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09/15/2014 Major Release

Sep 15, 2014

gmBasic

Updated translation engine (V20.02B9)
Improved translation accuracy and correctness
Adding CheckMultipleTypes option for alternate processing of variants with multiple types
Improve logic for detecting event handlers from COM interface information
Improve handling of enums used in logical and mathematical expressions

gmStudio

Improve handling of external tool for report file viewing
Improve handling of external tool for file comparison viewing
Improve layout and content on Check for Updates form
Update toolbar button tooltips
Additional improvements in Registration and License Support
Correct logic that preserves user preferences in gmStudio.cfg file during product updates
Correct metalang script processing to read appropriate IDF folder

Sep 8, 2014

gmStudio

[Chg] Display appropriate icons on all message boxes
[Chg] Display status bar in gmStudio Plugin
[Fix] Prevent exception when cannot find gmAdmin (issue for plugin)
[Fix] Prevent exception upgrading application config file in AppData folder (Win8)

Known Issues

Sep 4, 2014

gmStudio

[Add] Added UI Themes based on installed Visual Studio Themes
[Add] Added Automatic Product Update Support
[Chg] Improved Product Registration and License Support
[Chg] Improved handling of exceptions during IDL generation
[Chg] Modify toolBar Help button to display Help menu items (for VS Extension)
[Chg] Allow project-specific environment setup script for starting Visual Studio/MSBuild
[Fix] Correct error when trying to run builds when Visua lStudio/Msbuild is not installed

gmStudio Plugin

Installer

[Chg] Improved support for repair/upgrade through windows installer package (MSI file).

Aug 15, 2014

gmStudio

[Add] Allow user to specify a report viewer tool instead of requiring file association for .tab files
[Add] Allow user to generated a Fix/Replace block from the Search listing
[Add] Report gmBasic Version on Help/About report
[Chg] Improve Remove File behavior on the Settings/Configuration Files tab file listing
[Chg] Improve Copy to ClipBoard features for log grids
[Chg] Improve performance of .NET build log reporting
[Chg] Simplified Get Hardware ID feature

gmBasic 20.02B8

[Fix] Correct handling of special word ‘Reference’ as an application type
[Chg] Standardize .NET framework version selection for different VS versions
[Chg] Change default font to Microsoft Sans Serif 8pt
[Chg] Improve to VB6 language processing
[Chg] Support for recognizing designer classes in the property bag based on CLSID (i.e. ActiveReports.ActiveReport)

MetaLang

Jul 15, 2014

gmStudio

[Add] Allow filter files by content on the Settings/Configuration Files tab
[Add] Select file in explorer when clicking Open file location on the Settings/Configuration Files tab file listing
[Add] Include Resource files in Source Structure report
[Add] Include PropertyPage associated binary (pgx files) size in Source Structure report
[Chg] Include Author Resx Files operation in Project Initialization batch
[Chg] Display descriptive task attribute names on the Task Filter dialog
[Chg] Display descriptive task attribute names on the Task Edit panel
[Fix] Correct column alignment for Source Members report
[Fix] Prevent exception when removing an invalid VBP from the task list
[Fix] Correct task list reporting after past source metrics analysis error
[Fix] Prevent exception in ResxFactory when property bag contains duplicate properties
[Fix] Prevent exception in ResxFactory when FRX address is longer than 5 characters
[Fix] Improve handling of ’&’ in translation script XML

gmStudio.cfg

Sample Rules

Sample Migration Support Framework

gmBasic 20.02B7

[Add] Recognize Printers collection
[Chg] Improve upgrading UDTs containing fixed array members
[Fix] Correct Select Case on Enum
[Chg] Allow for Unexpected Procedure Attributes in UserControl
[Fix] Bypass indexing checks for explicit event handler calls
[Chg] Prevent local variables declared as static or readonly (C#)
[Chg] Ensure local Const date is initialized with const expression (VBN)
[Fix] Prevent ERR#5369 when calling recursive function returning object
[Chg] Improve handling of New in a With block expression
[Chg] Prevent spurious undeclared identifier warning for ReDim
[Chg] Prevent Unexpected Undefined Variable warning for USC.Extender
[Chg] Improve Recognizing Designer Type Members within the Designer instance file
[Chg] Support property bag values with string representation up to 8KB in size (e.g. Combox.List with 300+ items)

MetaLang

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