Release 2019.12.09.01

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Change Release Notes

  • Behavior controls raise OnClosing for plugins/controls when application exiting
  • Fix for mobile interface sizing
  • resized some controls to better optimize screen realestate
  • movement panels use color dimming on buttons rather than setting colors explicitly
  • keep original themed bg color of the script start/stop button
  • Ensure new controls are added to a virtual desktop by verifying the selected index id
  • Display controls in the top menu controls tab
  • Additional GUI rendering performance improvements from last update
  • Top menu can be themed in Options -> Preferences -> Theme
  • Fixes to a few controls that didn't render correctly (sound servo, etc)
  • More visible checkboxes
  • Theme editor displays example during configuration
  • updated json library
  • Disabled gpu usage on cef rendering
  • Theme colors can be edited Options -> Preferences -> Theme
  • Uses the stable plugin interface (all plug-ins must be updated to work with this release moving forward

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Authors of Plugins to Update The pnlControl has been removed. This means you'll have to edit the designer.cs file for your forms and remove the pnlControl references to use this. For example...

Change: this.pnlControl.Controls.Add(something); To: this.Controls.Add(something);


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Synthiam
#2  

Looks good nomad. I recommend updating your version of ARC. It appears to be outdated.

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Belgium
#3  

hi dj

i have the latest version downloaded.2019.12.07.00

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Australia
#4  

Since the new release, I cannot set the size of my Mobile Interface. It used to be 800x480px but now is insists on making it 1308x788px. If I modify my background image to that size, it complains it's too large. What is happening here?

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Australia
#5  

Even the help screens show the Mobile Interface size set to 800x480px. But the new release s/w will not save any size changes I make.

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Synthiam
#6   — Edited

I keep moving your posts to the respective threads. This belongs in the topic of the release.

ensure you have updated to the most recent release. There have not been any changes to the mobile interface control in a few years, so everything is the same.

im unable to reproduce this issue you’re experiencing. To change the resolution of an app screen, select the configuration button on the mobile interface builder. There will be options for width and height on the right. Change those for the render dimensions.

ensure you have saved the project to the cloud. Then, update the project in your mobile device. The app won’t appear on the device without those two steps

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Australia
#7   — Edited

Sorry but when I change the width and height as required, they are not saved. Try this please. Change the dimensions, click save, then save your project, or exit ARC and re-open your project. The dimensions will not have been saved. I have gone back to using release 19.05.08 where this works perfectly.

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Synthiam
#8  

It's only when saving for you? to the cloud or to a local drive?