MMF2 Build #244 (BETA #5)

[Yves]

Hi everyone,

The 5th beta version of the build 244 is available. This version contains a new OR operator (logical) - the previous OR operator has been renamed to "OR (filtered)".

Developer Version (4 Mb)
Standard Version (3 Mb)

This is still a beta version, so be careful and make backups of your applications.

Previous threads about this build: beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, beta 4.

If you have any problem with this build, you can re-install the build 243 without reinstalling MMF2.

Thank you for reading !

Yves.


List of bug fixes in this version

- Frame Editor : text cursor not displayed when you double-click a string to edit it, unless you resize the edit window.

- Event Editor : display problem in the New Condition dialog box if you scroll down, open a folder and scroll up.

- Event Editor : new OR (logical) operator, different from the OR (filtered) operator. With the logical OR, objects are not filtered by false conditions. With the filtered OR, objects are filtered (unselected, i.e. not affected by the actions) by the false conditions.


List of bug fixes in beta 3 and beta 4

- Runtime : OR condition - object selection still erratic for complex events.

- Runtime : bug in Set Timer function.

- Runtime : bug in Start of Frame condition if the frame has a fade in transition.


List of bug fixes and new features in beta 2

- Global Event Editor : crash when you open the action editor from the global event editor and then click the Frame Editor button (the button is now disabled in this case).

- Frame Editor : can't undo move or resize ater modifying the coordinates or dimensions in the properties.

- Frame Editor : new preference to resample images when resizing active and backdrop objects (ON by default).

- Picture Editor : new preference to resample images when inserting zoomed images or resizing the selection (ON by default).

- Properties : accents now supported in global and alterable value names.

- Runtime : screen not completely refreshed after a Pause action.

- Runtime : Set Timer action doesn't work when using an expression.

- Runtime : Start of Frame OR Always doesn't work when a fade in is assigned to the frame.

- Runtime : problems with several extension objects like Select Object, Global Function and Named Variables in beta 1 of build 244.

- Runtime : OR condition - object selection erratic for complex events.


List of bug fixes and new features in beta 1

- General: the dialog box that displays the warning about files stored in directories not relative to the app directory is now resizable.

- Frame editor: layers not unselected on Vista.

- Frame editor: cannot enter large numbers in position & size edit boxes if the property window is too small.

- Event editor: new OR operator for conditions. Warning: obviously any application using this new operator can't be loaded by previous builds of MMF2.

- Event editor: crash when editing a create object action if the parent object was a qualifier.

- Event editor: doing an Invert Selection with opened and closed groups and subgroups could crash.

- Event editor: object order in the event editor not copied when you cut/paste or drag & drop a frame.

- Event editor: scrollbar not working for large events (many conditions in a few events).

- Event editor: now supports more conditions in one single event (128), can display long lists of conditions and allows scrolling through them.

- Event List Editor: now supports more conditions and actions in one event line (128 conditions and 128 actions).

- Developer - DataGrid object : crash when you close an application that displays a modal sub-application with a DataGrid object.

- Developer - DataGrid object : application freezes until you move it if you press a key at start of a frame with a DataGrid object.

- Developer - Dialog Box object : spin control no longer attached to edit box after you close and reopen the dialog box, or go to another tab.

- Developer - Dialog Box object : new Find String and Find String Exact expressions for the List Box and Combo Box controls. These functions are similar to the ones of the List Box and Combo Box objects.

- Draw object : crash and incorrect fill/outline colors with the Ellipse tool.

- Popup Menu object : new Up/Down/Left/Right buttons in the setup box.

- Circular, Regular Polygon and Simple Ellipse movements : if a global object has one of these movements, any further changes made to that object don't spread to the other frames in the application.

- Sounds : sound filters not working if Data Execution Prevention was enabled.

- Debugger : floating point global values not properly displayed.

- Runtime : the AddBackdrop function now adds a new backdrop at the same position if the ink effect is different from "None" (if there is no ink effect, as with the previous builds no backdrop is added if the same backdrop already exists at the same position).

- Runtime : forced animation frame no longer reset when you force a new animation.

- Runtime : crash with recent objects (e.g. Download object) when using a file selector instead of an expression when defining a filename.

- Runtime : debugger window not correctly displayed on Vista.

- Runtime : artefacts around some images rotated in high quality mode.

- Runtime : possible memory leak in some cases after closing modal sub-applications.

- Stand-alone applications : when 2 stand-alone applications are launched at the same time, one of them could report missing extensions.

- Installer : when you "view" a file, the current directory is now set to the directory of the file.

- Installer : you can now run .MSI files via the Run commands.

- Installer : uninstaller doesn't work correctly if installed in a sub-directory of the install directory.

- Installer : shortcut folder in the Start menu not removed by the uninstaller on Vista.

[LIJI]

Another beta? :P
Good to have 2 kinds of OR

[Looki]

Hi, thanks for the update. But I can't see any difference betwen the filtered and the logical or.
I made a test:

User clicks on Active 1
OR (logical)
User clicks on Active 2
----
- Destroy Active 1
- Destroy Active 2

This destroys both objects if you click on one of them.



User clicks on Active 1
OR
User clicks on Active 2
----
- Destroy Active 1
- Destroy Active 2

This should only destroy the clicked one, but it destroys both too.

[Jeff]

Ah yes the filtered OR seems to be broken now

[Dynasoft]

I think that's because the filtered OR doesn't work properly with triggered conditions.

Here's what Francois said in the OR selection thread when he added the new OR type:
Some notes:
-> If you mix two kinds of OR in one event, the first encountered kind of OR will be applied throughout the event
-> You should not mix in the same event with OR true events and normal events : for the logical OR it will work OK, but for the filtered OR the behavior will be erratic, and there is nothing I can do about it.

[Corentin]

François said somewhere that OR events where going to be slower because all the conditions would have to be tested. Does this apply only to filtered OR, or to both of them ?

[Jeff]

Ah I was just reading that trying to understand what he was saying.

His examples here seem to work fine

http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=33835&Main=5113 #Post33835

[Angel]

When zoom detail over max windows dimension, the internal image editor don't show properly the last bottom line of pixel.

Sorry, I'm Italian and my English is terrible.

Thanks for your patience.

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Nota:
Riporto il bug in italiano sperando che qualche utente possa tradurre e spiegare meglio il problema.
Nell'editor delle immagini quando si zoomma molto un immagine la fila di pixel in basso viene troncata. In alcuni casi se ne vede metà e si può comunque editare, ma il più delle volte l'ultima fila è proprio totalmente nascosta rendendo obbligatorio usare editor esterni.
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[integrality]

lol what?

[Gerblegod7]

I think I know what bug she is talking about. I speak gibberish too! I think what she is trying to say is that in the picture/animation editor, the very last line of pixels at the bottom is not shown when you zoom in all the way. The scrollbars don't move up or down but the row is not shown.