Some suggestions for VisualFBEditor

[chunmingwang]

Recently, I deeply used VisualFBEditor to make a comprehensive application of bass, which feels great! However, compared with Visual Basic, some suggestions for VisualFBEditor are as follows. It would be better if it could be implemented.

1. The code editor is divided into two areas to facilitate viewing and editing definitions and codes.
2. After the control editor copies and pastes the control, the property becomes the default value, hoping to retain the style of the control when it is copied.
3. Control editor edit properties at multiple controls are selected, I want to change the properties for all selected controls.
4. Tag property in the control cannot be used yet. It is useful sometimes.
5. Control to add the function of ToolTipText.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Improved: Speed updating of Edit Control (2): https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/b7a0262b4e32982e5487139907882defc046eda8

[chunmingwang]

Before,

After,

Code scrolling speed improved

[chunmingwang]

ToolBar to improve the display of icons in design mode.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Here is a drawing of what works: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/issues/363#issuecomment-1232958631

[chunmingwang]

Then, the code I added or changed later affected my results. Can you help me check it? Thank you. MDIForm.zip

Icons cannot display on form editor. Icons display is normal on run time.

[chunmingwang]

report another issue found in this example, the TextBox in the MDIChild form cannot change the Font Color and BackColor, please also help to check it, thank you.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Finding Resource file name: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/5229c9d3bdd886b979e97d7fe4db5b86810572ad

Previously, the program only searched the first lines of the main source code to find the name of the resource file. Now searches from the entire main source file. It is also possible to specify the main resource file in the project.

[chunmingwang]

Great, Thanks. It's works.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/commit/6eccd0947fefb3ecfd472b59bbb58349442d5827

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Set Colors in MDI forms

[hustbeef]

Toolbar not refresh the color after change to Darkmode .

[hustbeef]

The distance is too big between two button on toolbar in design mode with High DPI screen. Maybe UnscaleX need add to the location X.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Showing ToolBar in Designer and Menu Editor on High DPI

Fixed: BitmapWidth, BitmapHeight, ButtonWidth and ButtonHeight properties of ToolBar on High DPI

[chunmingwang]

Great, Thanks. It's works.

report another issue found in this example, the TextBox in the MDIChild form cannot change the Font Color and BackColor, please also help to check it, thank you.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

A very good example.

[chunmingwang]

MDIForm.zip

plesase help to chek this: issue found at following codes

h = SendMessage(FClient, WM_MDIGETACTIVE, 0, 0)
If h Then SendMessage(h, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0)

will not raise MDI child window Destroy event

Private Sub MDIChildType.Form_Destroy(ByRef Sender As Control)

[chunmingwang]

if MDI child windows showing, MDI main window menu's hot key cannot work

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: MDI Childs accelerator: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/commit/ee70837f87cc8a42ff40951a2343dc2bf50551d5

[chunmingwang]

Fixed: MDI Childs accelerator: XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@ee70837

if MDI child windows showing, MDI main window menu's hot key cannot work

It Works, Thanks !

[XusinboyBekchanov]

will not raise MDI child window Destroy event

Added: __HIDE_NO_MAIN_FORM_ON_CLOSE__ define: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/commit/cc44e0de2c46e56fc2079919ce0f2d08b4f372cf

Now, when closing non-main forms, they are not hidden, but destroyed.

[chunmingwang]

thanks

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Split functions on Linux: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/8e270b121bf9e4815072db9c581b69f8f93d2fd0

[retsyo]

On the "project properities" windows, if the drop-down list for "optimization level" is clicked, "optimization level" is ticked automatically, and "optimize for fast code", "optimize for small code" and "no oprimization“ are un-ticked

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Checking Optimization level option when Selected from Optimization level Dropdown in Project Properties: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/014c39008ff59fa4bd026cec1fb3dbdceb60322c

[retsyo]

suggestion: disable "project" menu if there is no project opened or once all projects have been closed.

current: click "project"-"project properites"-"ok". but I can't close the "project properites" window. at last I find that this happens when I have not opened any project.

And maybe Edit/Search/View/Project/Build/Debug/Run all should be disabled/enabled according to context

[retsyo]

on "service"-"ComWrapperBuilder"

1. when I click "service"-"comWrapperBuilder", a dailog appears

2. I know nothing about the underneath of COM. Can your "ComWrapperBuilder" use VB control without registration just like the article(https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6446334708 and https://blog.csdn.net/weixin_39915505/article/details/111179809 sorry, In Chinese. But google/deepl can translate it) does for ecGraph3D?

3. can, sorry this actually a question on freebasic, a COM control be packed into the finnal EXE. The the EXE load COM control from disk, and use it without registration? Just like https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6446334708 and https://blog.csdn.net/weixin_39915505/article/details/111179809 says?

[retsyo]

let user set where to find LLVM/llc

on my windows if I set fbc64.exe in service/options as E:\prg\BASIC\fb\FreeBASIC-1.09.0-win64\fbc.exe then VisualFBEditor try to use E:\prg\BASIC\fb\FreeBASIC-1.09.0-win64\bin\win64\llc.exe even I have set enviroment PATH for llc.exe

so I suggest that user can set where to find LLVM/llc, for example LLVMbin path. If E:\prg\BASIC\fb\FreeBASIC-1.09.0-win64\bin\win64\llc.exe does not exists, then VisualFBEditor try to find llc.exe in LLVMbin, PATH.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. when I click "service"-"comWrapperBuilder", a dailog appears

To use this Tool, the SimpleVariantPlus.bi file must be included in one of the project files.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

suggestion: disable "project" menu if there is no project opened or once all projects have been closed.

current: click "project"-"project properites"-"ok". but I can't close the "project properites" window. at last I find that this happens when I have not opened any project.

And maybe Edit/Search/View/Project/Build/Debug/Run all should be disabled/enabled according to context

Improved: Enabling and disabling menu and toolbar items: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/76041b9df392debaad0c3f4f04f7ea153f49b1b0

Fixed: ToolBar Enabled property: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/commit/6712a30642ce1041bc707dd2f7c953f471d6427f

[chunmingwang]

Dragging and dropping file or files into VFBE Recommended to perform different opening actions according to different filename extension Just like the Open (Ctrl+O) function in the current menu

for example .vfs is now opened as a Text, it is recommended to open it as a Session .vfp is now opened as a Text, it is recommended to open it as a Project

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Drop files with extensions .vfp, .vfs to IDE: https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/commit/f5fac054d1c2a4084d5979beff932580cf677354

[chunmingwang]

Fixed: Drop files with extensions .vfp, .vfs to IDE: f5fac05

Thanks!