Re: Question for Charles Newbould, Judith Evans, Matt Lewis - or anyone else!
- Posted by jessedavis Sep 07, 2016
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Yes, I (Charles Newbould) am.
You can find Version 1.0.6 on the Euphoria website (since Apr 22/14). This is a tidying-up of the last version Judith wrote, but which she never released. As far as I know it is stable, but as I rarely hear of anybody using it.
Thanks for the quick replies.
I have been using various incarnations of this program for years. Currently using 1.06 20 Nov, 1012. On the whole, it is easy to use, provides fast GUI construction, and is, more or less, reliable. There are, however, several bugs that I find annoying. I have found some workarounds. I thought I might investigate fixing them but the complexity of the code is daunting. Anyway, here are my concerns:
1. The program has a nasty habit of constructing multiple entries of controls in the .exw file created. This causes "attempt to redefine" errors. I have looked at the .prj file and see no reason why multiple entries are generated. Frequent backups of the project file are a must. This happens, maybe, 5% of the generation times.
2. The window message box editor has a problem on closing. I think it destroys the recent window or menu. In any event, about one in 5 usages will cause the program to crash. It is imperative that one manually saves the file before every attempt to use the editor - or simply, don't bother with the editor and just use a snippet to insert the boilerplate.
3. Dragging a control edge to expand it causes the program to crash. This seems to happen only after the number of controls passes about 50. Does not affect the project file so just restart the program.
4. I have a few suggestions to improve the performance and usefulness of the program.
5. I just don't know where to start; however, I am willing to put some effort into it if enough people use the program to make it worthwhile.
6. It's raining here.
My real question is how to proceed from here and is it worthwhile?
Regards,
jd
