2018r2

Released on August 7, 2018.

Xojo 2018 Release 2 has over 160 changes and improvements. This release is primarily focused on optimization and fixes.

Notable Xojo 2018 Release 2 changes include:

• Continued Windows optimizations

• iOS Improvements:

  • iOSMobileTable supports pull-to-refresh

  • iOSTable better supports varying row heights with MobileTableCustomCell

  • iOSView.LargeTitleMode support large titles on iOS 11+

  • MobileHTMLViewer now uses WKWebView for better compatibility

• Added SpecialFolder.Resources and SpecialFolder.Resource methods

• SQLiteDatabase updated to 3.23.1

• HTMLViewer uses WebKit2 on Linux (if available) and latest Chromium Embedded Framework 3 on Windows (when WebKit is selected)

Bug fixes (121 cases)

Case	Area	Description
52406	Build	Windows/Linux IDE: Building with 64-bit native shared libraries in the Plugins folder now works properly.
5135	Compiler	Analyze will report multiple warnings per line if necessary.
52291	Compiler	Fixed an issue where Unicode characters in the project path could cause a failure when running or building 64-bit Windows apps.
51957	Crashes & Assertions » Crash	Setting the Horizontal or Vertical resolutions of a Picture object before calling its Super.Constructor no longer crashes but instead throws an UnsupportedOperationException.
47238	Crashes & Assertions » Failed Assertion	Cancelling an update no longer causes an exception.
50576	Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception	No longer get a NilObjectException when navigating back and forth using the forward and backward arrows.
51911	Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception	An illegal cast when reading a project ui state file no longer causes the IDE to raise an unhandled exception.
52325	Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception	An NilObjectException that can occur when altering the name of a control to be part of a control set has been fixed.
52661	Crashes & Assertions » IDE Unhandled Exception	A NilObjectException that could occur when caching plugins has been fixed.
51805	Database Plugins	MySQLCommunityServer now maintains its unsigned value when retrieving an unsigned smallest type instead of it being converted to a signed value.
49173	Debugger	Viewing the Runtime->Contents in the debugger (for 64-bit debug apps) no longer crashes debug app.
49634	Framework » All	Rotated PixmapShapes and StringShapes are now positioned correctly (was incorrectly placed at HiDPI and when printing before).
51965	Framework » All	Quitting from a Close event no longer causes the application to crash.
52138	Framework » All	JSONItem.Load no longer raises an OutOfBoundsException for an empty string.
52230	Framework » All	ContainerControl Moved event now fires again.
41061	Framework » Linux	HTMLViewer no longer crashes on Pi.
49844	Framework » Linux	Setting the BackColor and TextColor of a TextField or TextArea control now works.
50326	Framework » Linux	The text in some of the PopupMenu controls in the Options dialog of the IDE in Ubuntu 17.10 is no longer offset.
51981	Framework » Linux	Window bounds now correctly offsets the menu/toolbar from its top/height calculations.
52040	Framework » Linux	If there are more Tabs than available space to display them on a TabPanel, scrollable arrows now appear to get to them.
52041	Framework » Linux	Listbox headers no longer appear transparent.
52113	Framework » Linux	BevelButton no longer ignores the TextSize.
52375	Framework » Linux	Web apps no longer hang at startup on Linux ARM builds.
52538	Framework » Linux	Controls in GroupBox are no longer incorrectly positioned on Pi.
38278	Framework » Macintosh (Cocoa)	Listbox with header and no border no longer leaves drawing artifacts behind.
52453	Framework » Macintosh (Cocoa)	Tooltips that are hidden automatically can now show themselves again.
34720	Framework » Web	WebTextAreas whose text contains line ending characters set in the IDE now sends the correct line ending characters to Internet Explorer.
52368	Framework » Web	WebFileUploader properly resets again when a new instance is created.
52395	Framework » Web	Auto-Reconnect works on Firefox again.
52419	Framework » Web	WebStyle gradient stop points render in the correct order again.
52492	Framework » Web	WebFileUploader no longer fails on IE11.
52514	Framework » Web	Uploading large files using WebFileUploader will no longer fail with an OutOfBoundsException inside the web framework.
42277	Framework » Windows	Console apps that write to StdOut now convert the string to the correct encoding for the console.
45597	Framework » Windows	BevelButton.Caption is no longer partially cut off when CaptionAlignment is Flush Left or Flush Right.
49499	Framework » Windows	WebKit based HTMLViewer now updates the contents immediately when resizing.
51583	Framework » Windows	Now honoring the Serial.RequestToSend property.
51840	Framework » Windows	Hiding/Closing a modal dialog no longer activates the wrong window before presenting the correct one. This bug could be seen in the Windows IDE when closing a property editor dialog while multiple windows were present.
51841	Framework » Windows	Listbox header no longer lags behind content when scrolling or when resizing columns.
51844	Framework » Windows	Xojo.IO.TextOutputStream/BinaryStream can now correctly create and open files that contain unicode characters on Windows.
51847	Framework » Windows	Using Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket to send a file that contains Unicode characters in its file path/name now works.
51867	Framework » Windows	Now using higher quality anti-aliasing when scaling a Picture.
51897	Framework » Windows	Slider controls now update their background correctly when its parent window updates.
52012	Framework » Windows	Sliders placed directly on a TabPanel now correctly matches the TabPanel background color.
52087	Framework » Windows	Rotating an Object2D on a clipped Graphics now correctly rotates on the relative X, Y delta supplied.
52165	Framework » Windows	OpenGLSurface: Calling Render from a Paint event now works again.
52257	Framework » Windows	Listbox focus ring is now drawn thin dotted again instead of dashes.
52266	Framework » Windows	Embedding ContainerControls on a hidden page of a PagePanel no longer causes redraw artifacts to appear.
52279	Framework » Windows	WebKit based HTMLViewer now correctly scales when moving between monitors with different DPI scales.
52289	Framework » Windows	Listbox Drag reorder indicator is no longer offset incorrectly.
52312	Framework » Windows	Improved ContainerControl scrolling.
52331	Framework » Windows	MouseMove, MouseEnter and MouseExit events are now called for MDI child windows.
52402	Framework » Windows	Hierarchical Listbox disclosure icon is no longer painted in wrong row and too small.
52410	Framework » Windows	A debug app with a Webkit based HTMLViewer on a window can now be closed properly when forcibly stopping the debug app.
52470	Framework » Windows	Optimized a case where one would draw a picture to another picture frequently.
52481	Framework » Windows	We now smartly cache drawing pictures to use less memory and to draw a bit faster when drawing to another picture object. This potentially fixes some failed assertions at DrawableD2D.cpp that some people have been reporting.
52748	Framework » Windows	Changing a ToolButton's caption no longer leaks the icon associated with it.
52851	Framework » Windows	TabPanel: Removing a tab or changing the tab caption now correctly updates the empty area along the top-right of the TabPanel so it no longer overlaps the tabs and draws the background properly.
37969	Framework » iOS	A user can manually unparent a control more easily using this process: 1) Select the control, 2) Right click, 3) Select Unparent from the contextual menu. Use caution with this as overlapped unparented control can cause display issues.
51920	Framework » iOS	Setting the Active property on an iOSLayoutConstraint to False in the IDE now works.
52182	Framework » iOS	Xojo.Threading.Thread Priority now defaults to 1, not 0, which resulted in an error. However, this makes NO change to existing instances in existing projects.
52307	Framework » iOS	The iOS Framework now return False instead of True to iOS by default in response to the application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: event to match Apple's documented behavior.
8788	IDE	MenuHandlers for menu item arrays show the “index as integer” parameters. Note there is a refresh glitch when you remove all menu items from the array. You can collapse the containing row and re-expand it and the item will redraw correctly.
52728	IDE	Extract method assistant does a better job of crafting a suitable name and parameters from the selected text making it easier to edit the name right away. The name no longer includes illegal characters that have to be removed before you can edit the name.
52043	IDE » Auto Complete	Fixed regression where global methods in external modules would not autocomplete.
52044	IDE » Auto Complete	MenuItems autocomplete properly.
52373	IDE » Auto Complete	PagePanel.CreatePane and other internal details removed from autocomplete list.
51927	IDE » AutoLayout	Constraint editor tries really hard to stop you from setting up constraints that are going to cause crashes. For example, you can 't set something's LEFT to something elsg's TOP as that would cause a crash.
35430	IDE » Code Editor	Bare Exception and Catch statements no longer draw extraneous code matching markers.
42366	IDE » Code Editor	Selecting Go to <constant> from the context menu now selects the constant if it is a module.
51279	IDE » Code Editor	A Shift-Return on an ElseIf line that has no Then will add the Then as needed and close the ElseIf with an End If.
51683	IDE » Code Editor	A super-return on a line being reformatted by a user script no longer has the text from the first line inserted at the end of the closing line.
51774	IDE » Code Editor	Clicking on the code folding hot box works properly.
51992	IDE » Code Editor	Indents and folding hit box positions are consistent even when using really small or really large font sizes.
52183	IDE » Code Editor	Code editor contextual Find does partial word searches not just whole word searches.
52372	IDE » Code Editor	Home and End scroll to beginning and ending of line.
51959	IDE » Debugger	Viewing properties of a Picture subclass in its Consturctor no longer crashes debugged app.
51880	IDE » FileIO	Backslash encoded strings in a note no longer cause issues when loading a project.
52053	IDE » FileIO	Subclassed iOS controls reload properly.
52407	IDE » FileIO	The IDE now cleans out existing build folders before a target is built. This happens before any pre-build steps.
52426	IDE » FileIO	Project opening speed is vastly improved for some projects with incredibly long methods.
52573	IDE » FileTypes Editor	Deleting a file type in the File Type Set Editor moves the selection to an appropriate item.
52140	IDE » Find & Replace	Search and replace within parameters no longer mishandles ByRef and Optional keywords.
52262	IDE » Find & Replace	Search followed by a replace no longer alters the found items list or the search scope.
52795	IDE » Find & Replace	Clicking on a breakpoint in the search results, when showing all breakpoints, correctly moves the Navigator focus.
51821	IDE » Inspector	Changing the scope of an external Objective-C method no longer drops the Objective-C setting.
51859	IDE » Inspector	Inspector Size fields changed via paste now retain the correct value.
51861	IDE » Inspector	Inspector labels no longer shift slightly.
51906	IDE » Inspector	Labels and switches in Inspector align better on Linux.
52016	IDE » Inspector	Constants and other code items cannot have names that end in white space.
52069	IDE » Inspector	Make it so extraneous new lines in the column widths multi line editor are trimmed off and newlines between values are turned into commas.
52125	IDE » Inspector	Constants assigned to color or booleans show a label that is as wide as possible and not limited to the width of the color selector or switch.
52195	IDE » Inspector	The button on the Inspector panel for multiline items no longer has draw through artifacts.
52513	IDE » Inspector	Fixed up a bug in the method edit pane that resulted in an exception when adding an overload method to an interface.
52779	IDE » Inspector	Formatting is removed when you paste formatted text into the parameters field.
52790	IDE » Inspector	When you right click a boolean or color property editor, select an item from the contextual menu and then press ESC when editing the field value that shows up, the property editor reverts back to its normal appearance as a boolean or color editor.
49989	IDE » Layout Editor	Windows IDE: The window titlebar icon no longer overlaps the title text in the layout editor.
51277	IDE » Layout Editor	Pasting a flex space ToolButton copied from another view no longer causes a hang.
52271	IDE » Layout Editor	Container control shows assigned backdrop in its design mode not just when placed on another layout.
51993	IDE » Library	Floating Library panel on macOS no longer draw the top popup menu oddly.
52110	IDE » Library	Listbox now has a 3x icon in the Library.
7930	IDE » Miscellaneous	Searching for a picture by name shows the properties of windows controls that its been used in.
26224	IDE » Miscellaneous	Attributes can refer to constants that use fully qualified dotted paths to access them.
45584	IDE » Miscellaneous	An issue when adding ActiveX controls that used dates has been fixed so that the generated code is no longer incorrect requiring manual fixing.
51317	IDE » Miscellaneous	Go To Location no longer overrides tab locks.
51513	IDE » Miscellaneous	Clicking on an iOSView may still add properties that have been added since the project was created but things like autolayout properties won 't be sorted into a different order just by clicking on the view when other parts of the project are changed.
52003	IDE » Miscellaneous	Undo of adding a file type to the file type editor removes pane from the UI.
52286	IDE » Miscellaneous	Search and replace on the declaration line no longer messes up the declaration when you need to replace many items in the declaration.
52490	IDE » Miscellaneous	There should be no longer be any overlapping controls in the bottom Find/Errors/Messages panel.
52720	IDE » Miscellaneous	An exception that could occur when an error that referred to an item that had been deleted no longer occurs.
42060	IDE » Navigator	Items from search panel are now properly highlighted in the Navigator.
42458	IDE » Navigator	Icons of items in modules now show the correct icon.
52255	IDE » Navigator	When changing the name of a method it remains selected in the Navigator.
52275	IDE » Navigator	Scope settings in the Navigator contextual menu for a class in a module behave properly.
51725	IDE » Preferences	Can edit color scheme and export immediately without having to first close the Preferences.
52437	IDE » Profiler	Warning dialog about building with profiling on now displays properly.
52733	IDE » Profiler	The dialog warning about compiling with profiling on no longer appears oddly on macOS.
51166	IDE » Rendering	An issue where the IDE would create the wrong code has been corrected and now remote debugging from a 64-bit IDE to a 32-bit target is working.
51950	IDE » Updater	Update panel no longer draws left pane in shocking green.
13376	IDE » Web Page Editor	Naming an image / picture the same as a property on a web page no longer causes compilation errors.
51972	Plugin SDK	Plugin SDK prototypes are as expected and don 't generate warnings if you turn on strict prototypes.
52387	Plugin SDK	Updated REALGetPropValue to be more consistent when dealing with Variants.

Changes (11 cases)

Case	Area	Description
51695	Build	On Windows, when a non-Admin user tries to debug a 64-bit app with its security level set to Admin, a warning is now displayed.
50249	Build Process (GoCD)	Debian packages now include high rez icons @ 16, 32, 36, 48, 64, 72, 96, 128, 256, 512.
52272	Database Plugins	SQLiteDatabase plugin has been updated to version 3.23.1.
51771	Framework » All	There is a version of REALBasic.Rect that takes x and y instead of a point.
52180	Framework » Web	App.SessionTimeout can no longer be set lower than 30 seconds.
52126	Framework » Windows	Optimized Pseudo-transparency using a different drawing model. Instead of caching pictures we now call additional Paint events on the Parent windows to help draw the background of child controls.
52568	IDE	Issue resolution window default width is 600 or 75% of the opened project window, whichever is greater.
52085	IDE » Debugger	The debugger tab now has a bug icon to make it distinct from the others.
52757	IDE » Scripting	Since iterating a folder is no longer assured to do so in alphabetical order we impose that ordering now so IDE scripts load in alphabetical oder.
52853	Installer	Windows Installer has been updated with the Windows 7 SP1 minimum requirement.
51949	Lingua	Lingua and iOSImageMaker are now 64-bit on macOS.

New items (23 cases)

Case	Area	Description
37170	Database Plugins	SQLiteDatabase now allows up to 30 attached databases.
23441	Framework » All	Graphics API now takes Doubles instead of Integers for better precision.
51019	Framework » All	Add new Resources and GetResource methods to SpecialFolder. SpecialFolder.Resources() As FolderItem on macOS: returns a reference to the Resources Dir in a bundled app (GUI) otherwise returns a references to the Resources Dir next to the executable on Windows/Linux: returns a reference to the “<App name> Resources” dir if it exists, or the Resources dir next to the exe if it exists returns nil if neither exists SpecialFolder.GetResource(name As string) As FolderItem on macOS: returns a reference to the named item in the Resources Dir in a bundled app (GUI) otherwise returns a references to the named item in the Resources dir next to the executable on Windows/Linux: first checks if “<App name> Resources” dir exists and the named item exists in this dir returns a reference to this item if it exists otherwise checks if “Resources” dir exists and the named item exists returns a reference to this item if it exists returns nil if the named item does not exist in either
52522	Framework » All	Added AntiAliasMode property on Graphics class. This property controls the level of interpolation/quality when drawing scaled Pictures. Valid modes are from the Graphics.AntiAliasModes enumeration: LowQuality, DefaultQuality, and HighQuality. The default is DefaultQuality.
51556	Framework » Windows	Printing is no longer restricted to 96 DPI.
52229	Framework » Windows	Updated Webkit based HTMLViewer to CEF 3.3359.1774.gd49d25f.
37898	Framework » iOS	iOSTable now supports Pull-To-Refresh. To use, set the AllowsRefresh property to True and then when you're done refreshing data, call the EndRefresh method.
46879	Framework » iOS	iOSToolbutton.NewBordered is now marked deprecated.
51142	Framework » iOS	iOSApplication.Open now receives the launchOptions Ptr as a parameter and returns a boolean as to whether or not the app is handling the request.
52117	Framework » iOS	It is now possible to disable the default height constraints on a iOSTableCustomCell by setting the UseDynamicHeight property to True. This allows you to create cells which vary in height based on their content. The default value for this property is False to maintain backward compatibility.
52118	Framework » iOS	Inserting or Removing a row/section within the visible rows on an iOS table is now animated.
52333	Framework » iOS	iOSHTMLViewer is now a WKWebView instead of a UIWebView.
52599	Framework » iOS	iOSViews now have a LargeTitleMode property which allows you to enable and control how titles render in iOS 11+ using the LargeTitleModes enumeration, which has these elements: Automatic, Always, Never (the default). This property does nothing on pre-iOS 11 versions.
1557	IDE » FileIO	There's now an option to save XML projects with indentation so they are more readable.
43408	IDE » Find & Replace	Find keeps a history of recent searches (15 at this time).
52314	IDE » Find & Replace	Search scope segmented control grows and shrinks as segments are added and removed instead of staying the same size.
52319	IDE » Inspector	Moved the Browse item in the picture and image property pickers up to the second item in the list so in a project with a lot of images its easy to find (instead of being at the very end of a really long list of images).
51824	IDE » Preferences	There is now a “Clear Cache” button on the Build Preferences.
2760	IDE » Profiler	You can start and stop profiling in code. Use the global methods: StartProfiling and StopProfiling. Profile Code must be enabled in the Project menu for these to work.
21203	Lingua	Lingua can now import the Tab delimited files that it exports.
51626	Lingua	Added a menu to specify the search scope.
51791	Lingua	Added script methods to get the first and last rows and to get/set the current row.
52371	Plugin SDK	All Plugin SDK examples have been updated to build with Xcode 9 or newer and Visual Studio 2015 or newer.

Docs and examples (15 cases)

Case	Area	Description
51851	Examples	Moved EasyTCPSocket example projects so that they remain available for Windows/Linux users.
51946	Examples	SQLitePreparedStatement example now uses SQLitePreparedStatement everywhere. Also improved search results output.
52204	Examples	HTTP Example project is now set to 64-bit for macOS and now runs without errors.
52600	Examples	Added port number 5432 to PostgreSQL Listen and Notify example projects.
52753	Examples	WindowMenu example now checks for WindowMenuItems to allow other menus items to also exist in the Window.
50705	Language Reference » Documentation	Redim appears in autocomplete drop-down as “Redim” so it's consistent with documentation.
51598	Language Reference » Documentation	Array methods should now appear in bulit-in Language Reference.
51618	Language Reference » Documentation	Fixed typo in example code on Str page.
51619	Language Reference » Documentation	Cleaned up examples for StrComp page.
51678	Language Reference » Documentation	Fixed sample code for String.InStr method.
51828	Language Reference » Documentation	Added PreparedSQLStatement.Bind(zeroBasedParam As Integer, value As Variant, type As Integer) method overload to Bind page.
51829	Language Reference » Documentation	Added PreparedSQLStatement.BindType(types() As Integer) method overload to BindType page.
51858	Language Reference » Documentation	Local LR shows the various operators with both their symbol and text name.
52119	Language Reference » Documentation	Description for iOSDatePicker.MinuteInterval now properly notes it can be used with Time and DateTime display modes.
52152	Language Reference » Documentation	Documentation wiki updated with value for REG_QWORD.