Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 23.04 is published

Grigory Filatov

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Apr 27, 2023, 3:57:34 AM4/27/23

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Hi Friends,

We are pleased to announce a new build of Harbour MiniGUI Extended
Edition.

It is a regularly scheduled maintenance release.

A setup of the ANSI build 23.04 for Borland C++ 5.8.2 is published at
the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-23.04-setup.exe

There is an additional donationware Minigui package built for the freeware
Embarcadero C++ 10.2 ‘Tokyo’ 32-bit compiler (which is included in the above
package for your convenience).

There is also a 64-bit Minigui package created for the paid Embarcadero C++
7.40 for Win64 compiler.

Here's a breakdown of some of the modifications in the build 23.04.
For the full list, please see the changelog.

* Fixed: Revised a releasing of the COMBOBOXEX control
(a bug has been introduced since the first implementation
of this control).

* Enhanced: Standard IMAGE BUTTON control supports normal display
of the PNG images with alpha channel.

* Enhanced: The GetBox control additionally supports Ctrl+Z hotkey
to undo the current value when editing.

* Enhanced: Added a new optional clause IMAGESIZE <w>, <h> to the
COMBOBOXEX control (similar to ButtonEx control).
The alternative syntax is IMAGEWIDTH <w> and IMAGEHEIGHT <h>.

* Enhanced: MENUITEM command supports optional clause ICON <icon>
in the context menu.

* Enhanced: Added description of OS error value in the ErrorLog file
using the new GetOSErrorDescription( <nError> ) function.

* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- fixed incorrect use of the SetMsg() method in the TSBrowse
class when TBROWSE was defined without a MESSAGE clause.

* Updated: HbZipArc library source code:
- added new function hb_IsZipFile( <cFilename> ) for
a quick test to determine if a file is a ZIP file.

* Updated: PageScript 32 library:
- update for using PageScript DLL 4.0.1.157 (from 4.0.1.144).

* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2023-04-21 13:01).

* Updated some Basic and Advanced samples.

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

Upgrading to this build is recommended.

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Greetings,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]