WinBuilder 073 - beta discussion, beta 5 External links Options

[Nuno Brito]

Hi everyone!

This topic is meant to discuss the features to be added on the next stable version of wb which will later become version 074 when it's ready for the public.

In the meanwhile, these betas are made available for only for testing purposes - please ask or read the talks around here to know what to expect..

All requests for new features and bugfixes are more than welcome and you can find all the latest 073 beta binaries here on this topic to keep everything on a single place.

Don't forget to check or post any bugs you find on wb 072 on the bugtracker
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?autocom=bugtracker

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Only one request from my part - please create new discussion topics for non-WinBuilder.exe discussion and this way keep this place clean and focused on a single matter.

This new version will become the result of your feedback and I thank in advance to everyone who joins our discussions here.

Above anything else - have fun and happy testing!


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Beta 5 (2007-DEC-11)

- Disabled - SystemRefreshInterface is not executed when called from script UI buttons
- Corrected - FileCopy was not allowing to copy a file from one location to another using a different filename
- Corrected - Replaced all "wich" typo keywords by "which"
- Corrected - IniDeleteSection was not working with UNICODE files
- Solved - bug when encoding files using beta 4 - incompatibilities between unicode vs ansi
- Added - Main script treeview is locked when changing selected status to avoid flickers.


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Beta 4 (2007-DEC-03)


- Removed - message that appeared after saving a script in the source editor - save button automatically detects when script is modified.
- Fixed - bug that erased the contents of the script whenever using a spinedit object on the interface
- Fixed - bug that prevented loading any .script file outside the projects folder
- Fixed - Bug which appeared when selecting an error on the log window after running a script "Cannot focus disabled window"
- Fixed - bug that prevented loading .script files in editor mode using command line parameters
- Added - IniDeleteSection - support for unicode files
- Added - IniAddTextLine - support for unicode files
- Added - button to edit listed web servers inside the web server list.
- Added - missing <If,Question,"My Question?",Command> option on the right click menu of the source code editor
- Added - option to launch external editor in source code editor
- Corrected - FileCopy command with progress bar - it was only outputing the name of the filename being copied after completing the copy
- Corrected - After clicking on button inside UI - big play button is disabled
- Corrected - System,RefreshInterface is not working after pressing button on script UI
- Corrected - edit with right-click button on explorer erased everything except interface
- Corrected - Text box won't remember changes made on UI editor
- Corrected - Play button inside source code editor was not saving latest changes
- Replaced - old inimerge code was replaced with newer version (please test)
- Replaced - logo icon for source code editor tab
- Replaced - navigation icons on main window


 WinBuilder073_Beta4.zip ( 831.11K ) Number of downloads: 154





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Beta 3 (2007-NOV-18)

- Added support for reading the default webpage from each web server when selected
- Changed icon for download button inside the download center
- Reverted back to default internal project processing
- Web server list is now available as a tab to keep things tidy
- Added two new commands to the IF function - question and notquestion. Example syntax: if,question,"Continue?",echo,"Hello world!"

 WinBuilder073_Beta3.zip ( 823.07K ) Number of downloads: 128


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Beta 2 (2007-NOV-09)

- Added NativeEx server on the download list
- Corrected error messages that ocurred when editing the script's description in standalone editor mode
- Added option on standalone editor to run buttons and checkboxes
- Running a single script in unattended is much simpler, new syntax: Winbuilder.exe /run="c:\test\apps\myApp.script"
This mode will automatically try to find it's respective project file and read all default values from there if none is specified on command line
- Unattended mode can run files with any .project filename (example: winbuilder.exe %basedir%\Projects\LiveXP\LiveXP.project)
- Added stop button when running in unattended mode
- Added confirmation box when deleting attached files.
- Added button to run script inside the source code editor
- Added auto-save option inside source code editor
- Server list is directly updated from the internet instead of using built-in server addresses.
- Added button on the download tab to refresh list of available servers on the web

 WinBuilder073_Beta3.7z ( 819.41K ) Number of downloads: 131


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Beta 1 (2007-OCT-15)

- Modified UI to keep tabs well separated and enlarge the size of the work window.
- Web tab now defaults to http://boot-land.net/forums instead of http://boot-land.net/forums/wb.php to give direct access to the forums
- fixed bug on web tab which kept the progress whell rotating even after the page concluded loading
- Added right-click menu to add commands on the New Script tool
- Added right-click copy/paste/cut function to codebox and New Script Tool
- Fixed the CheckList component on the interface section
- Added standalone editor mode for editing script - use winbuilder /open="mydir\myWork.script"
- Added self-registering on startup as default which allows to automatically double click to open the script or right-click to edit.

 WinBuilder073_Beta1.7z ( 822.23K ) Number of downloads: 299


This post has been edited by Nuno Brito: Dec 11 2007, 03:40 PM

[Nuno Brito]

We're back to beta discussions..

-- Modified the main window to make more room for other tabs and also make the overall look more tidy
-- Added the option to use a standalone editor for .script and .project files along with auto-associate - this can also be disabled from the option tab if not required.



Bugs on new features

-- Buttons and Checkboxes won't likely work when used under the standalone editor mode - sorry..

[psc]

Hi everyone!

This topic is meant to discuss the features to be added on the next stable version of wb which will later become version 074 when it's ready for the public.

In the meanwhile, these betas are made available for only for testing purposes - please ask or read the talks around here to know what to expect..

All requests for new features and bugfixes are more than welcome and you can find all the latest 073 beta binaries here on this topic to keep everything on a single place.

------------

Only one request from my part - please create new discussion topics for non-WinBuilder.exe discussion and this way keep this place clean and focused on a single matter.

This new version will become the result of your feedback and I thank in advance to everyone who joins our discussions here.

Above anything else - have fun and happy testing!

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Beta 1 (2007-OCT-15)


 WinBuilder073_Beta1.7z ( 822.23K ) Number of downloads: 299


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After a long boring time now the long time expected new chance to tell you your mistakes

Thanks

Peter

[Nuno Brito]

I was hoping to give you less reasons this time but you know how portuguese people work..

[powaking]

I was hoping to give you less reasons this time but you know how portuguese people work..

Can say that again

[online]

I was hoping to give you less reasons this time but you know how portuguese people work..

And I don't tell you about italian people...!

Carry on, Nuno!

[phox]

First impressions and comments about WinBuilder 073 beta1:

1. Work area is slightly larger but looks to white.

2. Web page of WB072 is much better,
as it gives lot of info besides connection to the Forum.

3. On all pages, except on Scripts, WB logo and title are lost.

4. Tools are accessible only from Scripts page.

5. Tools pages are slightly larger, but again to white.

6. Process bars are to square and color looks anemic in Vista.


Suggestions:

1. Keep WB072 graphical composition.

2. Add some more background colors.

3. Round top (bar) edges of all pages.

4. Add in the Tools, page titled “Make Apps script”,
similar as “Create script…”, with “Location” within Apps folder,
short description of MakeScript generator and button “Generate”,
to invoke MakeScript.exe, which should be located in the
Projects/Tools folder.

[Galapo]

I'd like the feature for the script editor to ask if changes are to be saved (yes, no, cancel) if exiting but changes are not yet saved.

Thanks,
Galapo.

[thunn]

Nuno..
..thanks for sharing your work in progress! I'll have a look in a moment.

Any chance of adding search and replace to wb txt editor? It's not very important, but since I wind up using it often, it would be a help. For fast search and replace, I often use metapad, a notepad replacement.

[booty#1]

This topic is meant to discuss the features to be added on the next stable version of wb which will later become version 074 when it's ready for the public.
In the meanwhile, these betas are made available for only for testing purposes - please ask or read the talks around here to know what to expect..

Ok, here are my suggestions for a new WinBuilder version:

1. Improved attachment decoding (see this topic)
2. Speed-up some of the commands (pedrole15 suggested that often using "System,RefreshVars" takes a lot of time)
3. Moving the built process into an own thread so that the WinBuilder GUI is usable all the time while building
4. Same thing for the download progress which killed the my WinBuilder (non-responsive, hung) more than once during the last days

booty#1