[Gambas-user] Pre-release of Gambas 3.10.0

Wed Jul 19 01:45:37 CEST 2017

by second chance fernando you dont have the complete overall of the threath
and also the problem of odbc has all my colaboration... please search for
the bugtracketr..

2017-07-18 19:18 GMT-04:00 Fernando Cabral <fernandojosecabral at ...626...>:

> "2017-07-18 19:27 GMT-03:00 PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard at ...626...>:
>
> its great that a languaje has so easy to lear.. i really need the odbc
> > componente to fixed due  make programs in gambas are sure for easy! the
> > most easy to make its gambas
> >
> > i dont understand why python its so famous, i understand now! gambas not
> > have enough support and vision!
> >
>
> Piccoro, I want to give you for free my two cents on this issue.
>
> As I see it, Gambas is a free-to-use language. Free and "as is". *No
> guarantees*. It means, take it, or leave it.
>
> It was developed and made available by a volunteer with the eventual help
> of other volunteers. So, I can't understand why you insist in saying things
> like "gambas [has] not enough support and vision!".
>
> I don't think this is a nice thing to say when you have free lunch. The
> least I can say is that you should not look a gift horse in the mouth. Or,
> as the Romans used to say, "Noli equi dentes inspicere donati". This can be
> translated to plain English (I think) as  "don't be ungrateful when you
> receive a gift.
>
> If you need a good ODBC interface and Gambas doesn't provide it, perhaps
> you can develop it yourself and make it available for other people that may
> have the same need. That would be much appreciated, I am sure.
>
> Otherwise, you can use other available libraries (I am sure there are
> many).
> If neither is attractive to you, then you can give up Gambas and try
> something different.
>
> I think saying Gambas has not "enough support and vision" is not a good way
> to obtain what you want.
>
> Those are my two cents. After that, I'll shut my mouth up as far as this
> issue is concerned.
>
> Best regards
>
> - fernando
>
> 2017-07-18 19:27 GMT-03:00 PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard at ...626...>:
>
> > 2017-07-18 17:10 GMT-04:00 Tony Morehen <tmorehen at ...3602...>:
> >
> > > Finally, I'd like to say how amazingly satisfying it is to work with
> > > Gambas.  So far I have developed a Desktop Panel and Menu, a Text
> > Editor, a
> > > File Explorer and a car computer app that runs on a Raspberry Pi and
> > plays
> > > audiovideo and embeds NavIt, plus other projects.  I intend to upload
> > these
> > > to the software farm, testing permitted.  Attached is a screen shot
> > showing
> > > off some of these projects.
> > >
> > its great that a languaje has so easy to lear.. i really need the odbc
> > componente to fixed due  make programs in gambas are sure for easy! the
> > most easy to make its gambas
> >
> > i dont understand why python its so famous, i understand now! gambas not
> > have enough support and vision!
> >
> >
> >
> > > BTW I have several compoments I have been working on.  How do I submit
> > > them for your approval and possible inclusion in Gambas.
> > >
> > > One is Filebrower, based on Dirview.  It's drop in compatible with
> > DirView
> > > but adds two additional properties to allow the display of files in the
> > > tree and to sort folders first.  It also has an added event
> > > GetSpecialIcon(sPath As String, iIconType As Integer), which is like
> the
> > > Icon event but includes a flag specifying folder, open folder or file.
> > >
> > > Another component is UpDown.  It is derived from Spinbar with a
> property
> > > (Showbar) that toggles the display of the bar.  I needed a SpinBox
> with a
> > > float value.
> > >
> > > On a more trivial note, I have a status bar component, based on code I
> > > found floating on the web.
> > >
> > > the best place to put your code its a git repo, please use gitlab due
> > github are close to closed source and privative software
> >
> >
> > > On 2017-07-18 03:39 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > >
> > >> Le 18/07/2017 à 19:12, Tony Morehen a écrit :
> > >>
> > >>> I'll compile and start using it right away.  In the meantime, a
> feature
> > >>> request:
> > >>>
> > >>> Currently, a menu item with children does nothing before displaying
> its
> > >>> child menu items.  I propose that the parent menu raise a click event
> > >>> before displaying its children.  This would allow you to show/not
> show
> > >>> enable/disable child menu items based on the current state of the app
> > or
> > >>> its environment.
> > >>>
> > >>> For example, when the edit menu is clicked, you can enable/disable
> the
> > >>> paste item based on the state of the clipboard.
> > >>>
> > >>> This change should not affect existing apps as they will not have
> click
> > >>> handlers for parent menus.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> Why don't you use the Show and Hide events?
> > >>
> > >>
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