🚀 MiniGUI Extended Edition – Build 25.11 RC1 Reached!

[Grigory Filatov]

Dear MiniGUI Community,

We’re excited to announce that the next MiniGUI release has reached RC 1 status.

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🔧 Highlights of This Release

Fixes

* Memory leaks in CHECKLABEL control: this fix avoids memory and GDI leaks that would previously happen when replacing images or destroying windows.
* HbZipArc library: hb_ZipFile() and hb_UnzipFile() major fixes.

New

* Adaptation of MiniGUI core is completed for using Zig language as LLVM C compiler frontend.
  Please note that the library format of this compiler is fully compatible with MinGW.

Updates

* Improved output of the Error message window with using SET SHOWREDALERT ON command.
* Unicode support: Fixed getting the name of the currently set hotkey in HotKeyBox.
* TSBrowse 9.0 adaptation: Improved FilterFTS() method now works with arrays and added new CalcTotal() method.
* Update for using SQLITE3 version 3.51.0 (from 3.50.4).
* Updated Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2025-10-23 21:45):
  * updated hbmk2 tool to define __ARCH64BIT__ at .prg level;
  * added support for using Zig as LLVM C compiler frontend;
  * added use of read lock when accessing the FPT memo file.

New Samples

* Simple ChartView class for GraphPlus library.
* CSV Viewer for .txt, .csv and .arr files.

Enhanced Samples

* Refactored Arkanoid Mini Game 🎮 (PRO version).
* Updated ChatGPT-generated samples.

IMPORTANT NOTE

I will only release the Standard build 25.11 if I get at least 10 upvotes that will donate to that build.

💬 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