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Re: win32lib v0.57.6 released

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> May 19, 2002
• 402 views

Derek,

I like the new, un-cluttered look of the 57.6!

It does present a problem for running the demos, though, which is how I
usually first test a new version of Win32Lib.  Previously when you released
a new version, it could be tested in its own directory without putting it &
its includes into the Euphoria "include" folder.  Now some demos won't run
from their new folder without doing that first, and the ones that do run are
not running the new version, but rather whatever is in the "include" folder.

I'm not sure what would solve this, as you can't just hard code the "include
win32lib.ew" into each demo with the path of the new win32lib, since it's
not known where the user put it, and I don't *think* relative paths work,
though I could be wrong.

Any thoughts?

One way this could be possibly be addressed is to put "RunDemos.exw" into
the base folder with win32Lib.ew, & just run the demos from it, (since
that's its purpose, grin), because it can store path info for running demos;
but I'm not sure yet whether the demos themselves would run from the new
Win32Lib or from the "include" folder.  I'll look into what I could do with
RunDemos to allow running the demos from sub-folders using the "base"
version of Win32Lib rather than the "include" folder version.

And I see that the "readme" file needs to inform the new user that
win32lib.ew & its includes need to be put into the Euphoria include folder.
Maybe that readme file also needs to be in the base folder?  Just a thought,
don't want to destroy the nice uncluttered look!

Dan Moyer


----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: win32lib v0.57.6 released


>
> Thanks again to all the people who are helping make this library so
useful.
>
> I've placed v0.57.6 onto the website for your inspection.
>
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/ddparnell/euphoria/w320576.zip
>
> The changes this week included...
>
> Fixes
> --------
> Using relative widths for panel sizes in a Statusbar no longer crashes
when
> using non-integer values.
>
> Enhancements
> --------------
> wPuts() and drawText() can also supply the text as a RAM address rather
than
> a sequence.
>
> setHandler() can now add routines to form a chain to execute when an event
> is triggered.
>
>
> Additions
> --------------
> selectDirectory() function. Uses a dialog to allow user to select a
> directory.
>
> drawText() is now implemented.
>
> tk_mem:zStringLength() function returns the length of a zero-delimited
> string given its address.
>
> invokeHandler() function to trigger a win32lib event.
>
> getReturnValue() function to get the value that will be returned to
Windows.
>
> onXXX() function to turn on/off the support for onXXX[] syntax. Turning
this
> is off results in faster event handling.
>
> getHandler(). Returns the routines set up for event handling.
>
> Known Bugs
> ----------------
> * There is a serious resource leakage with the drawLines() routine.
> * Tooltips are not working for buttons in a FlatToolBar control.
>
>
> ----------
> Derek.
>
>
>
>