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:
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Source files can now be dragged & dropped in the IDE project tree.
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Project directories are now movable.
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Support for line cap style, line join style and fill rule in the IDE image editor.
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Array accessors are faster.
ChangeLog
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
Project tree
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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.
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Allow project directories to be moved.
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Cutting & pasting source files now works as expected.
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Use the
file stock icon at correct size when making a project file
icon.
About dialog
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Mouse wheel now scrolls the text in both direction.
Code editor
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Automatic comment insertion is now done in one step to prevent
syntax highlighting from occurring inside the new comment line.
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Correctly catch errors when reloading a file.
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Reloading a class or module file now keep the breakpoints.
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Reloading a file now correctly resets the procedure combo.
Database editor
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Correctly save
CSV file path in data export and table import
dialogs.
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Redraw some database editor icons.
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Renaming a table does not delete it anymore if the
renaming fails for any reason.
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Larger connection properties dialog.
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Remove not yet implemented "template" database type.
Help browser
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Correctly set the help browser URL in all cases.
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Don't display the wiki language combo-box in the help browser.
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HelpView.Stop() method now always hides the spinner.
Form editor
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Fix list property editor layout.
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Draw tool-bar icons of project exported controls larger,
so that they are readable.
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Property help now works off line.
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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.
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Project exported control icons are thiner.
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Reverting a form now reverts the class file too.
Image editor
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Buttons for line cap style, line join style and fill
rule.
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Display the target frame when moving the pasted image.
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Fix drawing of ghost line tool.
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Fix magnet detection.
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Fix the zero-width line drawing.
Packager
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Correctly handle descriptions having newlines inside.
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Extra directories are now correctly defined in Debian
packages.
Search dialog
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Search: Fix replace all in current procedure.
Software farm
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Software farm: Remove sort by vote.
Project property dialog
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Correctly fix the library "Compatible until" option of the project
property dialog.
Miscellaneous
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Add missing dark theme icons.
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Fix project icon folder generation.
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Fix report border chooser dialog.
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Support for future webforms.
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Update french translation.
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When compiling changes the project information metadata, only reload
forms.
INTERPRETER
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Prevent the use of seed 0 for the random-number generator, by
replacing it by -1 if Randomize 0 is requested.
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Ensure better entropy when initializing pseudo-random number
generator.
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Ensure a better hash key seed for hash tables.
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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.
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Fix a crash when trying twice accessing a collection without the
good number of arguments.
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Fix a possible crash when removing an element from an enumerated
collection.
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Release classes having an array class if that array class has no
instance.
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Some optimization in native array accessors.
COMPILER
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Support for future webforms.
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Trim the VERSION file before inserting into the ".startup" file.
BENCHMARKS
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Do less iterations in benchmarks to get the result faster.
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Fix
sort.pl bench.
GB.COMPRESS.ZLIB
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Uncompress.String(): Detect gzip format.
GB.DB.ODBC
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Don't crash when trying to open a database if the host is void.
GB.DB.SQLITE2
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Listing databases without specifying the host does not crash
anymore.
GB.DB.SQLITE3
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Listing databases without specifying the host does not crash
anymore.
GB.FORM
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Fix "linux" stock icon.
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Fix stock icon templates.
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Print each loaded stock icon when Stock.Debug is set.
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Setting an hidden path to a DirChooser or FileChooser automatically
toggles the ShowHidden property if needed.
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Wizard: Add Update() method that refreshes the Wizard buttons state.
GB.FORM.EDITOR
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TextEditor:
CTRL+ENTER does not crash anymore if there is nothing to fold or
unfold.
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TextEditor:
SHIFT+PGUP or SHIFT+PGDOWN keys now work as expected.
GB.FORM.MDI
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Workspace: Always shows the global close button, even if there is
only one tab.
GB.GTK
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Control.Reparent() now works as expected when the new Parent
inherits UserContainer.
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Correctly initialize resolution when drawing on a DrawingArea.
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Fix ScrollView ClientWidth and ClientHeight properties.
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Setting PictureBox.Picture to NULL with PictureBox.Stretch set now
works as expected.
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When searching for event targets, don't look at controls outside of
containers client area.
GB.GTK3
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Control.Reparent() now works as expected when the new Parent
inherits UserContainer.
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Correctly initialize resolution when drawing on a DrawingArea.
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Fix ScrollView ClientWidth and ClientHeight properties.
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ScrollView with a border should not display scrollbars anymore when
they are void.
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Setting PictureBox.Picture to NULL with PictureBox.Stretch set now
works as expected.
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When searching for event targets, don't look at controls outside of
containers client area.
GB.GUI.BASE
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_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
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Fix return value of Al.GetBufferi(), Al.GetSourcei() and
Al.GetListeneri().
GB.QT4
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Disable warning messages when rendering a SVG file.
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Draw masked windows the same way as in gb.gtk.
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Style.Name now returns "Breeze" if the patched breeze style is used.
GB.QT5
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Disable warning messages when rendering a SVG file.
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Draw masked windows the same way as in gb.gtk.
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Style.Name now returns "Breeze" if the patched breeze style is used.
GB.WEB
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Request.Referer is a new property that returns the request referer.
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Request.UserAgent is a new property that returns the request user
agent.
GB.XML.HTML
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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