🚀 MiniGUI Extended Edition – Build 25.10 RC1 Reached!

[Grigory Filatov]

Dear MiniGUI Community,

We’re excited to announce that the next MiniGUI release has reached RC 1 status, marking a major milestone for the upcoming build.
This release candidate includes numerous bug fixes, code refactorings, and exciting new samples—paving the way for the upcoming stable 25.10 release.

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🔧 Highlights of This Release

Fixes

* MONTHCAL control refactoring: Corrected WinAPI calls, pointer casts, memory handling, and subclassing behavior.
* LinearGradientBrush(): Fixed a typo that has existed since Build 33 (March 2007).
* JPEG support: Improved GetImageSize() handling for EXIF-heavy and progressive JPEGs.
* SAVEWINDOWBYHANDLE()/WNDCOPY(): Unified into a single helper function with better cleanup and error handling.

Updates

* STATUSBAR control: Corrected coordinates, fixed icon handling, improved item indexing, and enhanced stability.
* Unicode support: Fixed grid grouping and improved C_BrowseForFolder().
* MSVC 2022 compatibility: Warnings in C code resolved.
* Header compatibility: Added HMG_LoadResourceRawFile() pseudo-function.
* HMG_HPDF Library: Extended JPG/PNG support from file or resource.
* TSBrowse 9.0 adaptation: Improved block handling and added optional debug logging.

New Samples

* Grid Grouping workaround in Virtual Grid control.
* Virtual Grid with Nested Groups.
* Zoom Form usage (contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello).
* SQL query with SQLRDD (PRO version).
* Arkanoid Mini Game 🎮 (PRO version).
* Updated ChatGPT-generated samples, including Customer Manager with detailed comments.

Enhanced Samples

* Save/Load Array Items in Virtual Grid (with expanded documentation).
* Draw Box and Panel Gradient (by Petr Chornyj).
* Viewing arrays/DBF with _TBrowse() (by Verchenko Andrey).
* Kaleidoscope 3D (by S. Rathinagiri, with added explanations).

💬 A big thank-you goes out to all contributors, testers, and supporters who continue to make MiniGUI evolve!

Warm regards,
Grigory Filatov
on behalf of the MiniGUI Team

[Dan Campbell]

Haha, you forgot the donation link.  I found it from the Paypal Activity list.

I'll hold off on updating Minigui until the official release, thanks Grigory.