DROPDOWN MENU BUTTON ButtonName OF FormName
and command RELEASE DROPDOWNMENU OWNERBUTTON ButtonName OF FormName
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\MENU_Dynamic)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.37: minor label color correction in the preview.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see source in folder \source\HbPrinter)
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- New: Added ANGLE clause in the PRINT DATA command.
Based upon a contribution of Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it

>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\miniprint)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- New: Added processing of parameter aTotal and array aFormats in method Report().
Contributed by Julius Bartal <gybartal@gmail.com>
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library:
- update for using SQLITE3 version 3.7.16.2 (from 3.7.16.1).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\SQLITE_2)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (r2013-04-30 13:43):
* Updated: PostGreSQL library source code (see in folder \Source\HbPgSql);
* Updated: most important differences between Harbour and xHarbour
(see xhb-diff.txt in folder \harbour\doc)
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Mini MP3 player' sample is based upon MCI WinAPI.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\MiniPlayer)
* New: 'Tab with disabled page(s)' sample.
Requested by Romer Ribeiro da Silva globomail.com>
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Tab_3)
* New: 'Combined Search Grid' sample is based upon SQLite temporary database.
Based upon a contribution of S.Rathinagiri <srgiri@dataone.in>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\ComboSearchGrid)
* New: 'PC SHUTDOWN' sample is based upon WinAPI function InitiateSystemShutdown().
Based upon a contribution of Carlos Britos <bcd12a@yahoo.com.ar>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\PC_SHUTDOWN)
* New: 'TsBrowse Add New Record' sample.
Requested by Ryszard Rylko <rrylko@cirow.pl>.
Based upon a contribution of Mauricio Zoccoler <zocleme@gmail.com>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\Tsb_addrecord)
* Updated: 'FreeImage Viewer' sample: mingw32 compatibility.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FREEVIEW)
* Updated: 'Easy Media Player' sample: mingw32 compatibility.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\EasyPlayer)
* Updated: 'HPDF Bill Demo' sample: added vertical and horizontal rulers.
Based upon a contribution of Andres Gonzalez Lopez.
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\PDF_PRINT_2)
* Updated: 'DataBase Utility': misc bugfix.
Problems were reported on brazilian forum MiniGUI.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \Utils\DBU)

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]

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Free DBU for Windows by Antonio Linares

Antonio Linares antonio.fivetech@gmail.com via googlegroups.com 
May 4 (11 days ago)

to harbour-users
Here you have a free DBU for Windows that includes full source code and also provides ADO support:


developed with Harbour and FiveWin (FWH)

Antonio

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