24U SimpleDialog Changelog


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  • - 24U SimpleDialog 4.1 - 11th July 2012
    • Full support for FM text styles in the plug-in fields (except color in Windows)
    • Incr parameter alone increments progress by one
    • Correct text alignment of titles for pop-up menu
    • SetCalculation works with list field with one line
    • Empty list field does not crash FileMaker Pro
    • Progress dialog does not return to original position after each update
    • FileMaker Pro does not crash when you try to close it with opened progress dialogs
    • Progress dialogs closing fixed
    • Plug-In does not slow down after registration
    • Default and cancel status can be set on one button
    • Mac OS X: The list field always shows all lines from ValueList
    • Mac OS X: SetCalculation calculation is able to modify textarea field
    • Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, PowerPC: The plug-in does not crash.
    • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: List fields are not narrow when overlapping scroll bars are used
    • Windows: Pop-Up menu is drawn correctly with black font and separators
    • Windows: InputDialog does not crash if font size is 150%
    • Windows: Password fields has correct height in all situations
    • Windows: Cursor remains in correct position when calculation modifies the field
    • Windows: ESC key closes dialog windows
    • Windows: Progress dialog is not “always on top”. It is on top of standard FM Windows
    • Windows: Dialog is shown in the same screen the main FM window is
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 4.0.1 - 25th October 10
    • List field does not show garbage on Mac OS X.
    • List field correctly shows empty lines on Windows.
    • List field is no longer sorted on Windows.
    • Correct CR line endings are returned from multi line text on Mac OS X.
    • SDialog_SetCalculation properly handles field titles.
    • SDialog_Version function is no longer case sensitive.
    • List field automatically scrolls to selected line if it is not visible.
    • Parameter “lines” works correctly with the List field.
    • Any field type can be used as CurrentValue parameter in InputDialog.
    • Second input dialog opened fast after the first one does not cause the first one to remain on screen.
    • Opened progress windows no longer block FileMaker Pro from quitting.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 4.0 - 17th July 2010
    • Rewritten to work natively in FileMaker Pro 11 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7.
    • New dialog field type: list can be used to offer selection to the user.
    • FileMaker Pro styles can be used to enhance dialog readability.
    • Dialogs can be updated on the fly.
    • Validations work for all field types (text areas, pop-up menus).
    • Progress dialog has been fixed so it does not block script debugger.
    • There is no frame around custom picture / icon on Mac OS X.
    • Improved stability when using progress dialog actions “incr” and “update”.
    • Pop-up menu indexing changed from 0-based to 1-based.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 3.1.2 - 10th September 2009
    • Fixes problems with pop-up menus.
    • Enhanced documentation with better syntax description.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 3.1.1
    • Several fixes in serial numbers mechanism.
    • Fixed Windows buttons look.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 3.1
    • New URL Link field can be used to direct users to your web pages directly from dialog.
    • Pop-up menu now have custom value IDs to better distinguish between menu items.
    • Default and cancel buttons can be set.
    • Calling a Wait function now automatically refresh progress bar.
    • Default pop-up menu item is shown even it is not inside the value list.
    • TextArea field can have more than 12 lines.
    • Checkbox can be checked by keyboard on Mac OS X.
    • Custom functions now work inside FileMaker validations of fields.
    • TextArea can copy, cut, paste on Mac OS X.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 3.0.3
    • Repairs pop-up menu bug in Windows.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 3.0.2
    • Important bugfixes and stability improvements focused on Windows platform.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 3.0
    • Static text and separators improve readability of your dialogs.
    • Multi-line text area field can be used to edit long text.
    • Dialog may take icon from a container field (any size).
    • Dialog look can be enhanced by picture from a container field.
    • Text fields can be validated by calculations.
    • Custom message box can be displayed after unsuccessful validation.
    • More dialog parameters can be obtained from Get function.
    • Progress Dialog can pause execution of your script for specified time interval.
    • Initial active dialog field can be set..
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 2.8.1
    • Runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel based Macs.
    • Works with FileMaker Pro 7.0, 8.0 and 8.5.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 2.8
    • FileMaker Pro 7 Native.
    • Full Unicode support.
    • Better performance on Windows.
    • Ability to return values instead of text from dialogs.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 2.7.2
    • Support for FileMaker Pro 8 added.
    • Western accentuated characters are displayed correctly in FM7 Pro and FM8 Pro on Windows.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 2.7.1
    • Progress dialog messages now can contain pipes (“|”).
    • Added database of real-world examples of regular expressions.
    • Last dialog’s values can be cleared on demand for better security.
    • Fixed text encoding for directly accessed value lists (FileMaker 6 and older).
    • Attempt to validate national characters with regexp does not crash any more.
    • Pop-up menu now selects correct default value on Windows even if there are similar values.
    • 24U SimpleDialog Utility now generates correct number of braces.
    • Single registration code generated for all plug-ins in a pack is now recognized.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 2.7
    • The plug-in is now fully functional in FileMaker 7 except for foreign languages.
    • Initialization and registration of the plug-in is much faster now.
    • Spacing between popup and buttons has been increased on Windows.
    • Displaying text containing longer sequences of spaces is now possible.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 2.0
    • Splash dialog is displayed on application quit by default for developer licenses.
    • Splash dialog display can be turned off.
    • Improved compatibility with runtime and kiosk-mode solutions.
    • Completely rewritten dialog showing engine.
    • Improved dynamic sizing and positioning of dialog items.
    • Dialogs can display longer text than ever before.
    • Unlimited number of pop-up menu items.
    • Value lists can be easily inserted in popup menus.
    • Dialogs can have icons.
    • Any text field can be validated with a regular expression.
    • Dialogs with no buttons are now allowed.
    • Automatic dismissal after specified amount of time.
    • Customizable dialog title.
    • Customizable dialog position (horizontal, vertical, or both).
    • Customizable dialog width.
    • Progress dialogs with two text messages (above and below the progress bar).
    • Customizable minimum and maximum values, changeable on the fly.
    • Indefinite progress indicator (barber pole).
    • Indefinite mode can be turned on/off on the fly during progress.
    • Progress dialog function accepts Troi Dialog syntax for compatibility.
    • Multiple progress bars can be displayed at the same time.
    • Text in dialogs now respects system settings for message box on Windows.
    • Fully Unicode savvy inside for future compatibility.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.1.4
    • Corrected behavior of document window on Mac OS X.
    • Text is now properly transcoded with all languages.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.1.3
    • SSN validation has been improved.
    • Special characters that needed to be prefixed with backslash can now appear in buttons.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.1.2
    • Dialogs now handle mouse clicks in a more compatible way.
    • Mouse cursor now appears when showing a dialog even if it was hidden.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.1.1
    • Field labels are now correctly right-aligned on all platforms.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.1
    • Added Credit Card Number, SSN, SIN, and Czech ID validations.
    • Added 24U SimpleDialog Generator for even easier dialog configuration.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.0.3
    • Dialogs on Windows machines no longer show button in Windows task bar.
    • Dialogs on Windows machines correspond to Windows appearance and childs of FileMaker Pro.
    • Tabulator now works better on Windows machines.
    • Works with Czech language in both 4.x and 5.x versions of FileMaker Pro.
    • Menus can now have separator items (-) on both Mac and PC.
    • Special characters like < or ; can now be used in popup menus on Macintosh.
    • Tutorial now identifies platform using Abs(Status(CurrentPlatform)).
    • Tutorial is now saved using US formats (commas in formulas).
    • Tutorial’s pop-up menu example now shows also separator.
    • Tutorial’s pop-up menu example has now yellow as last item.
    • Tutorial’s field types value list now contains also “m” for pop-up menu.
    • Tutorial’s copyright years were changed to 2001-2002.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.0.2
    • Now correctly returns pressed button’s number on Mac.
    • International text is now translated correctly on Windows.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.0.1
    • Added Windows compatibility.
    • Added ability to display pop-up menus.
  • + 24U SimpleDialog 1.0
    • Initial Release.