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Pay your purchases via Wire Transfer

10/8/2016

Its now possible to pay your purchase via wire-transfer. If you want to do so, please send an email to wire-transfer@xHarbour.com
You will than receive an email with the instructions to proceed with the purchase. Thank you! 😁

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New SQLRDD for Windows ready for download

9/30/2016

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New SQLRDD for Windows downloads are available form your personal xHarbour.com account. The new build includes LIB's for "SQLRDD for xHarbour Builder" and "SQLRDD for xHarbour.org for BCC".

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What's new in Visual xHarbour build 374

7/11/2016

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- Fixed error loading CoolBar bands from xfm
- Fixed delay and released memory between selecting controls.
- Fixed IniFile():Write runtime error when file doesn't exist and user has no rights for it.
- Fixed Docking to not to relocate controls in design mode when the host is not visible.
- Added ToolStripContainer:BackColor to allow users to customize a background color for the ToolStrips.
- Added ToolStrip/MenuStrip ForeColor to use in combination with ToolStripContainer:BackColor.
- Forced VXH main toolbar’s background color to the system default to prevent drawing artifacts in some versions.
- Fixed BitmapToRegion transparent color not making transparent the right color.
- Foxed Splash control to pass in the right collors.
-Fixed bug in ObjectTree where clicking an object would expand/contract nodes endlessly.

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What's new in Visual xHarbour build 372

6/10/2016

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Fixed random RTE double clicking compile errors in debug panel.
Added DataTable bSave property to allow executing it before proceed to Save().
Fixed Object Manager ComboBox having a memory leak that prevented the control to properly load the objects.
Added SaveFileDialog OverwritePrompt, PathMustExist and HideReadOnly properties.
Fixed DataTable:SetFilter bug not setting the codeblock properly.
Fixed LinkLabel not docking properly after changing its text.
Fixed Form objects access in design mode to have at least a window handle instead of NIL to allow other components to see the forms' children.
Fixed TreeView KeyDown to trigger UM_CHECKSTATECHANGE when hitting the spacebar and CheckBoxes style is enabled.
Fixed RTE docking controls.
Fixed ActiveX BackSpace and Delete keys duplicating keystrokes.

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What's new in Visual xHarbour build 371

6/1/2016

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Fixed bug in Editor position after saving project.
Added Advantage TableType property and fixed NewInstance to pass in ::Connection handle.
Added missing property Button:Alignment defaulting to CENTER.
Added property Control:When. This mimics FW's WHEN clause.
Added DataTable:TableExt() method.
Added DataTable support for modifying structures and creating index under an Advantage Data Directory.
Fixed DataGrid RTE when closing the DataSource.
Fixed DataGrid ShadowRow not showing on FullRow
Added missing ToolButton:Checked property.
Added TreeView event ItemCheck which is not windows native but a VXH feature.
Added TreeViewItem METHOD GetChecked and METHOD SetChecked( lChecked ).
Removed transparency from Splash.

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What's new in Visual xHarbour build 370

5/24/2016

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Fixed editor delays enabling Copy and Paste regardless of selection.
Fixed memory leak setting TabOrder.
Fixed Object Manager visibility when opening a project for the first time.
Fixed Modal forms BackColor being painted only if it had a BackGroundImage assigned.
Fixed memory leak selecting controls.
Fixed project not marked as modified when properties changed.
Fixed Advantage:Append() to clear internal array buffer.
Added Advantage:SetIndexDirection()
Added Advantage AdsNull2Blank to set the right value when appending a record to avoid NULL values.
Forced Commit() after DataTable:Save()
Fixed CheckBox:Checked property to read and set.
Fixed TaskDialog component to return the button ID selected. Added property Width.
Fixed potential RTE deleting components in design mode.
Fixed DataTable() record moving methods to clear loaded fields.
Fixed DataGrid RTE loading records with no DataSource assigned.
Fixed DataGrid AnchorColumn setting strange values when having only one column.
Fixed Modal Forms bug executing OnLoad twice.
Fixed EditBox image background color problem when disabled.
Added EditBox:Calendar support for firing event "Valid"
Added FreeImage:Save( cFileName )
Fixed delay loading forms by reducing Label repainting when changing text.
Fixed MemoryTable:Append() not appending records correctly.
Added Registry:Open nAccess parameter to allow reading without full access.
Fixed MessageWait() to SetForegroundWindow its parent when called as a method of the form.
Added WinSock:Receive( cBuffer )
Fixed WinSock:Send() problem passing an unnecessary CRLF.
Fixed Cursor bug being forced to all controls of the same type.
Fixed MinMaxInfo to not to stop resizing in Design mode.
Reworked main loop to have a complete ActiveX keyboard navigation and functionality.

These new fixes and enhancements are available in the new xHarbour Builder build May 19, 2016.

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New SQLRDD downloads for Windows

5/11/2016

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We have compiled new LIB's for SQLRDD for Windows. The new setup contains new builds for:

xHarbour Builder (XCC)
BCC version 5.5, 5.8 and 6.5

New builds for linux will be available next week.

Patrick

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New xHarbour Builder April-2016-Build429

4/29/2016

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Hello xHarbour friends,

A new xHarbour Builder is ready for download from your personal account for all users with an active Update & Service Subscription.

This new build includes new xHarbour Builder build from latest xHarbou.org code. It also includes a new and updated Visual xHarbour build with many fixes and enhancements! It's a must have for all of you who use Visual xHarbour. A whatsnew on Visual xHarbour can be found here: http://www.xHarbour.com/blog/whats-new-in-visual-xharbour-build-364

Support on Visual xHarbour is on our new support NG at:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/visual-xharbour

THANK YOU for all you support and happy coding!

Patrick

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What's new in Visual xHarbour build 364

4/29/2016

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Fixed editor speed and potential RTE detecting selection to turn on edit options
Fixed editor option trim spaces to empty undo buffer after saving because undo is set for non-trimmed lines.
Trimmed VXH splash bitmap.
Fixed browser emulation to use a lower version 10.
Removed memory leaks and slowdowns after changing objects.
Removed form designer Undo/Redo options to be replaced by the upcoming xml based one.
Fixed splash component to accept regioned (hollow) bitmaps and changed VXH's to be hollow.
Removed workaround for old xharbour website to scroll the view.
Optimized alignment bar to use current array of selected objects.
Fixed Start page position when opening projects.
Optimized designer's add, delete, move controls.
Fixed problem where copy/paste would paste just one control and removed memory leak.
Fixed problem where changing some properties wouldn't mark as modified.
Fixed memory leak and GPF trap when opening a ComboBox based property in object manager.
This is potential the main fix of this release since there was a big memory leak destroying the ComboBox with the list of options.
Renamed component eMail to SMTPCDO because it's just an SMTP component and CDO based not and entire eMail control.
Advantage: Added EnableEncryption(), EncryptTable(), DecryptTable() and IsTableEncrypted()
DataTable: Fixed NewInstance() to set Area as NIL and generate an alias based on its predecessor.
Fixed memory leak in FontComboBox not destroying the created fonts.
Fixed slow-down updating parent's scroll area while creating controls. Shall you need that feature? Just call ::UpdateScrollArea() OnLoad().
Fixing RTE missing database connector when closing and reopening.
Fixed DataTable to not to default the path to the exe's when being a table in a database. This applies mostly to Advantage Data Dictionary.
Removed DataTable TRY/CATCH opening it so programmers can be aware of real errors.
Added Drawing:CleanEnumFont() to destroy fonts created when enumerating all system fonts.
Removed memory leak creating callback when enumerating fonts and not destroying it.
Changed FreeImage to inherit from TitleControl instead of Panel because Panel has features not applying to FreeImage.
Fixed FreeImage memory leak not destroying the image handle on exit.
Fixed FreeImage repainting when changing image from string to resource.
Fixed SMTPCDO SMTPAuthenticate to have options cdoBasic and cdoNTLM.
Added SMTPCDO UNIQUE feature to send calendar events passing the buffer to an iCal when sending.
Fixed MimeFormat and TextBody not working.
Fixed memory overload creating unnecessary runtime object properties in design mode.
Fixed CoolBar RTE when band hasn't been created yet.
Fixed MessageWait to center on its form when called as a method: oWnd:MessageWait().
Added Splitter:BackColor.
Removed TabControl VertScrollSize since that process is automated.
Fixed ToolBar problem trying to find the corresponding imagelist.
Fixed bug in method SetRedraw() not allowing turning it back on.
Forced NILing BkBrush when destroying since some objects test for it's existence.
Fixed potential RTE in docking system when docked to a control created later on.
Added Form:SetForeground()
Fixed generating objects from components not yet created when needed.
Fixed BitmapToRegion() tolerance parameter.

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New website online!

4/23/2016

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It took a while, but we are VERY happy with the outcome! The new http://www.xHarbour.com is fresh, easy to read and FUN to use!

If you have questions regarding your personal account, please send us and email at support@xHarbour.com. We will make sure all will be OK OK ;-)

Now, enjoy our new website, and please, post any comment you might have. We want to hear from you, whats good, whats bad, what needs improvements, etc.. Its YOUR turn 👍

Thank you for your support!

Patrick

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Thank you for your support. You are awesome! 😀