Release 2019.12.09.01

Desktop — Windows

ARC Release

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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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#17 Dec 2019 — Edited Dec 2019

Quote:
So if you use Application.Exit() at the end of OnClosing()

I don't think Application.Exit should be called on OnClosing, this event is a bubble you can cancel the quit using something like this:

protected override void OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
   var result = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure that you would like to quit?", "ARC Quit",
                             MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
                             MessageBoxIcon.Question);

   e.Cancel = (result == DialogResult.No);
}