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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 3.1. |
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is considered stable on: |
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4 OS/2, Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. |
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6 Known problems: | |
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8 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on |
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9 GTK2 instead of top or left justified on the other platforms. |
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10 GTK3 due to changes in the core architecture does not support |
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11 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them |
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12 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do. |
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13 In Unicode mode on OS/2 there are some bugs in the input controls, |
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14 minor bugs in entryfield based controls and major bugs in the MLE. |
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15 The text displays properly but the cursor and selection jumps |
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17 Building for MacOS 10.14 or later may prevent apps from running on |
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18 earlier versions. Building for versions prior to 10.14 should |
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19 work on any supported version but dark mode may not be available |
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20 for these apps running on 10.14 and later. If you wish to support |
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21 dark mode I suggest building 2 versions, one for 64 bit intel |
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22 only for 10.14 and later. Then a fat binary for prior to 10.14. |
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189 | 26 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they |
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27 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them. |
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31 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does |
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32 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality |
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33 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc). |
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35 Changes from version 3.0: |
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36 Added support for MacOS versions through Catalina 10.15, |
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37 Windows versions through 10 build 2004. |
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38 Fixed handle leak on OS/2 when built with (Open)Watcom. |
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39 Added dark mode support on MacOS Mojave 10.14 and later. |
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40 Added experimental dark mode support on Windows 10 build 1809 (disabled by default). |
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41 Added embedding Microsoft Edge (Chromium) support on Windows 7 and higher. |
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42 Requires Windows 8 or higher SDK to build and the nuget package from: |
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43 https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.WebView2 unzipped into |
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44 .\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2 |
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45 Added notification APIs: dw_notification_new() dw_notification_send() dw_app_id_set() |
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46 Requires Windows 8 or higher. MacOS 10.8 or higher. GLib 2.40 or higher on Unix. |
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47 MacOS also requires the application bundle being signed or self-signed. |
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51 Added embedded HTML javascript support on Mac, Windows and Unix with webkit(2)gtk. |
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55 Added DW_SIGNAL_HTML_CHANGED signal handler for getting the status of embedded HTML. |
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56 Status can be: DW_HTML_CHANGE_STARTED/REDIRECT/LOADING/COMPLETE |
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59 Changed to using GTK3 by default instead of GTK2. --with-gtk2 is now available. |
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71 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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73 brian@dbsoft.org |
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75 Thanks! | |
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77 Brian Smith |