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Key: [Opt] = Optimization
[Fix] = Bug Fix
[Afx] = Alpha or Beta fix. Fix for a problem recently
introduced.
[Imp] = Improvement on bug, but problems may still exist
[New] = New Feature
[Chg] = Changes Previous Functionality
[Kis] = Known Issue
[Wrk] = WorkAround
[WrB] = WorkAround broken as a result of bug fix.
[Nlr] = No Longer Reproducible, Reason Unknown.
Usually a consequence of some other fix.
[Tip] = Insight into the design of a feature, suggests
possible uses.
[Nte] = Note
[Dep] = Deprecated
[Pat] = Describes a backwards compatibility issue.
[Ref] = Major refactoring, functionality should be identical
to previous.
2006 Release 1fc4
[Afx] [IDE] Compiling: No longer causes a failed assertion when building a packaged application that already exists.(Feedback ID: fbczdprz)
2006 Release 1fc4
[Afx] [Win] Code Editor: Now allows Ctrl-Insert, Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-End,
and Ctrl-Enter again for their various functions.
[IDE] [IDE] IDE Scripts: Now has a menu bar so that you can save, close
and do editing operations.(Feedback ID: nulgxwfj)
[IDE] [IDE] IDE Scripts: Now save with the proper extension by default
on Windows (instead of with .xml). Also, now filters .rbs
files as appropriate.(Feedback ID: aqiomnbz)
[Afx] [IDE] IDE Scripts: The DoShellCommand now functions properly on
Windows.
2006 Release 1fc3
[Afx] [All] Code Editor: Widnows and Linux now allows Ctrl+Arrow Keys
for navigating code. Was broken in a previous
alpha.(Feedback IDs: drmbsccl, wrtulspg)
[Afx] [IDE] Debugger: Now shows variables and properties whose type is
an interface.(Feedback IDs: visqjnay, rlmnlidf)
[Afx] [OSX] Dynamic Constants: Now work on OS X.(Feedback ID: bnhxtqom)
[Afx] [IDE] Structures: No longer cause failed assertions when declaring
a structure with an array inside of it whose ubound is less
than 0.
[Afx] [All] Threads: No longer leak like a sieve.(Feedback IDs:
dmqjgjak, aqoqbhwu)
2006 Release 1fc2
[Chg] [Car] Built Application: The CFBundleDevelopmentRegion is now
included in the property list. This value is based on the
Language popup in the build settings dialog. If Default is
used, the current language of the machine is used in this
entry. If another language is chosen, that language is
used.(Feedback IDs: siccbwgy, gwjzgbni)
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: Keyboards that use the Alt+Gr combination to
input certain characters now works in the code
editor.(Feedback IDs: zdpefjsx, crbtxfgd)
[Afx] [Win] Compiler: Methods containing variables whose type is a
structure larger than 64 bytes no longer crash on entry
(broken in fc1).(Feedback ID: xttneqsp)
[Fix] [Win] Compiler: Structure.StringValue no longer fails to swap
endianness for certain fields when big-endian values are
requested from a little-endian system.(Feedback ID:
oujlckib)
[Afx] [All] Compiler: When a function in a module tries to return a
structure, the compiler now reports an error message
instead of failing assertions in the code
generator.(Feedback ID: byvfaqwe)
[Afx] [IDE] Debugger: No longer catched ThreadEndExceptions when you
quit a threaded-application with Break on Exceptions set to
true.(Feedback ID: fglinsao)
[Fix] [IDE] Icon Editor: You can now add icons via a contextual menu
click on the appropriate icon pane.(Feedback ID: brhilaes)
[Afx] [All] Interfaces: Interfaces that define an Operator_Convert can
now be converted again.(Feedback IDs: sgwvbrfv, hmwrotya)
[Fix] [Lnx] ListBox: Selected rows no longer disappear when listbox is
disabled.(Feedback ID: bdqmpqba)
[Afx] [Mac] Listbox: Thin dotted lines are now drawn again on the
Mac(Feedback IDs: guwtybqh, eesgnrgs)
[Imp] [Win] PrinterSetup: No longer crashes on Windows in most cases.
The sample still shows a crash after a much more extended
period, but the fix is unlikely to be safe for 2006r1. A
workaround on the bug has been added to prevent this
problem from affecting your applications.(Feedback IDs:
lwlierco, hagzejij)
[Afx] [All] Shared Properties: No longer cleaned up when a class is
destructed. This would result in crashes in certain
circumstances.(Feedback IDs: nmnntkop, fhemkier)
2006 Release 1fc1
[All] [All] Arrays: Failed assertions in dump.cpp no longer occur after
releasing a reference to an array which has been cast to an
array of a superclass of the original element type.
[IDE] [IDE] Autocomplete: Now autocompletes extension methods(Feedback
IDs: eeouxnjv, tbphhnwu)
[Fix] [All] Compiler: A syntax error no longer occurs when you attempt
to look up the AddressOf a module method using its
qualified name.(Feedback ID: thezshtq)
[All] [All] Compiler: Getting the value of an element of an array in a
structure no longer causes a crash whenever the array
contains any type other than a structure.
[Afx] [Win] Compiler: No longer fails assertions in CGIA32.cpp when both
terms of an expression involve Int8 or Int16 values.
[Afx] [IDE] Compiler: No longer stomping on IA32 registers when loading
an Int64 property from the self object.(Feedback IDs:
tlaspuyv, fmdkkgbx)
[Afx] [Car] Dynamic Constants: If the default value is an empty string,
it no longer returns the name of the constant instead of an
empty string in the case that a localized value cannot be
found.(Feedback IDs: kjrlcjnm, hborocos)
[Fix] [IDE] Items on the command bar overflow menu (which comes up when
you click the chevron at the right side of a command bar)
are no longer permanently enabled, whether they apply to
the current project item or not.(Feedback ID: hjttmyfx)
[Afx] [All] ListBox.CellClick: Returning true from the CellClick event
no longer causes the app to not terminate.
This should also fix the issue where the IDE would not
quit.(Feedback ID: ejgpwlts)
[Afx] [All] MemoryBlock: Now sets values < 32 bits properly when
needing to do byte swapping. Broke in earlier alpha when
refactoring for the new data types.(Feedback IDs: tmkjixad,
xmuzrkhz)
[Fix] [All] XML: No longer crashing due to a nil string in various
parts of the XML plugin (such as XmlReader.Base).(Feedback
ID: wdwrtzje)
2006 Release 1b5
[Afx] [IDE] BevelButton: All BevelButtons in the IDE are now shows with
their proper captions (instead of showing Untitled). This
only affected BevelButtons in the IDE (not in your built
applications).(Feedback ID: lztnqazm)
[Afx] [Win] BevelButton: No longer destroying the mask of a
BevelButton's icon. Note that this affects a previous bug
fix for properly showing the disabled state of a
BevelButton. If your icon has a mask property set, then
you are required to set your own disabled look and feel.
However, if your icon has no mask, then RB will grey the
icon out for you when the BevelButton is disabled.(Feedback
IDs: bpvneofw, qmqnyybk)
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: No longer flickers while typing(Feedback IDs:
nfhyhsbs, ntsqgklh)
[Afx] [IDE] Code Editor: \"Add Note\" command is no longer permanently
disabled in the code editor.(Feedback ID: bebtpzvm)
[Afx] [X86] Compiler: A structure's fields are no longer scrambled when
it is passed as a ByVal parameter.(Feedback ID: aqzykmqm)
[IDE] [IDE] Compiler: Negation operator works for all integer types,
not just Int32.
[IDE] [IDE] Compiler: The compiler no longer complains when a
ParamArray is specified as an array type, instead of as an
element type.
[Fix] [IDE] Compiler: The compiler no longer fails an assertion in
datatypes.cpp when a parameter is erroneously specified as
both ParamArray and ByRef.(Feedback ID: divmcinf)
[Afx] [IDE] Constants listbox, structures li: Now allows you to delete
the last row (not the + row to add a new field) using the
keyboard.(Feedback IDs: vkxrvngv, gyiinvoz)
[IDE] [IDE] Debugger: Looking at the contents of a structure in the
debugger, when the structure has a string field, no longer
causes the debug app to crash.
[All] [All] Hex: Calls to Hex, Bin, and Oct are no longer considered
ambiguous when the parameter is a Single or
Double.(Feedback ID: uzhywggr)
[Afx] [IDE] IDE Menus: Can now make a new Note again.(Feedback IDs:
kxqjzjpn, ydmtziao)
[Fix] [IDE] Project Item Editor, Menu Editor: Now supports the
Alt+Enter keyboard shortcut on Windows and Linux to set
focus to the properties for the currently selected
item.(Feedback IDs: wwiftlsi, tksdgbvr)
[Afx] [All] RbScript: No longer tries to look up the old version of the
Str function, causing a failed assertion at
RbScriptInterface.cpp:180.(Feedback ID: rccnfcad)
[Chg] [All] REALSQL Database: Upgraded to SQLite 3.2.8.
[Fix] [Win] REALSQL Database:Fixed a bug on Windows that caused new
database files to have ".xml" appended to their names in
certain situations.
[All] [All] SSLSocket: The implementation of the SSL Socket has been
reverted to be the same as REALbasic 2005r4. This new
version will be reintroduced during the alpha/beta process
of REALbasic 2006r2.
[Afx] [IDE] Structures listbox, enums listbo: Hitting Enter to commit
an edit does not automatically edit the next row.(Feedback
IDs: qpbkzvwe, cipcdsut)
2006 Release 1b4
[All] [All] Compiler: No longer fails an assertion in FunctionCalls.cpp
when handling an overloaded extension method.(Feedback ID:
kdckxtwm)
[IDE] [IDE] Strings: Str function no longer switches to scientific
notation for integer values, regardless of their size.
[All] [All] Variant: IsNumeric returns true for Int64, UInt64, and
Single.
[Afx] [All] Variants: The StringValue of an Int64 containing zero no
longer has a leading negative sign.(Feedback ID: nrrnbktz)
[Afx] [OSX] Spotlight: using spotlight no longer cause launch failure
of a built application.
2006 Release 1b3
[IDE] [IDE] Code Editor: The \"Project > Add\" menu no longer enables
all menu items which are not also present on the code
editor's command bar, thereby allowing you to add things in
inappropriate places (structures in classes, properties in
interfaces, and so on).(Feedback ID: ltrhaitb)
[Afx] [IDE] Code Editor: \"Comment\" toolbar command is no longer
inappropriately enabled when editing structures and
enumerations.(Feedback ID: jtubtzar)
[Afx] [All] Compiler: Apps no longer sometimes crash or otherwise
behave oddly after assigning values to fields of a
structure contained in an object instance
property.(Feedback ID: jmlpbrix)
[Afx] [IDE] Compiler: No longer crashes instead of reporting a proper
error when attempting to create an instance of a
nonexistent class (broken in b2).(Feedback ID: zuokurla)
[All] [All] Compiler: No longer reports a bogus undefined-operator
error when using arithmetic on 8- or 16-bit integers.
[IDE] [IDE] Debugger: Structure contents now show up in the debugger's
variables pane.(Feedback ID: afqrstxp)
[IDE] [IDE] Debugger: The last few digits of a value at the extreme end
of an Int64's or UInt64's range are no longer garbled when
using decimal format.
[X86] [X86] Debugger: Viewing a 64-bit integer no longer causes the
debugger to crash (broken in b2).(Feedback ID: fkxxrbzr)
[All] [All] RbScript: Print and Input events no longer fire in the
wrong script object when more than one script is running
at a time.(Feedback ID: htzidcua)
[All] [All] RbScript: Scripts that call intrinsic math & string
functions no longer crash or otherwise behave in unexpected
ways. (broken in R2 or R3)
[All] [All] Strings: The CStr function no longer returns a blank string
when its argument is an Int64 or UInt64.
[Afx] [All] Variant: The Int64Value and UInt64Value methods no longer
return results divided by 2^32.(Feedback ID: pyplqoke)
[IDE] [IDE] Variant: The StringValue function no longer returns an
empty string when the variant contains an Int64 or UInt64
value (VarType = 3).
2006 Release 1b2
[Afx] [IDE] Compiler: Ambiguous overloading errors no longer occur when
you try to call an event or private method which shadows an
inherited method.(Feedback ID: blqxfzts)
[Afx] [IDE] Compiler: No longer fails an assertion in FunctionCalls.cpp
when you erroneously invoke an instance method using its
class' name instead of an object expression.(Feedback ID:
nfaaesbs)
[All] [All] Compiler: Not-equals operator no longer returns true,
regardless of the values involved, whenever one of the
operands is an Int64 or UInt64.
[Afx] [IDE] Compiler: Now honors the new version information added in
a2 for Win32 builds.(Feedback IDs: uwrrkvdz, abyhjper)
[Afx] [IDE] Debugger: Int16 and Int8 variables no longer show up
incorrectly when they contain negative numbers.(Feedback
ID: fsfufdrk)
[Afx] [IDE] Debugger: Int64 and UInt64 variables show up in the
debugger.(Feedback ID: nacnpebe)
[All] [All] Language: CLong joins CDbl and Val as a way to convert text
to a number; it accepts a string in decimal, hex, octal, or
binary format (using &h, &o, or &b as appropriate) and
returns its value as an Int64.
[All] [All] Language: Enum values must be cast explicitly to integer
types; there is no longer an implicit conversion.
[Chg] [All] REALSQL Database: The WHERE clause that gets created for
a RecordSet.Update statement now only contains rowid
(instead of all of the values that were in the initial
SELECT statement that created the RecordSet).
[Kis] [All] REALSQL Database: There is a bug in SQLite that prevents
queries with aggregate functions from failing when there
is no GROUP BY clause. Consequently, you can create a
RecordSet from a query that includes an aggregate function
and you will not get an error. Due to the change to the
WHERE clause for RecordSet.Update, this can result in
unpredictable behavior if you attempt to edit one of these
illegal RecordSets. Do not edit RecordSets that have been
created from queries that contain aggregate functions. In
the future, the REAL SQL Database may be able to detect
this problem.
[Chg] [All] SSL Socket: Previously mentioned SSL Socket fixes should
now be included.
[All] [All] Variant: New accessors Int32Value, UInt32Value, Int64Value,
UInt64Value, and SingleValue let you explicitly convert a
variant to their respective datatypes.
2006 Release 1b1:
[Dep] [All] BinaryStream: Deprecated the ReadLong, ReadShort, ReadByte,
WriteLong, WriteShort and WriteByte methods in favor of the
new data-type specific methods.(Feedback ID: kwsmgwqw)
[New] [All] BinaryStream: Now supports all the new data types in the
form of ReadXXX and WriteXXX (where XXX is the new data
type). ie) ReadInt8 and WriteUInt64, etc.
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: variables declared as part of a "for each"
statement now autocomplete properly.(Feedback IDs:
tnqxxfep, xevunuks)
[Afx] [All] Compiler: Apps that assign hex values to variants no longer
fail on startup (with an assertion or an OS loader
error).(Feedback ID: coedmbie)
[Afx] [All] Compiler: Constant folding works for unsigned and 64-bit
integer expressions.(Feedback ID: aikrduig)
[All] [All] Compiler: Enum constants no longer lose their types when
the same value is used elsewhere in the program.(Feedback
ID: ocrziyao)
[IDE] [IDE] Compiler: No longer fails to report an error when an object
reference is supplied as an argument for a parameter which
expects an array of the object's superclass.(Feedback ID:
srtteili)
[Fix] [IDE] Compiler: No longer reports spurious ambiguous overloading
errors when calling a method overloaded at different levels
of its class hierarchy.(Feedback IDs: jeytxjpn, drlfnyhw)
[X86] [X86] Compiler: Once again generates working code for
single-to-double and double-to-single floating-point
conversions.
[IDE] [IDE] Compiler: Sort and SortWith do not make the erroneous claim
that arrays of Int8, UInt8, Int16, UInt16, UInt32, Int64,
and UInt64 cannot be sorted.
[IDE] [IDE] Compiler: The overloading algorithm no longer reports
spurious ambiguous-overloading errors in some situations
where more than two methods would satisfy a given call.
[IDE] [IDE] Compiler: You can overload the array methods with Extends
methods.(Feedback ID: jcacuirr)
[Fix] [IDE] Constants: No longer generate an internal error when you
enter an invalid constant value (e.g., "&40" for a numeric
constant).(Feedback ID: dyrgkygo)
[Fix] [Win] Date: Doing date math on Windows now gives proper results
when setting negative values for any of the fields (except
years, which must always be absolute).(Feedback ID:
bbebqsxi)
[IDE] [IDE] Language: It is now possible to typecast from an enum type
to a simple integer type, or from one integer type to
another, as long as both types are the same size.
[New] [All] MemoryBlock: Now supports the new integer data types.
[Fix] [IDE] Remote Debugging: The IDE now uses the preferences pane to
determine which IP address the IDE is on when remote
debugging.
[New] [IDE] Search Results: Copying the search results now includes the
data from the "Match" column, which shows where the match
occurred in text form, with the matched part indicated in
square brackets.(Feedback IDs: frpzbnyk, mkijbdwv)
[New] [IDE] Search Results: The "Match" column is now
sortable.(Feedback IDs: vldkzbol, ujbqfoug)
[Afx] [IDE] Structures: Structure editor no longer gets confused by
declare types.(Feedback ID: eeucoepw)
[All] [All] Structures: Structure fields are no longer padded to the
natural alignment for their type; this lets you create
matching declarations for structures which were not
originally defined using natural alignment.
[Afx] [IDE] Structures: The compiler reports an error when a structure
tries to contain an instance of itself (a field with the
containing structure's type), and the editor no longer
chokes.(Feedback ID: gczmytuo)
2005 Release 5a4:
[Fix] [IDE] Autocomplete: Now autocompletes mouse cursors.
[Afx] [IDE] Code Editor: Now lets you edit code in editors which are
opened on the first launch of the IDE.(Feedback ID:
oouncnil)
[Fix] [X86] Compiler: Fixed a strange problem in the IA32 backend which
would generate incorrect code for comparisons and certain
arithmetic operations.(Feedback ID: upsnafuv)
[Fix] [All] Compiler: REALbasic no longer crashes when compiling a
program containing a method with an optional ByRef
parameter; instead it properly reports an error.(Feedback
ID: ghmedwye)
[Afx] [IDE] Declaration Pane: Now has proper keyboard mnemonics for the
new Dynamic checkbox in the constants editor.(Feedback IDs:
yzxjtyvy, cihflfdk)
[Afx] [IDE] Declaration Pane: Properties are no longer described as
"Functions" in the declaration pane.(Feedback ID: zaalgify)
[Afx] [IDE] Declaration Pane: The Type buttons for constants are no
longer disabled incorrectly.(Feedback IDs: aqgiirgv,
zimhwjvh)
[Fix] [IDE] File Types Editor: Now has resizeable columns in its
ListBox.(Feedback IDs: uyijjidk, vbxwutkl, ymaqufzr)
[Chg] [IDE] Find dialog: Now always gives the focus to the \"Find\"
field when it appears, even if it was last left with the
focus in the \"Replace With\" field.(Feedback ID: urfrrriv)
[Chg] [OSX] Graphics.DrawPicture: Now interpolates much better when
drawing with Quartz (i.e., when graphics.UseOldRenderer =
False).(Feedback IDs: zvimwdpv, otqbhdwb)
[New] [IDE] IDE Scripting: Now supports several new methods; see the
IDE Scripting Read Me for details.
[Kis] [IDE] IDE Scripting: The new \"RunScript\" command (within IDE
scripts) may crash the IDE. We hope to get that fixed soon.
[New] [IDE] IDE Scripting: There is now an \"IDE Scripts\" submenu
under the File menu. This contains the \"New IDE Script\"
command, but also lists any script files (ending in
\".rbs\") found in a \"Scripts\" folder next to the IDE, or
next to the current project. Selecting one of these items
executes the script; or if you hold down a modifier key,
then it opens it in the script editor.
[New] [All] Language: REALbasic offers enumerated constant types. You
can add an enumeration to a module using Project > Add or
by customizing the module toolbar to include the \"Add
Enumeration\" command. The enumeration's name is a new
datatype, and its contents are new constants within the
enumeration's namespace. Constant values start at zero, and
each constant is one greater than the previous item, unless
you specify a value manually by entering \"name = value\"
instead of simply \"name\". (Feedback ID: ojgskvye)
[New] [All] Language: The \"Size\" and \"StringValue\" items documented in
\"Read Me - Structures\" do not work yet; they will be
implemented in a future alpha.
[New] [All] Language: You can now create structure datatypes in
REALbasic; open a module and go to Project > Add >
Structure. See \"Read Me - Structures\" for more complete
information.(Feedback ID: rnqwssir)
[Fix] [IDE] Project Item Editor: Now updates the state of the encrypted
badge when decrypting an item.(Feedback ID: bsefhkwv)
[Chg] [IDE] Properties List: The \"Source\" property of an RBScript
instance now has an ellipsis button, allowing you to enter
more than one line of source within the window
editor.(Feedback ID: kylwympl)
[New] [IDE] rbidescript: This new open-source command-line tool allows
you to automate the IDE from the command line shell (or, by
using the communications module in your own code, from your
own REALbasic app). See the ReadMe file included with the
download for more information.(Feedback ID: firrwxjm)
[All] [All] Shared Methods and Properties: Calling a method on an
instance now doesn't cause a compiler error.
[All] [All] Shared Properties: Shared Properties with default values,
or that are an array, are now initialized properly.
[Afx] [All] SSL Socket: Now no longer causes build errors.(Feedback ID:
ygzxisyv)
2005 Release 5a3:
[Fix] [Win] ActiveX: Setting the Left/Top/Width/Height of an ActiveX
control, that already contains such properties itself (like
the WebBrowser ActiveX control), now work
properly.(Feedback ID: ujuclotx)
[All] [All] Compiler: Compiler once again generates correct PowerPC
code for single-to-double and double-to-single
floating-point conversions.(Feedback ID: yutzqqzv)
[Fix] [All] ConsoleApplication: Now has SleepCurrentThread, just like
the Application class has.
[Fix] [Lnx] Controls: REALSetControlFocus now works properly for custom
widgets.(Feedback ID: olkmrulw)
[OSX] [OSX] FolderItem: The Visible property now returns values based
on Launch Services when available. This means Visible will
return false for files that begin with a \\".\\", and other
files the system thinks should not be visible.
[All] [All] Language: Added \"RaiseEvent\" which can be used to call an
event. This is particularly useful if you have a method and
an event with the same name. Example:
RaiseEvent SomeEvent
return RaiseEvent SomeEvent2(parameters)
[Afx] [All] ListBox: DragExit event now fires when a drag leaves the
listbox(Feedback IDs: aqdyirzj, fnucstkl)
[Fix] [Lnx] RectControl.KeyDown: The key parameter in the KeyDown event
now reports keypad numbers correctly.(Feedback ID: dlesgcbk)
[Fix] [Win] RectControl.KeyDown: "Dead" keystrokes are now translated
properly.(Feedback ID: nlocjtuj)
[All] [All] RuntimeException: A new property \\"Stack() as String\\"
contains a list of all of the methods in the stack from the
main entrypoint to the point at which \\"raise\\" was
invoked. The first element (0) contains the current
function works up the call stack from there. This feature
only works if the \\"Include Function Names\\" feature is
enabled.(Feedback ID: qqwjvafy)
[Fix] [All] REALSQLDatabase: Fixed a bug with opening databases on
Windows when there were non-ASCII characters in the path
leading to the database file (or in the database file's
name itself).
[Chg] [All] REALSQLDatabase now inserts '0' for 'false' and '1' for
'true' when using the BooleanColumn methods of
DatabaseRecords and RecordSets.
2005 Release 5a2:
[Fix] [IDE] AppleScripts: Now import properly (as scripts rather than
raw data) even if they don't end in a ".scpt"
extension.(Feedback ID: mqxxlkgx)
[Fix] [All] Arrays: SortWith now works properly with arrays that are
"upcasted" from one element type to another.(Feedback ID:
dlaywauh)
[Fix] [IDE] Autocomplete: Now autocompletes more reliably, especially
in the context of a Window.(Feedback ID: kserjzdg)
[Afx] [IDE] Autocomplete: Now autocompletes the new integer data types.
As an extra added bonus, now autocompletes Nil as well.
[New] [All] BinaryStream, TextInputStream, T: Has a new getter
property: Handle( type as Integer ) as Integer where the
type can be any of the new HandleType* constants on the
class. This property will return a handle of the property
type, or -1 if the handle type cannot be
retrieved.(Feedback ID: ydtprjxj)
[New] [All] BinaryStream, TextInputStream, T: Now has a Constructor:
Constructor( handle as Integer, type as Integer ), where
type is one of the HandleType* constants on the class, and
handle is the appropriate handle type specified by the type
parameter. So, for instance, you can use a declare to open
a file up with whatever permissions you\'d like, and then
pass the Handle to a stream object\'s constructor.(Feedback
ID: eyllgykv)
[New] [All] BinaryStream, TextInputStream, T: Now has a set of
constants for use with the Constructor and Handle property.
The constants are as follows:
HandleTypeWin32Handle = 1 // A Win32 OS HANDLE
HandleTypeFilePointer = 2 // A FILE *
HandleTypeFileNumber = 3 // A file descriptor
HandleTypeMacFileRefNum = 4 // A file reference number
HandleTypeMacFileSpecPointer = 5 // An FSSpec *(Feedback
ID: kdcpfhzl)
[Fix] [Lin] Clipboard: Getting/setting pictures on the clipboard now
works across processes (requires GTK+ 2.6 or
better).(Feedback ID: llcpxlwl)
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: Clear all breakpoints works properly
again.(Feedback ID: aqrcdsbi)
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: Now correctly matches multiple "catch"
sections within a "try" block.(Feedback IDs: chkkgiti,
ekoqliqh)
[Fix] [Win] ComboBox: Now gets the Text properly when you are querying
from the KeyDown event of an autocompleting
ComboBox.(Feedback ID: tblimgbi)
[New] [Win] Compiler: Added three new fields to the version information
stored on Windows. InternalName (which is used if your
application has an internal vs external name -- and when
left blank, will simply be the same of the application
minus the .exe), CompanyName and ProductName (which means
you can have an executable name like winword.exe and a
product name of Microsoft Word).(Feedback ID: suabelyx)
[Afx] [All] Compiler: Code generators no longer inappropriately reuse
cached 32-bit intermediate values for 8- and 16-bit
integers.(Feedback ID: aqwjpron)
[New] [All] Compiler: New Int64 and UInt64 datatypes offer support for
64-bit integer arithmetic. (Feedback ID: iatmsfre)
[Fix] [All] Compiler: No longer fails to verify that an object whose
Operator_Compare method is about to be called is not nil
when the object came from a ByRef parameter or a simple
property of another object, referenced through the dot
operator.(Feedback ID: ndwcmcct)
[Afx] [Car] Compiler: No longer throws a failed assertion when a class
that implements an interface is placed on a
window.(Feedback ID: anksbxlr)
[Afx] [All] Compiler: Now honors default values of properties again.
[Fix] [Win] Compiler: Now properly sets the \"Description\" field in
the version resources on Windows. Previously only set one
Description field (on the main tab) and not the one on the
version tab.(Feedback ID: visdkmwe)
[Afx] [IDE] Compiler: Now reports proper errors when accessing an
instance member from inside of a shared method or computed
property.(Feedback IDs: fhlkqarb, xwxjecec)
[New] [All] Compiler: Now supports a new pragma that allows you to
determine which calling convention a method will be
compiled with on x86. This allows you to write callback
functions on Windows, which typically require the StdCall
calling convention.
You use it like this:
#pragma X86CallingConvention StdCall | CDecl(Feedback ID:
mahawzux)
[All] [All] Compiler: Numeric literals outside the range of a 32-bit
integer used to be represented as 64-bit floats; they now
become 64-bit integers instead.
[Afx] [All] Compiler: 8- and 16-bit integer values are no longer mangled
when being passed as parameters or converted to
floating-point values.(Feedback ID: xgtkkbqf)
[Fix] [Lin] Controls: Setting the control focus in Window.Open now
works properly(Feedback ID: umomedtw)
[Fix] [Win] Debugger: No longer allows the destructors for static
objects to be called when Killing the application. This
would manifest itself by throwing failed assertions when
you have running threads.
[Afx] [IDE] Debugger: No longer crashes when viewing integer types that
are not 0.(Feedback ID: bcvwazsm)
[Afx] [Win] EditField: Now checks the scrollbars property in the
correct fashion when determining whether to draw the
EditField in a theme-savvy manner or not.(Feedback IDs:
nugigdpi, zdzunoqq)
[Fix] [All] EmailMessage: Fixed a problem where some emails that had a
mime boundary in the header could have cause a stack
overflow exception when just the headers where
retrieved.(Feedback IDs: zcmslvmq, tlrnnuam)
[New] [All] Graphics: Added a new method to get the OS handle from a
Graphics object: Handle( type as Integer ) as Integer
The type parameter is defined by one of the new
Graphics.HandleType constants. This method will return 0
if the handle type is not supported or available.(Feedback
IDs: asoojmdw, mwdsfmtk)
[New] [All] Graphics: Added four new constants to be used when getting
the handle from a Graphics object. HandleTypeHDC = 1, gets
the HDC on Windows. HandleTypeCGrafPtr = 2, gets the
QuickDraw CGrafPtr on Mac. HandleTypeGdkDrawablePtr = 3,
gets the GdkDrawable * on Linux. HandleTypeGdkGCPtr = 4,
gets the GdkGC * on Linux.(Feedback IDs: zkzduyzc, yrroacmm)
[Fix] [Lin] Graphics: Now supports drawing lines with different pen
sizes(Feedback ID: bexqdcsj)
[New] [IDE] IDE Scripting: The REALbasic IDE is now scriptable and
recordable on all platforms, using RBScript. See the \"IDE
Scripting Read Me\" document for details.(Feedback ID:
fcekdtxn)
[New] [All] If either operand of an integer arithmetic expression is a 64
-bit value, the result will be a 64-bit value. If both operands
are 32 bits or smaller, the result will be a 32-bit value.
If either operand of an arithmetic expression is signed,
the result will be signed; the result will only be unsigned
if both operands are unsigned.
[Fix] [Mac] Listbox: Cells that are checkboxes no longer draw past the
end of the listbox on the Mac.(Feedback ID: dllgiqwk)
[Win] [Win] Listbox: Now draws horizontal thin dotted lines
properly(Feedback ID: qwujmfrq)
[Fix] [Lin] Listbox: Now draws the hierarchical widget in its correct
color, instead of the color last set in the
CellBackgroundPaint event(Feedback ID: wmmwgjta)
[Fix] [Win] MouseCursor Editor: No longer displays the hotspot in the
wrong location.(Feedback ID: alaaqqyo)
[Fix] [Win] MouseCursor: Cursors dragged into the project now have
their hotspot set correcly on Windows, instead of having
the x and y axis flipped.(Feedback ID: pzeoyyqx)
[Fix] [IDE] Project Item Editor: No longer prematurely bails out when
dragging in a Win32 cursor file where the first entry in
the file isn\'t a 16x16 cursor.(Feedback ID: pshhjent)
[Afx] [IDE] Project Saving: Now saves properties default values
properly again.(Feedback IDs: hshrsice, qtjaktdt)
[Fix] [IDE] ProjectItem Editor: No longer allows folders to have a
blank name.(Feedback IDs: blykkujm, vmjrelrx)
[Fix] [Lin] PushButton: Typing Enter/Return in an single-line
Editfield, or typing Enter in a multi-line Editfield, now
triggers the default PushButton (consistent with other
platforms).(Feedback ID: vdxfnjgs)
[Fix] [All] RegExMatch: SubExpressionCount is now available in console
applications.(Feedback ID: linrbegp)
[Fix] [Lin] Shell: IsRunning property is now set properly(Feedback ID:
xcxkxoqf)
[Fix] [All] Shell: ShellNotAvailableException and
ShellNotRunningException are both available in console
applications.(Feedback ID: obxjjozh)
[Afx] [All] SSLSocket: The read me has been updated with new
information.(Feedback IDs: kyfapgsh, gdogrruh)
[Fix] [All] StringShape: Now scales even when the TextSize has been set
to 0.(Feedback IDs: filoyegl, htodzemt, yfumxqmk)
[New] [All] Threads: Added a Thread.Kill method. Internally, this
method will cause your thread's stack to unwind,
destructors for local objects to be called, etc. It's a
graceful exit which can cause code to execute. It may also
cause context switches.(Feedback IDs: wohifzzk, tkxqxnvk)
[Fix] [All] Threads: No longer causes an infinite loop when you sleep a
thread while all other threads are suspended.(Feedback IDs:
ixzjrddj, biycfmqv)
[Fix] [All] Threads: Now cleanup gracefully when the application is
quit. This means that object destructors will be called as
appropriate, even if you call Quit before terminating the
thread.(Feedback ID: apcljuji)
[Fix] [All] Variant.Hash: Now returns a unique value for objects and
integers; previously, different objects (or integers) might
hash to the same value.(Feedback IDs: loiuhvya, wzayvzpa)
[Fix] [IDE] Window Editor: Changing the font style of a control no
longer changes the font style of the control order
badge(Feedback ID: vbxnbjgs)
[Fix] [IDE] Window Editor: Using constants for button heights no longer
causes odd selection position in the IDE(Feedback IDs:
suyorybf, lxighdkk, begoynxd, frzekqtn)
[Mac] [Mac] Window: Now respects the MinimizeButton property on the Mac.
[Fix] [Win] Window: Now selects the proper default pushbutton when
initially opened inside of an MDI application.(Feedback
IDs: axrifidu, khvchlms)
[Fix] [IDE] XML Files: Now properly save the state of the menu shortcut
flags instead of saving them all under the AltModifier
flag.(Feedback IDs: nwyfmhui, jcisnaoo)
2005 Release 5a1:
[New] [Mac] Apple Events: Intrinsic apple events, such as 'odoc',
'quit', 'pref', etc are now all passed to the
Application.HandleAppleEvent event first. If you return
true, the default behavior will no longer take place (for
example, if you return true from HandleAppleEvent for the
'odoc' event, the OpenDocument event will not fire).
[Fix] [All] Application Launch: No longer throw assertions when a class
which implements an interface which defines no methods is
instansiated.
[New] [All] Array.Sort: No longer generates a StackOverflowException on
very large, almost-sorted arrays. Note that such
worst-case data can still cause Array.Sort to take a very
long time to finish, however.(Feedback IDs: dyknvqvu,
wmubxzhk)
[Fix] [Win] BevelButton: Now draw their icons as disabled when
appropriate.(Feedback ID: kbgbvtpm)
[Fix] [All] BevelButton: The List getter and setter now throws
OutOfBoundsExceptions when the row parameter is out of
bounds.(Feedback ID: snjtdydj)
[New] [IDE] Bookmarks Bar: You can now add a method or property to the
bookmarks bar via drag-and-drop (drag the item name from
the code browser up to the bookmarks bar).
[Fix] [IDE] Bookmarks: Opening a project via the Bookmarks menu no
longer opens an additional, unwanted window.(Feedback ID:
wpujphyb)
[Fix] [IDE] Building: Compiling for Linux on the Mac, no longer messes
up the version information (incorrect byte order).
[New] [All] Classes: Can now have Shared Methods and Shared Properties.
Shared Methods and Properties live in the class namespace
in the same way that Constants do. "Self" is not available
in shared methods or shared computed properties, and you
can not access instance methods or properties from within a
shared method, unless doing so via an instance (such as
foo.SomeProperty).(Feedback ID: gwxczsbs)
[Fix] [Win] Clipboard: Pictures from the clipboard now have a valid
Graphics object, mask, etc.(Feedback ID: kpoelibs)
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: Changing the declaration of an Event
Definition now updates any implementations of that event in
subclasses.(Feedback ID: kzmcikqw)
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: Constants can now be copied and pasted; they
can also be deleted via menus rather than the Delete key.
[Fix] [IDE] Code Editor: Horizontal scrollbar no longer stops short
when a method contains a long line, among enough other
lines to cause the vertical scrollbar to appear.
[Afx] [Win] Code Editor: Now supports Insert Mode in the code editor --
so when you hit the Insert key, it goes into the standard
type-over mode.(Feedback ID: dmxcbvyl)
[Afx] [IDE] Code Editor: Now visually matches parenthesis in the code
editor.(Feedback ID: jmappqre)
[New] [IDE] Code Editor: Parameters field now autocompletes "As" and
known datatypes.
[Afx] [IDE] Code Editor: The internal parser for doing syntax
highlighting now handles multi-character tokens (<>, <=,
>=) better.(Feedback ID: ptfzwpau)
[New] [IDE] Code Editor: You can now insert colors via a color picker
using the Insert Color contextual menu.(Feedback ID:
mdzfsueb)
[New] [IDE] Code Editor: "super-return" block closers (obtained by
pressing shift-Return or Enter) now match the case style
(uppercase, title case, or lowercase) of the block opener.
[Fix] [Win] ComboBox: Autocompleting ComboBoxes now get their GotFocus
event fired properly.
[Fix] [All] Compiler: Protected properties are no longer accessible in
classes that derive from the same parent class unless the
parent class declares it.(Feedback ID: wlzmgbza)
[Fix] [All] Compiler: Return type covariance now works if the
superclass' return type is "Object", and the subclass' type
is any type of object, including an interface.
[Opt] [All] Compiler: Subsequent runs of an application take slightly
less time to run. This change makes compiling with many
plugins closer to the speed that it would take without any
plugins.
[Fix] [All] Compiler: When a class inherits from two other classes, and
both parent classes have the same interface in the
Interfaces list, there is no longer a failed
assertion.(Feedback ID: niwpomaf)
[New] [All] Compiler: #if statements can now be one-line statements.
The "Then" statement is required. E.g.
#if TargetCarbon then MsgBox "I'm on Carbon!"(Feedback ID:
vkfahabz)
[Fix] [All] Computed Properties: Now allows an exception and finally
block. It always allowed try/catch blocks, but an exception
block for the body of the accessor previously caused a
compiler error.(Feedback IDs: kwgucytz, gjwdlshi)
[Fix] [IDE] Database editor: Database column attributes are no longer
lost when sorting the columns(Feedback ID: zuerlkdf)
[Afx] [IDE] Debugger: No longer throws an OutOfBoundsException when
viewing a nil Variant.(Feedback IDs: zglowbji, ycvjpjyn)
[Fix] [IDE] Debugger: The picture viewer's contents pane now displays
images properly on Windows and Linux. Was also slightly
optimized.
[New] [All] DecodeQuotedPrintable: Now decodes input where hex values
are represented in lowercase. (Despite the requirement in
RFC 1521 that the hex codes always be uppercase, it is
common to find them in lowercase in such things as email
messages, and DecodeQuotedPrintable can now decode these
anyway.)
[All] [All] Drag & Drop: Add new drag events for all RectControls and
Window
DragEnter( obj As DragItem ) As Boolean
- This event is triggered when the drag enters the
control or window. Returning true in this function will
prevent drop from occurring.
DragExit( obj As DragItem )
- This event is triggered when the drag leaves the
control or window.
DragOver( x As Integer, y As Integer, obj As DragItem ) As
Boolean
- This event is triggered when the drag is over the
control or window. x,y are mouse coordinates relative to
the control. Returning true prevents drop from occurring.
[Fix] [Win] Drag & Drop: Dragging a picture from an RB app to another
app now works, and vice versa.
[Fix] [Win] Drag & Drop: Dragging a picture from your RB app to another
app now works, and vice versa.(Feedback IDs: qyqpkpjy,
xhmdsapg)
[New] [Mac] Drag & Drop: Now supports promised files. To enable this
advanced feature, call AcceptRawDataDrop with "phfs" as the
data type. Then, when a drag from an application that
sends file promises is dropped on your app, you will find a
FolderItem in the drag item (usually, this will point to
something in the TemporaryItems folder, and you should
delete this file when you're done with it).
[Chg] [Win] EditField: Are now drawn theme-savvy under the following
cirumstances:
The border property is set to true. Multiline is set to
false. Multiline is set to true, but the Scrollbar*
properties are set to false.
[Fix] [Mac] EditField: No longer generates an assertion failure if you
assign a text whose encoding is not one supported by the
OS, and whose length is an odd number of bytes.
[Fix] [Win] EditField: Now honors LimitText when assigning text
directly (instead of via user input).(Feedback ID: ipeqsidx)
[Fix] [Mac] EditField.AppendText: Now properly remains scrolled to the
bottom even when the font is set to SmallSystem.
[Fix] [Mac] EditField.CharPosAtXY: Now returns a correct result when
given a pixel position beyond the right end of the line, on
the last line of text.
[Fix] [Mac] EditField.CharPosAtXY: Now returns correct results for
pixel positions just below the baseline in a small font
such as SmallSystem.
[New] [IDE] Find & Replace: Now supports RegEx replacement. In your
Replace With string, use \1 to indicate the first
subexpression (in parentheses in your search string), \2
for the second, etc. Also use \0 to indicate the whole
matched text, and \ for a plain backslash.(Feedback ID:
kokocent)
[Fix] [Lnx] Floating Windows: Now float above other document windows
[Afx] [Win] FolderItem Dialogs: Now defaults to the My Documents
directory if you do not specify an initial directory
property.(Feedback ID: eltatmej)
[Chg] [Mac] FolderItem.AbsolutePath: Now returns a full Unicode path,
roughly equivalent to what you would get by walking the
\\"Parent\\" list and concatenating the Name properties
together.
[Fix] [Win] GameInputDevice: Now supports hat switches and other POV
elements.(Feedback ID: blkvdlbx)
[New] [All] Language: Integer variables are now available in a range of
sizes, using both signed and unsigned forms. New type names
are Int8, Int16, Int32, UInt8, UInt16, and UInt32, plus
Byte (as an alias for UInt8). Integer is now defined as an
alias for a signed integer of the target architecture\'s
word size, which on all current targets equals Int32.
[Chg] [All] Language: Negative step values now cause a For loop to
iterate backwards, instead of aborting instantly. This is
more consistent with the way other dialects of Basic work.
(The DownTo option is still supported, since it can improve
readability, but now it simply reverses the sign of the
step value.)(Feedback ID: uxilkzbk)
[New] [IDE] Location field: Now accepts \\"App\\" as a reference to
your blessed Application subclass, even if that is not
literally named \\"App.\\"
[Afx] [Lnx] Movie: No longer throws a failed assertion when attempting
to get a movie from a resource on Linux. Now the movie
returned is nil.
[New] [IDE] Printing: Source code printouts now use emphasis for
headers, and prefix method names with the class or window
name.(Feedback ID: ulsrusey)
[Fix] [Lnx] Printing: Starting a new page now clears the page properly
[Afx] [IDE] Project Item Editor: No longer allowed to name items in the
project item editor which start with an _. Now displaying
an error when you try to do so.(Feedback IDs: oyuctoeu,
jxjlrujq)
[Afx] [IDE] ProjectItem Editor: Can no longer falsely encrypt items in
the project item editor.(Feedback ID: kshqvykd)
[New] [IDE] Project: You can now drop WMV/ASF movie files into your
project and play them using the MoviePlayer (Windows
only).(Feedback ID: lywpnpsq)
[Fix] [Win] PushButton: Now honors the default property when the button
is opened on a modal dialog and the button is not the first
control in the control order.(Feedback ID: dwgtvfhx)
[Fix] [Win] PushButton, CheckBox, RadioButto: Now get the focus
properly when using a keyboard mnemonic to trigger their
action event.
[Fix] [Lnx] Screen: AvailableLeft, AvailableTop, AvailableWidth, and
AvailableHeight, now properly accounts for the task bar.
[Fix] [Win] Screen: AvailableTop, AvailableLeft, AvailableWidth and
AvailableHeight now work properly when querying the
non-primary monitor.
[Afx] [IDE] Search Results: No longer displays highlighted text as
black on Windows when selecting multiple search
results.(Feedback ID: xyziqdkl)
[New] [All] SSLSocket: The SSL Socket has been rewritten. Please
see Read Me for further details.
[Opt] [All] Trim, LTrim, and RTrim: Now operate more efficiently when
given a string whose encoding is defined as ASCII, or with
undefined encoding.
[Fix] [IDE] Window Editor: Checking keyboard mnemonics will now always
report a positive result, instead of only reporting in
certain circumstances.(Feedback ID: aktxdece)
[Fix] [IDE] Window Menu: Windows beyond the 9th one no longer get
keyboard shortcuts.(Feedback ID: brgjhukn)
[Fix] [Win] Window: A moveable modal dialog now has its system menu
items properly reflecting the state of the buttons on the
caption bar.(Feedback ID: imkxvcgb)
[Fix] [Win] Window: Now honors the CloseButton property when
MinimizeButton is set to true.(Feedback ID: zzpiyxcb)
[Fix] [Win] Window: Now picks the proper default PushButton, even when
the button is on a tab panel. As an extra-added bonus fix,
it also picks the proper default button when a button\'s
visibility has changed and when a CheckBox or RadioButton
has focus.(Feedback ID: sqnwqbdh)
[Chg] [IDE] XML Export: Now uses Unix line endings on OS X, to be
consistent with most other XML files, and compatible with
command-line tools such as diff and svn.