Xojo 2020r1 upgraded to SQLite 3.31.1. Notable new features include PRAGMA lists and generated columns aka computed columns!
Comments closedAuthor: Paul Lefebvre
Paul and Greg talk about Xojo 2020 Release 1, Web 2.0 and other things.
Comments closedOn the forum a user asked if there was a way to create a rectangle with only the top left and top right corners being rounded. Xojo’s built-in RoundRectangle control draws with all four corners rounded, so that was not an option.
One solution is to use a GraphicsPath to draw exactly what you want. With a GraphicsPath you can use the AddArc() method to add rounded corners and then draw the lines for the rest of the rectangle.
Comments closedSometimes it is necessary, or at least user-friendly, to adjust your interface when the user holds down modifier keys.
Comments closedAs a follow-up to our post on Escaping Quotes in Strings, someone asked how they might deal with something such as the tab character in a String. Unlike with a quote, dealing with a non-visual character (such as a tab or end-of-line) in a String is trickier because you can’t actually type those characters. So instead you have to refer to the character another way.
Comments closedHere’s a quick tip about embedding quotes in your string literals. Let’s say you need to put quotes inside a string. The most common way…
Comments closedThere’s a new programming font that was just released and since I like to look at programming fonts, I thought I’d give this one a try with Xojo.
Comments closedHave a class that has an object property that needs to be initialized or instantiated? You can always instantiate the property in the Constructor (or Open event) like this:
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