February 14th, 2000

[11:00 AM] Mac Programming Language Updated WIth New Alpha by Staff REAL Software has released REALbasic 2.1a27. REAL stresses that alpha releases are NOT considered full working products, and are intended to be used for testing. According to REAL Software: REAL Software is pleased to announce the latest development release of REALbasic 2.1a27. These alpha releases are for testing purposes only and are not considered the current release of REALbasic. Projects saved in alpha releases of 2.1 cannot be opened in REALbasic 2.0.2. You should not use alpha releases for mission-critical development. Key: [Opt] = Optimization [Bug] = Bug Fix [New] = New Feature [Chg] = Changes Previous Functionality [Kis] = Known Issue [Wrk] = WorkAround [Nlr] = No Longer Reproducible, Reason Unknown. Usually a consequence of some other fix. 2.1a27 [New] Much-despised "developer release" warning dialog has been removed. [Bug] Occasional crash while sorting a hierarchical Listbox now fixed. (BugBase #641) [Bug] PostgreSQL memory leak fixed (Again!) (BugBase #417) [Bug] If the cursor was hidden when a program aborted, it no longer is re-hidden when you restart the program. (BugBase #323) [Bug] A SpriteSurface stopped with the Close method can now be restarted. (BugBase #257) [Bug] Local arrays can now again be viewed in the debugger. (BugBase #887) [Bug] Sockets no longer crash when the remote host disappears during a transaction. (BugBase #127) [Bug] Timers which close their own window no longer cause occasional crashes. (BugBase #888) [New] About box "Register" button has been moved, and URL now provides visual feedback. [Bug] Code which previously invoked Debugger() now displays an error dialog instead. [Bug] SpriteSurface works in the IDE again (really, we mean it this time). (BugBase #416) [Bug] SpriteSurface is now more robust to errors such as insufficient memory. [Opt] REALbasic multi-line edit controls are up to 1% faster in benchmarks that stress this control. [Bug] Many controls are now robust to calling 'close' in an event handler, then failing to return 'true' (BugBase #615, #657). [New] QuickTime on Windows implemented. There are several known issues. Your feedback is welcome. New features include: MoviePlayer control Movie Class FolderItem.OpenAsMovie FolderItem.CreateMovie EditableMovie Class QTTrack class QTVideoTrack class QTEffectSequence class GetQTCrossFadeEffect method GetQTSMPTEeffect method [New] Page-up and Page-down implemented in the IDE source editor. (BugBase #400) [Bug] Home and End now work properly in the IDE source editor, and no longer move the insertion point. [Chg] The content of the "online reference" has been updated. [Bug] Windows applications no longer abort at startup. (BugBase #899 and #895) [Bug] RB no longer crashes when killing the debug session if the user has the insertion point in an edit field in the variables window. (BugBase #857) [New] New RBVersion constant returns the major and minor version number (e.g., 2.1). [Bug] Built-in constants now autocomplete, just like other RB keywords. You can find more information about the alpha release of REALbasic at the REAL Software web site. REAL Software