For anyone I've forgotten to include in my email that may be interested, the Clarion.NET project details are as follows:
Link to the file: chtdemonetzipper_4125.zip
This is built with the latest version of Clarion.NET 2.0.4125; don't know if it'll work with earlier versions. Also make sure you have at least Windows Framework 2.0 or higher installed. The project zip contains subdirectories and is intended to be compiled at:
c:/clarion#/chtdemonetzipper/chtdemonetzipper.sln.
Suggest you unzip the file so that the above chain of subdirectories is created on your computer. Something else may work but I've not tried that. This configuration does work here. There's an exe in this subdirectory, called CHTDEMONETZIPPER.EXE if you want to try running it before doing anything else.
Start Clarion.NET and load the solution file CHTDEMONETZIPPER.SLN and when it's open push F8 to compile. After that CTRL/F5 should run the project.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Clarion.NET Build 7.0.4125 Released
I was pleased this past weekend to find notice of a new update for Clarion.NET (Clarion#) in my email inbox.
Reinstallation of 7.0.4125 went without a hitch.
The past number of months have been hectic with project work so I haven't spent a lot of time putting Clarion.NET through its paces. But I dug up a few applications I'd built with it some months back and lo, they still compiled and ran after I made a few adjustments for syntactical changes introduced to the language since I'd last used Clarion Sharp.
One of the test applications uses three C# dll's that are now part of CHT's tool kit - HNDNETSMTP.DLL, HNDNETZIPPER.DLL and HNDNETFTP.DLL - so, at the same time I also opened up my new Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and built some improvements into the supporting DLLs too. Eventually those DLL's will be built using native Clarion#, once I'm sure the platform is stable, which it certainly appears to be.
Running the two development environments side-by-side, is an interesting experience. Somehow, all .NET languages start to resemble one another after a while. Give or take a couple of curly braces I'd swear that Clarion# and C# were cut from the same cloth, which obviously they are. And Clarion's IDE is a close approximation of Visual Studio.
If you own Clarion .NET - Ken, Paul, Didier, I think you guys do, and I'm sure there are others - let me know if you're interested in a demo app to compile and test. I'll zip up one of these demos and post it for you.
Cheers...
Gus Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
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Reinstallation of 7.0.4125 went without a hitch.
The past number of months have been hectic with project work so I haven't spent a lot of time putting Clarion.NET through its paces. But I dug up a few applications I'd built with it some months back and lo, they still compiled and ran after I made a few adjustments for syntactical changes introduced to the language since I'd last used Clarion Sharp.
One of the test applications uses three C# dll's that are now part of CHT's tool kit - HNDNETSMTP.DLL, HNDNETZIPPER.DLL and HNDNETFTP.DLL - so, at the same time I also opened up my new Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and built some improvements into the supporting DLLs too. Eventually those DLL's will be built using native Clarion#, once I'm sure the platform is stable, which it certainly appears to be.
Running the two development environments side-by-side, is an interesting experience. Somehow, all .NET languages start to resemble one another after a while. Give or take a couple of curly braces I'd swear that Clarion# and C# were cut from the same cloth, which obviously they are. And Clarion's IDE is a close approximation of Visual Studio.
If you own Clarion .NET - Ken, Paul, Didier, I think you guys do, and I'm sure there are others - let me know if you're interested in a demo app to compile and test. I'll zip up one of these demos and post it for you.
Cheers...
Gus Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
Visit Website
Monday, October 6, 2008
New Update Available 12C1.03
We've posted a new build update numbered, 12C1.03, to Webupdater today, completing the necessary changes by approx 5:30 EST (October 6, 2008). This has been up since last night, but I made several incremental changes to it during the day today. If you picked it up before reading this notice I suggest you re-run Webupdater in order to get the latest iteration of 12C1.03.
Here are some of the changes:
There's a new template called HANDYFILEVIEWBUILDER. This is similar to HandyFileQUEUEBuilder with which you've been able to build a QUEUE from a table schematic created on the template. In the case of HandyFileVIEWBuilder, you're now able to build a VIEW from a table schematic created on the template. These two templates have Import/Export capability so that configurations created on one either one of them can be exported, to be imported by the other.
You're able to build an SQL browse completely independent of ABC by using LISTBOXBROWSEXTENDER to create and manage a queue and list box. Combine this with HANDYFILEVIEWBUILDER to build a matching VIEW. And to these two templates, add a new a CHT base class function available to the ListBoxBrowseExtender, called SQLFillQueueFromView() to fill the list box queue. This same base class function is available to ExplorerBrowse, HandymarkerBrowse, LocatorOverRideControl as well as all ABC processes and reports where one of our filtering templates has been placed.
In the globally instatiated class HNDINI, populated by our INIFILE template, is a new function called DUMPQUEUE(). If you're trying to debug a queue-building function, use this function to dump the contents of any Queue to a text file.
The new HNDSQL10.APP demo illustrates SQLFillQueueFromView() by filling a standard ABC Browse queue using the Queue And View already generated by the ABC template. It also illustrates the new DumpQueue() function mentioned above. By examining the application you should be able to understand what's going on.
EmbedViewEx has been updated to solve a problem with the template selecting the wrong primary file key when there's a complex view inserted and view scanning is enabled. We've also added the ability to export/import view field descriptions compatible with the above templates HandyFileQueueBuilder and HandyFileViewBuilder. Further, the template is now a MULTI, which means it can be populated multiple times on the same procedure. You can see EmbedViewEx in action on several of our newer demo applications HNDSQL7.APP and HNDSQL8.APP, for instance.
In both these demos we're using it to fill the browse queue. But EmbedViewEx can be used anywhere you might normally call a process procedure. The only caveat I'd give you in using this - because it runs in a tight loop and not on a timer - is that the view scan you're performing should be fast enough not to hang your application for more than a second or two. Think of it as a general-purpose, lightweight Clarion process, that plugs right into your procedure. View scanning can be triggered from any control that you drop on your window. Multiple view scans (applying different filters and orders) can be performed on the same view, and each of these can take some unique action on the view tables and fields being scanned. Works with SQL or ISAM.
Thanks to Nelson De Carvalho for working with me to develop a new Portuguese Dictionary with the correct accentuation. The Portuguese dictionary now works correctly. A small change in the HNDSPELL class was made in addition to replacing the previous version of the HNDPORTUGUESE.DIC file.
Any bug fixes reported in the last couple of months relating to 12C1.00, 12C1.01 and 121.03 are included here as well.
• One that comes to mind is a browse reset issue reported by Robert Barton. Search on Robert's name in the CHT support forum news.cwhandy.ca to get the details of his report. He sent a test app, and a data table to help me isolate the problem which I've fixed.
• Didier, I've fixed the two issues you reported with HNDFSYNC.APP (hidden icons appearing) and HNDMTSCL.APP (losing the browse filter). I have not yet incorporated the code signing feature you asked for but I hope to incorporate that for an early version of 12D1.xx. The RowMoveButtons problem you reported has also been fixed.
• Piotr Heidak reported a problem with the template-initiated opening query on ExplorerBrowse. That's been fixed and Piotr has confirmed it works.
That's it for now.
Cheers...
Gus Creces
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Here are some of the changes:
New Template HandyFileViewBuilder
There's a new template called HANDYFILEVIEWBUILDER. This is similar to HandyFileQUEUEBuilder with which you've been able to build a QUEUE from a table schematic created on the template. In the case of HandyFileVIEWBuilder, you're now able to build a VIEW from a table schematic created on the template. These two templates have Import/Export capability so that configurations created on one either one of them can be exported, to be imported by the other.
New Base Class Function SQLFillQueueFromView()
You're able to build an SQL browse completely independent of ABC by using LISTBOXBROWSEXTENDER to create and manage a queue and list box. Combine this with HANDYFILEVIEWBUILDER to build a matching VIEW. And to these two templates, add a new a CHT base class function available to the ListBoxBrowseExtender, called SQLFillQueueFromView() to fill the list box queue. This same base class function is available to ExplorerBrowse, HandymarkerBrowse, LocatorOverRideControl as well as all ABC processes and reports where one of our filtering templates has been placed.
New Base Class Function DumpQueue()
In the globally instatiated class HNDINI, populated by our INIFILE template, is a new function called DUMPQUEUE(). If you're trying to debug a queue-building function, use this function to dump the contents of any Queue to a text file.
New Demo Application HNDSQL10.APP
The new HNDSQL10.APP demo illustrates SQLFillQueueFromView() by filling a standard ABC Browse queue using the Queue And View already generated by the ABC template. It also illustrates the new DumpQueue() function mentioned above. By examining the application you should be able to understand what's going on.
Improvements to EmbedViewEx Template
EmbedViewEx has been updated to solve a problem with the template selecting the wrong primary file key when there's a complex view inserted and view scanning is enabled. We've also added the ability to export/import view field descriptions compatible with the above templates HandyFileQueueBuilder and HandyFileViewBuilder. Further, the template is now a MULTI, which means it can be populated multiple times on the same procedure. You can see EmbedViewEx in action on several of our newer demo applications HNDSQL7.APP and HNDSQL8.APP, for instance.
In both these demos we're using it to fill the browse queue. But EmbedViewEx can be used anywhere you might normally call a process procedure. The only caveat I'd give you in using this - because it runs in a tight loop and not on a timer - is that the view scan you're performing should be fast enough not to hang your application for more than a second or two. Think of it as a general-purpose, lightweight Clarion process, that plugs right into your procedure. View scanning can be triggered from any control that you drop on your window. Multiple view scans (applying different filters and orders) can be performed on the same view, and each of these can take some unique action on the view tables and fields being scanned. Works with SQL or ISAM.
Portuguese Dictionary Replaced And Tested
Thanks to Nelson De Carvalho for working with me to develop a new Portuguese Dictionary with the correct accentuation. The Portuguese dictionary now works correctly. A small change in the HNDSPELL class was made in addition to replacing the previous version of the HNDPORTUGUESE.DIC file.
Bug Fixes
Any bug fixes reported in the last couple of months relating to 12C1.00, 12C1.01 and 121.03 are included here as well.
• One that comes to mind is a browse reset issue reported by Robert Barton. Search on Robert's name in the CHT support forum news.cwhandy.ca to get the details of his report. He sent a test app, and a data table to help me isolate the problem which I've fixed.
• Didier, I've fixed the two issues you reported with HNDFSYNC.APP (hidden icons appearing) and HNDMTSCL.APP (losing the browse filter). I have not yet incorporated the code signing feature you asked for but I hope to incorporate that for an early version of 12D1.xx. The RowMoveButtons problem you reported has also been fixed.
• Piotr Heidak reported a problem with the template-initiated opening query on ExplorerBrowse. That's been fixed and Piotr has confirmed it works.
That's it for now.
Cheers...
Gus Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
Visit Website
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