Re: Announcing Damien v0.01a -- The IDE for VEL
- Posted by Ad Rienks <kwibus at ZONNET.NL> Nov 09, 1999
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Hi Gary, ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Gary Dumer <dumer9354 at MY-DEJA.COM> Aan: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Verzonden: dinsdag 9 november 1999 21:16 Onderwerp: Re: Announcing Damien v0.01a -- The IDE for VEL > Hi Ad, > > Thanks for the compliments. > > Ad Rienks <kwibus at ZONNET.NL> wrote: > > >Hi Gary, > > > >WOW! Damien is beautiful, well worth the waiting for it! Before I > downloaded > >it, I first read the text on your website, and I thought: "Maybe a bit > >overdone, the comparisons with Delphi and VB IDE's". But, as far as I can > >see now, after maybe 15 minutes, Damien totally lives up to the > expectations > >for an alpha/beta release. > >I think you're lucky that you didn't give up on VEL, when the reception > >wasn't what you expected it to be. Now this product has to have a better > >reception, I'm quite sure of that! > > > >But, after the cheering, there always is a moment of contemplation, and > then > >you have to go back to the programming dungeon to get some bugs out and new > >features in. Well, I found some (minor) bugs, here they are: > > > >- You forgot to put vel005.e in the zip file. > > vel005.e is included in the bound exe so you don't need it. But then the programs you developed should be developed in another directory, that contains vel005.e > >- The editor doesn't accept TAB keys. > > I'll look into this. > > >- When I ran a test program, all controls of the IDE disappeared, as they > >should, except for the Form. I still was there in the background, only > >unclickable and unclosable. > > The form that you see without the IDE is your program being executed. When > you're finished, just close it and the IDE returns. No, that is not what I mean; there is the original Form1 in the background, next to the program, that is executing. > >- The main form doesn't have the CENTERED attribute in the object > inspector. > > > > Do you mean CENTERFORM, because it's there? Yes, I saw it; my mistake! Ad