Expanding Xojo With New Technologies
Hey everyone, I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a blog series on my website focused on expanding Xojo with different technologies. For example going beyond the typical SQL options for...
View ArticleSelf-hosted Git-cloud: Testers & Interested Devs Needed
Recently I came across the need to self-host a Git-cloud instance (like Github, but I’m really trying to be brand abstract). I came across @Anthony_G_Cyphers pointed me to Gitea and thought to myself...
View ArticleSQLite Database Sharing
Hey All, I now, I’ve dug through the forums, and I know that “database on iCould Drive” is a bad idea - but this may be different…? I have an app using a local SQLite database stored o the device....
View ArticleSpell check for localised strings
Before I reinvent the wheel: does anyone have code for spell checking localised strings in the xml files of Xojo? 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleConfused by RemoteControlMBS.WinPressKey function
Hi, I’m trying to debug an app that uses the RemoteControlMBS.WinPressKey function. In a small sample, I have the following code running on Windows, after a delay of 2 seconds (so I can quickly switch...
View ArticleRead text files
The passed FolderItem to a Read_Text Function is Nil or does not exists. So I add a call to the Function from the main window to a Text file in the project folder: the Function returns the txt file...
View ArticleStruggling with text styles
I want to add a line of text to a TextArea. The area already has text in it. I want to color that new specific line blue and not the rest of the Textarea. How to do that? 5 posts - 3 participants Read...
View ArticleControl Sets in IOS
Hi folks, I’ve got to transfer XOJO Desktop Code into an iOS App. The Desktop Code uses a Control Sets extensive. Makes the old code quite easy to understand. I found an older forum chat (2104) that...
View ArticleMobileImagePicker options
I have an app for which I need all photos to be taken rotated/horizontal. I am able to require that the device be turned, but am wondering if the orientation of the camera can remain the same after a...
View ArticleCustomize and Extend Core Databases Functionality
Originally published at: Customize and Extend Core Databases Functionality – Xojo Programming Blog Have you ever debugged your Xojo database app and wondered about the SQL queries being executed and...
View ArticleSimple is not given. It takes constant work
That’s a quote from “Software development topics I’ve changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry,” a blog post by Chris Kiehl. A lot of what he mentions in the post resonates with me,...
View ArticleHow Do I Slow Down Loading?
I have an HTML viewer that displays a chat for my app. When the user first comes into the chat, it loads the last 25 messages into the html viewer. However, when I load the user pictures into the html...
View ArticleWebListBox - Selecting Multiple Rows in Code
Hello All, In the opening event a WebListBox among other things I have: Me.RowSelectionType = WebListBox.RowSelectionTypes.Multiple When I run the project I can as a user select multiple rows,...
View ArticleChatGPT api key leaked!?
Just got this from ChatGPT: Hi there, We have determined that your OpenAI API key was leaked, and have disabled it with immediate effect. This may be because you committed your API key to an online...
View ArticleWebApp capture photo or scan for OCR
I only found older (3+ years) posts regarding this topic, and I’m assessing the current state-of-the-art Web 2.0 approach. I’m upgrading a WebApp that has a requirement to: Scan (or photograph) an...
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Bombs in 2024R4.2 on innocent code lines
I’ve been using Xojo 2024 Release 4.2 (64485) and it’s been going OK, but every so often I get a bomb on an innocent line (see below). Sometimes I relaunch and it works OK and sometimes it occurs...
View ArticleExchange accounts with macos mail?
Hi Folks, I have an exchange mail account with a company I work with, and I’m using macos Mail to receive them. since a few months, it started to receive the mails many times 2-3 times a day, the...
View ArticleUser-Centric Mobile Apps Design Principles for Developers
Originally published at: User-Centric Mobile Apps Design Principles for Developers – Xojo Programming Blog Ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of designing a mobile app that not only works...
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Heads Up: Notarization is Down
You know, because I didn’t have anything to do today developer.apple.com System Status - Apple Developer Apple Developer System Status Page 4 posts - 3 participants Read full topic
View ArticlePath of connection to a libreoffce file (Win e Linux)
Hi group, slowly, I am improving my project and I am testing it in Windows and Linux. On Windows I have no problem connecting to a libreoffice ods file. I have a .txt file with the path stored, I read...
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