We are proud to announce Xailer 2.5 with a lot of new features, specially on the IDE:

• IDE:
  • New: New copy/paste system fixes bugs on controls with embeded aItems
  • New: Intellisense
  • New: Templates (File->New->From template and File->Save as template)
  • New: Metacontrols
  • New: Plugins and plugin manager in Components->Plugins
  • New start window when there is no project open
  • Updated scintilla to 2.1.2
  • Suppor for hotspots (URLs) in code comments (Tools->Editor options->Look)
  • New button to restore default colors in Tools->Editor options->Syntax
  • Bug fixed on saving TOptionItem:Cargo property
  • Bug fixed on saving oExplorerGroup:Cargo property
  • Rare error when closing projects
  • Bug when setting font color for more than one control at the same time
  • Search TODO/TOFIX in multiline comments
  • Completed translations for all supported languages
  • New option “Set as main module” in the Project Manager
  • Rewritten float values editor for the Object Inspector
  • Show tooltip with file information for each tab in the code editor
  • New option “Close all tabs” in the Output window context menu
  • Hit F2 jumps to cText property in Object Inspector
  • Hit F2 in Object Inspector opens extended edit if allowed
  • Show number of matches and files in “Find in files”
  • SQLite editor: show the DDL statements executed on table changes
  • Show number of elements on the tab tooltip on ToDo, Breakpoints and Bookmarks views panes
  • Bug when doing double click in a C header file
  • Select file on Project Manager on double-click in the tab of the code editor
  • Stop compilation on closing the output window
  • Don’t start a new compile process when there it is already compiling
  • Show calltips aligned to the function
  • Remember Output window height when closing the IDE
  • ESC closes the Output window from the code editor
  • Bug selecting code between braces with Ctrl+E
  • Option to configure user folders in Tools->Options->Folders->User folders
  • Customize Intellisense font in Tools->Editor options->Calltips and Intellisense
  • Enter key jumps to code editor from ToDo, Breakpoints and Bookmarks views panes

• General
  • Colors.ch: Color definition of type CLR_name are obsolete and will be deleted on next Xailer version
  • Controls.ch: Removed #translate ?

• DataControls
  • TDbfDataset: Bug in lReuseDel
  • TDbfDataset: Enhanced error information in method OrdSetFocus()
  • TMySQL: Support for DateTime and TimeStamp

• Forms
  • New event OnCopyData()

• Controls
  • TGlassBtn: New button control using GDI+
  • TShiftPanel: New TPanel alike control
  • TOcx: Fixes in focus and other minor fixes
  • TRichEdit: Bug in GetLine() method
  • TRichEdit: Fixed oFont creation in Create() method
  • TRichEdit: Load conversion filter from Office 2010
  • TRichedit: Find conversion filters in the application folder
  • TMessagebox: Fixed return value in Run()
  • TMessagebox: Allow to show remaining time in the title
  • TStatusPanel: Adjust embebed controls positioning
  • TEditBtn: New styles ebARROW and ebPROMPT
  • TEditBtn: New property cPrompt
  • TBtnBmp: New style fsRAISED
  • TColorComboBox: New property lAddColor
  • TDBBrowse: Double check to avoid posible error in form destruction
  • TAdoDataSource: Bug in Execute() method when returning a recordset
  • TBrwCol: Wrong positioning of context menu in oHeader
  • TListViewGroup: Fix on setting cHeader, cFooter, nHeaderAlign and nFooterAlign
  • TListViewColumn: Fix on setting nAligment
  • TListViewColumn: Display image when changing nAlignment

• Other classes
  • TBlatMail: Bug in lReceipt
  • TBlatMail: New properties: lUndisclosedRecipients, nTimeOut, nTries and nAuth
  • TMailSlotServer and TMailSlotClient: New clases for data exchange between applications
  • TCanvas: New methods AngeArc(), Arc(), ArcTo(), Chord() and Pie()
  • TCanvas: New method GetPos()
  • TMenu: New method Refresh()
  • TComboBox: Fix to not trim spaces when adding items
  • TCalculator: New parameter to paste result in active control
  • TRecentList: Refresh the list with lAutoSave and lAutoRemove
  • TFileOperationDlg: New properties lFilesOnly and lNoCopySecurityAttrib

• Functions
  • New functions AngleArc(), Arc(), ArcTo(), Chord() and Pie()
  • New function SendWMCopyData()
  • New function SHGetFolder()
  • Function MakeNestedDir() return an error code compatible with DirMake()
  • Function GetFileVersionInfo() to extract version information from EXEs and DLLs
  • Full support for the GDI+ api (609 functions)

• Samples
  • samples\MetaControls\PanelOkCancel: Metacontrol which builds a panel with two custom buttons
  • samples\GlassBtn: Sample for the new TGlassBtn control

  • samples\ShiftPanel: Sample for the new TShiftPanel control
  • samples\Plugins\MoreEdit: Plugin with two extensions:
    • MoreEdit: adds a menuitem “MoreEdit” to the Edit menu with options SetCaseUpper/Lower/Capitalize, mimicking the options in Edit->Special. Adds options to invert upper and lower case, sort lines and renumber numerics lists.
    • QuickFind: adds an option to the Search menu to do incremental searchs and mark text as in Firefox
  • samples\Plugins\MoreOptions: Adds a new option “Editor extra options” to the Tools menu to customize some options that are not accesible from the configuration dialogs.
  • samples\MailSlot\Server and samples\MailSlot\Client: Using Inter Process Communications (IPC) between aplications using MailSlots

  • samples\WMCopyData\Server and samples\WMCopyData\Client: Using Inter Process Communications (IPC) between aplications using SendWmCopyData() and TForm:OnCopyData event
  • samples\GdiPlus\Exif: Show image information from EXIF tags
  • samples\GdiPlus\Convert: Converts between diferent image formats

• Documentation
  • Updated to latest changes

   

We will like to remember, as it happened with Xailer 2.4 is that version 2.5 requires a a new registration because there is a change on the activation key. This register process can only be done on active machines with active subscriptions.

You can check until which version of Xailer you can upgrade from the IDE menu option Help->Registry information.

To simplify the process for all those people that can not reach our registry web system, we will send by Email the new registry values for all the active machines on active subscriptions.

Do not try to upgrade to this new version until you are completely sure you are allowed to do it.

Best regards,

[Xailer team]

As you can surely imagine due this post title, the next version of Xailer (2.5) will include Intellisense (code completion) support like other well known development environments.

Xailer will probably become the first development environment for [x]Harbour that supports Intellisense and not only on functions, but also on classes and class members at any hierarchy level, and on the Xailer RTL but also on all the projects and subprojects the user may have open.

We believe that today, this functionality is a must on any developing environment that wants to become a real professional tool and in fact it has been one of the most important demands from people coming from other environments like Visual FoxPro or Visual Basic.

The work has not been easy, since as you surely know, [x]Harbour, like Clipper, is not a strict typing language. So all the work has had to be done analyzing deeply the source code, as fast as possible so the code editor do not become slow due this extra work.

Since [x]Harbour is not strict typed language some times, for Intellisense to work you must give some aid to Xailer IDE indicating the type of a variable or member class.

As you can see on the image, when we define the variable oVar we have indicated that its type is TForm2. This way the IDE knows that the class has a property with the name oLabel1 and the type of that property is TLabel, therefore it shows a listbox with all the members of the TLabel class, indicating which are properties, methods or events. The clause AS can be introduced on variable declarations, function and methods parameters and also on class data declarations.

In order to complete the Intellisense process you can push the ‘:’ key indicating a new object, the ‘(‘ key to start the parameters passing or simply by pressing the Return key.

The Calltips support has been extended to include not only [x]Harbour and Xailer functions, but also all the methods and events of the complete Xailer hierarchy, including your user classes and functions. If you want that from your functions and methods the return value is shown on the calltip you must include that information as a comment on the function or method declaration using the following construction: //-->

FUNCTION AtoC( aData ) // --> cString

Actually, Xailer 2.5 is been hardly tested for a reduce group of selected Xailer users. We expect to publish it in a really short term. Keep tuned.

Best regards.

Xailer Team

We are proud to announce Xailer 2.4 with a lot of new features, specially on the IDE, for example:

• Use of tabs on the message area that allows to keep the latest search operations or compile without loosing any information on the message area
• Disk global search
• Extended the ‘Search definition under cursor’ system to the complete project
• New TODO & TOFIX management system
• Automatic case matching of variables, parameters and class members

And some others important features that you may find at Whatsnew.htm.

We have already very advanced the support of ‘Intellisense’ for the complete Xailer RTL and we expect that it will be ready for next version 2.5. The other three main areas we are working right now are:

• Better Copy & Paste support on form editor
• Undo operations on the form editor
• Native support for Firebird on Xailer Enterprise

We will like to remember, as it happened with Xailer 2.3 is that version 2.4 requires a a new registration because there is a change on the activation key. This register process can only be done on active machines with active subscriptions.

You can check until which version of Xailer you can upgrade from the IDE menu option Help->Registry information.

To simplify the process for all those people that can not reach our registry web system, we will send by Email the new registry values for all the active machines on active subscriptions.

Do not try to upgrade to this new version until you are completely sure you are allowed to do it.

Best regards,

[Xailer team]

The animated GIF shows this feature: when typing nKey (declared as a formal method parameter) and nIndex (declared as a local variable) in lower case, the IDE itselfs updates the case of the variables, parameters and class members to make them match with its definition.

A new minor update of Xailer 2.3 is ready through are Auto Update system.

Unfortunately we forgot to include the the file with latest changes made on this minor revision, so I include them at the end of this message.

Best regards,

Enhancements on Xailer 2.3.2

• IDE:
  • Error on Tools menu options when no project was active
  • Project tree view error when adding a subproject
  • Minor fixes on ‘Clean project’
  • Avoid blink due proyect tree reload
  • Better detection of old format proyect files
  • Background highlight of parentheses
  • When pasting from the clipboard, the text was inserted instead of replaced
  • Do not erase DLL file on option ‘Clean project’
  • Minor fixes on ‘Publish project’ option
  • On some circunstances the IDE lost its font
  • When saving a new renamed module, the editor did not reflect the changes
  • Bug on autocomplete with ‘::’ when no project was active
  • New Clipper console functions added to Intellisense (841 functions)

• DataControls
  • MySql: Ping mechanism to be sure the connection is active
  • MySql: Bug on Day(), Month() and Year() with dates saved as empty values

• Controls
  • TComboBox: Compatibility with WINE on linux
  • TRichEdit: New properties lProtected, lSmallCaps, nHighLight and methods HasText(), GetFirstVisibleLine(), GoBotom(), GoTop(), SetProtected() and SetSmallCaps()
  • TRichEdit: Menu popup memory released
  • TRichEdit: Modified FindText() so it returns .T. if something found and .F. if not
  • TOptionList: Support of events OnLButtonDown and OnClick on area without items
  • TBrwColumn: Control of multiline headers for the conextual menu

• Other classes
  • TApplication: Change of datasources close state check point when the application ends

   

[Xailer team]

We are proud to announce Xailer 2.3 with a lot of new features, for example:

• CVS and Subversion support
• Xailer Portable
• Complete support of ‘Calltips’: Including nested calltips, parameters matching and complete function information leaving the cursor 1.5 seconds over the function name

  As we mentioned on previous posts on this same blog, during only one week and from today there will be an introductory offer of Xailer Portable for a reduced price of 75 euros.

  We will like to remember, as it happened with Xailer 2.2 is that version 2.3 requires a a new registration because there is a change on the activation key. This register process can only be done on active machines with active subscriptions.

  You can check until which version of Xailer you can upgrade from the IDE menu option Help->Registry information.

  To simplify the process for all those people that can not reach our registry web system, we will send by Email the new registry values for all the active machines on active subscriptions.

  Do not try to upgrade to this new version until you are completely sure you are allowed to do it.

  Best regards,

  [Xailer team]

  ]]> http://xailer.info/eng/?feed=rss2&p=117 0 http://xailer.info/eng/?p=111 http://xailer.info/eng/?p=111#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:45:31 +0000 Ignacio OZ http://xailer.info/eng/?p=111 Xailer becomes portable!!!

  This is one of the continuing requests we have received from many Xailer users for a long time and we can announce that it is ready to lack of small business details. We hope the new Portable Xailer meet the needs of mobility that many of you have sued us.

  Xailer Portable is basically a Xailer version than can be used from any device regardless of the machine that is running the IDE itself. The device can be an external hard drive or a simple Pen drive. Xailer is registered for use from the device only, but being connected to any PC.

  Xailer Portable gives no additional license, simply provides another method of activation for the license that already possess. It is therefore an addition on the original license, with a unique cost (paid once only) and is directly linked on the original license on which it is granted.

  However, with the purchase of Portable Xailer you will get a new serial number, but for purely administrative reasons. The subscription expiration of this license is the same as the license number where applicable and if you upgrade your version of Xailer in the main license also automatically update the expiration date on your license Portable.

  A Xailer Portable license allows activation of Xailer up to two different hardware devices. Unlike the standard version, Portable Xailer can not be deactivated until 6 months after activation. But for your peace of mind I will say that even formatting the device may not cause any problems. It is important to use only one of the activations since the other is used solely as security activation in case of lost or damaged of the device.

  In exceptional cases Xailer Portable probably will not be able to register for a particular hardware device, although in our tests this has only happened once with a shoddy pen drive.

  Only be welcome to purchase Xailer Portable users who have a Professional or Enterprise license of Xailer 2.3 or later.

  Xailer Portable cost is the same for Xailer Professional or Enterprise licenses and will cost 95 euros. The amount must be paid only once since its subscription rights and updates will be fully linked to the license which it proceeds.

  It will be available as a new product on our Web very soon. During the first week you can purchase Xailer Portable at a great price of 75 euros. Those who are interested I recommend you to keep tunned, BTW we will inform you when is ready on this same blog.

  Best regards
  [Xailer team]

  ]]> http://xailer.info/eng/?feed=rss2&p=111 0 http://xailer.info/eng/?p=107 http://xailer.info/eng/?p=107#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:52:32 +0000 Ignacio OZ http://xailer.info/eng/?p=107 Dear [x]Harbour user,

  We are proud to announce xEdit 2.2, our completely free IDE for Harbour & xHarbour. Now with multi-project support and enhanced toolbars to make coding even easier.

  Yo may download this new version from our donwload area at:

  http://www.xailer.com/download

  Regards
  [Xailer team]

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