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Follow VXH's changelog live

5/1/2017

We keep VXH's changelog in a Evernote note. You can follow it here:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s21/sh/3dc7d6f9-ef44-4172-b480-8e02b6b19cca/c1302e69684907baf166a86ea6f51e78

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New xHarbour Builder and VXH 2017 build 416

3/21/2017

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Cleaned up OS:Version
Fixed ComboBox:SelectString() to receive only 1 text parameter.
Added ComboBox:AddItems( aItems ) to add an array.
Added TaskDialog:MainIcon (text/number)
Added TaskDialog:VerificationText to show a CheckBox at the bottom.
Added TaskDialog:VerificationChecked to test if the checkbox is checked.
Added DataGrid:OnDoubleClick because OnLButtonDblClk triggers even on the header.
Fixed DataGrid RTE clicking header consequentially.
Fixed Editor Rectangle selection
Added Windows 10 manifest
Replaced API that retrieves the OS version
Added StatusPanelMargin so some controls like ProgressBar don't fill the whole statusbar panel
Fixed DataGrid SortArrow and header alignment.
Fixed removing event to mark as modified
Fixed Advantage structure change bug to appending the right fields
Fixed bug drawing datagrid header when right aligned
Added SetSystemCursor
Fixed control selection to bring control to top
Fixed removing event to make project dirty
Fixed ActiveX Event handler
Added DataGrid:OnHeaderClick event for the control
Added DataGrid:KeySearch to enable/disable automatic key search on current tag
Fixed TabControl:OnTabChanging execution and OnSelChanged position
Added CheckBox:WrapText
Fixed general speed problem in class Control.
Optimized TabControl for speed
Optimized all controls for speed
Fixed label autosize
Fixed DataTable:SavePos() and RestPos() to include append status.
Fixed potential RTE in Label.
Added ToolStrip:TabOrder
Added Form:ResetScrollBars() this allows rearranging the scrollbars when controls go beyond the boundaries.
Added EmfToJpg( cEMF, (optional) cJPG ) if cJPG is passed a file in that name is saved otherwise EmfToJpg returns the buffer.
Added API FreeImageFileSave(), PlayEnhMetaFile, GetEnhMetaFile and CloseEnhMetaFile
Fixed alias generation in DataBase Advantage class

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New SQLRDD binaries available for download

3/14/2017

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New binaries for SQLRDD for xHarbour.com and xHarbour.org are available for download from your personal xHarbour.com account.
Binaries for these compilers are ready for download:

xHarbour.com (PellesC)
xHarbour.org for Linux GCC48 32 and 64 bits
xHarbour.org for Windows BCC version 5.5, 5.8, 6.5 and 7.2
xHarbour.org for Windows MingW/GCC version 6.x.x

This an overview of the databases currently supported by current SQLRDD.

Oracle 8, 9
MS SQL Server up to v2016
DB2, DB2/400, DB2/6000
Postgres 7.3 to 9.0
Caché
MySQL 4.1
Firebird/Interbase
Sybase System XI, XI
CA-Ingres R3
ADABAS-D

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New xHarbour Builder and VXH 2017 build 406

2/9/2017

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Added Label:VerticalPadding to allow moving text down few pixels.
Added DataTable:ValueToType( xValue, cType ) to convert any value type into any type
Added TabControl:OnPageDisabled event triggered when selecting a disabled page
Added TabControl:DrawInactiveFrames to allow just drawing labels instead of the whole tab
Fixed PictureBox:OnClick not firing
Fixed StatusBar panel children position and more effective docking
Fixed conversion from UserMethod9 to UserMethod09
Fixed Advantage:CreateTable to import data
Fixed Advantage bug closing area by passing it as a parameter
Fixed Enabled property all over VXH to invert WS_DISABLED
Fixed TabPage disabled drawing

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New xHarbour Builder and VXH 2017 build 405

2/1/2017

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Fixed DeleteColumn to update data width even if no display is requested otherwise it creates a size/timing bug that tries to fit columns that don’t exist anymore.
Fixed several FreeImage class issues.
Added internal lUpdate to GridColumn:Create and Destroy
Fixed missing ComboBox vertical scroll bar
Fixed Label flicker
Fixed MDIChild:RestoreLayout() and SaveLayout() methods
Fixed SMTPCDO class to import HTML images
Added function StrExtract
Fixed TabControl early background painting when changing tabs
Fixed saved position before switching to other source.
Allowed entering negative Width value on StatusBarPanels
Added DataTable:bFilter to store the current filter and be accessed later on.
Fixed DataTable:RestPos() to use new bFilter
Fixed bug in EditBox where double clicking the icon would destroy the control.
Added Backwards compatibility for UserMethods1 through 9
Fixed TabControl Header borders not painting correctly when specifying TabPageColor
Added ActiveX:HookKeyboard (boolean) to disable AxTranslateMessage to prevent duplicating messages already handled.
Fixed RTE in AdsdataTable:Create when filename was not specified.
Added DataGrid:OnCellVisible (boolean) to tell DataGrid if the cell is visible.
Fixed typos in class Font causing RTE in choose font dialog.
Added System:GetRunningProcesses( cProcess ) parameter to be able to list only the ones specified
Fixed bug in ToolStripComboBox where it would create 2 different control handles
Fixed WaitExecute lpVerb parameter to accept "open" or "exec"
Fixed bug in RegQueryValueEx to treat all SZ values as strings not only REG_SZ
Fixed MDIChild forms bug assigning MDI list menu.
Fixed MDIChild forms early showing and repainting of the form when that part needs to be done by users.
Fixed MenuItems ID to use a number beyond the boundaries of the controls.
Added RadioButtons:AutoSize properties to shrink the control based on its text and font.
Fixed RadioButtons focus border bug when hotkey is assigned via &.
Fixed ToolStrip RTE adding moving controls to it.
Fixed MenuItem background color.
Fixed ActiveX:LinkEvents to accept an owner object
Reworked DataGrid horizontal scroll to not to recalculate all columns and simply "paint" the view not the rest
Fixed all DataGrid HorzScroll painting problems.
Fixed Font:Delete() to return TRUE only if a valid handle had been destroyed.
Added MenuStrip and ContextStrip the base for a MenuItem tooltip.
Added MenuStripItem:ToolTipText that will show when selecting the option.
Added Panel:MinWidth/MinHeight/MaxWidth/MaxHeight
Fixed MessageWait text drawing problems

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New xHarbour Builder and VXH 2016 build 400

11/6/2016

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New xHarbour Builder and VXH builds are ready for download from your personal xHarbour.com account.
This is whats new for Visual xHarbour:

Fixed initial IDE coordinates causing display issues.
Fixed Advantage:CreateOrder to remove index from ADD before adding tags.
Fixed internal API __DrawDnArrow to draw a smaller icon
Added automatic DataGrid HeaderMenu button. It will turn on by just assigning HeaderMenu.
Fixed DataGrid Header Text and Image alignment based no new menu and sort buttons.
Fixed ImageList:DrawIndirect to return the API value.
Fixed Panel bChanged to access its parent's when having WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT style.
Fixed TabControl last focus control to not to set focus con controls outside the selected page.
Optimised speed. Loading big project is now more intuitive because we show a progress bar with the whole form loading process.
Fixed Panel painting problems and DataGrid hover over column header now shows the arrow if HeaderMenu is assigned.
Automated TAG property now shows the SortArrow automatically.
Fixed RTE selecting 2 properties consecutevely
Fixed missing parenthesys in UDN_FIRST definition
Fixed Advantage:Create to regenerate Fields property after modifying structure
Fixed internal __DrawDnArrow to allow colors
Changed DataGrid SortArrow to use same glyph as Windows Explorer
Fixed RTE in class Font when closing app
Fixed LinkLabel Alignment property
Fixed LinkLabel text wrapping to wrap text just like editboxes do when no spaces are available.
Fixed ContextStrip to create the menu over its parent not its form.
Added UpDown:OnDeltaPos event.
Fixed CheckBox:State bug not being properly set.
Fixed Menu item OnClick event not being triggered correctly
Added Advantage METHOD DeleteOrder
Fixed RTE changing table structure where the index file must be erased.
Added CheckBox:GetCheck()
Optimized DataTable:DeleteOrder() to differenciate from Advantage.
Fixed opening project to not to be so strict if a binary file is missing and allow the project to load.
Fixed ActiveX to load event hook once for the first loading object and cleanup when closing app.
Added GridColumn OnSizeChanged and OnPosChanged event handling to allow saving column with and position
Added Label's keyboard event handling.
Fixed ActiveX Hook to translate the enter key into the activex control.

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Pay your purchases via Wire Transfer

10/8/2016

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Its now possible to pay your purchase via wire-transfer. If you want to do so, please send an email to [email protected]
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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