Friday, October 10, 2014

Harbour Documentation Site by José Quintas

You may want to check out this Brazilian Site by

http://www.harbourdoc.com.br/
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.3.7 is published



Hi All,

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.3.7 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.3.7-setup.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg237-mingw.exe

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/xhmg237_xhb10003.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg237-xcc.exe

There is the following changelog for this build:

2014/07/09: HMG Extended Edition 2.3.7 Published.
* Fixed: Correction in the function _GetFocusedControl() for ComboBox control
with DisplayEdit clause and ComboBoxEx control.
Problem was reported at official HMG forum.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Enhanced: 'ThisWindow' object reference may be used inside a structure
DEFINE WINDOW ... END WINDOW.
Sample code:
DEFINE WINDOW Win_1 TITLE 'Hello World!' WINDOWTYPE MAIN
This.Sizable := .F.
This.MaxButton := .F.
This.MinButton := .F.
END WINDOW
Contributed by Russian user SergKis
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\ExtractIcon)
* Changed: Function InkeyGUI([])-->VKey was moved to MiniGUI core.
Contributed by Russian user SergKis
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\WAIT_WINDOW)
* Enhanced: The ButtonEx control supports an optional HANDCURSOR clause and
'ON MOUSEHOVER' and 'ON MOUSELEAVE' events.
Using of above events allow dynamically change a button's look at
a mouse hover and got focus after arrows keys pressing.
Requested by Verchenko Andrey <verchenkoag@gmail.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see cpanel_2.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\CONTROL_PANEL and
menulist_2.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\MenuList)
* Enhanced: HOTTRACK clause have used for highlighting of selected Tab page
at an owner-draw colored TAB. It is an experimental feature.
Requested by Eduardo Piazza <e.p@ergosoftware.it>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo.prg in folder \samples\Basic\TAB)
* Updated: Header file i_hmgcompat.ch for compatibility with Official HMG:
- added pseudo-functions IsValidWindowHandle() and IsMinimized().
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Config file of hbmk2 utility: revised description of needed libs.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see minigui.hbc in folder \harbour\bin)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.37:
- Fixed: Brush and pen not working when printing a rounded rectangle.
- New: Added command SET COPIES [TO]
Requested by Vianei Moreira de Lemos <vianeimoreira@gmail.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\HBPrinter)
* Updated: PropGrid library source code:
- Changed: Optional clause ITEMDATA for item type STRING to execute
InputMask in form Control TextBox.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
* Updated: HbXml library source code (see in folder \Source\HbXML).
Borrowed from HwGui v2.18 by Alexander Kresin <alex@kresin.ru>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\XMLDEMO)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (r2014-06-26 18:42).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Grid Row Height workaround' sample.
Based upon a contribution of S.Rathinagiri <srgiri@dataone.in>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Grid_RowHeight)
* New: 'Control Panel with ButtonEx' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\CONTROL_PANEL)
* New: 'Menu List with ButtonEx' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\MenuList)
* New: 'External Application Control' sample.
Based upon a contribution of Claudio Soto <srvet@adinet.com.uy>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demos in folder \samples\Advanced\ExternalApp_2)
Warning: This example don't work properly at 64-bit version of Windows.
* New: 'Sqlite browser' utility.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>.
Revised by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \Utils\SqlDBU)
* Updated: 'Example assembled from three parts (modules)' sample.
Contributed by Verchenko Andrey <verchenkoag@gmail.com>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\SPLASHDEMO_3)
* Updated: 'Method AddPage, AddControl and BackColor in TAB' sample.
Based upon a contribution of Daniel Maximiliano.
Revised by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Tab_2)

There is also a following "last minute" change in this build:
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Changed: Minor correction in the method SortArray().
Contributed by Igor Nazarov.

It is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

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


P.S. Thank you very much to ALL donators of this project!
This release would not have been possible without your support.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.3.6 Released on 14 June 2014

Hi All,

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.3.6 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.3.6-setup.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg236-mingw.exe

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/xhmg236_xhb10002.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg236-xcc.exe

There is the following changelog for this build:

2014/06/11: HMG Extended Edition 2.3.6 Published.
* Changed: The C-functions SetArrowCursor() and SetWaitCursor() are
defined as pseudo-functions.
They are a wrappers for the C-function SetWindowCursor().
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\CURSOR)
* Changed: The internal C-function ReleaseControl() is defined as pseudo-function.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Modified: The C-function GetWindowRect() supports a second parameter as numeric value.
Syntax:
nRet := GetWindowRect( hWnd, /*@*/ aPos | nSwitch ),
where nSwitch have the following values:
1 - function returns Window Row of specified handle hWnd;
2 - function returns Window Column of specified handle hWnd;
3 - function returns Window Width of specified handle hWnd;
4 - function returns Window Height of specified handle hWnd.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\DropDown)
* Changed: The C-functions GetWindowRow(), GetWindowCol(), GetWindowWidth() and
GetWindowHeight() are defined as pseudo-functions.
They are a wrappers for the updated C-function GetWindowRect().
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\FormStorage)
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Updated: Unified definition of hotkeys in the three forms.
Borrowed from HMG official version 3.3
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\miniprint)
* Updated: 'Bos Taurus' Graphics Library (see source in folder \Source\BosTaurus).
Based upon a contribution of Claudio Soto <srvet@adinet.com.uy>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demos in folder \samples\Advanced\BosTaurus)
* Updated: HbXml library source code (see in folder \Source\HbXML).
Borrowed from HwGui v2.18 by Alexander Kresin <alex@kresin.ru>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\XMLDEMO)
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library:
- update for using SQLITE3 version 3.8.5 (from 3.8.5dev).
Upgrading from the previous version is recommended.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\SQLITE_2)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (r2014-05-23 17:01).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'MiniPrint Demo' sample. Borrowed from HMG 4 project.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\miniprint)
* New: 'Usage of FreeImage DLL for images from file and resource' sample.
This sample is required a library FreeImage.Dll from http://freeimage.sourceforge.net
Based upon a contribution of Vladimir Chumachenko <ChVolodymyr@yandex.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FreeImage_2)
* Updated: 'Charts ADO' sample: minor change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Charts)
* Updated: 'ToolBar container' sample:
- Fixed: Windows problem of overlap between ToolBar Bottom and StatusBar.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo1.prg in folder \samples\Basic\CONTAINERS\TOOLBAR)

It is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]
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In 1997, then using Delphi 3, I had already created 32-bits Windows applications for HRIS, ERP and CRM. In 2007, using Ruby on Rails, an AJAX powered CRM site running on Apache & MySQL was created and I am now using Visual Studio .Net 2008 to create web-based projects and Delphi 7 for Win32 applications using SQL2005 & DBFCDX.

So, why then am I reviving the Original Clipper... Clipper... Clipper via a Blog as CA-Clipper is a programming language for the DOS world ? Believe it or not, there are still some clients using my mission-critical CA-Clipper applications for DOS installed in the late 80's and up to the mid 90's. This is testimony to CA-Clipper's robustness as a language :-)

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You may ask, what is this Clipper stuff ? Could Clipper be something to do with sailing as it is the name of a very fast sailing American ship in the 19th century ?

Well, Clipper or to be precise, CA-Clipper is the premier PC-Software development tool for DOS. It was first developed by Nantucket Corporation initially as a compiler for dBase3+ programs. Since then, CA-Clipper has evolved away from its x-base roots with the introduction of lexical scoping & pre-defined objects like TBrowse. As at today, the most stable version ofClipper is 5.2e while the latest version, 5.3a was introduced on 21 May 1996.

As at 11th November, 1996, an unofficial 5.3a fixes file was made available by Jo French. See the About CA-Clipper 5.3a section for more details. BTW, Jo French uploaded the revised 5.3a fixes file on 20th November, 1996.

Latest News

The latest news is that CA has finally released the long-awaited 5.3b patch on 21 May, 1997.

For 5.3b users, you must a take a look at Jo French's comments on unfixed bugs in 5.3b.

BTW, have you used Click ? If you're a serious Clipperprogrammer and need an excellent code formatter, Click is a natural choice. How to get it ? Simple, access Phil Barnett's site via my Cool Clipper Sites.

32-bits Clipper for Windows ?

Have you tried Xbase ++ ? Well, I have and compared to Delphi (my current Windows programming tool of choice), I'm still sticking to Delphi.

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