MacFormat 2001 April/macformat_102_Apr_2001.iso/Demos/REALbasic® 3/Read Me's/REALbasic 3.0 Release Notes

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Release notes for REALbasic 3.0
12 February, 2001

REALbasic 3 contains the following new features:
  (All)  ApplicationSupportFolder: this new global method gives you a
         FolderItem that refers to the Application Support Folder, or
         nil if that is not available.

  (All)  Arrays: properties can now be declared empty -- e.g., foo(-1)
         as Integer -- just like local arrays.

  (All)  Edit field: CharPosAtLineNum method added. This lets you find
         the (1-based) character position of the first character on the
         given (0-based) line number in a multi-line edit field. The
         method interface is CharPosAtLineNum(lineNumber as Integer) as
         Integer.

  (All)  Edit field: LineNumAtCharPos method added. This lets you find
         the (0-based) line number on which any 1-base character
         position can be found in a multi-line edit field. The method
         interface is: LineNumAtCharPos(charPosition as Integer) as
         Integer. In combination with the ScrollPosition property added
         in a6, this lets you scroll the edit field to a particular
         place in the text.

  (All)  Edit field: ScrollPosition property added. This is the 0-based
         index of the topmost visible line. It is both readable and
         writable (may be used to scroll the Edit field).

  (All)  Handle: the new Handle property deprecates the existing
         MacControlHandle property. Any visible win32 control should
         have a handle. This new property provides identical
         functionality as that of MacControlHandle, but the name change
         reflects that it is now implemented in a cross-platform way.

  (All)  Language: arrays can now be declared of size -1 (i.e., empty).

  (All)  Language: global constants can now be used as dimensions in
         array declarations.

  (All)  List box: ScrollBarHorizontal property added to listboxes. Now
         horizontal scrolling in a listbox is as easy as setting this
         value to true. This property is settable in code as well so you
         can leave it off until its needed. The pagestep value is set
         the same as the Mac OS Finder's list view (i.e. 18 pixels of
         overlap)

  (All)  List box: ScrollBarVertical property added to listboxes. Now
         Vertical scrollbars are optional. You can set this value in
         code. This can be useful if you want the scrollbar to appear
         only after you have sufficient number of rows to make it
         useful. Your Win32 users may expect this.

  (All)  List box: ScrollPosition property added. This is the 0-based
         index of the topmost visible row. It is both readable and
         writable (may be used to scroll the list box).

  (All)  List box: ScrollPositionX integer property added to list boxes.
         You can scroll a list box horizontally by adding a Scroll bar
         control which modifies this property. This property can be set
         in the IDE and as such will scroll IDE columns accordingly.
         NOTE: it is perfectly acceptable to use a negative value here.

  (All)  Pop-up menu: ListIndex is a property that can now be set at
         design time.

  (All)  PrinterSetup: resolutions higher than 72 dpi supported. New
         "MaxVerticalResolution" and "MaxHorizontalResolution"
         properties added. These default to 72; you can change them to
         the maximum printer resolution you're prepared to handle, or -1
         for "highest possible resolution". After calling
         PageSetupDialog, OpenPrinter, or OpenPrinterDialog, the
         "VerticalResolution" and "HorizontalResolution" properties will
         be automatically set to the highest resolution supported by the
         printer driver, within your specified constraints. Printing
         will then occur at that resolution. Will not affect existing
         code.

  (All)  REAL Database: ALTER TABLE command now supported. Syntax: ALTER
         TABLE <table name> ADD <field name> <field type> [NOT NULL]

  (All)  REAL Database: columns can now be added to a database after a
         table is created

  (All)  Runtime function: this new function provides information about
         the current state of the runtime environment, for aid in
         debugging. The current functions are: Runtime.ObjectCount as
         Integer: returns the current number of objects  in existence;
         Runtime.ObjectClass(Index as Integer) as String: returns the
         class of  the indicated object, where Index is a number >= 0
         and < ObjectCount; Runtime.ObjectRefs(idx as Integer) as
         Integer: returns how many  references there are to the
         indicated object; Runtime.ObjectID(idx as Integer) as Integer:
         returns a unique  identifier for the indicated object; no other
         object in existence at  the same time will have the same ID.;
         Runtime.MemoryUsed as Integer: returns the total amount of
         memory  being used by allocated objects.

  (All)  Serial Number: REALbasic is now using a new serialization
         scheme, it's no longer necessary to have  previous version of
         REALbasic installed to upgrade (you must know your previous
         serial numner, however).

  (All)  Sprite surface: attach method allows you to attach custom
         Sprite subclass objects.

  (All)  Sprite surface: bit-depths of 8, 16, or 32-bit color now
         available, rather than 8-bit only.

  (All)  Sprite surface: note -- now an internal plug-in, which is
         included in compiled applications only when used.

  (All)  Sprite surface: resizable on the fly (use
         Left/Top/Width/Height).

  (All)  Sprite surface: Stop and Update  methods allow for more control
         over running of the Sprite surface.

  (All)  Sprite surface: window mode -- now runs within a window. New
         Window properties allow for full-screen mode.

  (All)  String function: Replace -- faster by about 22% in some cases.

  (All)  String function: ReplaceAll -- faster by about 50% in some
         cases.

  (All)  Window class: FullScreen property added. When this is set to
         true, the window resizes itself to cover the entire screen (in
         the case of multiple monitors, it fits the one which contains
         the greatest portion of the window). The Left, Top, Width, and
         Height properties are changed to reflect the new window
         position, and cannot be changed while FullScreen is true. Note
         that in full-screen mode, a window may be partially covered by
         the menu bar (under Mac OS). This property defaults to False.

  (All)  Window class: MenuBarVisible property added. When this is set
         to false, the menu bar will be hidden whenever this window is
         the front most (non-floating) window. The menu bar will be
         shown again when another window (with MenuBarVisible=true)
         becomes front most, or when the application is put into the
         background. This property defaults to True, and works nicely
         with FullScreen.

  (Car)  Constants: TargetCarbon built-in constant is now available.

  (Car)  Help Tags: this new property has been added to the Control
         class. It is used for Carbon and Mac OS X help tags, as well as
         Win32 tool tips.

  (IDE)  About Box: Layout and Graphics completely redone.

  (IDE)  AppleScript: Scriptable IDE -- build command added; builds are
         now scriptable and recordable. See Developers Guide for
         details.

  (IDE)  AppleScript: Scriptable IDE -- Build dialog now scriptable and
         recordable, with the following: Boolean flag "modified";
         Boolean flag "buildMac68k"; Boolean flag "buildMacPPC"; Boolean
         flag "buildMacCarbon"; Boolean flag "buildWin32"; String
         property "buildMacName"; String property "buildWinName"
         Descriptions are available in the AppleScript dictionary
         (viewable with your favorite script editor)."

  (IDE)  AppleScript: Scriptable IDE -- the Open, Save, and Quit
         commands are now scriptable and recordable.

  (IDE)  AutoSave: If REALbasic exits abnormally a user will be prompted
         to restore their project when next using REALbasic.  Saves
         happen directly before Running and Building.

  (IDE)  Build dialog: Target Types -- now allows building of any target
         type (68k, PPC, Carbon, Win32).

  (IDE)  Code Editor: autocomplete pop-up now wraps around: pressing the
         up arrow key when the top item is selected jumps to the bottom,
         and vice-versa. (Works in the online help too.)

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion -- various enhancements have been
         made to the type-ahead autocompletion function: now includes
         global methods, variables, and constants; now considers
         user-written subroutine names only at the start of  a line, and
         function names only after the start of a line; plug-in classes
         now provide autocompletion to local variables,  just like
         locals which refer to built-in types; now includes menu items;
         includes True" and "False" keywords; now recognizes the data
         type of global properties and methods, and  correctly accounts
         for methods which can be both read and written  (like
         Listbox.ScrollPosition); private methods and properties are now
         considered only when  accessible (e.g., within the defining
         class or some subclass); Application method now resolves to
         your custom application class,  if any.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Autocompletion multiple choice -- pressing the Tab
         key while there is more than one autocompletion possibility (as
         indicated by "..." after the cursor) now pops up a list of
         choices. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a choice.
         Select a choice with Return, Enter, Right Arrow, Tab, or by
         clicking. Cancel with the Esc, Left Arrow, Delete, or Clear
         key. Known issue: if there are more options than can fit on the
         screen, only the first screen full is displayed.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Autocompletion now smarter in several ways; it
         knows more words and makes better use of context clues, and
         also does partial autocompletion when full autocompletion is
         not possible. For example, try x = bit" (going for "BitwiseAnd"
         or "BitwiseOr"). Words considered for autocompletion include
         local variables, class properties and methods, built-in
         functions and classes, user-defined classes, plug-in classes
         and methods, and other built-in keywords and constants. Context
         clues are used, for example, to suggest subroutine names only
         at the beginning of a line, and function names only after the
         beginning of a line. The only major category of valid words not
         yet considered are user-defined global methods and properties.
         If you find any other oversights, please let us know!

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion now understands array methods
         (Append, Remove, etc.) for local arrays and array properties.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Command-clicking a word in the source editor now
         inserts that word at the insertion point cursor (flashing
         vertical line).

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Copied text and text clippings of multi-line
         selections now include indentation.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Copy-Click/one-click insert of browser item name
         -- you can now option-click on an item in the browser on the
         left, to insert that item into the source code. E.g., to insert
         the name of a property or method without typing it, just
         option-click that property or method in the list. (This extends
         the existing function of option-clicking words and expressions
         in the source code.)

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Double-click selection now works for
         floating-point, hex, binary, and octal numbers.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Double-clicking a parenthesis now selects the
         entire parenthesized text (both parentheses and everything
         between them).

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Double-clicking on a quotation mark now selects
         the entire quoted string (both quotation marks and everything
         between them).

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Horizontal scroll bar in code editor now adjusts
         to actual range of text.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Menu Item "Copy and Append" allows you to copy
         text and append it to previously existing text in the
         clipboard. This is very useful if you want to copy several
         pieces of code to one central location. The item appears in the
         edit menu if you hold down the option key. Option-Command-C is
         the shortcut.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Menu Item "Cut and Append" allows you to cut text
         and append it to previously existing text in the clipboard.
         This is very useful if you want to move several pieces of code
         to one central location. The item appears in the edit menu if
         you hold down the option key. Option-Command-X is the shortcut.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: navigation buttons now update the selection in the
         list box on the left, as well as the source code area on the
         right when you use the "Forward" and "Back" navigation buttons.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: new navigation buttons which perform the following
         functions: bring Window editor to the front (the opposite of
         double-clicking a  control -- note: option-Tab is a keyboard
         shortcut for this); show/hide empty methods and handlers; go to
         previous method (i.e., the one previously accessed); go to next
         method (the one more recently accessed) The latter two are like
         the back/forward buttons in a web browser. Please note that
         this feature is just a prototype and may not appear in
         REALbasic 3.0.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: pasting of indented code into the Code Editor now
         ignores leading white space so auto indentation is correct.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Property, Method, and New Event dialogs now
         support autocompletion (though they do not support the pop-up
         list of choices).

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Show Empty Methods button no longer collapses
         controls in the code editor list box.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Syntax coloring has been extended to differentiate
         literal numbers and literal strings from other code.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: triple-clicking now selects an entire line.

  (IDE)  Code Protection: substantially changed and improved. You can
         now encrypt (protect) or decrypt (unprotect) a module while
         it's in your project, using a command in the Edit menu or in
         the contextual menu within the project window. When encrypting
         a module, you now supply a password which can be used to
         decrypt it later. At the same time, you may check an "allow
         conversion to 2.1 format" checkbox -- this is significant
         because the 2.1 file format uses much weaker encryption, but is
         necessary if your code is to be used with REALbasic 2.1. NOTE:
         only modules exported in the "standard" (version 3) format can
         contain a password; 2.1 export files lose the password and
         cannot be decrypted. NOTE: Don't forget your password.

  (IDE)  Constants: value is now shown in browser along with name and
         icon.

  (IDE)  Debugger: ArrayViewer -- All of the benefits of the new Object
         viewer are now part of the ArrayViewer as well.

  (IDE)  Debugger: Double local variables can now be changed in the
         debugger just like other basic types.

  (IDE)  Debugger: Object viewer -- much more powerful: it's modeless -
         you can keep the Object viewer open while running and  stepping
         through your code.; It's resizable - so you can see the entire
         length of a folderitem, or  other long items.; It displays its
         name and type - makes it much easier to identify which  Object
         viewer to pay attention to.; Only one is created per object -
         see object's relationships with each  other.; Object viewer
         remembers its position - it opens in its last position  on your
         screen.; Object viewer shares its Object's persistence - Object
         viewer windows  disappear when the object they are referring to
         is garbage collected - Use this to check for memory leaks (If
         the Object viewer for that object is still open you may have a
         leak.)

  (IDE)  Debugger: Stepping skips lines with comments or spaces only
         unless a breakpoint is set on such a line.

  (IDE)  Default Stationery: upon launch or use of the "New" command,
         REALbasic looks for a stationery file called "Default New
         Project" in the Stationery folder. If found, this is loaded (as
         Untitled) instead of the built-in default project.

  (IDE)  Exported Code: may be saved in either 2.1 or standard (version
         3) format. If you just drag a module to the Finder, it's saved
         in standard format, but by using the Export menu command, you
         can choose either standard or Version 2.1 format.

  (IDE)  File Types: pop-up list of suggested file types now includes
         three special types; the first applies to all platforms, while
         the latter two apply only to Mac OS. The new types are:
         "special/any", creator '????', type '????'; "special/folder",
         creator 'MACS', type 'fold'; "special/disk", creator 'MACS',
         type 'disk'

  (IDE)  Floating point values' display in the IDE will now changes
         intelligently when the window size is changed. To see more
         precision just resize the Properties Window, Object viewer, or
         ArrayViewer.

  (IDE)  Keyboard Shortcut: Debugger -- adding/clearing a breakpoint now
         has a keyboard shortcut, Cmd-B.

  (IDE)  Keyboard Shortcut: Online Reference -- now accessible with the
         Help key (equivalent to command-1).

  (IDE)  List box: font, font size, and font style now displays in the
         Window editor.

  (IDE)  List box: HeadingIndex can now be set from the properties
         window and it will a visible effect on the list box when set.

  (IDE)  List box: headings can now be replaced by one call. Use an
         index of -1 and set them to a tab delimited string. E.g.
         listBox1.heading(-1) = Fred" + chr(9) + "Tom" + chr(9) +
         "Harold"."

  (IDE)  List box: Initial Value text now displays in the IDE.

  (IDE)  List box: is now more interactive in the design environment.
         The following properties now have a visible effect on the list
         box in the design environment: hasHeading, scrollPositionX,
         HeadingIndex, Initial Value (only for list boxes with
         Headings). These next properties improved in their
         interactivity: enabled, columnCount, columnWidth.

  (IDE)  List box: ScrollPosition is now settable from the IDE. Use this
         to test how the property behaves.

  (IDE)  Menu: Save is only enabled when the project has changed.  You
         can use this to help you verify that the project is in fact
         saved in its current state.

  (IDE)  Menus: Keyboard shortcut for Save As... menu item added
         (shift-command-S)

  (IDE)  Movie Player: Appearance in the design environment and in
         running applications now more similar. Controllers and badges
         display when specified, and the control looks visually distinct
         from Canvases even when no controller is visible (it's now a
         deep blue rectangle with a movie icon in the center).

  (IDE)  ObjectViewer/ArrayViewer: now appear in the window menu (as
         appropriate)

  (IDE)  Online Reference: default mode can be changed from "Search" to
         "Go" via a new Preferences option.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: go to -- type the name of the class, method,
         or keyword you're looking into the topic field and press Return
         or click Go to quickly find an entry.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: navigation buttons added to give you the
         ability to step forward and back through recently accessed
         items, or return to the introduction.

  (IDE)  Online reference: position and state are now remembered between
         REALbasic sessions.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: search -- type a word that isn't in the topic
         list (or add a space at the end of the word) or holding the
         Option key to make the "Search" button appear. Then press
         return or click Search. Search results are shown in the list on
         the left. Searches are done with whole-word, case-insensitive
         matching. Currently only the first word in the search field is
         used; any subsequent words are ignored. Click the Theme or
         Alpha buttons to return to the full topic list.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: Searching with the theme bevel button
         depressed now expands the theme and selects the relevant item
         instead of selecting the theme.

  (IDE)  Project items: Finding External Files -- Now REALbasic searches
         smarter when looking for external files. it now always looks in
         the folder that contains the project (if available). It also
         looks in the folders of any previously found items, including
         from other projects in the same REALbasic session. This last
         bit was designed for those of you that like to store common
         pictures, sounds etc. between projects (such as icons you use
         in every project). If you ever move a common resource folder
         just open all the affected projects and save them. You will
         only need to specify the common items once.

  (IDE)  Project Window: contextual menu support added --
         control-clicking project items now pops up a contextual menu of
         things you can do to those items. The options vary depending on
         the type of the item, but may include: Edit - open the item for
         editing within REALbasic.; Delete - remove the item from the
         project.; View - view the item within REALbasic.; Play - play
         the sound.; Open File - for items stored externally, open the
         file as if  double-clicked in the Finder.; Reveal in Finder -
         open the file's folder in the Finder and highlight  the file.;
         File Path - a hierarchical menu allowing you to open any folder
         enclosing the file.; Relocate - choose a new external file to
         associate with the item.

  (IDE)  Project Window: Drag and drop folders from the project window
         to the finder, and vice versa.

  (IDE)  Project Window: external editing -- double-clicking items which
         can't be edited within REALbasic (e.g., pictures and scripts)
         now opens them externally, as if you'd double-clicked them in
         the finder.

  (IDE)  Project Window: keyboard shortcut -- when an item is selected,
         you can press the Tab key to jump to the Name field in the
         Properties window to change the item's name (even if the
         Properties window was previously hidden).

  (IDE)  Project Window: now displays a little padlock badge on
         protected modules. (This is one part of a larger change to the
         interface for protected items.)

  (IDE)  Properties Window: Negative numbers now appear in red.

  (IDE)  Registration Dialogs: Redone for version 3.

  (IDE)  Registration: If REALbasic is already in use on the network,
         you are now given the option to re-register your copy.

  (IDE)  Registration: REALbasic now ignores return characters that
         proceeding or following anything in the registration dialog,
         and removes them for the serial number field and the previous
         serial number field. This is useful if you accidently copy the
         return char when registering REALbasic.

  (IDE)  Registration: REALbasic now uppercases all text that is entered
         into the Serial number field and the previous serial number
         field and doesn't allow you to type spaces.

  (IDE)  Scroll Bar: Appearance in the design environment and in running
         applications now more similar. The following properties of
         scroll bars are now interactive in the design environment:
         Value, PageStep, Minimum and Maximum.

  (IDE)  Slider: Appearance in the design environment and in running
         applications now more similar. The following properties of
         sliders are now interactive in the design environment: Value,
         Minimum  and Maximum.

  (IDE)  Stationery: create stationery pads when saving a file. Do this
         by using the Stationery Option" command in the Navigation
         Services pop-up menu, or if you don't have Navigation Services,
         click the "Stationery" checkbox in the Save As dialog.

  (IDE)  Tool bar: balloon help now provided for plugin controls.

  (IDE)  Tool bar: separators visually divide the controls into several
         groups: decorations at the top, input/output controls in the
         middle, invisible controls third, and plugin controls at the
         bottom.

  (IDE)  Tool bar: tool bar has new look and feel. Functionality should
         be mostly the same, but you'll note that some controls are
         available in two versions (e.g., a vertical and horizontal
         scrollbar).

  (IDE)  Toolbar: may be switched between vertical and horizontal by
         option-clicking the close box.

  (IDE)  Toolbar: mouse-over and mouse-down colors are now taken from
         the Appearance Manager settings (the "Variation" color);
         requires Appearance Manager 1.1 or later.

  (IDE)  Viewers: Array viewers now have a Pop-up for viewing specific
         object properties either side by side or as the whole element.

  (IDE)  Window Editor: Edit field background and foreground colors now
         display properly in the IDE.

  (IDE)  Window Editor: Edit field with the password property set
         displays bullets instead of the text in the IDE.

  (IDE)  XML Export/Import: lengthy XML conversions show watch cursor.

  (IDE)  XML Export: projects can now be exported to the new XML format
         by using the "Save As" command, then choosing "XML" from the
         Format pop-up menu. When you choose XML format, you are really
         doing an export, not a save; the project stays associated with
         its original file location. Finally, note that you may need to
         increase the memory allotted to REALbasic when using XML
         export.

  (IDE)  XML Export: strings containing ASCII values less than 32 are
         now represented with a special "<Hex>" tag, enclosing the
         hexadecimal encoding of the entire string.

  (IDE)  XML Import: projects can now be imported from XML via the
         normal "Open" file dialog. All text files will now show up in
         the Open dialog, but only those which contain proper XML data
         can actually be read. If the read is successful, a new project
         called "SomeXMLFile (Converted)" will be created, where
         "SomeXMLFile" was the name of the XML file. Finally, note that
         you may need to increase the memory alloted to REALbasic when
         using XML import.  The AppleScript syntax is the same as for
         opening any other file ('tell application "REALbasic" to open
         someFile').

  (Mac)  AutoDeactivate: this new Boolean control property, true by
         default, allows you to control whether a control should be
         deactivated (on Mac OS) when the window is deactivated.

  (Mac)  Balloon Help: when one help message (enabled or disabled) is
         not available, the other is shown instead.  This makes common
         work arounds (putting the same text in both help messages, or
         putting something in the enabled help even for controls which
         are always disabled) unnecessary (though they will still work).

  (Mac)  Edit field: Multi-Line edit fields have improved performance
         when setting the text property.

  (Mac)  Folder Properties: when a FolderItem now refers to an actual
         folder (rather than a file), the "MacType" property now returns
         "fold" and the "MacCreator" value is "MACS" (instead of empty
         strings). In addition, the "Type" property will now return a
         matching file type, if you have one defined.

  (OSX)  Plug-in support: REALRegisterEventFilter now works for Carbon.
         Note that this has not yet been thoroughly tested; please try
         it and let us know if it works for you (3b2).

  (OSX)  Project window: close button displays a dot when the project
         has changed. Note: this feature is not present in the Public
         Beta of Mac OS X (nor in previous versions of the Mac OS).

  (OSX)  QuitMenuItem: when running under Mac OS X, a menu item of class
         QuitMenuItem will be mapped to the special quit command in the
         application menu. You can still set, get, and change the text
         of this item, but other changes (such as the command key
         shortcut) have no effect. Under Classic Mac OS or or Win32,
         your QuitMenuItem stays put and behaves as it always has.

  (OSX)  Shell class: used to execute UNIX shell commands and get the
         results. It has a single method called "Execute" which executes
         a one-line UNIX command. This causes two properties on the
         Shell object to change: ErrorCode, which is a system-supplied
         error code or 0 for no error; and Result, which is a string
         containing the output of the command.

  (Win)  Accelerator Keys: PushButtons, BevelButtons, Checkboxes,
         RadioButtons, and Tab Panels now support accelerator keys.
         Accelerator keys (or short cut keys) are underlined under
         Windows. To register a key as an accelerator key, preceed the
         key with an ampersand, i.e. the caption "Go &Home" for a
         PushButton registers the 'H' key as an accelerator key.
         Pressing ALT+H on Windows will trigger the Action event of the
         PushButton.

  (Win)  Screen and ScreenCount: Now support multiple monitor Win32
         systems. Multiple monitors is only available on systems that
         are Win98/Win2k or newer.

  (Win)  Shell class: execute DOS shell commands and get the results. It
         has a single method called "Execute" which executes a one-line
         DOS command. This causes two properties on the Shell object to
         change: ErrorCode, which is a system-supplied error code or 0
         for no error; and Result, which is a string containing the
         output of the command. A "TimeOut" property was added, which is
         an integer data type that specifies how long (in milliseconds)
         a process can run before it is automatically terminated. A
         value of -1 means the process can run indefinitely. This
         property, currently, only applies to Windows (not needed on Mac
         OS X). The default value for "TimeOut" is 2000, or 2 seconds.

  (Win)  Sliders: now appear as sliders in Win32 and not as scroll bars.

  (Win)  Tool tips: Windows controls now support tool tips. Assign some
         text to the HelpTag property of a control, and leave your mouse
         pointer over a control to display it.


This release contains the following improvements to previously existing
features:
  (All)  List box: Reduced flicker for list boxes when using horizontal
         scrolling.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: flicker seen when adding code to a new method
         while in "Hide Empty Items" mode has been reduced.

  (IDE)  Errors: REALbasic now reports a better error message when
         builds fail as a result of passing floating point values by
         ref.

  (IDE)  Properties window: improved look under Mac OS X (Aqua).

  (Mac)  Listbox: improved look under Mac OS X (Aqua).

  (Mac)  Plug-in support: REALRegisterEventFilter now allows you to
         receive event types which do not go through our usual queue,
         such as updateEvt, osEvt, and others which we may ignore. Two
         caveats: first, these may appear out of order relative to
         events which go through our queue; second, some events (like
         mouseUp) appear only under certain circumstances (since they
         may be filtered directly by the Event Manager).


This release contains the following optimizations for improved
performance:
  (All)  InStr: now about 30% faster.

  (All)  InStrB: now about 25% faster for small searches; large searches
         scale substantially better since a different algorithm is used.

  (All)  NthField: now about 50% faster.

  (All)  Object destruction: linked objects destruction algorithm
         substantially improved; it is now both safer and faster.
         Previously, releasing the head of a long chain of objects could
         result in a crash (stack overflow). This is no longer possible;
         any chain of objects which fit into memory in the first place
         can be safely deallocated.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: typing in very long methods now considerably more
         responsive (only recalculates the vertical scrollbar when the
         number of source code lines has actually changed).

  (IDE)  Properties Window: fills values in more quickly (most apparent
         on slower machines).

  (Mac)  CPU Usage: REALbasic and REALbasic-built applications no longer
         appear to consume most of the CPU cycles even when idle; they
         now "sleep" up to 1/3 second in between events. This applies
         even when there are active timers, but does NOT apply when
         there are active threads (threads use CPU cycles as always).


Here are some tips for getting the most out of this new release:
  (All)  Listbox: If you want miniature scrollbars or scrollbars that
         leave room for status bars or buttons just set
         ScrollBarVertical to false and ScrollBarHorizontal to false and
         add your own scrollbars and tie their value properties to
         ScrollPosition and ScrollPositionX respectively.

  (Car)  Control.BalloonHelp: if you provide both a HelpTag and a
         BalloonHelp (or DisabledBalloonHelp) value for a control, users
         under Carbon or OS X will be able to switch from the short help
         tag to the longer balloon help by pressing the command key.

  (IDE)  Project items: Finding External Files -- In the very rare event
         that REALbasic guesses the incorrect external file for your
         sound, picture etc. just control click on the item and choose
         Relocate. You will then be able to correct REALbasic's
         incorrect assumption.

  (IDE)  Workflow: quickly create, name, and edit a new class by using
         the New Class command, hit Tab, type the class name, press
         return to accept, and press return again to open the code
         editor. Works for modules and interfaces too.


Here are some notes to keep in mind while using this release:
  (All)  Sprite surface: may need more RAM now due to higher bit depth.
         Rough estimate of the RAM needed for the surface, not counting
         sprites, is: (depth/8) * width * height + (depth/8) *
         (width+128) * (height+128)

  (IDE)  Sprite surface: new features not available in older versions.
         Using the new Sprite surface features will result in compiler
         errors if you attempt to compile the project with an earlier
         version of the IDE.


This release contains the following changes to behavior:
  (All)  Drag and Drop: dropping now supported by most controls.

  (All)  Edit Field: cursor and scroll position now moved to the top of
         the edit field rather than the bottom when a value is assigned
         to EditField.text.

  (All)  Language: obsolete keywords "of", "var", and "#bad" removed."

  (All)  List box: Adding a row in a listbox now commits any edits
         before the add. This was done to be consistent with the
         InsertRow and RemoveRow bug fixes.

  (All)  List box: Column widths are now always what the user specifies
         (i.e. the last column doesn't grow to size of the rest of the
         list box. Absent of any column specifications the headers will
         be divided evenly. If there are less column widths specified
         than the total number of columns the remaining columns will be
         sized the same as the last specified column. Header End caps
         are now added for any additional unused space if headers are
         used. Header end caps will do nothing when clicked.

  (All)  Pop-up Menu: ListIndex is now 0 by default.

  (All)  Sprite surface: "ClickToClose" changed to "ClickToStop". The
         old "ClickToClose" property is still available for use in code,
         but it's deprecated (so use ClickToStop instead).

  (All)  Timers: periods of less than or equal to 0 now default to a
         period of 1 millisecond.

  (IDE)  Auto Restore: Now remembers the name of your old project. The
         name of the project after a restore will be "MyProject
         (Restore)" if your project was named "MyProject"."

  (IDE)  Auto Restore: The backup file is now stored in the new file
         format. This allows REALbasic to more fully restore your
         settings to a pre-crash state.

  (IDE)  Autocomplete pop-up: choices now appear in alphabetical order.

  (IDE)  Balloon Help: About REALbasic... menu item is now available.

  (IDE)  Build dialog and Editor Settings dialog have been adjusted
         slightly to look better under both Aqua and Platinum.

  (IDE)  Build Dialog: Compress checkbox no longer enabled for Carbon
         builds.

  (IDE)  Build Dialog: Now is much more interactive. Options are enabled
         and disabled based on selected checkboxes.

  (IDE)  Carbon Builds: an additional 512k of memory is added to Carbon
         built applications.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Add/Remove Comments behavior improved (it's now
         reversible, existing comments are retained and persist, and it
         leaves the affected lines selected).

  (IDE)  Code editor: default width increased by 144 pixels.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: double-click-and-drag behavior now matches Mac OS
         standard.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Hide Empty Methods mode has changed slightly; you
         may now delete the contents of a method or event handler
         without losing access to it in the source pane.

  (IDE)  Code editor: Navigation Buttons -- constants no longer hidden
         by Hide Empty Methods button.

  (IDE)  Code editor: scrolls all the way to the left when the cursor is
         placed on the first character of a line.

  (IDE)  Database Editor: dialogs used for editing database schema has
         been changed for clarity and ease of use. Functionality remains
         the same and depends on the capabilities of the database type.

  (IDE)  Database plug-ins are now external rather than internal. The
         database plug-ins are: CSV Database Plug-in, OpenBase Database
         Plug-in, PostgreSQL, DBF Database Plug-in, OracleOCI 7.1
         Plug-in, ODBC Database Plug-in, dtfSQL Database Plug-in,
         Assorted 4D Plug-ins (6.0, 6.5, and 6.7 in ADSP and TCP/IP
         flavors)

  (IDE)  Default Window Position: adjusted so it doesn't overlap the
         toolbar in the toolbar's default position. (Note: this only
         affects new projects, and only as seen in the IDE.)

  (IDE)  Dialogs for editing properties, methods, and events are now
         movable Modal.

  (IDE)  Icons: updated for more modern appearance.

  (IDE)  IDE Memory Allocation: increased from 5500K to 8192K (but
         minimum allocation remains 4500K).

  (IDE)  Language Reference: Window retitled "Language Reference"

  (IDE)  License Agreement Dialog readied for localization.

  (IDE)  List box: horizontal scrollbar now uses 16 for the linestep
         value, as the finder does.

  (IDE)  List box: properties window -- all scrolling properties are
         grouped together.

  (IDE)  List box: The default header now is set to the column number
         only -- instead of "Field1" it's "0""

  (IDE)  List box: You must use a space if you want an empty header,
         empty strings will use the default header: ListBox1.heading(-1)
         = "" sets all headers of listbox1 to their defaults.;
         ListBox1.heading(5) = "" sets column 5's heading to its default
         heading; listbox1.heading(5) = " " sets column 5's heading to
         empty.

  (IDE)  Menu item: "Editor Settings" has been renamed "Preferences".

  (IDE)  Menu Item: Cut And Append's keyboard shortcut has been
         re-assigned to Shift-Cmd-X to more closely pair with "Copy and
         Append's new keyboard shortcut."

  (IDE)  Menu Shortcut: The Build Application menu shortcut has been
         changed from Cmd-M to Cmd-Shift-M to accomodate Mac OS X. Mac
         OS X defines Cmd-M as minimize.

  (IDE)  Menu: "Reference" re-labeled "Language Reference"

  (IDE)  Menus: Adding a method, constant, property or event is no
         longer prohibited during a debug session. REALbasic used to
         have this capability before Jun 30 2000.

  (IDE)  Menus: Show Locals menu renamed to Show Variables (and similar
         for "Hide Locals").

  (IDE)  Menus: Show/Hide Variables and Show/Hide Stack menu items are
         now in the Window menu

  (IDE)  Movie player: displays a lighter blue background color to match
         the "no signal" color on new TV's and the displays the Movie
         player icon from the tool bar.

  (IDE)  Movie Player: new toolbar icon at its center instead of the old
         one.

  (IDE)  Navigation Buttons: Hide Empty Methods button no longer hides
         properties.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: after a search, if there is an exact topic
         match, that topic selected first (rather than whatever topic
         happens to be at the top of the search results).

  (IDE)  Online Reference: now does "Search" by default instead of "Go"
         (default mode can be changed from "Search" to "Go" via a new
         Preferences option).

  (IDE)  Online Reference: Pressing the Go button after a successful
         search for an item that is not in the search list will display
         the item in the themes list.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: topic is highlighted in the topics list on
         the left side of the window whenever a topic is changed,
         whether by clicking a hyperlink or typing it in the new topic
         field.

  (IDE)  Pop-up menu: InitialValue, and ListIndex property in the Window
         Editor now accurately reflected. For example if you have "Zero,
         One, Two, Three" as Initial Values and 2 as the ListIndex of a
         selected Pop-up, the Pop-up will display the word "Two" in the
         IDE window editor.

  (IDE)  Preferences: Layout changed slightly to accomodate string
         change "Online Help" -> "Language Reference"

  (IDE)  Preferences: REALbasic now loads and saves its preferences in
         the file "REALbasic3 Prefs". REALbasic will read your old prefs
         the first time it is run, so that you don't have to re-specify
         all your preferences.

  (IDE)  Project file format: REALbasic 3 has an all new file format.
         For alpha releases you can choose whether to use the new format
         or the version 2.1.2 format:; New projects have the new
         ("Standard Project") format by default, you can choose whether
         to use that or the 2.1.2 format when you save.; Use the "Save
         As" command, to choose between Standard Project format and the
         older one.; Projects are saved in the same format in which they
         are opened.

  (IDE)  Project Window: list is now drawn in 10-point Geneva, and items
         which are stored external to the project file are labelled in
         italics.

  (IDE)  Project Window: when you create a new class, module, or
         interface, the item is simply selected in the project window
         rather than opening the Code Editor immediately.

  (IDE)  Properties Window: cosmetic improvements, including a better
         look under Aqua.

  (IDE)  PushButton: now 69 pixels by default, per the Aqua standard
         (looks OK on Classic/Win32 too).

  (IDE)  Registration: Now gives explicit feedback when you register as
         a pro customer. REALbasic already gave feedback in other cases.

  (IDE)  Shared Libraries: icon now have a more appropriate appearance
         in the Project window.

  (IDE)  Toolbar: flip between horizontal and vertical toolbars by
         clicking the zoom box, rather than by option-clicking the close
         box.

  (IDE)  Various Dialogs: adjusted to have a more proper appearance
         under Aqua (Mac OS X).

  (IDE)  Viewers: window titles for Object viewers and Array viewers are
         now more consistent with REALbasic syntax.

  (IDE)  Window Editor: Alignment guides are now darker (and so easier
         to see under OS X).

  (IDE)  Window Editor: selection handles are now drawn even when
         multiple controls are selected (for improved visibility).

  (IDE)  Windows: new windows are document windows by default instead of
         a modal ones, with the name Window# instead of Dialog#.

  (IDE)  XML Export: XML files now have a creator code of REALbasic
         rather than BBEdit.

  (Mac)  CompressPPC: this option has been removed per Apple's request.

  (Mac)  Menu Text: ampersand symbols will display only if they are
         preceded by another ampersand symbol. This is to make the
         Windows and Mac platforms behave consistently. Note: old
         projects with single ampersands will have to be updated.

  (Mac)  PushButtons, BevelButtons, Checkboxes, RadioButtons, Tab Panels
         and Groupboxes: The caption of these controls that contain
         ampersand symbols will display only if they are preceded by
         another ampersand symbol. This is to make the Windows and Mac
         platforms behave consistently. Note: old projects with single
         ampersands will have to be updated.

  (OSX)  Menu item: "Editor Settings" (now "Preferences") appears in the
         Application menu on Mac OS X.

  (Win)  ApplicationSupportFolder: now returns the Windows directory
         folder.

  (Win)  Control Activation: controls no longer deactivate when a window
         is deactivated in Win32, per normal Win32 application behavior.

  (Win)  Edit Field: point size was reduced slightly to match the point
         size of other controls. This fixes the bug when editing a cell
         in a list box, the edit field text does not completely fit
         inside the cell, consequently some of the text was not visible.

  (Win)  Edit fields: background color is grayed out when the edit field
         is disabled, (unless you've modified the Back color). With
         unstyled Edit fields, the text is also grayed out.

  (Win)  MsgBox: icon more consistent with the Mac MsgBox.

  (Win)  Windows: fixed problem with windows disappearing behind the
         main window. Reverted to the previous behavior as this fix
         broke other things.


The following bugs were fixed in this release:
  (68k)  List box: Scroll bars now appear in 68k applications if their
         properties are turned on in the IDE.

  (All)  Bevel Button: Fixed a bug which caused rare crashes when
         destroying a bevel button containing an icon. (Could possibly
         apply in other circumstances, too.)

  (All)  Bevel Buttons: Enabled setting in the IDE now reflected by the
         running application. There was a bug which caused these to
         always begin enabled when run.

  (All)  Binding: Memory leak fixed.

  (All)  Command Keys: now pass through to the KeyDown event handler(s)
         if they don't match any enabled menu item.

  (All)  Compiler: oversized integer literals (greater than 2147483647
         or less than -2147483647) are now parsed as doubles, even
         without a decimal point. Previously, oversized integer literals
         were interpreted as a completely different number (due to
         high-byte truncation).

  (All)  Database:  PostgreSQL connectivity -- now accessible both from
         classic Mac OS and Win32.

  (All)  Database: closing a database occasionally crashed -- fixed.

  (All)  Database: PostgreSQL Field Schema -- previously only worked if
         the table name was given in lower case; now works in a
         case-insensitive manner.

  (All)  Database: PostgreSQL Field schema: char(n) fields (fixed-length
         character fields) length is now reported as n (the declared
         field length) instead of -1.

  (All)  Database: PostgreSQL Field schema: IsPrimary column returns as
         a Boolean value ("false") rather than an integer ("0"). Note
         that IsPrimary is always false for PostgreSQL databases.

  (All)  Database: PostgreSQL Field schema: reports 35 different data
         types (compared to previous 8).

  (All)  DatabaseCursorField.DateValue: assignments to this property
         store the time as well as the date, as with DatabaseRecords.
         When getting a value, the resulting Date object may now contain
         a time as well as a date. For fields of type "Date", the time
         will be 00:00:00 (midnight); and for fields of type "Time", the
         date will be January 1, 0001. Fields of type "TimeStamp"
         contain valid data for both the date and time (and this is now
         supported).

  (All)  DatabaseRecord.DateColumn: assignments to this property now
         store the time as well as the date, to support the SQL
         "TimeStamp" and "Time" field types (as well as "Date"). Note
         that if the date part is January 1, 0001, then this is converts
         to SQL as just a time ("18:54:00"), whereas if the date is
         anything else, it converts to SQL in full form ("2000-5-30
         18:54:00").

  (All)  Dynamic Controls: Memory leak  fixed both within the IDE and in
         built applications.

  (All)  FolderItem.Type: now reports the correct type even when a
         wildcard type ("????") is among the file types defined in the
         project settings.

  (All)  List box: alignment -- left hand margin of the list box no
         longer overwritten when the alignment isn't left and the data
         is too long to fit.

  (All)  List box: clicks in the disabled scroll bar of a list box no
         longer fall through to select a row.

  (All)  List box: Deleting a row in a list box now commits any edits
         before the remove occurs. This prevents the editable cell from
         clobbering the contents of the wrong cell.

  (All)  List box: Deleting rows in a list box with horizontal
         scrollbars no longer produces screen trash in the bottom of the
         listbox.

  (All)  List box: Editable cells in listboxes now resize immediately
         when listboxes are resized, moved scrolled, or scrollbars are
         added or removed.

  (All)  List box: editable cells no longer overwrite their boundaries

  (All)  List box: Inserting a row in a list box now commits any edits
         before the insert. This prevents the editable cell from
         clobbering the contents of the wrong cell.

  (All)  List box: No longer scrolls 1 pixel horizontally in cases where
         it shouldn't scroll at all.

  (All)  List box: Resorting a list box now commits any edits before the
         resort. This prevents the editable cell from clobbering the
         contents of the wrong cell.

  (All)  List box: Right, Center, and Decimal aligned cells of listboxes
         now truncate their text based on cell size (left aligned was
         working previously) Decimal aligned text truncates by dropping
         digits after the decimal, and by adding "..." when dropping
         digits before the decimal place.

  (All)  Listbox: Fixed a problem that allowed you to add a horizontal
         or vertical scrollbar more than once. Now any attempt to do so
         will be ignored.

  (All)  Pop-up menu: RowTags memory leak fixed.

  (All)  Pop-up menus: RowTag method no longer crashes when given an
         invalid row number.

  (All)  PostgreSQL dates: field types Date, Time, and TimeStamp are now
         properly supported; use the DateColumn and DateValue accessors
         for a date representation of this data, or use StringValue to
         get a human-readable date and/or time.

  (All)  ReplaceAll: now correctly returns the sourceString when the
         oldString is "".

  (All)  SpriteSurface: fixed bug which caused a crash if the
         SpriteSurface had code in its Collision event, but no sprites
         in the surface had a nonzero Group.

  (All)  Stability: a type of crash caused by destructor recursion has
         been fixed.

  (All)  Stability: fixed a bug which caused occasional crashes when a
         plug-in control (e.g. a BevelButton) closed its own window.

  (All)  Tab Panels: Text properties can now be set without causing a
         compile-time error: TextFont, TextSize, Bold, Italic, and
         Underline.

  (All)  Timer: timer reliability improved; timers can no longer get
         stuck when the system tick count wraps around.

  (All)  Window activation: the REALbasic event "deactivate" occurs
         before the automatic control deactivation process introduced in
         a6 so that the old work around of storing the enabled state of
         controls in the Deactivate event still works.

  (All)  Window.DrawInto: now works correctly for all control types,
         with the following exceptions: Movie player: does not draw
         (draws a frame with a large X" instead).; Sprite surface: when
         drawn into another window, the position is wrong and in fact
         relates to the position of its original window; still works
         when printed, however.

  (Car)  BevelButton, Disclosure Triangle, and several other controls:
         fixed bug which caused these to crash in Carbon applications
         under MacOS 8/9 since 3.0a08 or so.

  (Car)  Command-Period: command-period now works in Carbon applications
         or in the Carbon IDE.

  (Car)  Compiling: basic.cpp Assertion failure while building Carbon
         applications no longer occurs.

  (Car)  FolderItem: a number of methods (e.g. Launch) which previously
         did nothing under Carbon have now been implemented.

  (Car)  IDE: Contextual Menus now work under Carbon.

  (Car)  List box: checkboxes within a list box no longer get stuck in
         the checked state in Carbon.

  (Car)  Menus: Apple Menu Items no longer appear twice in the Apple
         Menu within the Carbon IDE, and built applications.

  (Car)  Project resources: resources can now be added to a project in
         the Carbon IDE, and used as normal in Carbon builds.

  (Car)  Project window: Relocate contextual menu command -- now works
         correctly with resources, scripts, and XCMDs.

  (Car)  Runtime Printing: now works in the Carbon IDE and Carbon
         builds. Note: the SetupString property of the PrinterSetup
         class has changed format for Carbon. This format is internal
         and undocumented; don't count on it having any particular
         structure.

  (Car)  Source Printing: now works in the Carbon version of the IDE.

  (Car)  TargetCarbon: the Carbon version of REALbasic now compiles as
         Carbon when running in the IDE; you can verify this by checking
         the TargetCarbon built-in constant.

  (Car)  Threads: now work in the Carbon version of the IDE (as well as
         built applications).

  (Car)  Window Editor: Pushbuttons, GroupBoxes, RadioButtons, and
         CheckBoxes are no longer invisible if placed after a Listbox in
         the stacking order.

  (Car)  Window MaxWidth/MaxHeight: fixed bug which allowed the window
         to be stretched one pixel larger than the specified limits.

  (Car)  Windows now highlight when they should.

  (IDE)  "Save As" dialog once again remembers previous project name.

  (IDE)  AppleEvents: 'quit' AppleEvent sent to an application while it
         is running in the IDE now quits the application instead of
         crashing REALbasic.

  (IDE)  Array Viewer: Fixed a failed assertion that occurred when
         arrays weren't yet dimensioned.

  (IDE)  Array Viewer: Global Arrays of objects are now viewable and no
         longer cause a crash.

  (IDE)  ArrayViewer: Colors in Array viewers are no longer 2 times
         intended height.

  (IDE)  AutoRestore: now save its file in the preferences folder rather
         than the temp folder. Mac OS 9.1 purges the "Temporary Items
         Folder" at startup, making this a bad place to put this file.
         This change also improves the Multiple-User support since each
         user will have a copy their last AutoRestore project and not
         the last one used on the system.

  (IDE)  Balloon Help: balloons no longer flicker every time the mouse
         moves while running applications in the IDE.

  (IDE)  Build Errors: error messages are now more accurate when a build
         fails due to a plug-in that doesn't support the target
         platform, or a disk-related error.

  (IDE)  Build progress dialog: now correctly lists name of Carbon
         application being built.

  (IDE)  Build Settings: "68k" checkbox value is now saved (both in
         version 2.1 and in standard project files).

  (IDE)  Build Settings: "Language" pop-up value is now saved in
         standard(v3) project files.

  (IDE)  Code editor -- Hide Empty button fixed bug which caused this to
         hide events of controls, even when those events contained code.

  (IDE)  Code Editor:  command-key presses no longer fall through to the
         code editor when a running application is suspended in the
         debugger.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion -- Ellipsis character used to show
         partial autocompletion is now international-savvy.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion  no longer gets confused and
         crashes when you have a folder in your project with the same
         name as a class.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion -- no longer suggests "As" before
         the variable name.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion -- now recognizes parameters in
         functions as well as in subroutines.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion clears and recalculates any pending
         autocompletion whenever the cursor is moved (even if moved with
         the mouse).

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion no longer gets confused in certain
         cases involving array properties.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion now knows about the InStrB and MidB
         functions.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion now knows what to do with variables
         whose type is a plug-in control.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion now understands user-defined
         functions better.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion pop-up -- control arrays now appear
         only once, rather than once for each instance.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion pop-up menu now cancels cleanly
         when you press Delete, Esc, etc.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Autocompletion pop-up no longer causes occasional
         crashes when it's cancelled.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: copy-clicking an array property in the browser now
         inserts just the property name, without including its array
         size.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: copy-clicking an item in the browser now replaces
         selected text in the editor, rather than prepending the clicked
         item to the selected text.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Copy-clicking no longer crashes when no source was
         selected.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Double-clicking past the end of the last line no
         longer causes an assertion failure

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Double-clicking to select a word now works even
         when clicking the first character on a line.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Drag-selection scrolls correctly in all
         directions.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: fixed a crash which could occur when invoking the
         code editor with option-tab and then copy-clicking a word in
         the browser pane.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: long lines (longer than 255 characters) now scroll
         all the way to the right.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: memory leak every time you closed a code editor is
         now fixed.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Navigation Buttons no longer cause a crash when
         revisiting a deleted method. Now, when a method or handler is
         deleted, it is removed from the navigation history.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Overloaded methods no longer confuse the IDE,
         causing it to jump to the wrong one as soon as you start
         typing.

  (IDE)  Code editor: replacing content of a method or event handler
         while Hide Empty mode was turned on no longer crashes.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: shift-click-and-drag to extend text selection now
         works better.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: shift-click-drag behavior refined further.

  (IDE)  Code Editor: Undo no longer causes bad indentation.

  (IDE)  Color Palette: reset when you create a new project.

  (IDE)  Constants: icon shown in browser now reflects the actual data
         type of the constant.

  (IDE)  Custom Classes: derived from serial controls, timer controls
         and possibly others will now not only contain the custom
         properties the user has added but also the other properties
         common to the serial or timer control.

  (IDE)  Custom Classes: Icon in the Window editor derived from parent
         class when subclassing instead of using the generic appearance.

  (IDE)  Debugger: ArrayViewer: Fixed a crash when ArrayViewer closes
         while still having the focus.

  (IDE)  Debugger: fixed crash which could occur when a debug session
         must be shut down due to a change in a source code line while
         running in the IDE.

  (IDE)  Debugger: Non-local arrays are now viewable while debugging
         (click view in their parent object viewer)

  (IDE)  Debugger: Singles are now displayed properly in the object
         viewer.

  (IDE)  Dialogs: fixed button captions in several dialogs where
         "Add..." had inadvertently been changed to "Create", and
         "Edit..." to "Modify".

  (IDE)  Edit Menu: last few menu items had incorrect balloon help; now
         fixed.

  (IDE)  Error handling: crash which occurred when a close event handler
         called MsgBox, while an application was being terminated due to
         an unhandled exception, now fixed.

  (IDE)  File dialogs: fixed bug which caused the dialog asking if you
         want to save the previously open project to appear twice when
         using the "Open" menu command.

  (IDE)  File Format: database project items no longer lose their
         settings when saved in the new file format.

  (IDE)  File Format: fixed a bug which caused the IDE to freeze when
         saving a string property larger than 32K.

  (IDE)  File Format: fixed a bug which caused the IDE to hang while
         reading a new (v3) format file containing a CFM plugin.

  (IDE)  File Reading: project files with a bogus default window
         (corrupted) are now handled more gracefully.

  (IDE)  File Reading: projects with corruption that was causing some
         modules or classes to be inaccessible can now be read because
         additional error checking allows REALbasic to recover projects.

  (IDE)  Help Key: no longer triggers a "command-1" shortcut in running
         applications.

  (IDE)  Input Manager support: fixed a bug which sometimes required you
         to press the Delete key twice to delete a control in the IDE
         while using the Input Manager (in Japanese, for example).

  (IDE)  Language Reference: button no longer toggles between "Go" and
         "Search" when the reference window is deactivated (i.e. in the
         background).

  (IDE)  List box: ColumnCount and ColumnWidth now immediately update
         the appearance  of the control in the window editor to reflect
         user settings of  in the properties window.

  (IDE)  List box: contents no longer appear bottom justified when the
         number of items was less than the total visible.

  (IDE)  List box: headers taken into account when calculating the
         vertical scrollbar

  (IDE)  List box: headings no longer show in the Window editor when
         hasHeading is set to false and the initial value is changed.

  (IDE)  List box: resizing a list box adjusts its scrollbars.

  (IDE)  Locked Project: overwriting a locked project file is no longer
         allowed.

  (IDE)  Memory leak: Edit fields no longer leak four menu items per
         run.

  (IDE)  Memory leak: Fixed two usually-minor memory leaks (one
         unhandled exception, one application object) while running
         applications repeatedly in the IDE.

  (IDE)  Memory leak: project item (such as a picture) memory is now
         released when it is deleted from the project, or when the
         project is closed.

  (IDE)  Memory usage: leaked objects (usually caused by circular
         references in user-written code) memory usage now cleaned up
         when the next run begins.

  (IDE)  Menu Item: Copy And Append's keyboard shortcut has been
         re-assigned to Shift-Cmd-C to avoid a conflicts with the "New
         Constant" which also used Option-Cmd-C."

  (IDE)  Menus: Fixed a problem where selecting a window in the window
         menu would activate a different window or do nothing at all.

  (IDE)  Menus: Relocating items when a project is loaded now enables
         the "Save" menu item.

  (IDE)  Menus: The stack menu no longer appears in the bottom of the
         window list during debugging You can still get to it through
         the window menu, just use Hide/Show Stack

  (IDE)  New File Format: now correctly stores a default window setting
         of <none>.

  (IDE)  New File Format: now correctly stores the interfaces of a
         class.

  (IDE)  Object viewer and Array Viewer: hyperlink "View" hotspots in
         Object viewers and Array viewers now shift appropriately when
         the window is resized. Previously one would have to click to
         the right of the word when the window was diminished from its
         original size.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: clicks in the scroll bar no longer "fall
         through" to a code box behind the scroll bar.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: fixed a problem which caused the reference to
         jump to the wrong topic,  showing instead the previous or next
         topic alphabetically.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: paging with the scroll bar now scrolls the
         content area by the right amount.

  (IDE)  Online Reference: Pressing the Go button after a search has
         failed will no longer display "search failed" in the left
         column but instead jump to the appropriate spot in the list of
         themes.

  (IDE)  Plugin API -- REALinRuntime: fixed a bug which caused this to
         sometimes incorrectly return true for a control in an IDE view
         editor window.

  (IDE)  Plug-in Support: changed management of the resource chain such
         that plugins are more likely to be able to access their
         resource fork without explicitly asking for it. Plugin
         developers should not rely on this, however; follow the new
         guidelines in the plug-ins SDK.

  (IDE)  Plug-ins: "Close" method of a Plug-in control is now called
         before the instance data is released, rather than after."

  (IDE)  Plug-ins: Floating-point properties of plug-in controls now
         display correctly in the Properties window.

  (IDE)  Project item import: imported classes and windows in v3 format
         no longer lose their references to other classes (for example,
         the Super of a control would be lost).

  (IDE)  Project Settings: changes to project settings now cause the
         Save command to be enabled.

  (IDE)  Project window -- Locating Items when re-locating an external
         item in the project, the dialog now uses Navigation Services
         (when available).

  (IDE)  Project Window: importing a window or class no longer causes
         the project's default window to change to "none".

  (IDE)  Project Window: Moving items from one folder to another in the
         project window can now be undone (Cmd-Z) and redone.

  (IDE)  Project window: Pictures -- when re-locating a picture file in
         the project, the dialog now allows selection of any file type
         (since it may be anything supported by QuickTime).

  (IDE)  Project Window: Relocating a project item now marks the project
         as needing to be saved. The "Save" menu-item will be enabled in
         this case and REALbasic will prompt you to save the project
         before quitting.

  (IDE)  PropertiesWindow: Property Panes can no longer be shorter than
         the space they need.  e.g. if  you take a editfield and type in
         some text, and then change the textSize Property to a value of
         4 the Property Pane won't shrink to that size since its caption
         and the widget at the end won't fit.

  (IDE)  PropertiesWindow: The "Edit" button has been made slightly
         smaller so that it doesn't butt up  against the edge of the
         scrollbar.

  (IDE)  Registration Reminder:  "Quit" button now uses the same string
         as the IDE's Quit Menu item to allow for easier Localization.

  (IDE)  Registration: A more helpful message is displayed in the
         Previous Serial Number field if an old copy is already
         installed.

  (IDE)  Registration: fixed a problem which caused some REALbasic 2
         serial numbers to be considered invalid as a base for upgrading
         to REALbasic 3.

  (IDE)  Save Changes Dialog: Made Save changes dialog a moveable modal,
         so users can't display the dialog multiple times.

  (IDE)  Save/Create File dialogs now have more accurate & informative
         prompts.

  (IDE)  SaveAs dialog: re-adjusted the non-NavServices Save As dialog
         for international users.

  (IDE)  Saving: errors when saving now present an error message rather
         than failing silently.

  (IDE)  Scriptable IDE: build event now waits for the build to complete
         before returning without causing REALbasic to quit before the
         build is finished.

  (IDE)  Scrollbars/Sliders: Now display properly when loaded from a
         file, and after the Max is resized to fit a value.

  (IDE)  Show Hidden Methods button: no longer crashes when used in a
         class with no controls.

  (IDE)  Stationery: opening a stationery pad, the IDE now properly
         calls the project "Untitled" and considers it unsaved, just as
         creating a fresh project with the New command does.

  (IDE)  Stationery: REALbasic is now stationery-aware, so when you
         double-click a stationery pad in the Finder, the Finder no
         longer makes a document copy of it before opening it in
         REALbasic.

  (IDE)  Tab panel: compiling no longer causes invalid, unusable Tab
         panels in the IDE after a build.

  (IDE)  Tool bar: plugins which register multiple controls now get the
         correct icons in the toolbar.

  (IDE)  Tool bar: stray highlighting caused by moving and clicking very
         quickly is now fixed.

  (IDE)  Toolbar: fixed a bug which could cause occasional crashes on
         some systems.

  (IDE)  Viewers: "string View" in the Object viewer and ArrayViewer now
         comes from a resource and so is international savvy.

  (IDE)  Viewers: Array viewers can now view arrays of objects.

  (IDE)  Viewers: Array viewers no longer crash when attempting to show
         2D and higher dimensional arrays.

  (IDE)  Viewers: Object viewers and Array viewers now respond to the
         appropriate menu item or their keyboard equivalents for Close
         and Zoom.

  (IDE)  Window editor: Alignment lines flicker less on slower machines.

  (IDE)  Window editor: Alignment lines no longer occasionally leave
         stray pixels behind.

  (IDE)  Window editor: custom classes in a window can now be duplicated
         (or copied and pasted)  without crashing.

  (IDE)  Window Editor: While typing in the caption or text property of
         a control and then changing another property the text of the
         control will no longer revert to its old state in the window
         editor. This change applies to Pushbuttons, Editfields,
         GroupBoxes, CheckBoxes, RadioButtons, and StaticTexts.

  (IDE)  XML Export: "<RBVersion>" tag has been replaced with an
         "<RBProject>" top-level tag that encloses the rest of the file,
         per the XML specification.

  (Mac)  Built Applications: applications using plug-ins which use
         sockets are now built correctly. Previously, the built
         application would not have the Open Transport code it needed
         unless the project also made use of the Socket class. This
         fixes, for example, using postgreSQL in stand-alone Mac
         applications.

  (Mac)  Command-Period: both the command-period sequence (to trigger
         UserCancelled in your REALbasic code) and Command-shift-period
         (to switch to the REALbasic debugger) now work on non-QWERTY
         keyboard layouts.

  (Mac)  Control activation: controls are now deactivated when the
         window is deactivated.  For most controls, this means they are
         drawn as if disabled.  Static texts are drawn in a color close
         to gray but retaining some of their original color.

  (Mac)  Control Activation: cosmetic errors occurring when the
         activation state of a control was changed, while it was
         deactivated, have now been fixed.

  (Mac)  Control enabling: controls which previously did not change
         their appearance to reflect the state of their "enabled"
         property, now do so. These include the progress bar, disclosure
         triangle, chasing arrows, separator, and image well.

  (Mac)  CPU Usage: in order to reduce sluggishness in places such as
         EditFields, we've reduced the maximum sleep time from 20 ticks
         to 5 ticks. This increases the CPU usage of your programs only
         slightly, but produces a much more responsive feel when typing.

  (Mac)  Date class: a work around for a MacOS system bug involving date
         records with day=0 has been added.  Operations such as "d.day =
         d.day-1" are now safe.

  (Mac)  Edit Field: single-line Edit Fields now use a line height
         consistent with that provided by system defaults, even after
         assigning new text or resetting the font. One benefit is that
         text in the Properties window no longer jumps up a pixel when
         you enter the field, as happened in recent alphas.

  (Mac)  EditField.ScrollPosition: assigning ScrollPosition of a
         multi-line Edit field without a scroll bar no longer crashes.

  (Mac)  EditField.TextFont and related properties: previously, the
         exact behavior of assignment to TextFont, SelTextFont,
         TextColor, SelTextColor, TextSize, and SelTextSize was
         undefined, and varied quite a bit between single-line and
         multi-line edit fields. The behavior has now been unified as
         much as possible, and is defined as follows (where "e" is an
         EditField): "e.text = X" replaces the entire contents of the
         field with X. The  font, size, and color are uniform and match
         the values last set with  e.textFont, e.textSize, and
         e.textColor, or if these haven't been  used, the settings in
         the IDE. (Note that using e.selTextFont etc. may  change the
         entire appearance of the text -- always true if the field  is
         not styled -- but does NOT change the "default" settings used
         when  the whole text is replaced with "e.text = X".);
         "e.textFont = X" in a styled or plain field changes the font of
         the  entire field to the given value. It also resets the
         "default" font,  size, and style which will be used if the
         whole text is  replaced.; "e.selTextFont = X" in an plain field
         changes the font of the entire  field to the given value.;
         "e.selTextFont = X" in a styled field changes the font of the
         selected  text to the given value.; Text size and color work
         just like the font. CAVEAT: font, size, and style are stored in
         a single structure internally, so changing any of them by
         assigning to either TextFont or TextSize will cause the current
         settings for font, size, and style to ALL be stored as the
         default. Text color is stored separately. But do not rely on
         this behavior; it's best to set the font, size, and color
         explicitly when you want to change them for the whole field.

  (Mac)  EditField: multi-line EditFields without scrollbars no longer
         scroll the text to the bottom of the visible field when you
         start typing.

  (Mac)  EditFields: fixed a bug introduced in 3.0b2 which caused the
         Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys to malfunction in
         multi-line EditFields.

  (Mac)  Fixed a memory leak which showed up, for example, in Picture
         masks.

  (Mac)  Global floating windows: color depths no longer really low.

  (Mac)  Global floating windows: once again work with MacOS versions
         older than 8.5, fixing a bug introduced in 3.0a5. NOTE: Global
         floating windows have under these older versions of MacOS have
         a very low color depth, due to the Mac OS itself.

  (Mac)  Graphics.StringWidth: now works correctly for strings longer
         than 255 characters.

  (Mac)  IDE: Online Reference now scrolls to the bottom.

  (Mac)  Listbox.ScrollPosition: assignment of scrollPosition when new
         value was beyond the number of rows at the last refresh no
         longer fails.

  (Mac)  MacOS 8.0/8.1: both built applications and the IDE run again on
         these versions of MacOS, thanks to the demise of a bug
         introduced in 3.0a04.

  (Mac)  Menu Command Keys: fixed problem with commands keys not
         interpreting constants in the IDE.

  (Mac)  OpenPrinter: Bug (introduced in 3.0a09) which caused this
         function to crash or produce immortal print progress dialogs
         has now been fixed.

  (Mac)  ParseDate method: d.totalseconds = d.totalseconds no longer
         required to force the parsed date to update its properties.

  (Mac)  Pop-up menu: memory leak fixed.

  (Mac)  SelectFolder: Navigation Services dialog is now movable modal,
         and allows background windows to refresh.

  (Mac)  Sliders and Scroll bars: Setting the PageStep property of for a
         scroll bar in code will now re-adjust the proportional scroll
         bar accordingly.

  (Mac)  Sliders: Vertically Oriented Sliders now behave correctly when
         the user clicks in the track above and below the slider.

  (Mac)  Socket.Lookahead: now works without crashing in built
         applications (as well as in the IDE).

  (Mac)  Sound class: looping sounds memory leak fixed.

  (Mac)  Sounds: fixed a bug which caused sounds to sometimes play
         incorrectly (play the wrong sound, or a horrible screeching
         noise).

  (Mac)  Sprite surface: collision detection on the pixel level now
         works on Mac OS.

  (Mac)  Sprite surface: sprites created from cicn resources no longer
         cause crash.

  (Mac)  Timers: fixed a bug which caused timers with a period in the
         17-50 ms range to fire too slowly on certain systems. (That bug
         was introduced in 3.0b2.)

  (OSX)  Built applications: now correctly detect when they are running
         under Aqua, and adjust their appearance accordingly.

  (OSX)  Date objects are now initialized to current date under OS X.

  (OSX)  Dates: TotalSeconds property now can now be set under Carbon.

  (OSX)  Focus rings now erase properly when a control loses the focus.

  (OSX)  Global floating windows: now work properly under Carbon/OS X.

  (OSX)  IDE: fixed bug which caused last two commands in the Edit menu
         to invoke the wrong dialogs.

  (OSX)  List Box: header has proper Aqua appearance.

  (OSX)  Menu item: "Hide" is now named "Hide REALbasic" per OS X
         standards.

  (OSX)  Menu item: Quit command (in IDE) now appears in Application
         menu per OS X standards.

  (OSX)  Plug-in Compiling: building applications that call plug-in
         functions (such as Shell.Execute) under Mac OS X no longer
         suddenly quit.

  (OSX)  Plug-ins: External plug-ins are now found in the "plug-ins"
         folder next to the REALbasic application.

  (OSX)  Plug-ins: we've added a work-around for a bug in MacOS X
         (Public Beta) which was causing intermittent crashes while
         loading plug-ins. Affects both the IDE and built applications.

  (OSX)  Progress bars: animate even when timers or threads are active.

  (OSX)  Progress bars: Deleting progress bars in OS X Window editor now
         actually deletes them, instead of leaving "Zombie" progress
         bars.

  (OSX)  PropertiesWindow: Now looks much better under Aqua.  Property
         Panes don't overlap each other and don't overlap the scrollbar.

  (OSX)  Stability: fixed bug which caused the IDE's or built
         application's resource fork to be inaccessible on some versions
         of OS X. (Actually more of a work around for an Apple bug, but
         still...)

  (OSX)  Window BackgroundColor: now implemented for Carbon.  (Does not
         yet work properly under OS X).

  (OSX)  Window.BackgroundColor: now appears correctly under OS X.

  (Win)  Application icon: now appears in the title bar, instead of the
         default Windows one.

  (Win)  Application.OpenDocument Event: Windows applications can now
         receive OpenDocument events.

  (Win)  Arrays: arrays are no longer dynamically allocated when needed.
         If you want to allocate a 10000 item integer array, the whole
         array will be allocated instead of on an "as needed" basis.
         This should fix the slow array problem when first accessing the
         array.

  (Win)  Arrays: removed changes from b2 that allocated the entire
         array. To achieve the same effect, just set the last element of
         the array, so that the whole array is allocated.

  (Win)  Arrays: were not being freed when out of scope, this is now
         fixed.

  (Win)  BevelButton: assigning a System font name should now map to
         Window's MS Sans Serif font.

  (Win)  BevelButton: no longer leak Win32 System Resources, and GDI
         Resources when refreshing themselves.

  (Win)  BevelButtons: Bevel and ButtonType properties can now be set
         via code.

  (Win)  Canvas: Canvases now draw in their correct location.

  (Win)  CheckBox, RadioButton, and ChasingArrow: will now inherit the
         background color of the parent Window.

  (Win)  Clipboard.Picture: You can now set picture data to the
         clipboard.

  (Win)  Control Cloning: cloned controls are now visible. Previously
         they were created, but didn't appear unless they were cloned on
         a canvas.

  (Win)  Controls: Disclosure Triangles and Pop-up Arrows now refresh
         correctly and have transparent backgrounds on Win32.

  (Win)  Controls: Refreshing controls now behaves as expected (e.g.,
         Canvas1.refresh).

  (Win)  Controls: Various controls including, but not limited to push
         buttons, checkboxes and radio buttons now no longer receive
         clicks when disabled.

  (Win)  data types: single to integer conversion problem fixed.

  (Win)  DataBase.dateColumn: now implemented.

  (Win)  Database: REAL DB Double Fields: are now converted properly to
         little endian.

  (Win)  Date.AbbreviatedDate: now returns with the correct abbreviated
         date format string.

  (Win)  Date.Day: when the day that the user is setting is beyond the
         end of the month, the day will now return the day of the next
         month that it falls under. Similarly, if the day that the user
         is setting is before the beginning of the month, the day will
         return the last day of the previous month.

  (Win)  Date.Month: when the month that the user is setting is beyond
         the end of the year or before the beginning of the year, the
         year will be incremented or decremented accordingly, just like
         the Mac.

  (Win)  Date: negative months should now behave the same on Windows as
         they do on the Mac. Also, setting the year will now work even
         if you're on a leap day.

  (Win)  Declares: fixed problem with using MemoryBlocks in declares.

  (Win)  Declares: fixed weird behavioral problems when calling declared
         methods. Previous workarounds such as having a useless line
         calling str() are no longer necessary.

  (Win)  Disclosure Triangle: No longer crashes when clicked. Crashes
         used to occur only on systems with QuickTime installed. This
         bug was introduced Aug 15 2000.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: Dragging from a multi-line edit field no longer
         causes crash.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: dragging multiple items is now possible.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: folderitems -- controls now accept folder items.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: MacData -- controls now accept MacData.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: now shows a boxed outline to indicate the
         dimensions of your drag object.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: pictures -- controls now accept picture drops.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: removed a debug output string from compiled
         apps.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: text -- controls now accept text drops

  (Win)  Edit Field: acceptTabs property now works for multiline and
         single line editfields. If acceptTabs is false, it behaves as
         previously, i.e. tabs to the next control.

  (Win)  Edit Field: invisible EditFields no longer fire LostFocus and
         GotFocus events.

  (Win)  Edit field: Now behave correctly in their scroll bar and border
         region when overlapped with a canvas control.

  (Win)  Edit field: SelStart assignment bug fixed; it now works
         correctly and just like the Mac version.  Caveat: under Win32,
         a text selection is visible only in the Edit field which has
         the focus.  (This is a Win32 system difference, not related to
         REALbasic.)

  (Win)  Edit Field: SelTextColor property now returns color correctly.

  (Win)  Edit Field: should now all receive changed (text/selection)
         events.

  (Win)  Edit Field: TextFont property Edit Field updates correctly at
         start up to handle symbol encoded fonts.

  (Win)  Edit Field: TextStyleData property now implemented, but is not
         binary equivalent to the Mac TextStyleData. This means that you
         should not create your own style data from a string and pass it
         to SetTextAndStyle, since they are not equivalent on both
         platforms. Also implemented SetTextAndStyle, which previously
         did nothing.

  (Win)  EditField.KeyDown: getting the ASC of the Key parameter now
         works.

  (Win)  EditField.KeyDown: now passes arrow keys, insert, delete, home,
         end, page up, and page down keys to the KeyDown event. These
         are coded the same as the Mac key codes.

  (Win)  EditField.TextFont and related properties: behavior now matches
         that of Mac OS; This also fixes the EditField Appearance
         background colors. EditField.TextFont and related properties:
         previously, the exact behavior of assignment to TextFont,
         SelTextFont, TextColor, SelTextColor, TextSize, and SelTextSize
         was undefined, and varied quite a bit between single-line and
         multi-line edit fields. The behavior has now been unified as
         much as possible, and is defined as follows (where "e" is an
         EditField): "e.text = X" replaces the entire contents of the
         field with X. The font, size, and color are uniform and match
         the values last set with e.textFont, e.textSize, and
         e.textColor, or if these haven't been used, the settings in the
         IDE. (Note that using e.selTextFont etc. may change the entire
         appearance of the text -- always true if the field is not
         styled -- but does NOT change the "default" settings used when
         the whole text is replaced with "e.text = X".); "e.textFont =
         X" in a styled or plain field changes the font of the entire
         field to the given value. It also resets the "default" font,
         size, and style which will be used if the whole text is
         replaced.; "e.selTextFont = X" in an plain field changes the
         font of the entire field to the given value.; "e.selTextFont =
         X" in a styled field changes the font of the selected text to
         the given value. Text size and color work the same as the font
         does.

  (Win)  EditField: fixed problem with disabled EditFields not updating
         the text color when enabled.

  (Win)  EditField: will now accept double clicks and highlights the
         word.

  (Win)  EditFields: fixed problem with clicking on the first 4 or 5
         pixels of an EditField.

  (Win)  Events: Mouse Down and Action Events now occur in the proper
         order when controls are overlapped, and pass through or don't
         pass through depending on user code, or defaults.
         Ramifications: You can build your own overlapping custom canvas
         controls on Windows; You can put a canvas on top of a list box
         or edit field to catch events

  (Win)  Exceptions are now handled properly on Windows.  Exception
         handlers get called.; Exceptions are passed up the calling
         chain.; Win32 stack size is 896k, using more now causes a stack
         overflow exception.

  (Win)  Exceptions: fixed problem with exceptions not getting caught
         (especially in Open events).

  (Win)  Exceptions: fixed the last remaining exceptions case. This
         example should now work.

  (Win)  Failed Assertions: These no longer fail silently under Windows.
         Please report any you find in the usual manner.

  (Win)  Floating Windows: appear as a topmost Window, i.e. always on
         top of any other regular Window.

  (Win)  Folder Item: memory leak fixed where instances of an object
         were not being freed when out of scope.

  (Win)  Folder Item: OpenStyledEditField and SaveStyledEditField
         methods now properly save/load styled text.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Count: fixed problem with counting the number of
         files in your root volumes.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Delete: Empty folders can now be deleted under
         Windows.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Item: Cache now updates to reflect files being moved
         in/out of a folder.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Item: fixed problem with two trailing backslashes
         appearing in pathname.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Item: the items in a folder are not cached as
         frequently as before, so accessing the items in a folder should
         be quicker.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Name: introduced in the last alpha, which duplicated
         the filename string so that the filename was repeated twice
         i.e., renaming a folder "NewFileName" gave it
         "NewFileNameNewFileName" instead.

  (Win)  FolderItem.OpenAsSound: Is now implemented under Windows and
         uses .wav files.

  (Win)  FolderItem.Parent: Parent path should return all valid
         directories instead of empty strings at times.

  (Win)  FolderItem: Fixed problem with appending .jpg to files when
         saving as JPEG when the extension ".jpe" is already present.

  (Win)  FullScreen: works for SDI and MDI applications, and now hides
         the border so it's less visible on multiple display monitors.

  (Win)  GetFolderItem: Was not returning nil for invalid folders whose
         parent path is invalid. Now fixed.

  (Win)  GetSaveFolderItem: Default filename is now displayed in the
         save dialog box.

  (Win)  Graphics.DrawPicture: memory leak fixed.

  (Win)  Graphics.FillOval: should now resemble an oval/circle, instead
         of a pear-like shape.

  (Win)  Graphics: DrawCautionIcon, DrawStopIcon, and DrawNoteIcon
         methods now implemented.

  (Win)  Graphics: DrawLine method -- fixed the "rough lines" problem
         introduced in 3.0a11, where lines originating from the same x,y
         coordinates would show up 1 pixel off.

  (Win)  Graphics: DrawString method -- new line characters handled
         correctly.

  (Win)  Group Box: EditFields, PopupMenus, and Sliders now receive
         events when inside group boxes.

  (Win)  Invisible Controls: Fixed the problem (introduced in 3.0a08)
         where invisible controls could get mouse clicks.

  (Win)  KeyBoard class: now returns key modifiers. Supported properties
         include, AsyncControlKey, AsyncOptionKey, AsyncShiftKey,
         AsyncCommandKey, CommandKey, ControlKey, OptionKey, and
         ShiftKey.

  (Win)  KeyDown event: controls now receive CR keys (i.e. the Enter
         key).

  (Win)  Line Control and Graphics.DrawLine: missing pixels bug fixed.

  (Win)  List box: drag and drop -- fixed refresh issue when dropping an
         item on to a listbox.

  (Win)  List box: editable cells now display their text while being
         edited.

  (Win)  List box: EnableDrag property now works as intended, i.e. you
         can drag an item from the listbox to any other control.

  (Win)  List box: endcaps now visible.

  (Win)  List box: events -- fixed problem with change and double click
         events when the EnableDrag property is checked.

  (Win)  List Box: failed assertion error if clicking on the listbox
         whose EnableDrag property is true fixed.

  (Win)  List box: Fixed a refresh problem which prevented drawing on
         top of a list box.

  (Win)  List box: fixed refresh problem that grayed out the listbox.

  (Win)  List box: Headers now receive clicks again.

  (Win)  List box: Hierarchical list boxes now highlight properly,
         regardless of rows alignment setting.

  (Win)  List box: Hierarchical list boxes update correctly when
         expanding

  (Win)  List box: refresh problem that prevented the listbox from
         updating when setting the CellCheck property in code fixed.
         Fixed other listbox refresh problems in the process.

  (Win)  List box: removed focus ring when editing a cell.

  (Win)  Listbox & EditFields: fixed a bizarre problem with editfields
         losing focus and win32 applications crashing. This happened
         with an editable listbox, but only occured in special cases.

  (Win)  Little Arrows: No longer crashes when clicked. Crashes used to
         occur only on systems with QuickTime installed. This bug was
         introduced Aug 15 2000.

  (Win)  MDI: Events -- Mouse events (MouseEnter, MouseMove, MouseExit)
         now work correctly for all controls and windows in Win32
         applications using MDI.

  (Win)  MenuBarVisible: now works under Windows.

  (Win)  Min/Max sizing: now handles all cases. I.e., different border
         styles, and border widths.

  (Win)  Modal dialogs: more than one can exist at once, even when
         hidden. This was also the cause of file dialogs failing to
         appear.

  (Win)  MouseCursor: fixed problem with assigning a mouse cursor, it
         should now update immediately instead of waiting for the next
         Windows message to update.

  (Win)  MouseCursor: setting custom mouse cursors now work more
         consistently instead of partially working for some controls,
         especially EditFields. Also, setting mouse cursors in a
         control's Open event now works.

  (Win)  Multiple Monitors: Events -- Mouse events now work correctly in
         negative monitor space when using multiple monitors under Win98
         and Win2000.

  (Win)  OpenPrinter: Now prints the same size as using
         OpenPrinterDialog.

  (Win)  Parent.Child: The parent and child path problems have been
         fixed.

  (Win)  ParseDate: implemented.

  (Win)  ParseDate: now properly parses 1 or 2 digit years.

  (Win)  Picture: 1-bit transparency fixed, 4-bit and 24-bit
         transparency added. 2-bit and 32-bit pictures continue to map
         to 4bit and 24-bit pictures respectively.

  (Win)  Picture: Odd width pictures: odd width pictures imported to
         your project are now stored properly, so the missing pixels at
         the bottom of your image are corrected.

  (Win)  Pop-up menu: fixed a problem with moving a Pop-up menu at
         runtime when the Pop-up menu's parent was something other than
         the application window. i.e. if the Pop-up menu was on top of a
         canvas.

  (Win)  Pop-up Menu: now receives focus when tabbed in to.

  (Win)  PopupMenu.InsertRow: now inserts at the correct position within
         the popupmenu.

  (Win)  PrinterSetup.PageSetupDialog: PageSetup dialog displayed, and
         not an Open Printer dialog.

  (Win)  ProgressBars: Indeterminant progressbars can now be hidden.

  (Win)  QuickTime movie: now displays in its correct position on the
         window.

  (Win)  QuickTime movie: now refreshes properly when the window is
         moved.

  (Win)  Rectangle Control: Missing border pixels on upper-right corner
         is now fixed.

  (Win)  RGBSurface: 24-bit RGB surfaces now work on Win32 (and Mac),
         32-bit RGBSurfaces are mapped to 24-bit surfaces on windows.

  (Win)  Screen.Depth: Screen(i).Depth now returns the correct value on
         your Win32 primary screen.

  (Win)  Screen: for multiple display monitors should now update
         properly for MDI applications.

  (Win)  ScrollBar: should now fire events when inside a groupbox.

  (Win)  SelectColor: now works for Win32.

  (Win)  Self.SetFocus: focus correctly set to the parent window (clears
         focus from other controls).

  (Win)  Serial.DataAvailable: this event should fire more consistently.

  (Win)  Sliders and Scroll bars: PageStep and LineStep can now be set
         from code for sliders and scroll bars.

  (Win)  Socket.DataAvailable: this event should fire more consistently,
         instead of being skipped sometimes.

  (Win)  Socket.LocalAddress: fixed problem where it would return the
         wrong IP address.

  (Win)  Socket.LocalAddress: returns a valid local IP address, whether
         you're connected or not.

  (Win)  Socket.Poll: works, even when called in a tight loop. (For
         plugin authors, this fix applies to REALSocketPoll as well.)

  (Win)  Socket.PPPStatus: returns useful information: *  0 - No PPP *
         1 - Connection idle *  4 - Connecting *  5 - Connected.

  (Win)  Socket: fixed some problems with the Poll method and error
         events not firing consistently.

  (Win)  Socket: listen or connect memory leak fixed.

  (Win)  Sound.PlayLooping: sound can now be looped.

  (Win)  Sound.Stop: stops the sound if any are currently playing.

  (Win)  Sound: fixed problem when a Sound object is created as a
         property and using OpenAsSound in one method, while playing it
         in another method.

  (Win)  Sound: playing sound from a resource no longer crashes if no
         sound card is present.

  (Win)  Sprite surface: collisions are now detected (at the pixel
         level) under Win32.

  (Win)  Sprite surface: runs on Win32 (there are Known Issues in
         3.0a05).

  (Win)  Sprite surface: scrolling now implemented for Win32.

  (Win)  Stability: fixed problem introduced in 3.0b3 that resulted in
         general instability.

  (Win)  Static Text: now have transparent backgrounds on Win32.

  (Win)  String functions UpperCase and LowerCase: passing an empty
         string no longer crashes on Win32.

  (Win)  String/Object parameters: using string or object parameters is
         more stable. Previously, they may have been freeing memory that
         shouldn't have been freed.

  (Win)  System colors: should now return the correct REALbasic RGB
         color, instead of the BGR color.

  (Win)  System.SerialPortCount: now reports the accurate number of
         usable serial ports (but does not go beyond 9).

  (Win)  Text Controls: fixed a memory leak for controls that retrieve
         text, such as EditField.Text.

  (Win)  The following items now work properly and no longer corrupt
         memory. This memory corruption was causing unexplained crashes.
         Windows applications that use these controls will now be much
         more stable than previously. This fixed 32 known bugs, of which
         15 caused crashes. Rectangle: Fixed setting/getting FillColor.;
         Rectangle: Fixed setting/getting BorderWidth.; Rectangle: Fixed
         setting/getting TopLeftColor.; Rectangle: Fixed setting/getting
         BottomRightColor.; Line: Fixed setting/getting BorderWidth.;
         Line: Fixed setting/getting LineColor.; Oval: Fixed
         setting/getting FillColor.; Oval: Fixed setting/getting
         BorderWidth.; Oval: Fixed setting/getting BorderColor.;
         RoundRect: Fixed setting/getting FillColor.; RoundRect: Fixed
         setting/getting BorderWidth.; RoundRect: Fixed setting/getting
         BorderColor.; RoundRect: Fixed setting/getting OvalWidth.;
         RoundRect: Fixed setting/getting OvalHeight.; Scrollbar: Fixed
         getting LiveScroll.; Slider: Fixed getting LiveScroll.

  (Win)  Timer: fixed a problem when setting the mode to 1 in the IDE,
         the timer never fired.

  (Win)  Timer: no longer consumes 100% CPU. Precision is not as high as
         it was previously. The precision on Win95/98 is 1/18 of a
         second (or 55 milliseconds), and 10 milliseconds on NT.

  (Win)  Timers: no longer require a Window to be open to work.

  (Win)  Val: Val("") and Val("t") now returns 0."

  (Win)  VolumeName: Now returns valid volume name drives, this was
         fixed when the FoldItemParent bug was fixed.

  (Win)  Window.Close: fixed a problem with closing an application,
         where an unhandled exception would sometimes occur because some
         controls were being deleted twice.

  (Win)  Window.DrawInto: works on Windows. Note: if any controls are
         off the visible screen page or hidden by another window,
         DrawInto will not be able to draw those controls.

  (Win)  Window.KeyDown: fixed bug in translating key from Windows
         virtual key to a Mac equivalent key. Also, pressing Shift,
         Ctrl, or Alt, should not trigger the KeyDown event anymore.

  (Win)  Window.KeyDown: key code is now more consistent with the Mac
         key code, especially for extended keys, like arrow keys.

  (Win)  Window.visible: setting the visible property of a Window to
         true" will now display the Window."

  (Win)  Window: fixed problem with unhandled exceptions error at start
         up, since some of the events were being fired too soon.

  (Win)  Window: fixed problem with windows disappearing behind the main
         window.

  (Win)  Window: fixed the ordering of events being fired, so the Open
         event should fire before the Activate event.

  (Win)  Window: MinWidth/MinHeight, MaxWidth/MaxHeight should now work
         under windows.

  (Win)  Window: MouseDown fires again. This broke in 3.0a11.

  (Win)  Window: Refreshing windows no longer refreshes the desktop
         window.

  (Win)  Window: RefreshRect now only refreshes the rectangle in
         question and not the window and the desktop.


Various bug fixes caused these workarounds to fail:
  (All)  PostgreSQL dates: the previous trick of using NativeValue to
         get a human-readable string from a date column no longer works;
         NativeValue now returns an internal binary representation. Use
         StringValue (which now works as it should) instead.

  (Win)  Events: Mouse Down and Action Events -- placing a canvas
         underneath a control to catch its events will no longer work,
         place the canvas above the control, just as you would on the
         Mac.

The following known issues still exist in this release
  (All)  Sprite surface: Out of memory condition sometimes fails to exit
         gracefully (i.e., crashes). Assign more RAM to IDE and built
         applications.

  (Car)  Suspend Run: command-shift-period sequence (to switch to the
         REALbasic debugger) still doesn't work under Carbon or Mac OS
         X.

  (IDE)  Building: You can't build a Mac Classic and a Mac Carbon at the
         same time, since they're two different files but you can only
         set one file name. Just build one at a time for now, and append
         something meaningful to the Carbon version's name or use
         AppleScript to automate it.

  (IDE)  Custom Classes: Custom Serial controls won't use a pop-up to
         select port, parity etc. You have to use the integer
         equivalent.

  (IDE)  Custom Classes: Custom Timers and Serial controls will not
         retain default values.

  (IDE)  Debugger: Viewers -- arrays with more than one dimension are
         still not viewable from IDE's debugger.

  (IDE)  Project window: Folders aren't yet exportable via Menus.

  (IDE)  Project Window: If a folder in the finder already exists with
         the same name as the one you are dragging nothing will happen.
         (I.e. the folder will not be replaced and no message will
         appear to warn you of this)

  (IDE)  REAL Database: doesn't support field options ("Primary" and
         "Not Null" -- the latter acts as if it's supported, but the
         option isn't saved). This is not a new issue, but since the
         schema editor has changed it seemed worthy of mention.

  (IDE)  Sprite surface: when loading a 2.1 project, Sprite surface will
         have height and width of 0, making it impossible to see. Find
         it with Select All (or use the tab key), then adjust height and
         width.

  (Mac)  PrinterSetup: due to a long-standing limitation of Apple's
         Laserwriter 8 printer driver, the only resolutions available
         via this driver are 72 and 300 dpi, even if the printer really
         supports other resolution.

  (Mac)  Text: Ampersand symbols in constants behave as they always
         have, i.e., Mac and Windows are different.

  (OSX)  Progress bars: Don't try to overlap two progress bars, or put
         another control on top of a progress bar. It looks bad. This is
         not our fault.

  (OSX)  When controls are too close together, and one loses the focus,
         the border of the neighboring control may not get refreshed
         correctly. Work-around: put a few extra pixels between
         controls.

  (Win)  Drag and Drop: doesn't work with overlapped controls.

  (Win)  Groupboxes and cloned (at runtime) controls will not display
         their tool tips.

  (Win)  Sprite surface: colors are somewhat off in 8-bit mode due to
         palette differences. Windows and the Mac OS use different 8 bit
         color palettes.

  (Win)  Sprite surface: slower than the Mac when changing the sprite
         image often in a single frame