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2. Re: Changes in Win32lib v0.54

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Oct 24, 2000
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Derek,

Re:  the code breaking in .54, in particular the "cross" re-naming of
getSize() and getExtent(), might it be possible to make a "break-fixer"
program that could be run on programs to change any instance of
"wrong-with-54" to "now-ok-with-54"?

Re:  create() etc. enhancements allowing use of % dimensions, does this mean
that *every* use of create() etc is now broken???

Dan Moyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <dparnell at BIGPOND.NET.AU>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 9:01 AM
Subject: Changes in Win32lib v0.54


> Below is a list of the changes in Win32Lib v0.54.
> This release WILL BREAK some code. I'm very sorry about that.
> The problem is that a few routines were badly named and have been renamed
in
> this release.
> I'm trying to get some consistancy in the naming convention used.
>
> I have NOT released this code to the SourceForge website yet as I'm still
> tidying up the documentation. I'm expecting to loaded up in about 24-48
> hours.
>
> Speak up now or forever hold your peace.
>
> ---------------------------------
> -Fixed.
>         Can now use setHint() an a top-level window.
> -Fixed
>         No longer triggers an onScroll event if the scroll position
>         hasn't actually changed.
> -Fixed.
>         Now handles setting focus after a control has been destroyed.
> -Fixed.
>         The freeing of string memory has been made reenterant.
> -Fixed.
>         getMultIndices() and getMultItems() now cope with no items
>         selected.
> -Fixed.
>         No longer crashes when a TVN_DELETEITEM event occurs for
>         treeview controls.
> -Enhanced.
>          warnErr() now allows the user can now opt to ignore repeated
>          warnings.
> -Enhanced window scrollbars
>         Standard scroll bars on windows windows now trigger onScroll
>         events
> -Enhanced. create(), createEx(), setClientSize(), setSize(),
>         setPosition(), setPenPosition()
>         You can now supply dimensions relative to the control's parent
>         in terms of percentages, plus optional pixel offset.
> -Enhanced.
>         Extra validation is being done to ensure that Window Handles are
>         being used with the correct control ID.
> -Enhanced
>         The event handlers onXXX can now be set for the Screen ID. This
>         will capture all events of the given type for all controls in
>         the application.  For example onKeyDown[Screen] will be fired
>         for all KeyDown events on all controls.
> -Added getVScrollPos(), getHScrollPos(), setVScrollPos(), setHScrollPos()
>         These get and set the Vertical and Horizontal positions of
>         scrollbars that are attached to windows via the WS_H/VSCROLL
> -Added classDefaults()
>         This allows you to set the default styles for each control.
> -Added setClientRect()
>         This resizes your window so that the client area is as specified.
> -Added doEvents()
>         This allows Windows to check for messages/events during event
>         handling.
> -Added acquire_mem(), release_mem(), new_memset(), and manage_mem()
>         These are the new memory management routines that are used in
>         win32lib. The use of free(), allocate() and allocate_string()
>         is discouraged inside win32lib.ew. Please use the new routines
>         instead.
> -Added getPosition()
>         This returns a sequence containing the pixel position of the
>         top lefthand corner of the control
> -Added copyFile(), deleteFile(), moveFile(), createDirectory(),
>        getTmpPath(), getTempFile()
>        These are wrappers for the Windows file/directory commands.
> -Added openDialog()
>        This simulates a dialog-type window. It opens the specified
>        window and directs all events to that window until it is closed.
> -Renamed
>         setPosition() has been renamed to setPenPosition()
> -Renamed
>         moveWindow() has been renamed to setPosition()
> -Renamed
>         getExtent() has been renamed getSize()
> -Renamed
>         getSize() has been renamed to getExtent()
> -Changed
>         The distribution now comes with a number of toolkit files.
>           tk_mem.e (memory management)
>           tk_fileio.e (File Input-Output)
>           tk_maths.e (Mathematical functions)
>           tk_misc.e (Miscellaneous)
>         These can be used with any Eu project.
>         These files are "included" by win32lib.ew
> -Changed.
>         onClick events now fired for all non-static controls that don't
>         capture mouse events. For example, the StatusBar.
> -Changed
>         Now uses the DoubleClick time interval for the maximum mouse
>         click time tolerence.
> -Removed.
>         The routines free_strings(), allot_string(), and
>         allocate_struct() have been removed.
> ---------------------------------------------
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> (Vote [1] The Cheshire Cat for Internet Mascot)