BlitzPlus versions.txt
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| I dont suppose someone with Blitz+ could post the versions.txt file so I can see what features have been added since v1.11 (demo). I am thinking of purchasing it (possibly tonight as it happens) and wanted to see what was new. If it is against the rules then please dont worry (I will probably buy it anyway) - I already have B2D and B3D so this will complete the set :) Cheers, A |
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| Don't see why it should be against the rules?? ***** V1.37 ***** Fixed: Flip! Fixed: Crash if incorrect DirectInput version installed on NT. Fixed: ReadDir path error on Win98. Fixed: FileSize not working with open file. ***** V1.36 ***** Fixed: Crash if audio driver init fails. Fixed: Viewport not clipped to buffer size. Fixed: FlipCanvas not working after EndGraphics. Fixed: FileType not working properly with some dirs. Fixed: ReadDir returning a handle for non-existant dirs. Fixed: FreeBank CreateBank() Note: "c:" technically isn't a directory but a device. This seems to be a hangover from DOS days, where each device had its own current dir. Windows appears to have progressively cleaned up this weirdness, but I would recommend using "c:\" instead when accessing root directories. ***** V1.35 ***** Fixed: No item selected after currently selected tabber item removed Fixed: wrong font being released when context deleted Fixed: Fkeys not generating initial key char event Fixed: CreateBank/ResizeBank not zeroing memory Fixed: StartNetGame failing in debug mode Fixed: SetTextAreaText not working with empty text areas Fixed: CommandLine$() not working in exe Fixed: Notify 'serious' flag being ignored Fixed: RemoveGadgetItem bug with tabbers Fixed: ModifyGadgetItem causing corrupt text with tabbers Fixed: AddGadgetItem causing all sorts of problems! Fixed: GadgetText$() crashing when gadget has no text Fixed: HotKeyEvent overflowing. Fixed: Recursive End syndrome! ***** V1.34 ***** Public Release! Major additions/changes: * Improved Blitz2D compatiblity - WaitTimer, FontWidth, StringHeight are back. * Improved debugger performance - should be possible to break out of any program now! * Ability to modify gadget fonts - see SetGadgetFont * Textarea formatting commands - see TextArea docs * New events for mouse enter/exit - see WaitEvent docs * Greater control over image memory management - see LoadImage 'flags' discussion * IconStrips; for adding icons to listboxes, comboboxes and tabbers - see Icon-Strips docs * Hotkey support - see HotKeyEvent in Event docs * Direct access to underlying OS gadget handles (HWNDs) - see QueryObject * Experimental OpenGL and 'Native' graphics drivers - use CountGfxDrivers/SetGfxDriver to access alternate graphics drivers. Some miscellaneous notes: * OpenGL and Native drivers are highly experimental - but results so far are good. Locking OpenGL buffers is currently very slow, and not recommended for realtime use. * DesktopBuffer() is currently only available under the DirectDraw graphics driver. * Textarea formatting is still a little flaky, and requires a fair bit of experimentation in order to get good results. The textarea gadget really needs to be rewritten from scratch; the windows RichEdit control is pretty rough. ***** V1.33 ***** Fixed: 'Lock failed' problem and associated glitches. ***** V1.31 ***** Fixed: Crash when using debugger to kill app. Fixed: DebugLog in release mode using console. Fixed: GraphicsDepth() returning bytes instead of pixels. ***** V1.30 ***** Fixed: Crash when using banks with userlibs. Fixed: Crash when freeing an event source while in handler. Changed: HotKeyEvent now takes scancodes. Modifier flags are 1=shift, 2=ctrl, 4=alt, or any combination of. ***** V1.29 ***** Fixed: FreeTreeViewNode. Fixed: Slider value not changing when window resized. Fixed: Losing capture when different mouse button released. Added: Mouse enter ($205) and Mouse leave ($206) events for canvas gadgets. Added: AppBeginModal ($2004) and AppEndModal ($2005) events. Added: HotKeyEvent char,modifier,event_id,event_data,event_x,event_y,event_z,event_source ***** V1.28 ***** Fixed: uninitialized slider variables. Fixed: DirectDraw display mode same as desktop problem. ***** V1.27 ***** Fixed: DisableMenu not working when used on a menu with children. Fixed: Crash when CreateToolBar image doesn't exist - returns 0 instead. Fixed: OpenGL font positioning - now adjusted by ascent not height. Fixed: missing trailing '0' on FP->str conversion with negative vals. Fixed: asc() returning negative values for results >127. ***** V1.26 ***** Added OpenGL and DIB drivers: use CountGfxDrivers/GfxDriverName/SetGfxDriver. SetGfxDriver restarts all drivers, so GUI, Audio etc will close down and reopen too (hopefully with no leaks!) GDI driver uses my own crusty-but-stable blit routines as they appear to be faster than BitBlt! More research required... OpenGL driver is currently very simple: one tex-per-graphic, no max tex size checking etc. No pbuffers or render-to-texture, so rendering to offscreen buffers and using lockbuffer/unlockbuffer on backbuffer() is *slow*. Fixed userlibs. Fixed RectsOverlap bug. Fixed AutoMidhandle bug. Fixed...oh...a bunch of other stuff... Added: QueryObject( obj,qid ) queries an object for 'platform specific' properties. QueryObject() is a mechanism to get at platform specific handles within platform neutral Blitz objects. Its intentionally ugly to remind users they're going 'outside' of Blitz, and to save me having to add platform specific commands, which I really, really want to avoid. qid means 'query id' and can be one of: 1 : Win32 HWND (for use with gadgets) 2 : Win32 Client HWND (use this instead if you're after a 'parent' hwnd - some gadgets use 2 hwnds) 3 : Win32 HFONT (for use with fonts) eg: window=CreateWindow( "My Window",0,0,640,480 ) hwnd=QueryObject( window,1 ) ;returns windows HWND ***** V1.25 ***** Lost events fixed. Replace fixed again. IDE open initial dir set to most recent file ***** V1.24 ***** Rset$() fixed. Trim$() fixed. Replace$() fixed. ListBox selection of null item fixed. Excessive mouse move events fixed. Vidmem reps of managed surfaces now created 'on demand'. Should speed up graphic mode switches. Fixed gadget layout div-by-0 bug. Fixed loading of un-installed fonts. ***** V1.23 ***** Fixed desktop->fullscreen crash. Fixed window style flags behaviour. ***** V1.22 ***** Fixed (on my machine anyway) crash on exit/exception problem under Win95/98. Fixed strings. May still be leaks - test hard! Fixed error checking of null bank for CallDll. Fixed ResizeBank. Fixed SaveBuffer/SaveImage. Fixed CommandLine. ***** V1.21 ***** Fixed ButtonState. Fixed multiple ComboBox gadget action events. Fixed missing trailing '\' from CurrentDir$(). Again. Restored SystemProperty$(). ***** V1.20 ***** Lots of bug fixes. Major internal rearrangement. Scaled windowed 'Graphics' gone - use a canvas instead. RequestColor() now returns true for 'OK', false for 'CANCEL'. New image flags added for LoadImage, LoadAnimImage, CreateImage: 1 : managed (image is frequently drawn but seldomn modified - this is the default) 2 : dynamic (image is frequently drawn and modified) 4 : scratch (image is seldomn drawn or modified) Managed images are the default. Dynamic images are the fastest, but can be 'lost' when the display mode changes. This means the content of the image will be scrambled, and you will need to restore the image content. Scratch images are slow all round but consume no videomemory. Good for title pages etc. Note that canvas buffers and back buffers should be considered 'dynamic'. The are now 2 runtimes - release (runtime.dll) and debug (runtime_dbg.dll). ***** V1.11 ***** Fixed Origin() bug. Fixed Eof() bug. Appended '\' to CurrentDir() for backwards compatibility. Modified audio lib so it silently fails on all funcs if FMOD failed to initialize. ***** V1.10 ***** Initial release version! |
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| Cheers GFK. [edit] That is one impressive list of changes, I think that should pretty much seal the sale. It appears that most of the major bugs have been worked out and the demo version actually managed to run the app I was writing anyway so it should be ok. Just a quick couple of question, when you add icons to list boxes can they be any size (like an image list) or are they shrunk or fixed at a certain size? If fixed not to worry, I will try using a seperate window with a second canvas and slider to "fake" the effect. Also If I load graphics, are they available to all the canvas'es (canvi?) - whatever - or do I have to load them for each one? Cheers, A |
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| You don't have to specify a particular canvas when you load an image. Just load an image, then draw it as many times to as many canvases as you like. |
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| Excellent, and does anyone know about the icon strip limitation, can I have say 64x64 tile images in a list box with a description? Oh and I just tried to purchase B+ but ShareIt wont accept a Yahoo account. Is there anything I can do about this as I dont have another (well work but Im not using that as I had enough crap come through already on my old work account I had to get my mailbox changed) Cheers |
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