Windows 10 user cant see controls
An issue I have never seen before: 64bit WIndows build, made with Xojo 2023 One (only one) customer reports that although windows appear, controls that should be on them such as listboxes &...
View ArticleVxi11/LXI
Good evening (o; Anyone done anythung with VXI11 in Xojo? Just received my Siglent SSA3021X Plus spectrum analyzer which I could unlock to all features, but it doesn‘t support TCP SCPI connections...
View ArticleVMware Fusion and Workstation are Now Free for All Users
I don’t think this got much press coverage and I just discovered this myself today: VMware Fusion and Workstation are Now Free for All Users Download Fusion or Workstation Just passing along for those...
View ArticlemacOS signing/notarisation using 2024r4.1
For User Entitlements, I see there is a button which, when I click it, brings up a file dialog, presumably for a file with enntitlements listed somehow. What sort of file is this? Not, it would seem,...
View ArticleURLConnection behavior change in 2024r4
Putting this out there hoping that someone else has run into this and might be able to help track it down. In one of my apps (APT to be exact) when I build with 2024r4 (and 4.1 beta) my async...
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Hi All, Back again if you’ve got time I have a List Box which (essentially) draw a 10 column grid of small squares by however number of rows representing a series on contiguous dates - eg 10 Jan 2024...
View ArticleAdding GitHub extensions to your project
I have come across the expression “Copy-paste the xxx folder into your project.” I have downloaded and unpacked the .zip file, now what do I do? E.g. in the Task Manager tutorial I want to change the...
View ArticleAWS Signature Version 4 for API requests
Hi all, Does anyone have some Xojo code to generate Amazon Webservices signature v4? Something to generate the Authorization header that looks like this: "Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256...
View ArticleRegex Issue
Hello All, I have a string that can theoritically have “N” forward slashes in it. I want to remove only the last one. Var strInput, strOutput As String Var re as New RegEx strInput = "Some text that I...
View ArticleSaving Registration Code
I have always had problems saving my product registration code in the correct location on Windows. I have a customer who says he has to register the program every time he launches which would indicate...
View ArticleIs there any breaking change on SQLite in the latest XOJO?
I have my migration app for years that i update and suddenly i downloaded the latest XOJO, try running the app in debug mode and app is always empty meaning no data, i start the old app back, i see...
View ArticleCheck if Desktop/Documents are synchronised to iCloud
How can I check if Desktop/Documents are synchronised to iCloud? This makes my app super slow and I want to show a warning. I do not know why I have this irrational fear of creating a new Apple ID and...
View ArticleDynaPDF GetUserUnit function
DynaPDF offers a function GetUserUnit to get the user unit of the current open page. Trouble is, I cannot see a way to specify which page will be the current open page. Can anyone provide guidance on...
View ArticleMore color options in the IDE
Is there any way to add more syntax highlight color options in the IDE? The available options are a bit lite for what I prefer. The autocomplete seems to know what my custom classes, etc. are. Is...
View ArticlemacOS: Add More Options to the Window Menu
Originally published at: macOS: Add More Options to the Window Menu – Xojo Programming Blog By default, macOS adds several menu options to the Window menu of any Desktop app. Those options have been...
View ArticleXojo2024R4: updating selected rows in WebListBox using DataSource - how to?
WebPage showing WebListBox with the timer refreshing the list every minute, the WebListBox is using DataSource. The user can select multiple entries, open WebDialog, enter comment and hit Save button...
View ArticleConditional Statements: Select Case vs. If…Else Explained
Originally published at: Conditional Statements: Select Case vs. If…Else Explained – Xojo Programming Blog When you’re writing code, you often need to make decisions based on different situations....
View ArticleSeventeen Years Later
Today I had a need for an app I wrote 17 years ago in RealStudio, but whose compiled version won’t run under Ventura. All I had to do to get it to compile and run under Xojo 2021 was to comment out a...
View ArticleRE: If...Then vs Select...Case
So… I just read the blog post about the pros and cons of using If…Then vs Select…Case and I think there’s more to say… The article lists these as the reasons to use each one, but the first three are...
View ArticleTip of the day: Add hover effect to a control in Xojo
We got the question how to add a hover effect to a control in Xojo for a web application. For a CSS file to the application, you can of course just use the :hover pseudo class to add whatever effects...
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