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



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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Then all was fine after that. Obviously, Opening the builder without the internet is the preferred as it was with past releases.
I'm able to open ARC just fine if disconnected from the internet.
I've never heard any preferences on if it's better to be connected or not when opening ARC. I can't think of any reason why you would need to be concerned. I've always been connected when I start up ARC. Am I missing something?
Thanks for the update. Yes, for some reason. with the last big update, I found out I could only open the ARC if the pc (my Win 10 tablet) was first coneected to the internet. I have never had this happen before with any of the pervious updates ever. After the builde loads, I then disconnect from the internet and connect to the EZB and everything works fine. If i close the builder, I have to again reconnect to the internet to run the builder yet again.
Its very annoying of course, And yes Im in the default AP mode when this all happens.
thank you
i have a check,thanksxD
i allreddy did it.:p
I haven't had this much fun with ARC in years!