Development updates

[jarto 478]

The Development-channel in SmartUpdate contains all the latest changes in Smart Mobile Studio. It's a good channel to follow for those who want all the new features and bug fixes right away, instead of waiting for the next formal release.

To follow the Development-channel:

• Make a new folder and add:
  • SmartUpdate.exe
  • Your own user.lic from your current Smart Mobile Studio folder.

To get all the latest changes in the Development-channel:

• Run: SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden
• When asked for which channel to follow, choose Development

The purpose of this topic is to inform about all the new features and fixes.

[jarto 478]

17.11.2018

RTL:

• Changes to handling of Cursor:
  • Style definitions moved from basic html elements to control styles
  • GetCursor and SetCursor can now be overridden
  • Bug fixes to how many controls handle cursor. Especially TW3Label.
• Themes:
  • Add missing styles TW3CheckBox, TW3CheckMark, TW3RadioButton, TW3RadioToggle and TW3RadioGroup
  • Two new backgrounds: TW3DecorativeListItemBackground and TW3TransparentBackground
• RTL optimizations to creation of controls, GetBoundsRect, SetBounds, MoveTo and SetSize.
• Bug fix to SmartCL.Graphics.pas: Changing of canvas font, size and styles did not work.
• Bug fix to System.DateUtils.DecodeDate.

IDE:

• Delete key works now Search dialog and other dialogs.
• Bug fix: Internal Browser Window showed only a white screen if Execute was clicked while it was open.

Compiler:

• Now(), EncodeDate() and EncodeTime() returns now the same values as Delphi and FPC
• All time/date -functions fixed to work with the new TDateTime-values

[jarto 478]

Now it should be possible for everyone to use SmartUpdate with the development-channel.

[jarto 478]

Development-channel was just updated:

RTL:

• Add styles for TW3RadioButtonLabel and TW3CheckBoxLabel. Also remove hard coded color from source code.
• Add default property values for in various components for the Object Inspector.

IDE:

• Property Inspector shows default values from RTL source.

[jarto 478]

New update available in the Development-channel:

RTL:

• Bug fix to SmartCL.Layout: Set component size before position, to avoid problems in bottom and right alignments.
• Bug fix to TW3ToolControlFlatBorder in iOS theme.
• TW3BufferedImage: Don't try to use TW3BackgroundGraphicContext, which was deprecated in Chrome

[jarto 478]

New update:

On 11/18/2018 at 1:18 PM, jarto said:

Compiler:

• Now(), EncodeDate() and EncodeTime() returns now the same values as Delphi and FPC 
• All time/date -functions fixed to work with the new TDateTime-values

The build server did not compile these properly until now.

[Czar 120]

I have updated using

SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden

 

If I subsequently run smartupdate by double clicking I get a message that development not available.

Can you update smartupdate so that we don't have to run from DOS using SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden every time - or set up a batch file

[IElite 263]

@jarto

The update worked for me. Thanks!

Just so you know though, the Change Log did not mention any of it.This is what the change log said

Quote

26.11.2018

RTL:
- Bug fix to SmartCL.Layout: Set component size before position, to avoid problems in bottom and right alignments.
- Bug fix to TW3ToolControlFlatBorder in iOS theme.
- TW3BufferedImage: Don't try to use TW3BackgroundGraphicContext, which was deprecated in Chrome

 

which I believe is the change log for the earlier update ?

the attached screenshot is what files it showed I was getting.

I guess the date routine changes are part of one of the executable files? Cause all the other files are demo related

 

 

 

[jarto 478]

Yes, the date routine changes are inside SmartMS.exe and smsc.exe.

[IElite 263]

On 11/26/2018 at 2:05 PM, Czar said:

I have updated using

SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden

 

If I subsequently run smartupdate by double clicking I get a message that development not available.

Can you update smartupdate so that we don't have to run from DOS using SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden every time - or set up a batch file

@Czar

Create a batch file on your desktop (e.g. smartupdate.bat)

echo off
cd C:\users\shane\downloads\smart\ 
start SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden

[jarto 478]

A new update is available:

• Fixed "Argument out of Range" -error while renaming forms or units.
• Fix bug in renaming Form1, which did not change TForm1-classes in Form1.
  • This happens if Form1 is not listed in the uses-clause of the main project source.
  • Fixed in new projects.
  • In older projects, users should change the uses-clause to also contain Form1
• Update uses-clauses in Form1 of a new project to get the same units as a new form.

To fix this Form1-issue in older projects, edit the project source:

uses SmartCL.System, Unit1, Form1; //<<<<<< Add Form1 here if it's missing

{$IFDEF SMART_INTERNAL_HANDLE_EXCEPTIONS}
try
{$ENDIF}
  var Application := TApplication.Create;
  Application.RunApp;
{$IFDEF SMART_INTERNAL_HANDLE_EXCEPTIONS}
except
  on e: Exception do
    ShowMessage(e.Message);
end;
{$ENDIF}

 

[Czar 120]

8 hours ago, IElite said:

@Czar

Create a batch file on your desktop (e.g. smartupdate.bat)

echo off
cd C:\users\shane\downloads\smart\ 
start SmartUpdate /changechannel /showhidden

that is what I had done already-

[DavidRM 59]

So is this actually updating my installed SMS files? Or just the files in the download folder? I ask because I would expect to be prompted for admin privileges to update Program Files.

-David

[IElite 263]

21 minutes ago, DavidRM said:

So is this actually updating my installed SMS files? Or just the files in the download folder? I ask because I would expect to be prompted for admin privileges to update Program Files.

-David

It updates the files and folder where ever you placed the SmartUpdate.exe (if the files and folders dont exist, they are created)

In my case, I have a production version of SMS installed in my ProgramFiles folder, then I have the Development version (which uses SmartUpdate.exe) in my downloads. 

I really don't even use my production version anymore

[DavidRM 59]

Ah, OK. I understand now. Thanks! -David

[jarto 478]

New update available:

• SmartNJ.Server.Http: Do not free Request and Response after OnRequest has been generated.
• Updated nodejs http- and https-demos with an example on how to read POST content.

[IElite 263]

20 minutes ago, DavidRM said:

Ah, OK. I understand now. Thanks! -David

Dont forget to place your user.lic file in the folder 

[jarto 478]

New update available:

RTL:

• TW3ListMenu:
  • Add Items-property, so items can created in Object Inspector.
  • Add OnSelected-event.

IDE:

• Bug fix to renaming of units
• Show form source instead of designer when form is selected from Project Manager

 

[jarto 478]

New update available:

RTL:

• TW3TabControl:
  • AnimateTabs-property to control how tabs are changed.
• TW3ListBox:
  • Prevent an exception if TW3Image is used as a line control and OnShowItem is not set.
• TW3ListMenu, TW3HeaderControl and TW3SimpleLabel:
  • Don't set default caption to classname during initialization.
• DWScript: Capitalize day and month names correctly (January instead of january, Sunday instead of sunday)

IDE:

• Improvements to the way the IDE reacts to a changed external file.
• Use caption while drawing generic controls instead of component name.

 

[jarto 478]

New update available:

RTL:

• New controls: TW3SpinButton, TW3ArrowUpButton, TW3ArrowDownButton, TW3ArrowLeftButton and TW3ArrowRightButton.
• Add 1px margin to TW3ButtonBorder to prevent the border from being clipped.
• Bug fixes to Tween.Effects

IDE:

• Bug fixes and changes to renaming of forms:
  • Renaming in Project Manager will not change form class any more.
  • Form class name can be renamed in Object Inspector.
• Improvements to Project Statistics:
  • Only count Total time when Smart Mobile Studio IDE has focus.
  • Only Count Design time when changes are made in Form Designer.
  • Add clear button.
• Component Palette:
  • Added new controls
  • New icons for many existing controls

[jarto 478]

New update is available:

Bug fixes and improvements to the IDE:

• BringToFront and SendToBack will now affect component creation order
• Opening files from Project Search Path is fixed

[jarto 478]

A new update is available. This one contains a completely new Grid: TW3StringGrid. It's a completely new design, which was made to be very fast and able to handle lots of data. This is achieved through dynamic drawing: Only the visible grid lines are rendered.

There is a new StringGrid-demo in the Featured Demos. It downloads a json file and populates the grid with data from it.

RTL:

• New control: TW3StringGrid
• New featured demo for the StringGrid.
• New TW3CustomScrollControl, for developing scroll controls with scrollbars/indicators-support.
• New border types: btLightBorderTop, -Bottom, -Left, -Right, -Horiz and -Vert
• EventManager: Check TouchPreventDefault before trying to prevent extra artificial mouse events from touch events
• Improvements to TW3BlockBox and Modal dialogs:
  • TW3BlockBox did not trigger a resize
  • Dialogs did not get resized when window was resized or device flipped
  • Make sure the dialogs are not too big

[jarto 478]

A new update is available.

RTL:

• Improvements to TW3StringGrid:
  • New column types:
    • TW3StringGridNumericColumn
    • TW3StringGridButtonColumn
  • Added sorting
  • New event: OnCellChanged
• TStringList and TObjectList: Add Sort() with CompareFunction.
• Fix CSS browser prefix for Firefox
• Themes: Use normal size and style text in buttons.

[Czar 120]

I like the lighter default theme for buttons. Thanks for the update.