October 22nd, 1999

[8:00 AM] REALbasic Gets Another Alpha Release

REAL Software has released REALbasic 2.1a21. 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 2.1a21. 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.

Bug fixes in this release:

  • [Bug] No longer crashes when running PPC or 68k target builds; Win32 target still works as well; This bug was introduced in a20;
  • [Bug] Win32 password EditControls now work
  • [Bug] Mac EditControl now updates immediately if user changes from no password to password mode
  • [Bug] Win32 Date class updates without showing debugging dialog; this bug was introduced in a20

You can find more information about the alpha release of REALbasic at the REAL Software web site. This version is a free download for those who wish to try it.

REAL Software