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Building a Dark Mode Capable TabPanel on Windows

Published March 1, 2022 by Wayne Golding

Xojo supports dark mode in most of the Desktop controls. However, the TabPanel control doesn’t yet support dark mode. But it can be made to support it. I use a segmented button and a PagePanel to overcome this and in the blog post, I’ll show you how.

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Getting the Operating System Version Information

Published February 22, 2022 by Paul Lefebvre

It is useful to know the version of the operating system your app is running on. You might use this information to access a feature that is only available on certain OS versions or perhaps you want to include it in logging data to help troubleshoot. Regardless, you can fetch this information from the System.VersionData class.

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Quick Tip: Mobile Popup Messages

Published February 4, 2022 by Paul Lefebvre

Sometimes you want to display a message on your mobile screen, but also want it to disappear after a short period of time. A great way to do that is to use the MobilePopupMessage class.

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Desktop: Adding Controls at Runtime

Published January 7, 2022 by Xojo

If you have been using Xojo, you may be used to adding Controls at runtime using Control Sets. You may not know it but beginning with Xojo 2021r3, there is a better way. Using the new Desktop Controls introduced in Xojo 2021r3, you can add Controls to a DesktopWindow at runtime using AddControl, just like you do with Xojo Mobile and Web projects.

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Web Tip: Let’s Overflow!

Published December 10, 2021 by Javier Menendez

As a Xojo web developer probably you’re used to embedding controls inside others, like Rectangles or Containers; but I bet sometimes you don’t get the expected results. Read on to learn a quick fix that uses an extended method to correct a common problem you might run into when embedding menus.

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SQLite 3.36.0 New Features

Published November 18, 2021 by Paul Lefebvre

Xojo 2021 Release 3 includes SQLite 3.36.0, which has a few new features, such as: RETURNING on DELETE, INSERT and UPDATE commands
ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN

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Things in 2021 Release 3 You May Have Missed Because You Might Not Have Wanted to Read All 220+ Items in the Release Notes

Published November 18, 2021 by Paul Lefebvre

For those of you that don’t consider reading through over 220 items as fun as I do, here are a few things I thought I would highlight, in no particular order…

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PDFDocument: Transparency Support

Published November 18, 2021 by Javier Menendez

Among the many improvements added to PDFDocument in Xojo 2021r3 is support for Graphics.Transparency as well as support for the alpha value in the color…

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PDFDocument: No More Blurry Images

Published November 18, 2021 by Javier Menendez

Among the major enhancements made to the images support in PDFDocument in Xojo 2021r3 release, in addition to transparency support, alpha channel support, and the new way the data is codified in the resulting PDF stream (no more DCTEncoding), we’ve also tackled an issue with images not being as sharp as they should have been.

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PDFDocument: Tips for Using Templates

Published November 18, 2021 by Javier Menendez

The PDF Template is not a new feature, but it received a shine in Xojo 2021r3. What’s a PDFDocument template or why would you use them? Let’s look at a couple of scenarios where them are useful including storage, saving time and visual PDF editors.

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