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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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16 around oddly when passing over multibyte characters. |
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18 Known limitations: |
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189 | 20 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they |
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21 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them. |
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25 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does |
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26 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality |
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27 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc). |
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29 Changes from version 3.0: |
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30 Added support for MacOS versions through Catalina 10.15, |
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31 Windows versions through 10 build 1909. |
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32 Fixed handle leak on OS/2 when built with (Open)Watcom. |
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33 Added dark mode support on MacOS Mojave 10.14 and later. |
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34 Added experimental dark mode support on Windows 10 build 1809 (disabled by default). |
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35 Added embedding Microsoft Edge (Chromium) support on Windows 7 and higher. |
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36 Requires Windows 8 or higher SDK to build and the nuget package from: |
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37 https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.WebView2 unzipped into |
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38 .\packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2 |
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39 Added notification APIs: dw_notification_new() dw_notification_send() dw_app_id_set() |
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40 Requires Windows 8 or higher. MacOS 10.8 or higher. GLib 2.40 or higher on Unix. |
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41 MacOS also requires the application bundle being signed or self-signed. |
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42 Unix requires a desktop file link with the application ID used in dw_app_id_set(). |
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44 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at: |
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46 http://dbsoft.org/dw_help.php |
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48 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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50 brian@dbsoft.org |
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52 Thanks! | |
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54 Brian Smith |