News, September 2009

A new version of wxBasic is available now. The new version is linked against the wxWidget 2.8.10 library and support the most important classes. New wxAuiToolbar classes is integrated. Is was compiled with gcc and do not depend on any external runtimes or libraries. Now we started a MacOSX Version. You can use the dmg image and drag & drop wxBasic into your Program folder.

Updated / Changed / Completed

• wxToggleButton removed from (mac)
• wxStandardPath corrected for (mac)
• wxListCtrl::GetItemSpacing() corrected
• wxMenuItem corrected
• wxFontDialog corrected
• wxColour::GetPixcel corrected
• wxAuiEvents*** corrected
• ide_tips for editor.wxb improved
• wxDateTime class corrected wxDateTime_t is not time_t
• Build dmg of wxBasic for MacOSX
• Some bugfixes
• as of a bug in wxDbTable::GetColumn() there is a workaround in wxDbColumnDef::Init
• Starting a MacOSX version.
• wxDbColumnDef: all Attributes al Get-Functions
• wxDateTime::Now()
• wxStandardPaths_Get() added

Sep, 2009

Again a new version of wxBasic is available. This version is linked against the wxWidget 2.8.9 library and the new class wxAuiToolbar is integrated.

Updated / Changed / Completed

• wxAuiToolbar
• better Support for wxClipboard - see updated calculator.wxb sample

Bugfix to the Interpreter

• set correct internal scope for method search in classes
  now we can have OnEventXXX as a class method and connect it with connect command in the New Sub

Sep, 2008

A new version of wxBasic is now available. The new version is linked against the wxWidget 2.8.8 library and support the most important classes. Is was compiled with gcc 4.2.1-dw2 and do no longer depend on any external runtimes or libraries.

At the moment is is just available for Windows.

Here is a complete list of the changes:

Updated / Changed / Completed

• wxColour
  wxBitmap, wxImage, wxIcon standandard constructors can load XPM data from internal table
  wxStyledTextCtrl
  wxGrid
  wxBitmap
  wxImage
  wxFFile
  wxFile
  wxDatePickerCtrl
  wxStandardPathsBase
  wxStandardPaths
  wxConfigBase
  wxFileConfig
  wxRegConfig
  wxSashEvent
  wxPreviewFrame, wxPreviewCanvas, wxPrintPreview
  wxProgressDialog
  wxRegEx
  wxSearchCtrl
  wxSingleInstanceChecker
  wxSpinEvent
  wxSplitterEvent
  wxStaticLine
  wxStopWatch
  wxSystemOptions
  wxSystemSettings
  wxTextAttr
  wxToggleButton
  wxToolbook
  wxAnimation
  wxAnimationCtrl
  wxBitmapDataObject (instead of *Base)
  wxBusyCursor
  wxBusyInfo
  wxCalendarEvent
  wxClient
  wxCollapsiblePane
  wxCollapsiblePaneEvent
  wxColourDatabase
  wxColourPickerCtrl
  wxColourPickerCtrlEvent
  wxConnection
  wxContextHelp
  wxPickerBase
  wxDataView classes
  wxDisplay
  wxDropSource
  wxDropTarget
  wxFileDataObject (instead of *Base)
  wxFilePickerCtrl
  wxFileDirPickerEvent
  wxFileDropTarget (it still needs some wrappers)
  wxHyperlinkCtrl
  wxListBook
  wxListView
  wxMediaCtrl
  wxSymbolPickerDialog
  wxRichtTextCtrl classes
  wxAui... classes
  wxAuiToolbar (new since 2.8.9)
  wx***CtrlXRC(...) (for every control)
  wxAboutBox
  wxAboutInfo
  wxProcess
  wxReportWriter (not part of the official wxWidgets)
• wxWindow - wxWindow.SetAcceleratorTable(accel with a table)
  dim accel = { {wxACCEL_NORMAL, WXK_ESCAPE, wxID_CANCEL } }
  win.SetAcceleratorTable(accel)
• wxFileSystem
• wxFileSystemHandler (Local, Memory, Archive, Filter, Internet)
• event: ToggleButtonClicked

Changes to the Interpreter

• Console Frame with a close to 80x25 size in standard font
   

Bugfix to the Interpreter

• memory list, to clean up every left internal memory by vm
  (there are still some tasks as the vm do not clean wxWidgets memory every time)
• INHERITS Bug in CLASS command
   

New commands added

• deallocate() command set a variable to nothing without calling finalize
• iif(condition, trueValue, falseValue) 'inline if
• chdir, mkdir, rmdir, curdir
• FileCopy, FileLen
• StrComp
• _("some text") for wxLocale with integrated cs support, xgettext support
• DynamicCast cast a wxWindow object into another object, it should be used carefully as it not checks the inheritances of this object at this stage

New Samples

• wxEditor (Dirk Noack's enhanced editor, State: 03.03.2008 + updated wxBasic.ref)
• editor (new simple editor that show some new technics: wxToolBar, wxArtProvider, Menu Icons, embedded XPM graphics, wxStyledTextCtrl, ...)
• calculator (new calculator that replaced the first one, shows XRC support and support for AcceleratorTable)
• grid (1 by 1 taken from wxLua)
• mdi (1 by 1 taken from wxLua)
• media (1 by 1 taken from wxLua)

Sep, 2008