[Gambas-user] Release of Gambas 2.10

[Benoit Minisini]

Hi,

Here is a new release of Gambas 2. This is actually Gambas 2.10.1, as last 
minute bugs were discovered in the database component and the database 
manager.

This is a bug fix release mainly. Here is a list of some bug fixes:

- Possible crashes in the IDE property sheet and while saving forms. 

- Crash in the debugger when selecting the "Collection" identifier. 

- Automatic completion now works correctly on lines having non-ASCII 
characters. 

- Dir() and RDir() now work correctly on relative paths. 

- Enumerating something inside a _next() enumerator method now is safe. 

- SUPER now works inside overriden static methods. 

- Fix string and blob quoting in the PostgreSQL component. 

- Sockets will not take 100% CPU anymore. 

- Startup forms hidden at design time are not shown automatically anymore. 

- The XSLT component works again. 

There are a lot of fixes in the GTK+ component too.

Here is the full ChangeLog:

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[CONFIGURATION]
* BUG: Fix unresolved variables in gb.qt generated Makefiles and possibly
  somewhere else.
* NEW: Update libtool to the last version from Mandriva 2009 updates.

[DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
* BUG: Fix the routine that returns the Desktop path.
* BUG: Fix a possible crash in the property sheet when closing forms.
* BUG: Fix a crash when saving a form with a tabstrip having a selected
  child.
* BUG: Searching backward inside a subroutine should not freeze anymore.
* BUG: Control and window dimensions can go up to 4096x4096 pixels.
* BUG: When unchecking GUI components in a project, the edited forms are
  automatically closed.
* BUG: Do not use the form icon on form class editors when refreshing the
  project.
* BUG: In the icon editor, filling with a transparent color won't enter an
  infinite loop anymore.
* BUG: Selecting the "Collection" word while debugging does not crash the
  IDE anymore.
* NEW: Popup menu entries in code editor and form editor to define the
  current class as startup class.
* NEW: Pressing Escape now closes a debugging window.
* NEW: Added support for Valencian language, an official tongue in the 
  Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain.

[DATABASE MANAGER]
* BUG: Add "firebird" in the list of databases.

[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Dir() and RDir() now work correctly on relative paths.
* BUG: Enumerating something inside a _next() enumerator method now is
  safe.
* BUG: Correctly handle interrupted system calls in streams defined
  outside of the interpreter.
* BUG: Fix currency formats.
* BUG: SUPER now works inside overriden static methods.
* NEW: A domain name '(none)' is ignored when forging the FQDN for
  components that need it, like gb.net.smtp.

[GB.DB]
* NEW: Database types do not have to be in lowercase anymore.
* BUG: Correctly raise a "type mismatch" error when a query argument is not
  translatable to SQL in Exec(), Find() and Edit() methods.

[GB.DB.ODBC]
* BUG: Handle ODBC drivers that can return the number of records in a
  query better.

[GB.DB.POSTGRESQL]
* BUG: Fix string quoting for postgresql >= 8.2.
* BUG: Fix blob and string quoting.
* BUG: Detect primary keys even if their name does not end with '_pkey'.
* BUG: Correctly detect system databases.

[GB.DEBUG]
* BUG: If there is an I/O error between a debugged process and the IDE, the
  process is aborted.
* BUG: Evaluating a class name returns better information now.

[GB.EVAL]
* BUG: Highlight.Analyze now correctly handles code lines having non ASCII
  characters inside.

[GB.FORM]
* BUG: TableView edit field position is now correct when the TableView
  window has a menu bar.
* BUG: The Balloon does not take the focus anymore.

[GB.GTK]
* BUG: UserControl and UserContainer _Container properties are correctly
  implemented now. Consequently, the gb.form containers start working as
  expected.
* BUG: Window.Background and Window.Foreground now work correctly when the
  window is embedded.
* BUG: ClientX, ClientY, ClientW and ClientH container properties for
  Panel now take the frame into account, as in gb.qt.
* BUG: TextLabel now deals correctly with its Font property.
* BUG: TextLabel with AutoResize set now resizes the same way as in gb.qt.
* BUG: Draw.RichText() now deals correctly with the Draw.Font property.
* BUG: Windows having SkipTaskbar set now get the focus correctly when
  activated.
* BUG: Setting ListBox.List and ComboBox.List does not raise the Click
  event anymore, as in gb.qt.
* BUG: Searching an item in a ComboBox does not crash anymore.
* BUG: TrayIcons do not raise events anymore if a modal dialog is shown.
* BUG: If no toplevel menu is visible, then the window  menubar is hidden.
* BUG: As in gb.gt, toplevel menus with no text (separators) are hidden.
* BUG: The TrayIcons _next and _get special methods do not crash anymore.
* BUG: Buttons color properties now should work as expected.
* BUG: The error message box now uses the application title, not the
  application name.
* BUG: Fix non-modal window event loop management.
* BUG: Fix a leak in font objects management.
* BUG: Picture.Load() yet loads an image, but internally converts it to
  a pixmap. It speeds up following draws based on this picture.
* BUG: Startup forms hidden at design time are not shown automatically
  anymore.
* BUG: Startup forms are visible by default again.
* BUG: Fix the warning when closing a window.

[GB.NET]
* BUG: The socket watch callbacks were incorrectly initialized!
* BUG: Fix the Handle property for Socket, SerialPort and UdpSocket
  classes.
* BUG: The Socket Ready event is correctly raised now.

[GB.QT]
* BUG: Windows having SkipTaskbar set now get the focus correctly when
  activated.
* BUG: Remove warning messages when changing control colors.
* BUG: Disable automatic extra indent of Labels.
* BUG: Startup forms hidden at design time are not shown automatically
  anymore.
* BUG: Don't allow widgets to be destroyed while processing non-input
  events.
* NEW: The Editor.Print() method automatically split lines longer than
  256 characters.

[GB.QT.EXT]
* BUG: Fix Editor margin width when showing line numbers.

[GB.XML]
* BUG: Remove a method declared twice.

[GB.XML.XSLT]
* BUG: The XSLT component works again.

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Enjoy it!

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Benoit Minisini