Gambas 3.8.3

What's new

This release includes all bugs fixes since the release of Gambas 3.8.2.

It includes a few enhancements and optimizations too:

• Source files can now be dragged & dropped in the IDE project tree.

• Project directories are now movable.

• Support for line cap style, line join style and fill rule in the IDE image editor.

• Array accessors are faster.

ChangeLog

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

Project tree

• A child class is now displayed in the project tree under its parent class only if they are in the same directory. Consequently, dragging a child class to any directory is now possible.

• Allow project directories to be moved.

• Cutting & pasting source files now works as expected.

• Use the file stock icon at correct size when making a project file icon.

About dialog

• Mouse wheel now scrolls the text in both direction.

Code editor

• Automatic comment insertion is now done in one step to prevent syntax highlighting from occurring inside the new comment line.

• Correctly catch errors when reloading a file.

• Reloading a class or module file now keep the breakpoints.

• Reloading a file now correctly resets the procedure combo.

Database editor

• Correctly save CSV file path in data export and table import dialogs.

• Redraw some database editor icons.

• Renaming a table does not delete it anymore if the renaming fails for any reason.

• Larger connection properties dialog.

• Remove not yet implemented "template" database type.

Help browser

• Correctly set the help browser URL in all cases.

• Don't display the wiki language combo-box in the help browser.

• HelpView.Stop() method now always hides the spinner.

Form editor

• Fix list property editor layout.

• Draw tool-bar icons of project exported controls larger, so that they are readable.

• Property help now works off line.

• Set the Design property of controls the later as possible. That way it is propagated to inner controls that are created after because of a control property.

• Project exported control icons are thiner.

• Reverting a form now reverts the class file too.

Image editor

• Buttons for line cap style, line join style and fill rule.

• Display the target frame when moving the pasted image.

• Fix drawing of ghost line tool.

• Fix magnet detection.

• Fix the zero-width line drawing.

Packager

• Correctly handle descriptions having newlines inside.

• Extra directories are now correctly defined in Debian packages.

Search dialog

• Search: Fix replace all in current procedure.

Software farm

• Software farm: Remove sort by vote.

Project property dialog

• Correctly fix the library "Compatible until" option of the project property dialog.

Miscellaneous

• Add missing dark theme icons.

• Fix project icon folder generation.

• Fix report border chooser dialog.

• Support for future webforms.

• Update french translation.

• When compiling changes the project information metadata, only reload forms.

INTERPRETER

• Prevent the use of seed 0 for the random-number generator, by replacing it by -1 if Randomize 0 is requested.

• Ensure better entropy when initializing pseudo-random number generator.

• Ensure a better hash key seed for hash tables.

• File.IsHidden() is a new static method that returns if a path is hidden, i.e. if its filename or one of its directory components starts with a dot.

• Fix a crash when trying twice accessing a collection without the good number of arguments.

• Fix a possible crash when removing an element from an enumerated collection.

• Release classes having an array class if that array class has no instance.

• Some optimization in native array accessors.

COMPILER

• Support for future webforms.

• Trim the VERSION file before inserting into the ".startup" file.

BENCHMARKS

• Do less iterations in benchmarks to get the result faster.

• Fix sort.pl bench.

GB.COMPRESS.ZLIB

• Uncompress.String(): Detect gzip format.

GB.DB.ODBC

• Don't crash when trying to open a database if the host is void.

GB.DB.SQLITE2

• Listing databases without specifying the host does not crash anymore.

GB.DB.SQLITE3

• Listing databases without specifying the host does not crash anymore.

GB.FORM

• Fix "linux" stock icon.

• Fix stock icon templates.

• Print each loaded stock icon when Stock.Debug is set.

• Setting an hidden path to a DirChooser or FileChooser automatically toggles the ShowHidden property if needed.

• Wizard: Add Update() method that refreshes the Wizard buttons state.

GB.FORM.EDITOR

• TextEditor: CTRL+ENTER does not crash anymore if there is nothing to fold or unfold.

• TextEditor: SHIFT+PGUP or SHIFT+PGDOWN keys now work as expected.

GB.FORM.MDI

• Workspace: Always shows the global close button, even if there is only one tab.

GB.GTK

• Control.Reparent() now works as expected when the new Parent inherits UserContainer.

• Correctly initialize resolution when drawing on a DrawingArea.

• Fix ScrollView ClientWidth and ClientHeight properties.

• Setting PictureBox.Picture to NULL with PictureBox.Stretch set now works as expected.

• When searching for event targets, don't look at controls outside of containers client area.

GB.GTK3

• Control.Reparent() now works as expected when the new Parent inherits UserContainer.

• Correctly initialize resolution when drawing on a DrawingArea.

• Fix ScrollView ClientWidth and ClientHeight properties.

• ScrollView with a border should not display scrollbars anymore when they are void.

• Setting PictureBox.Picture to NULL with PictureBox.Stretch set now works as expected.

• When searching for event targets, don't look at controls outside of containers client area.

GB.GUI.BASE

• _Gui._Quit is a new method called by the GUI components during their "quit" hook. At the moment it releases Drag.Icon picture and voids the Picture cache.

GB.OPENAL

• Fix return value of Al.GetBufferi(), Al.GetSourcei() and Al.GetListeneri().

GB.QT4

• Disable warning messages when rendering a SVG file.

• Draw masked windows the same way as in gb.gtk.

• Style.Name now returns "Breeze" if the patched breeze style is used.

GB.QT5

• Disable warning messages when rendering a SVG file.

• Draw masked windows the same way as in gb.gtk.

• Style.Name now returns "Breeze" if the patched breeze style is used.

GB.WEB

• Request.Referer is a new property that returns the request referer.

• Request.UserAgent is a new property that returns the request user agent.

GB.XML.HTML

• XmlElement: Fix infinite loop from MatchFilter().

Compilation and installation

Read the instructions there.

If everything was fine, type "gambas3" to run the development environment.

Enjoy it !

See also

• Gambas 3.8.0

• Gambas 3.8.1

• Gambas 3.8.2