Building a Harbour+gtWvg Project using hbmk2

Previously, I had written how one can build a Harbour+gtWvg project using XMate, the first part at
http://cch4clipper.blogspot.com/2009/04/using-harbourwvg-part-i.html

Having discovered the simplicity of using hbmk2 to compile a 32-bit version of DBU which runs in a true 32-bit Window, I tried to rebuild my previous gtWvg project. I succeeded to generate an EXE but on launching, it just starts and exit straightaway.

Fortunately. Pritpal came to my assistance and suggested adding  the following to FAS4WVG.HBP

-inc
-mt
 -w3
-es2
-gtwvg
-gui

and Hip Hip Hooray, I can now build a Harbour+gtWvg project without an IDE :-)

What is hbmk2 ?

hbmk2.exe is the Harbour 2.0 excellent make utility that is located in the BIN folder under the C:\hb20 root directory. This is assuming that you accept the default location when installing the hb20 distro available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/harbour-project/files/binaries-windows/2.0.0/

After installing do not forget to set path to c:\hb20; c:\hb20\bin.

To use it is fairly simple, go to your project folder and type

c:\hb20\projects\yourproject >hbmk2 yourproject.hbp and bingo your Harbour 32-bit EXE is created

What are the options that hbmk2 provide ?

Just type at any command prompt

C:\hb20\projects\myprojects> hbmk2  
and this is what you get to see :-

Harbour Make (hbmk2) 2.0.0 (Rev. 13372)
Copyright (c) 1999-2010, Viktor Szakats
http://www.harbour-project.org/

Syntax:

  hbmk2 [options] [] .clp|.d]> Options:   -o        output file name   -l        link with library. should be without                      path, extension and 'lib' prefix (unless part of libname).   -L        additional path to search for libraries   -i

|-incpath=
additional path to search for headers
  -static|-shared    link with static/shared libs
  -mt|-st            link with multi/single-thread VM
  -gt          link with GT GT driver, can be repeated to link with
                     more GTs. First one will be the default at runtime
  -hblib             create static library
  -hbdyn             create dynamic library
  -help|--help       long help
 

For more details, see http://groups.google.com/group/harbour-users/web/how-using-hbmk2

HMGS-IDE 1.0.6.1 Released on 11th February 2011

CCH : From the HMG Extended Forum

Hi All,

The updated HMGS-IDE 1.0.6.1 (binary and sources) are published
at the following URL:
http://www.hmgextended.com/files/HMGS-IDE/ide.zip

Whatsnew:
2011-02-10: version 1.0.6.1
*Fixed : bug in move.prg regarding moving of TIMER control. Contribution of Pete <pete_westg@yahoo.gr>
*Changed : showing of title date in HMGSIDE.prg. Contribution of Pete <pete_westg@yahoo.gr>
*Changed : replace function WaitWin with ShowInfo( uMessage ). Contribution of Pete <pete_westg@yahoo.gr>
*Changed : UPX.EXE compression starts with --best --lzma params. Contribution of Pete <pete_westg@yahoo.gr>
*Added : warning at start of update HMGS-IDE. Contribution of Pete <pete_westg@yahoo.gr>

Your feedback is welcome!

--
Kind Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

HMGS-IDE 1.0.6 Released on 9th February 2011

CCH: From the HMG Extended Forum

Hi All,

The updated HMGS-IDE 1.0.6 binary and sources are published
at the following URL:
http://www.hmgextended.com/files/HMGS-IDE/ide.zip

Whatsnew:
2011-02-08: version 1.0.6
*Added : PANEL control. Requested by lichitorres <lichitorres@yahoo.com.ar> and by Franz <franz@valgraveglia.net>
*Fixed : in controlorder position of control Radiogroup.
*Changed : in controlorder to not show control Label to make more easy change order of controls.
*Fixed : in mainmenu save of CAPTION in menu popup with property NAME and save of last END POPUP
*Changed : control Tsbrowse in loadfmg and in hmgside with complete fields.
*Fixed : Problem in buildlogDblclick when modal window is called above topmost window. Contribution by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>

You can update this build via clicking 'Update' menuitem in the main
menu 'Help'.

--
Kind Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 92) Released on 25th Jan 2011

CCH:  From the HMG Extended Forum

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 92) setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-1.9-92-setup.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2011/01/25: Build 92 (HMG 1.9 Extended Edition) Published.
* Fixed: Problem at windows autoadjusting when there are two controls
in two different windows with the equal names.
Bug was reported by Alfredo Franceschetti .
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Enhanced: DEFINE FONT command supports now an optional CHARSET clause.
Contributed by Pavel Tsarenko (tpe2/at/mail.ru)
* Changed: Small simplification of common dialogs functions code.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Changed: Error handling utilize a Strongly-Typed Variables assignment
in the some internal functions (the further implementation).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Modified: Reformatted to Harbour standard using uncrustify tool.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: Socket library source code by Matteo Baccan :
- Added SetReceiveTimeout( nMilliSec ) method in thttp.prg.
Contributed by Mitja Podgornik .
(see in folder \Source\Socket)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- New: Added Enable/Disable/Insert/Modify commands in TsBrowse.ch.
Contributed by Janusz Pora
(see samples 1 and 2 in \samples\Advanced\TsBrowse\TsBTest.prg)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 2.1.0rc1 (SVN 2011-01-24 23:12):
- New: Added barcode library HbZebra by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas;
- New: Added HbFShip and HbXpp contrib libraries;
- Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3);
- Updated: HbNetIO contrib library
(see readme.txt in folder \samples\Advanced\NETIO_1\Server);
- Modified: ADS RDD synced for Advantage Database Server 9.0.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.0.5.2. Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer.
Contributed by Walter Formigoni
(look at changelog.txt in folder \Ide)
* New: 'Low Level DBU' utility.
Based upon a contribution by Bicahi Esgici .
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \Utils\LL_DBU)
* New: 'HMG common dialogs' sample. Borrowed from HMG 4 project.
Adapted by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Basic\COMMON_DIALOGS)
* New: 'HMG ListBox' sample. Borrowed from HMG 4 project.
Adapted by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Listbox_3)
* New: 'WALERT function' sample.
Based upon a contribution by Ricardo Sassy
(see in folder \samples\Basic\WALERT)
* New: 'Minimize the All Applications' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Applications\MinimizeAll)
* Updated: 'Project Analyzer' sample for detection of the unused functions.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Utils\Project_Analyzer)
* Updated: 'Error Log' sample by Jacek Kubica .
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Basic\ErrorLog)
* Updated: 'FileCopy with progressbar' sample by Jacek Kubica .
Problem was reported for copying of the large file(s).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Filecopy)
* Updated: 'NirCmd Dll Usage' sample:
- Updated: nircmd.exe from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\NirCmdDll)

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

Your comments/feedback are welcome!

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Updated HMGS-IDE 1.0.5.2 binary and sources Released on 10th January 2010

CCH : From the HMG Extended Forum

Hi All,

The updated HMGS-IDE 1.0.5.2 binary and sources are published
at the following URL:
http://www.hmgextended.com/files/HMGS-IDE/ide.zip

Whatsnew:
2011-01-08: version 1.0.5.2
*Fixed : Problem in statusbar builder. Bug was reported by Jaroslav Janik <Jaroslav.Janik@siemens.com>. Contribution by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>

Remark: You can update this build via clicking 'Update' menuitem in the main menu 'Help'.

--
Kind Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 91) Released on 15th December 2010

CCH : From the HMG Extended Forum

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 91) setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-1.9-91-setup.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2010/12/15: Build 91 Christmas Edition (HMG 1.9 Extended Edition) Published.
* New: Windows supports now the HelpButton property.
You can set/get this property at runtime:
- function syntax:
SetProperty ( Form, 'HelpButton', lLogical )
GetProperty ( Form, 'HelpButton' )
- pseudo-OOP syntax:
Form.HelpButton := lLogical
Form.HelpButton --> logical value
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\MAINDEMO_(
SYNTAX_I))
* New: Optional Strongly-Typed Variables assignment is available for
LOCAL, STATIC, PRIVATE and PUBLIC declarations. It will automatically
assign a specific type value to declaration that does not have an initial
value assigned to it.
Example:
LOCAL cVar AS STRING
This declaration will initially assign an empty string value
to the variable cVar.
There is a command that will assign a value and check for type of value
being assigned instead of using the traditional := assignment operator:
ASSIGN cVar := "This is a String"
Any attempt to assign a value of a different type using this statement
will result in a run-time error.
You may continue to declare your variables with the assignment option
in the traditional manner also.
Based upon a code donated by Bryan Duchesne <crewsys@nbnet.nb.ca>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see declarations in the header include\i_pseudofunc.ch and
demo in folder \samples\Advanced\StronglyTypedVars)
* Changed: Error handling utilize a Strongly-Typed Variables assignment
in the some internal functions.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Changed: Fixed compilation in newer BCC versions (tested for 6.30).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Changed: If variable type in GET INI command is NIL then return type is taken
from the DEFAULT clause var. If variable type is NIL and DEFAULT clause was
not specified in GET INI command then return type is assumed as Character.
Problem was reported by Jaroslav Janik <jaroslav.janik@siemens.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Ini)
* Changed: Small correction of disable menu items handling at startup.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see menudemo3.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Menu)
* Updated: Socket library source code by Matteo Baccan <baccan@infomedia.it>:
- Fixed compilation in xHarbour.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \Source\Socket)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: Set the starting position in the declaration TsBrowse with
'Value' property;
- Fixed: Positioning 'GoBottom' with an active filter;
- Fixed: Display of the line when you use the scroll function;
- Fixed: Definition SuperHeader directly from TsBrowse now correctly
calculates the 'SELECTOR'.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3):
- updated for using SQLITE3 version 3.7.4
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 2.1.0beta3 (SVN 2010-12-12 23:12):
* New: Added RDDBM library by Przemyslaw Czerpak priv.onet.pl>;
* Updated: HbODBC library source code (see in folder \Source\HbODBC);
* Updated: HbSqlDD library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSqlDD).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.0.5.1. Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer.
Contributed by Walter Formigoni <walter.formigoni@uol.com.br>
(look at changelog.txt in folder \Ide)
* New: 'DBF Header Info' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\dbfHeaderInfo)
* New: 'Strongly Typed Variables' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\StronglyTypedVars)
* Updated: 'Window with open/close effects' sample.
Contributed by Mahmoud Fayed <msfclipper@yahoo.com>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\WindowEffects)
* Updated: 'TaskBar Notifier' sample by Petr Chornyj <myorg63@mail.ru>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\TaskBarNotifier)
* Updated: 'View BMP Image' sample with Bitmap handling functions:
- Added batch file compile.bat.
Contributed by Christian T. Kurowski <xharbour@wp.pl>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\VIEW_IMAGE)

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

Your comments/feedback are welcome!

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

P.S. I've dedicated this build to my wife today's birthday!

P.S.S. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!