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>> From: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy
>> Behalf Of Oberon microsystems AG, Tech-Support
>> Sent: 03 May 2007 07:19
>> To: BlackBox Mailing List
>> Subject: [BlackBox] - BlackBox Component Builder 1.6-rc5
>>
>> Dear BlackBox Developers,
>>
>> we are pleased to announce the first public release
>> candidate for BlackBox 1.6.
>> We would be glad if you could give BlackBox 1.6-rc5 a try
>> and we are looking forward to your feedback on whether you
>> encounter any problems.
>> - As for an experiment, we have changed the behavior of
>> StdApi.OpenBrowser: If the specified document is already
>> opened in a window, that window will be brought to the
>> foreground instead of opening an additional window with the
>> same contents.
I have just given BBox 1.6 a serious try (I have been waiting
until BBox 1.6 versions of several facilities on CPC were available).
My initial comments are:
1 - The change to the Windows interfaces has been a bit of an effort,
but the
resulting simplification probably makes it worth it. Some of the changed
signatures were a bit odd (SETs becoming INTEGERs, elements becoming
singleton SETS) and a bit of guidance documentation would have helped.
2 - After making the above change backward compatibility should not
be a problem, but is, as WinApi itself has changed, I think. (I can't
find WinApi.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE in BBox 1.5.)
3 - I will like being able to use Unicode in source comments and Forms,
but need to keep backward compatibility for the present.
4 - BUT the change to StdApi.OpenBrowser is a problem for me. I often
have
several documents related to one Module, and I have developed the habbit
of
opening them in a Window called "(Subsystem)Module" with the
subdirectory
name (eg Rsrc, Docu, Notes, Results, etc) missing. Now I can only open
one file
at a time.
I could have designed things differently, but we are talking about 10
years of history
and a billion interrelated hyperlinks.
PLEASE can you reconsider this change.
One possibility is a flag in the Edit->Preferences dialog to choose
between
the new & old behaviour - but who likes modal interfaces?
A better solution, if possible, is to take the Oms comment above
seriously:
it says "the specified document is already opened", but seems not to
check
if it is the same Document/File, but only if the Window has the same
name.
What do other people think?
Regards
Robert
SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Limited
Registered Office: Sigma House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3EL
A company registered in England & Wales. Company no. 02426132
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