| 57919 | Compiler | WebSession no longer gets a deprecation warning about Append being changed to AddRow. |
| 58362 | Compiler | FolderItem.Launch deprecation warning now points to FolderItem.Open. |
| 55867 | Crashes & Assertions » Crash | Windows: Updated WebKit based HTMLViewer to CEF 77.1.14+g4fb61d2+chromium-77.0.3865.120
which fixes issue with cefsubproc.exe child processes being left around when app terminates abnormally. |
| 57678 | Crashes & Assertions » Crash | No longer randomly crashes when closing a Window (the crash was dependent on where the Window was being Closed, and how the controls were being destructed in user code, so in most cases this was not an issue). |
| 57512 | Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception | Fixed an issue with IDE Automation which could result in an IDE crash in certain circumstances. |
| 58090 | Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception | Loading text file projects that try to access external items that may not be accessible should no longer raise an unhandled IOException. |
| 58398 | Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception | Failed Xojo Cloud deployments no longer crash the IDE. |
| 58458 | Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception | Fixed an issue which caused external items' internal file representation to get corrupted when the project containing the item was saved. |
| 58403 | Database Plugins » SQLite | Setting up a BooleanValue for a DatabaseRow no longer leads to crashes or always returning False. |
| 55586 | Framework » All | Windows/Linux: Floating windows that host a MenuBar now get a chance to handle the MenuItem instead of the parent document window that the floater may have been opened from. |
| 57751 | Framework » All | Join is now marked as deprecated, with String.FromArray as its replacement. |
| 58217 | Framework » All | Deprecated Graphics.ClearRect in favor of Graphics.ClearRectangle. |
| 58328 | Framework » All | The ComboBox.Hint string that is setup in the IDE inspector is now correctly reflected at runtime, instead of having to set the Hint in code for it show up. |
| 58342 | Framework » All | Calling IsEventImplemented with an event name that doesn't exist no longer crashes the IDE. |
| 58352 | Framework » All | ToolbarItem/ToolbarButton no longer generate deprecation warnings |
| 58391 | Framework » All | Window.Types.GlobalFloating enum value now returns 7 instead of 9. |
| 58472 | Framework » All | Listbox.CellCheckBoxStateAt now uses the newer CheckBox.VisualStates enum. |
| 55120 | Framework » Linux | Closing a modal window no longer prevents app from properly terminating |
| 57404 | Framework » Linux | HTMLViewer.Print no longer crashes, now presents the print dialog. |
| 58017 | Framework » Linux | Listbox: clipping the graphics in the CellTextPaint or CellBackgroundPaint events now correctly clips the graphics instead of potentially clipping past the content area |
| 58254 | Framework » Linux | Changing the Label TextColor no longer leaks memory. |
| 58331 | Framework » Linux | SerialConnection.Handle no longer always returns 0 on Linux/Pi. |
| 52188 | Framework » Windows | Changing a SubMenu's Text now works correctly for 32-bit builds. |
| 52346 | Framework » Windows | Console apps: Unhandled exceptions that occur on a separate thread now raise the App.UnhandledException event properly on Windows. |
| 57430 | Framework » Windows | GroupBox no longer draws border line incorrectly when the caption font size is smaller/larger than the default. |
| 58292 | Framework » Windows | The app now properly terminates when the system sends us a shutdown message. Previously we only closed the windows but the app would still be running in the background. |
| 58373 | Framework » Windows | Graphics: DrawCautionIcon, DrawNoteIcon and DrawStopIcon have been updated to render with a newer look as seen on Vista or newer |
| 44100 | Framework » iOS | iOSTable.RowCount method now raises an OutOfBoundsException when the supplied section does not exist. |
| 58435 | Framework » iOS | iOSGraphics.LineColor is no longer changed to FillColor after calling DrawTextBlock. |
| 32055 | IDE » Auto Complete | Removed Ptr.Object, String, Text and Variant from docs and auto-complete as they were never supported by the compiler. |
| 58367 | IDE » Auto Complete | Deprecated System.GetNetworkInterface and replaced with NetworkInterface to match API 2.0 naming and current docs. |
| 55467 | IDE » Code Editor | Code editor scrolls horizontally earlier to better keep the cursor on-screen. |
| 57797 | IDE » Code Editor | When splitting a single-line If statement to multiple lines, set the case for the Else and End If parts based on user settings and the case of the initial If. |
| 58174 | IDE » Code Editor | Super-Returns on lines which begin with "rem" but are not a comment line no longer auto-insert "REM" on the next line. |
| 58201 | IDE » Code Editor | IsEventImplemented now shows a code hint in the code editor. |
| 58356 | IDE » FileIO | Fixed typo in Save As warning message. |
| 58409 | IDE » FileIO | IDE no longer corrupts External Item internal paths when saving them. |
| 56454 | IDE » Graphics | Inspector textfields should now all update correctly between light and dark mode. |
| 58386 | IDE » Inspector | Properties whose names contain uppercased acronyms no longer get split incorrectly. |
| 57748 | IDE » Miscellaneous | FileTypeGroup editor no longer accepts spaces in the Name field. |
| 57820 | IDE » Miscellaneous | Do not display the default working path as the Shared Build Setting Destination when it is in fact Nil. |
| 58397 | IDE » Navigator | Attribute badges stay visible on code items again. |
| 56620 | IDE » Refactoring Tools | Interfaces whose methods have attributes get the correct names again when applied to a class. |
| 58072 | IDE » Tab Order Editor | Tab Order editor now shows the contents of the Value property if it is present. |
| 58407 | IDE » Toolbar Editor | Toolbar editor background no longer changes color when dragging items in dark mode. |
| 45 Bug Fixes |
| 58449 | Build | The BlurContent parameter has been removed from iOSRectangle.SetEffect. |
| 56258 | Framework » All | Added ColorGroup project item, initially only for iOS projects. |
| 57665 | Framework » All | System version information is now available from Xojo.System.Version on iOS and System.Version on other platforms. |
| 57673 | Framework » All | ColorGroups will now automatically produce fallback colors on versions of iOS which don't support a named color. |
| 57736 | Framework » All | Added more descriptive exception error message when Variant to Date conversion fails. |
| 58063 | Framework » All | Deprecated VirtualVolume class, FolderItem.CreateVirtualVolume and FolderItem.OpenAsVirtualVolume. |
| 58318 | Framework » All | Added MessageDialog.IconType and IconTypes enum to replace Icon and constants (GraphicNone, GraphicCaution, GraphicNote, GraphicQuestion, GraphicStop). |
| 57664 | Framework » iOS | Color.IsDarkMode is now available on iOS. |
| 57581 | IDE » Auto Complete | Autocomplete is now disabled inside string literals. |
| 57627 | IDE » Constant Editor | Disabled spell checking in the Constant editor. |
| 57727 | IDE » Language Reference | Windows IDE: Language Reference HTMLViewer now uses the WebKit renderer to resolve some drawing issues. |
| 58106 | IDE » Layout Editor | iOSSegmentedControl now renders like iOS 13 in the layout editor. |
| 56711 | IDE » Miscellaneous | When using CMD/Control-O on the Project Chooser window to choose an existing project, the Project Chooser window is now closed after making the selection. Additionally, the File->New menu item now stays enabled when the Project Chooser window is open. If File->New is selected when the Project Chooser window is already open, perhaps in the background, then the Project Chooser is brought to the front. |
| 57538 | IDE » Preferences | Preferences no longer offers "REM" without a trailing space as a comment prefix because it causes compile errors. |
| 56733 | Reporting | You can now use Report.Run with a RowSet as its data source. |
| 15 Changes |
| 57806 | Database Plugins » SQLite | SQLite has been updated to 3.29.0. |
| 38001 | Framework » All | Added Boolean ToString and FromString support. |
| 56475 | Framework » All | Added Listbox.Rows to iterate through all the rows of a Listbox. This includes:
ListboxRow class
- Columns (also iterable returning ListboxColumn)
- Selected As Boolean
- Tag As Variant
ListboxColumn class
- Value As String
- Tag As Variant
- Type As CellTypes |
| 56591 | Framework » All | Added String.IsEmpty method. |
| 56756 | Framework » All | Added String.AscByte, ChrByte, SplitBytes as replacements for deprecated AscB, ChrB and SplitB. Added String.LeftBytes, RightBytes, MiddleBytes, IndexOfBytes to replace LeftB, RightB, MidB and InStrB. |
| 57695 | Framework » All | Added DateTime.IsDaylightSavingsTime (read-only) to determine whether the DateTime is in daylight savings time or not. |
| 57804 | Framework » All | You can now subtract two DateTime values and get back a DateInterval using the - operator. |
| 57876 | Framework » All | Added Operator_Convert methods so you can convert a Date to a DateTime and a DateTime to a Date. |
| 57937 | Framework » All | DateTime: added new ToString function that accepts a format string according to these guidelines: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-57/tr35-dates.html#Date_Field_Symbol_Table |
| 55947 | Framework » iOS | Added support for SF Symbols in the iOS framework. Images can be retrieved using the iOSImage.SystemImage shared method. |
| 56303 | Framework » iOS | iOS Framework now supports dark mode. |
| 58334 | Framework » iOS | iOSTextArea has new BorderStyle and BorderColor properties to make it easy to create rectangular and rounded borders. |
| 58497 | IDE » ColorGroup Editor | ColorGroup swatches now have Copy & Paste contextual menus to help with interoperability with other design tools. Copying a color will give you the HTML hex version of a color. Pasting supports 3, 6 and 8 digit HTML colors as well as Xojo color literals. |
| 58013 | IDE » Error & Warning Panel | Force Errors to always appear before Warnings when analyzing project. |
| 57117 | IDE » Miscellaneous | Re-organized Help menu, added Support menu item, made text clearer, and added appropriate accelerator characters. |
| 54935 | IDE » Refactoring Tools | Pressing SHIFT-RETURN on a line which contains an Inline IF statement now converts it to a multi-line If-Then-Else statement. |
| 16 New Items |
| 57787 | Documentation | IDE Script IO Page now shows LoadText method (previously it was incorrectly called ReadText). |
| 57150 | Language Reference » Documentation | Links to pages with error codes from various supported databases have been added to this page. |
| 57702 | Language Reference » Documentation | The sample code has been updated to more clearly explain the concept of AddRowAt. |
| 57706 | Language Reference » Documentation | The TabPanel.FontSize page has been added. |
| 57726 | Language Reference » Documentation | The error codes on the SerialConnection page now refer to the Error event and exception. |
| 57729 | Language Reference » Documentation | On FolderItem page, switched usage of LastErrorCode to a Try…Catch block. |
| 57745 | Language Reference » Documentation | Updated pages for FolderItem.CopyFileTo, For...Next, Pop, RectControl.AcceptFileDrop, and RectControl.DragEnter to use IsFolder. |
| 57747 | Language Reference » Documentation | DatabaseRow.ColumnAt now shows String as the return type. |
| 57750 | Language Reference » Documentation | Fixed sample code on ListBox.ColumnSortTypeAt page. |
| 57757 | Language Reference » Documentation | Doc page for SQLiteBLOB.EOF now notes that replacement is EndOfFile. |
| 57758 | Language Reference » Documentation | Fixed several typos in one of the examples. |
| 57761 | Language Reference » Documentation | Fixed typos in the Pop entry examples. |
| 57763 | Language Reference » Documentation | Updated iOSSQLiteDatabase.SQLSelect page notes to show how to pass NULL as a parameter. |
| 57775 | Language Reference » Documentation | Removed the UI update example from Thread.Run and replaced it with references to the new AddUserInterfaceUpdate and UserInterfaceUpdate members. |
| 57776 | Language Reference » Documentation | Updated the notes for Thread.Resume to indicate that the matching method is now Pause rather than Suspend. |
| 57778 | Language Reference » Documentation | DatabaseColumn.DateTimeValue page now correctly shows that a DateTime variable should be used. |
| 57784 | Language Reference » Documentation | GraphicsPath page now has See Also links to Graphics.DrawPath and FillPath. |
| 57786 | Language Reference » Documentation | Updated doc page for ListBox.DragRow to show correct way to have multiple drag items. |
| 57794 | Language Reference » Documentation | The database code examples on the Moving to API 2.0 page have been fixed to correctly return the value and close the RecordSet/RowSet. |
| 57838 | Language Reference » Documentation | SerialConnection.Connect no longer returns a Boolean value, it should throw an exception on error. |
| 57887 | Language Reference » Documentation | Currency.FromText page more clearly notes that it uses Xojo.Core.Locale. |
| 57908 | Language Reference » Documentation | Updated WebTimer.Mode sample code to use Timer.ModeSingle rather than non-existent WebTimer.ModeSingle. |
| 57918 | Language Reference » Documentation | Sample code on SerialConnection page now uses Connect method instead of deprecated Open method. |
| 57986 | Language Reference » Documentation | Timer page now has links to CallLater and CancelCallLater methods, along with corresponding TimeCallLater and TimerCallLaterWithValue delegates. |
| 58015 | Language Reference » Documentation | ConsoleApplication.DoEvents sample code and description now uses RunMode and Run. |
| 58016 | Language Reference » Documentation | Added information to InStr doc page deprecation warning to note that IndexOf replacement is 0-based. |
| 58024 | Language Reference » Documentation | Add a note to MessageDialog to warn against using it for debugging purposes. |
| 58030 | Language Reference » Documentation | Added Ptr.Structure to Ptr doc page. |
| 58039 | Language Reference » Documentation | PopupMenu page notes now mention constant NoSelection (-1) which can be used to indicate no rows are selected. |
| 58170 | Language Reference » Documentation | Sample code on System.FontCount and System.LastFontIndex pages now uses correct MenuItem.AddMenu function. |
| 58329 | Language Reference » Documentation | Corrected method signature for Datetime.AddInterval. |
| 58341 | Language Reference » Documentation | Clarified prepared statement parameter identifiers for SQLite on Database.SelectSQL page, added parameter table to Database.ExecuteSQL page and made usage of terms more consistent. |
| 58344 | Language Reference » Documentation | Fixed sample code on TimeZone page. |
| 58481 | Language Reference » Documentation | Removed doc pages for FolderItem properties that were removed in 2019r2, such as MacFSRef, MacCreator, etc. |
| 34 Docs and Examples |
