Build Update Posted (14B1.01)

We've just posted the 14B1.01 Build (Dated June 7, 2010) for C6 and C7.

For a list of new and revised templates consult these links:
http://www.cwhandy.ca/chttemplates2010.html
http://www.cwhandy.ca/chttemplates2010.pdf

Have a look also at a new demo app called HNDTESTUTILITIES.APP. This app, while not quite finished illustrates use of a CHT dll called HNDUTILITIES.DLL which repackages HNDUTIL.INC/CLW as a set of MAP procedures (like Clarion's Builtins). This DLL can be attached to any dll-style application to add 100+ low level functions globally into your app. Take a look at HNDTESTUTILITES.APP for examples of things that this DLL can do.

The list of functions with explanations of what they do can be found in your libsrc directory and is called HNDUTILITIES.CLW. You can also recall this list of functions from the global template GlobalIncludeHNDUtilitiesDLL.

There's nothing this DLL does that our HNDUTIL class doesn't already do but it can be used as a DLL based alternative in situations where you might normally use the HNDUTIL class. The procedure packaging as I've said in this case is not class-based but MAP based so the calling convention is different and the prototypes and procedure names are not necessarily the same.

My intention with this and another couple dozen CHT classes is to produce these as stand-alone products for C6 and C7, that I can sell separately to developers who just won't buy into the subscription scene and who buy bits and pieces here, there and everywhere and then complain like hell that their supplier hasn't kept his product up to date with the latest Clarion version. I'm including these, of course, as part of your full CHT subscription package (even the source code for the DLL itself - see next paragraph)so you can use them or not as you see fit. They may help you decide to ditch some specific-use 3rd party functionalities that you didn't know were already in CHT.

If you're interested how the DLL was created, look at an app called HNDUTILITIES.APP. This is the app that I use to actually create the DLL and export functions from it. Be careful with this app as it will generate a second copy of the DLL and a file called HNDUTILITIES.CLW. If you do decide to compile this DLL, make sure to get rid of the HNDUTILITIES.CLW file that it generates as it name clashes with the MAP file that we've inserted into your libsrc directory with commented prototypes for the DLL.

I welcome suggestions and comments on these new components so feel free to make them.
Cheers...
Gus Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
www.cwhandy.com
gcreces@gmail.com
June 8, 2010