This release primarily focuses on iOS features. Notable changes and new features include:
| 43324 |
Build |
Corrected issue with formatting of plist entry. |
| 43411 |
Build |
Building now defers app nap until builds are completed. |
| 43630 |
Build Pipeline |
Updated the XPM file to reflect the new Xojo icon. |
| 40340 |
Compiler |
Fixed a failed assertion in CGIA32.cpp that could be triggered by code that references missing types. |
| 40474 |
Compiler |
Fixed the location reported by the compiler when referencing a member of Super that does not exist. |
| 43789 |
Compiler |
Fixed more assertions in the compiler that were due to unresolved type errors. |
| 37845 |
Crashes & Assertions » Crash |
Viewing a Window's DockItem property in the debugger no longer crashes the application. |
| 43169 |
Crashes & Assertions » Failed Assertion |
On Windows, setting the mode or period of a timer repeatedly will no longer raise a potential assertion in WinTimer.cpp due to a timer resource limit. |
| 42573 |
Database Plugins |
SQLiteDatabase no longer leaks when closing connection. |
| 22297 |
Debugger |
Running an application in the debugger on OS X no longer brings up the system's firewall dialog. |
| 43031 |
Debugger |
Viewing an object that goes out of scope in the debugger no longer causes the application to crash under certain circumstances. |
| 43320 |
Debugger |
Fixed a crash in the debugger that could be caused by computed properties setting other properties to Nil. |
| 44050 |
Debugger |
The debugger now shows structure array values immediately instead of showing stale data. |
| 44068 |
Debugger |
Fixed an occasional crash that could occur when quitting a debugged app after viewing an Auto while it was paused in the debugger. |
| 44120 |
Debugger |
Fixed viewing shared computed properties in the debugger. |
| 22581 |
Framework » All |
Fixed a use after free with the NetworkInterface class. |
| 43768 |
Framework » All |
Creating a new Picture Image no longer crashes if any of the bitmaps are Nil, rather a NilObjectException is now raised. |
| 43790 |
Framework » All |
An OutOfBoundsException when accessing the parameter info for the default constructor no longer occurs. |
| 43817 |
Framework » All |
Xojo.IO.SpecialFolder.GetResource now works on OS X console and web. |
| 43897 |
Framework » All |
Fixed a bug that could cause Variants holding Currency values to compare incorrectly. |
| 44208 |
Framework » All |
UDPSocket's BroadcastAddress property now consistently returns 255.255.255.255 when no network interface is specified. |
| 44275 |
Framework » All |
On Linux, creating a MouseCursor with a multi-representation Picture no longer raises a failed assertion. |
| 44288 |
Framework » All |
Fixed a bug in JSONItem where short names could still cause key collisions. |
| 43627 |
Framework » Linux |
On Linux, Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket RequestHeaders are now sent out correctly instead of being omitted. |
| 43427 |
Framework » Macintosh |
Fixed a crash relating to the ActionNotificationReceiver interface. |
| 28116 |
Framework » Macintosh (Cocoa) |
Listbox's CellKeyDown event now fires on OS X for non-ASCII keys. |
| 39949 |
Framework » Macintosh (Cocoa) |
Reduced CPU usage when there are sleeping threads that were then suspended. |
| 44374 |
Framework » Macintosh (Cocoa) |
XmlNode.Xql no longer crashes when namespaces are specified. |
| 33656 |
Framework » Web |
Setting a WebImageView picture to Nil now removes the image on the browser. |
| 34741 |
Framework » Web |
WebSDK controls which don't have a Javascript Namespace defined and are not inheriting one from their super will now throw a build error instead of just throwing a Runtime Exception. Additionally, we are now enforcing unique namespaces with a build error. |
| 42560 |
Framework » Web |
WebSegmentedControls now render properly when a user defined style is applied. |
| 42891 |
Framework » Web |
Web controls are now correctly removed when their parent control is not visible. |
| 43143 |
Framework » Web |
WebSegmentedControls now correctly support custom styles on a control by control basis. |
| 43502 |
Framework » Web |
WebDialog Tab Order now cycles properly when the first control on the dialog is a button. |
| 43573 |
Framework » Web |
WebImageView opacity animates correctly again. |
| 44272 |
Framework » Web |
Refactored WebFileUploader to deal with a situation where the running user's Temporary directory doesn't exist (as specified by the TEMP environment variable). |
| 37862 |
Framework » Web » Frame |
Dimensions of WebPages, WebContainers and WebDialogs are now correctly reported when the Resized events fire. |
| 40580 |
Framework » Windows |
Optimized Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket on Windows so it's no longer 3-4 times slower than HTTPSecureSocket. |
| 43007 |
Framework » Windows |
Windows BevelButtons now draw properly in HiDPI. |
| 43220 |
Framework » Windows |
On Windows, drawing a stretched image on an Alpha Picture, or with Transparency set, no longer fills with a gradient effect. |
| 43687 |
Framework » Windows |
Windows ActiveX controls are now sized properly in HiDPI, this includes our native HTMLViewer. |
| 43694 |
Framework » Windows |
Windows TextArea font is now scaled properly for HiDPI. |
| 43697 |
Framework » Windows |
Windows Graphics.ScaleX and ScaleY now return correct values in HiDPI. |
| 43752 |
Framework » Windows |
Windows now picks the correct hi-res image when drawing in Listbox’s CellBackgroundPaint/CellTextPaint event. |
| 43769 |
Framework » Windows |
Fixed scaling issue when rendering with GDI+ on Windows. |
| 43779 |
Framework » Windows |
An embedded ContainerControl now returns the correct ScaleFactor. |
| 43792 |
Framework » Windows |
On Windows, font no longer appears twice as large in HiDPI. |
| 43845 |
Framework » Windows |
On Windows, assigning an ImageSet to a MenuItem no longer requires GDI+. |
| 43947 |
Framework » Windows |
On Windows, the native HTMLViewer can now load pages from FolderItems that contain diacriticals. |
| 44214 |
Framework » Windows |
The System.NetworkInterfaceCount and System.GetNetworkInterface now only shows connected interfaces on Windows. This matches the OS X and Linux behavior. |
| 44341 |
Framework » Windows |
ScaleFactorChanged event is now triggered when the system DPI settings change (works for Windows 8.1 and 10). |
| 42592 |
Framework » iOS |
Fixed a memory leak with iOSSQLiteDatabase.SQLSelect. |
| 44495 |
Framework » iOS |
iOSContainerControl now inherits from iOSControl. |
| 41272 |
IDE |
Scratch/Temp folder will be kept around 100 mb and items will be deleted on a least recently used basis. |
| 42871 |
IDE |
When you right-click on an inactive window and select a command, the correct command is now sent to the window. |
| 43257 |
IDE |
About box segmented control no longer sports a focus ring around the selected segment. |
| 43325 |
IDE |
Corrected a typo in the IDE plist entry. |
| 43449 |
IDE |
Tab order editor now resolves constants for captions. |
| 43450 |
IDE |
Tab order editor filters out items that have tab stop off. |
| 43929 |
IDE |
Auto-Layout Offsets are retained as positive or negative as necessary. |
| 44237 |
IDE |
Tabs images on the iOS screen views display properly. |
| 25568 |
IDE » Auto Complete |
Editing the return type when the autocomplete ellipsis are showing no longer results in trimming off of the last few characters in the return type field. |
| 35329 |
IDE » Auto Complete |
Moving focus out of the parameters field or return type field then moving it back and continuing to type no longer trims off a few extra characters from where the insertion point is. |
| 43626 |
IDE » Build Automation |
Can now add to the Copy File Build Step on Linux using the + command bar item. |
| 15028 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Search and replace changes declarations as expected. Note there is a refresh bug that is separately reported where the Navigator may not immediately show the updated name. |
| 25630 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Contextual menus are now kept up to date and have cut/copy/paste/etc enabled properly. |
| 36728 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Windows IDE no longer flickers when IDE is activated (this also fixes the code editor from flickering when the autocomplete popup is shown/dismissed). |
| 43260 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Selection using ctrl-shift-home and ctrl-shift-end now work properly. |
| 44325 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Multiple bare exception statements at the end of a sub / function now have code folding widgets. |
| 43634 |
IDE » FileIO |
Collect project items works as expected again. |
| 43827 |
IDE » FileIO |
IDE now displays an error when you try to import a project item that is incompatible with the project type (e.g. importing a Window into a Console project). |
| 25715 |
IDE » Find & Replace |
Double clicking a search result behaves the same as single clicking it. |
| 35564 |
IDE » Find & Replace |
Tab order in search pane fixed. |
| 44238 |
IDE » Find & Replace |
File Type Sets now work with Find/Replace. |
| 44240 |
IDE » Find & Replace |
Several items that were not handled properly by search and replace now are, including: enum names, structure names, delegate names, event definition names, menu handler names, note names, and using clauses. |
| 43505 |
IDE » Icon Editor |
Images imported into icon panes like the App Icon editor display properly. |
| 37301 |
IDE » Inspector |
Copy paste and duplication of string properties no longer double up quotes. |
| 41580 |
IDE » Inspector |
Opening the Interface chooser now commits outstanding Inspector changes. |
| 43192 |
IDE » Inspector |
Inspector items should all align correctly on each OS now. |
| 44151 |
IDE » Inspector |
Fixed alignment of Entitlements Inspector property names. |
| 44160 |
IDE » Inspector |
Inspector switch controls no longer render incorrectly in the Windows IDE. |
| 44176 |
IDE » Inspector |
Invalid column width settings are not retained and rewritten to ones that are valid. |
| 41988 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Links on pages that originated in the new LR on Dev Center pages behave as expected when clicking links that should navigate between topics. |
| 42930 |
IDE » Language Reference |
When there are identical pages with the same topics, the Dev Center content will supercede the wiki content. |
| 43238 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Focus is set to the search field when opening the local Language Reference Viewer. |
| 43319 |
IDE » Language Reference |
SQLiteDatabase for iOS has been renamed to iOSSQLiteDatabase since it is not the same SQLiteDatabase as in the classic framework. Supporting classes have also been renamed. |
| 43367 |
IDE » Language Reference |
HTML tags have been removed from descriptions originating from Dev Center. |
| 43372 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Updated local LR to include the WebMapViewer.GoToLocation method. |
| 43375 |
IDE » Language Reference |
IDE now shows ScaleFactor changed event description. |
| 43426 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Updated local LR to include Graphics.ScaleX, ScaleY and ScaleFactorChanged. |
| 43572 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Items in the REALbasic namespace that have both a method and class are now found in the local LR and on the wiki. |
| 43624 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Local language reference has correct references for WebRadioGroup.SelectionChanged. |
| 43733 |
IDE » Language Reference |
LR no longer makes a mess of certain pages with Information boxes on them (like the border property). |
| 43863 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Scripting pages are now in the local docs. |
| 44216 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Type and source search tags in offline Doc Viewer are no longer case sensitive. |
| 44297 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Window.Frame and other "design time properties" are included in offline doc reference. |
| 44355 |
IDE » Language Reference |
TextArea.ScrollPosition behaves in the local LR as expected. |
| 42812 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Desktop layout editor no longer renders low-res on HiDPI screens when dragging controls from the Library or Navigator. |
| 42929 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Make it so if the window frame would be larger than 4000 in either dimension or < 1 in either dimension we put up a suitable message so the user knows why the frame is not drawn. |
| 43265 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
An issue with how toolbars and webstyles behaved that could make a project perpetually indicate that it has unsaved changes has been fixed. |
| 43373 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
ContainerControls now render in hi-res on HiDPI screens. |
| 43488 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Remove ability to lock controls for iOS Projects since this is not properly supported with auto-layout (see 43628). Loading a project with locked iOS controls removes the locks. |
| 43814 |
IDE » Library |
iOSMessageBox is now in the Pickers section of the Library. |
| 42768 |
IDE » Menu Editor |
Desktop Menu Editor now renders correctly on HiDPI screens. |
| 43355 |
IDE » Menu Editor |
Tabbing through the Index field in the Inspector for a menu item no longer sets the value to 0. And you can now clear the value. |
| 7907 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Projects remember their size, position, and maximized state. |
| 20527 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Added new menu shortcuts: * If you press ctrl/cmd+] it moves from find -> issues -> messages -> find (and so on) * If you press ctrl/cmd+[ it moves from issues -> find -> messages -> issues (backwards) * If the bottom pane is not showing and you hit one then it shows starting with either Find (ctrl/cmd+]) or Messages (ctrl/cmd+[) |
| 24615 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Advanced SQL dialog restored and Type field is now a popup menu. |
| 25882 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Updating the super class of a class in the Navigator that is then further derived also updates the row icons for those derived classes. |
| 27116 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Toolbar editor can now be scrolled using trackpad scrolling gestures. |
| 27312 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
When you clear the search field the results list and match count are also cleared. |
| 33936 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Undoing the implementation of an interface on a toolbar no longer raises a warning from the IDE. |
| 40879 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Fixed a NilObjectException that could occur when debugging. |
| 42621 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Focus no longer switches between screens when tabbing through the navigator in certain multi-monitor setups. |
| 42737 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Learn More uses the same size font as Check Now on the Preferences > Updates pane. |
| 43080 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Can now add IOSImage properties to Inspector Behavior to expose them in the Inspector for iOS projects. |
| 43193 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Column widths for desktop ListBoxes turn newlines into commas and generate a valid column widths expression. |
| 43263 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
When you switch away from an editor that is in inline editing mode and it eventually gets closed to keep the number of cached editors down it no longer leaves the controls in a state where they are marked as already being edited inline. Previously this could leave the IDE in a state where the control can not be returned to inline editing mode unless you save, close the project and reload it. |
| 43369 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Icon on build dialog is now hi-res on HiDPI screens. |
| 43392 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
File Type Set Editor no longer tries to use files that are not image types as images. |
| 43415 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Window title and label for the Add Event Dialog say the same thing instead of disagreeing on Windows and Linux. |
| 43506 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Can use both the backspace and delete keys to remove one item from an Image Set. |
| 43538 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Tab text on Linux is now more vertically centered. |
| 43541 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Badly constructed partial paths no longer cause an exception when opening a project. |
| 43584 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Images with individual representations assigned now retain those images and do not flip dimensions. NOTE : THIS CHANGE MAY AFFECT existing projects using images as there were spots where the height and width were bing transposed. |
| 43684 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Xojo TrayItem on Windows now renders smooth icons at different magnifications. |
| 43765 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Some very slow code encountered when printing a really large constant has been fixed. |
| 43772 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Changing the color without having committed the name change on a control no longer causes an issue. |
| 44094 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
IDE properly asks to save if you have several workspaces open showing changes when you quit. |
| 44175 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
IDE warns that a project is read-only or locked and that it needs to be Saved As before you can successfully modify it. |
| 44304 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Colors save and restore properly. |
| 44311 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Template list no longer leaves a visual artifact if you make the window larger. |
| 42037 |
IDE » Navigator |
Changing the scope of a web control wrapper retains the correct icon. |
| 43103 |
IDE » Navigator |
Large and small font size selections for Navigator has the large size actually larger than the “not large” size on all OS platforms. |
| 43323 |
IDE » Navigator |
Clearing the text in the Navigator filter field with auto filter OFF causes it to correctly reset the Navigator. |
| 43855 |
IDE » Navigator |
Paste of a copied build step pastes into a selected target if there is one. |
| 44256 |
IDE » Navigator |
Make it so classes named "Note”, "Folder" and "Image" do not take on the icons of those special Navigator types - since they are not those types of project items. |
| 25027 |
IDE » Project Editor |
Contextual and menu bar menus offer the same edit choices. |
| 26526 |
IDE » Project Editor |
Windows and Menu Bars will, if deleted from a containing folder, return to being in that folder when the deletion is undone. |
| 13250 |
IDE » Report Editor |
Reports can now use constants in labels and other controls. |
| 26994 |
IDE » Scripting |
Insertion point no longer moves when editing a script and deactivating then reactivating the IDE. |
| 32763 |
IDE » Scripting |
Open file dialog has script types in the file type list. |
| 43400 |
IDE » Scripting |
Added an artificial 3 second delay to the IDECommunicator IPCSocket to allow the OS to completely release the socket before trying to listen again. |
| 44415 |
IDE » Scripting |
BuildApp no longer returns the previous build's path when the current build fails because of a compile error. |
| 44197 |
IDE » Toolbar Editor |
Toolbar editor on Windows no longer draws in totally white as you drag making it impossible to reorder items. |
| 43032 |
IDE » Web Page Editor |
Adding web controls should no longer get empty event lists after the computer has slept. |
| 20156 |
IDE » Window Editor |
Can tab between controls on a layout again. |
| 23427 |
IDE » Window Editor |
The paste board color is user selectable in Preferences->Layout so they can choose one that does not make it impossible to see certain controls, like the disclosure triangle, when they are dragged to the pasteboard. |
| 24825 |
IDE » Window Editor |
Dragging a generic object to a layout then changing the super class behaves as expected and displays are refreshed. |
| 25176 |
IDE » Window Editor |
Made it so the select contextual menu on the layout editor is once again hierarchical based on control parenting. |
| 42934 |
Plugin SDK |
Setting and clearing the icon for BevelButtons and ImageWells now works properly. |
| 43632 |
Remote Debugger Stub |
Remote Debugger Stub no longer crashes if one or more of the previous files still exist on the target computer. |
| 43935 |
Remote Debugger Stub |
Fixed Code Signature on OS X Remote Debugger Desktop. |
| 153 Bug Fixes |
| 43222 |
Documentation |
Corrected sample code on Assigns page. |
| 43424 |
Documentation |
Incorrect events no longer show in LR for WebTimer. |
| 43466 |
Documentation |
Fixed the example code for TextOutputStream.LastErrorCode. |
| 44230 |
Documentation |
Added a note to FolderItem.Alias to indicate that you should use TrueItem or TrueChild to get a reference to the alias itself. |
| 42398 |
Documentation » Miscellaneous |
Added some examples to WebApplication properties, removed Run event handler from displaying on doc page. |
| 42405 |
Examples |
Correct Windows app name for IDECommunicator example project. |
| 43569 |
Examples |
Advanced/Shell/Interactive Shell example now works on Linux/Pi. |
| 43805 |
Examples |
Sample Inno Setup scripts are now available in Examples/Platform-Specific/Windows/Making Installers. |
| 43836 |
Examples |
Updated Office Automation examples. |
| 44030 |
Examples |
Fixed error checking in MSSQLServerExample for ShowDataButton. |
| 44179 |
Examples |
Added Web App SQLite example. |
| 44398 |
Examples |
Fixed typo in image creation for ObjectInCanvas example. |
| 42410 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Added WebRequest.Secure property to doc page. |
| 42434 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Added sample code to Xojo.Core.MemoryBlock and classic MemoryBlock pages for LittleEndian property. |
| 43390 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Updated Label.AcceleratorKey and Label.Text to describe how to use accelerator keys. |
| 43604 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Xojo.IO.SpecialFolder.GetResource now indicates that it can be used with Windows, Linux and console apps. |
| 43755 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Added method assign syntax to RegistryItem.DefaultValue page. |
| 43873 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket.ValidateCertificate page now shows default value of True. |
| 43889 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Xojo.IO.SpecialFolder is in local Lang Ref viewer. |
| 43921 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Corrected type of WebToolbarButton.Icon from Picture to WebPicture in the online docs. |
| 44036 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Clarified ExecuteJavaScript vs. WebControl.ExecuteJavaScript usage. |
| 44058 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Fixed links to DevCenter MemoryBlock/MutableMemoryBlock from classic MemoryBlock page. |
| 44221 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Documentation for ListBox.Expanded updated to mention that setting Expanded to true results in the ExpandRow event being called. Also that that setting it false calls the CollapseRow event. |
| 44324 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Added WebThread page to Dev Center. |
| 44328 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
ListBox.RowDepth now notes that top-level row has depth = 0. |
| 44381 |
Language Reference » Documentation |
Wiki pages updated to show Bind, BindType, etc. as methods inherited from PreparedStatement. |
| 26 Docs and Examples |
