This Xojo release has over 170 changes and improvements, with a major focus on Windows support and the IDE.
| 45595 |
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Lingua is able to save over existing files again. |
| 45305 |
Build |
Icons generated by the IDE again have the correct color information. |
| 45412 |
Build |
The IDE no longer generates code to set a computed property that has no setter. |
| 45711 |
Build |
iOS applications now launch correctly in the Xcode 8 simulators. |
| 45787 |
Build |
Localization behaves as expected again on macOS Sierra. The CFBundeDevelopmentRegion value is no longer set to a local specific language. |
| 44201 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Fixed the “scratch dir root” NilObjectException that can sometime occur. |
| 44627 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
A situation on OS X that could occur occasionally when trying to debug an application no longer causes the IDE to report a NilObjectException. Instead the IDE reports that the application could not be launched. |
| 44696 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Should no longer get a NilObjectException when an update occurs for the Feedback handler. |
| 44986 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
SVG’s are NOT usable as image elements, so the IDE now properly rejects them. |
| 44988 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Fixed a NilObjectException that could occur if you add a toolbar button, undo that addition, then add another toolbar button. |
| 45131 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Fixed a NilObjectException that could occur with some corrupt project files. |
| 45300 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Trying to write a localized string set to a file that is locked by another app no longer crashes the IDE. |
| 45323 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
A volume going offline as a file is dragged should no longer cause an IOException. |
| 45339 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Right-clicking on the Event Handlers item of a control set in the Navigator no longer causes a NilObjectException. |
| 45378 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Older IDEs were not reloading image items properly when they had to use relative paths under some circumstances. |
| 45472 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Custom table cells cannot be embedded in custom table cells. |
| 45569 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
IDE no longer raises an illegal cast exception with an iOSContainer that has been created by inserting a generic class then changing its super to iOSContainerControl. |
| 45635 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Make it so if a person moves/deletes the app that was just built in a postbuild script we no longer fall over trying to run the app. |
| 46087 |
Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception |
Reloading this project no longer causes Invalid Argument Exceptions |
| 25275 |
Framework » All |
ListBoxes with headers redraw as expected in the IDE when you alter the ColumnCount or InitialValue properties in the Inspector. |
| 44247 |
Framework » All |
Calling constructors via introspection now always invokes the correct one. |
| 44556 |
Framework » All |
System.NetworkInterfaceCount and System.GetNetworkInterface once again treats each IP address assigned to an underlying network interface as its own object. This was a regression in 2016r2. |
| 45096 |
Framework » All |
Instead of an unrecoverable failed assertion, Application.ExecutableFile now gives Nil if the application has been deleted or an error occurs finding it. This is a behavior change. |
| 45475 |
Framework » All |
Passing a value larger than the number of interfaces in the system to System.GetNetworkInterface now raises an OutOfBoundsException instead of triggering a failed assertion. This was a regression in 2016r2. |
| 45484 |
Framework » Linux |
Sound.IsPlaying now works correctly on newer versions of libgstreamer. |
| 45248 |
Framework » Macintosh (Cocoa) |
Fixed a regression with Thread.Resume that prevented the thread from continuing execution. |
| 16130 |
Framework » Web |
Non-web controls placed on WebContainers and WebDialogs no longer cause compile-time errors. |
| 33590 |
Framework » Web |
HandleSpecialURL calls on Xojo Cloud now work from both index.cgi and the cgi file with the app's name. |
| 39872 |
Framework » Web |
Non-Web controls can now be placed on WebContainers and WebDialogs. |
| 43425 |
Framework » Web |
ContextualMenuAction and DropObject are no longer available for WebTimer. |
| 44360 |
Framework » Web |
The session shutdown mechanism has been refactored so there's less chance of it getting "stuck" when lots of sessions are being removed at the same time. |
| 44698 |
Framework » Web |
Image placed in WebImageViews are now shown at the correct size on HiDPI screens. |
| 45108 |
Framework » Web |
CGI applications now transfer all incoming headers to the WebRequest instead of only a few select ones. |
| 45449 |
Framework » Web |
Exceptions in Session.Close no longer prevent subsequent sessions from closing properly. |
| 45487 |
Framework » Web |
WebPictures drawn to WebCanvases which are on a WebDialog draw again. |
| 45490 |
Framework » Web |
Fix a bug in WebLink which could cause the URL set in the IDE to stay clickable in the background of the control when a new URL was set in code. |
| 45874 |
Framework » Web |
Web Control IDs now have more entropy and should not be reused quite as quickly. |
| 44611 |
Framework » Windows |
Windows is now scaling the menu item icon in HiDPI mode if an image set is not found. |
| 44888 |
Framework » Windows |
Passing a negative value to System.GetNetworkInterface now raises an OutOfBoundsException instead of triggering a failed assertion. This was a regression in 2016r2. |
| 45507 |
Framework » iOS |
iOS controls report top and left correctly. |
| 43945 |
IDE |
The Insert menu is now disabled for read-only projects (as set by the file system). |
| 44933 |
IDE |
Inspector and Library palette windows remember their size and position on Windows and Linux. |
| 45155 |
IDE |
Changed how the color portion of an icon is read into the IDE so that rendering icons works more predictably. |
| 45629 |
IDE |
IDE opts out of the auto tabbing feature in Sierra. |
| 45427 |
IDE » Auto Complete |
Autocomplete now works better with local variables declared using a constructor with parameters containing other local variables (such as Dim p As New Picture(myPic.Height, myPic.WIdth). |
| 45203 |
IDE » Build Automation |
Completely rewrote Copy Files Step so it handles paths with special characters in them correctly. |
| 30217 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+Return on Windows and Linux add the line continuation as expected. Opt+Return on OS X also does this (Opt+Enter on OS X was already doing this and needed no adjustment). |
| 30843 |
IDE » Code Editor |
You can remove the implements clause from a method that has one in a class that does not actually implement the interface. Note that you should not analyze or run a project that has such a set up (see related case 45163). |
| 30880 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Selecting lines that extend way beyond the right edge of the code editor no longer results in rapid jumping of the scroll bar back and forth. |
| 31253 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Deleting a group of overloaded methods by the group row that contains all overloaded methods now works. |
| 31469 |
IDE » Code Editor |
You can now go to the end of the last line of a note using cmd (ctrl) + down arrow. |
| 42517 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Now preserve leading and trailing spaces on copy and paste. |
| 45112 |
IDE » Code Editor |
Code indentation when printing no longer moves the right margin in as code gets more and more indented. |
| 45168 |
IDE » Constant Editor |
Convert to constant now uses TitleCase for the name. |
| 45219 |
IDE » Constant Editor |
Constant editor summary text no longer shows poorly truncated text. If it has to clip the text it will suffix it with “…”. |
| 45301 |
IDE » Constant Editor |
Turn off auto spellcheck and text replacements in constant default value Inspector field. |
| 45447 |
IDE » FileTypes Editor |
Expanding or collapsing the file types editor no longer affects all open windows and projects. |
| 43679 |
IDE » Find & Replace |
Find and replace no longer permits replacing a control name to make two controls with the same name that are not in a control set. |
| 45002 |
IDE » Find & Replace |
When using Find, advancing and advancing with selection, as well as backing up and backing up with selection, are consistent across OS X, Windows and Linux. |
| 27261 |
IDE » Inspector |
You can now use a dynamic constant for WebApplication.LaunchMessage, DisconnectMessage and HtmlHeader properties. Note that these cannot use dynamic constants in conjunction with the user’s browser settings because these values are app-specific. They are read and assigned when your app launches and are based on the language set on the server running the web app. |
| 43275 |
IDE » Inspector |
Soft and Obj-C labels are aligned to the left like others and compress similarly. |
| 43352 |
IDE » Inspector |
Compatibility flags for events and event definitions are not used and so are no longer shown. |
| 43459 |
IDE » Inspector |
The + icon in Inspector Behavior window no longer has a grey background. |
| 44595 |
IDE » Inspector |
iOSImageView again shows the Image property in the Inspector. |
| 45070 |
IDE » Inspector |
IDE validates column widths settings for web listbox as it does the desktop listbox. |
| 45093 |
IDE » Inspector |
The drop-down of available images used in the Inspector no longer shows the same images twice. |
| 45146 |
IDE » Inspector |
Properties that use the integer property editor can be set using a literal value or #<constant> syntax.</constant> |
| 45189 |
IDE » Inspector |
Tab order of iOS Entitlements in Inspector is fixed. |
| 45267 |
IDE » Inspector |
Fixed a NilObjectException that could occur in some cases with a BevelButton on a large window layout. |
| 45312 |
IDE » Inspector |
iOS Capabilities (Entitlements) Inspector labels no longer get truncated. |
| 45384 |
IDE » Inspector |
Can once again use a constant to set listbox column widths. |
| 45537 |
IDE » Inspector |
Ellipsis in method declarations are no longer retained as part of the declaration. |
| 45599 |
IDE » Inspector |
Fixed a typo in the iOS Entitlements Inspector. |
| 45745 |
IDE » Inspector |
The iPad Pro's size now shows in the simulator selection menu. |
| 45230 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Language Reference search field resizes as the splitter is moved. |
| 45313 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Language Reference tips are accessible via the new help button on the viewer and the tips show in the same font as other items. |
| 45351 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Local LR entries for TextOutputStream.Append and Create no longer show twice. |
| 45502 |
IDE » Language Reference |
Updated local LR to remove links to non-existent local content. |
| 43230 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Canvas backdrop updates appropriately. |
| 44879 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Windows now scales the non-client areas of a Window (like the title bar and menus). Note: This requires at minimum Windows 10 Anniversary edition to work. |
| 44995 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
iOSButtons draw their text in whatever color you’ve selected. Note that the button must be visible (Visible = ON) in the Inspector. |
| 45086 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Can now set images for iOSSegmentedControl segments using the Inspector. |
| 45197 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Option-dragging an iOSButton on the layout results in a new instance that has its enabled set the same as the original. |
| 45214 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Added commas to Auto-Adjust Tab Order dialog box text. |
| 45374 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Lines draw as expected in the IDE (particularly noticeable with vertical or horizontal lines). |
| 45532 |
IDE » Layout Editor |
Canvas backdrop updates appropriately in the IDE. |
| 45150 |
IDE » Library |
Rotated the Library line icon 90 degrees left to match drawing. |
| 26233 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Getter and setter rows of a computed property in the Navigator have the right set of contextual menu items. |
| 28094 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Back and forward should work much better (but are still per tab at this time). |
| 29564 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Attempting to use a desktop report project item in a web project now results in compilation errors instead of crashing the IDE. |
| 29763 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
IDE properly restores and propagates the visible toolbar state when the IDE is reopened. In addition, changing the toolbar visible state in one window correctly propagates the change to others. |
| 31877 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Long &h values and &c values are correctly recognized in the Constant Editor as number and color types, respectively. |
| 39162 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Deleting items should no longer cause back / forward function to fail. |
| 39586 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Top level domain is remembered when you alter the app bundle identifier in the Project Chooser. |
| 41282 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Cancelling the opening of a document no longer causes an unintended exception. |
| 43101 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Subclasses that have updated view behavior now reflect that when dragged from the Library on to a layout, which they previously did when dragged from the Navigator to a layout. |
| 43377 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Preferences “Search” has been relabelled as “Find” since you access this via the Find menu item. |
| 43391 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Duplicating more than one method at a time creates the new methods with names that are consistent with what you would get if you did the group by hand one after the other. |
| 43580 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Adding / removing an event implementation in a super is reflected in instances already on layouts and the events you can add to the instances. |
| 44670 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Missing image representations are once again flagged and warned about on project load. |
| 44882 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Properties no longer double up quotes when duplicated, copied/pasted, have their scope changed or are made shared/not shared. |
| 44992 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Convert to constant is now a sheet window on OS X like other assistant windows. |
| 45075 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Make it so you cannot drag layout items from a project type that support these types into one that does not. For example, you cannot drag a Window into an iOS project, or an iOSView into a desktop project. |
| 45134 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Controls that cannot be in the tab order are skipped when using the auto tab ordering. |
| 45303 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Fixed the case where someone sets an image representation to something like an icns or tiff where that source image has many representations itself. |
| 45333 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Make it so multiline captions in WebRadioButtons do not work since projects set up with one would not have reloaded it anyway. |
| 45465 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
A folder named Windows no longer confuses back / forward function. |
| 45867 |
IDE » Miscellaneous |
Switching to the iOS build settings pane is faster and flickers less. |
| 45053 |
IDE » Navigator |
Row text for Navigator is determined and shown correctly. |
| 45055 |
IDE » Navigator |
Renaming or otherwise altering a method’s signature properly reorganizes and refreshes the Navigator. |
| 45147 |
IDE » Navigator |
A NilObjectException is no longer generated when manually creating a duplicate named constant via drag and drop in the IDE on Windows. |
| 20674 |
IDE » Project Editor |
Properties no longer double up quotes when duplicated, copied.pasted, have their scope changed or are made shared/not shared. |
| 24544 |
IDE » Project Editor |
The filter field is cleared making the Navigator show the full project before a search result or error is jumped to which should reduce confusion on what is getting filtered. |
| 25056 |
IDE » Project Editor |
Tab captions update when project item name is changed. |
| 26281 |
IDE » Project Editor |
When you have a locked tab you can not use the Filter to navigate away from the tab nor can you use the Navigator’s forward / backward or jump items to navigate away. These features are re-enabled when the tab is unlocked. |
| 30713 |
IDE » Project Editor |
Items contained by two levels of folders no longer draw the wrong scope background. |
| 29891 |
IDE » Report Editor |
Option-dragging a control on a report layout now makes a copy of the control instead of crashing the IDE. |
| 42821 |
IDE » Report Editor |
Double clicking a report control in the library adds it to a report. |
| 45104 |
IDE » Report Editor |
You will no longer get an exception when trying to add a non-report control to a report. |
| 43808 |
IDE » Scripting |
XojoScript editor toolbar buttons no longer lose their transparency when clicked. |
| 45063 |
IDE » Scripting |
The IDE scripting commands BuildMac, BuildWin32, BuildLinux report TRUE when you have "This Computer" selected and you are on OS X, Windows or Linux respectively. |
| 45196 |
IDE » Scripting |
IDE will refuse to have multiple copies of the same script open in different script editor windows. Instead, the existing window will be brought to the front. |
| 45198 |
IDE » Scripting |
Script Editor window once again reflects the name of the script being edited. |
| 25514 |
IDE » Window Editor |
Tabbing through Inspector fields automatically scrolls up or down as needed to bring fields that are not visible into view. |
| 29087 |
IDE » Window Editor |
Popup menu takes on the expected initial value appearance in the IDE. |
| 29225 |
IDE » Window Editor |
Removing a control from a control set that has events added no longer leaves you with a new row for the control that is not expandable. |
| 20821 |
Introspection |
Overridden methods now only appear once in introspection. |
| 45536 |
Introspection |
MethodInfo.Invoke now obeys the language's rules for calling overridden methods. |
| 38788 |
Plugin SDK |
REALInterfaceRoutine is no longer deprecated and a crash was fixed. This should be used in favor of REALLoadObjectMethod because it handles explicit interface implementation correctly. |
| 45476 |
Plugin SDK |
Fixed an ABI compatibility with plugins that use the Format function. |
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