Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
Sparkle - An update to the OS X library for auto-updating your applications
Information
Compare Array References to Nil - Charles has a good tip: use a Variant (at least in REALbasic 2008 Release 1)
REALLoadGlobalMethod Doesn’t Do What You Might Think - Strictly for you plugin authors
Community
How Do I Feel About REALbasic? - Steve Garman’s Love/Hate Relationship […]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
MBS Plug-ins 8.1 - More useful updates
Ben’s ListBox Extras Class - Adds more features to the venerable ListBox class; $30 source included
Zip Package - Another useful utility from Thomas Tempelmann, who also wrote some great Atari ST software back in the day
Information
First Look: REALbasic 2008 Release 1 - Not very in-depth, but good to see […]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
UndoEditField - A lightweight class that extends the EditField with undo functionality
FMOD Ex Audio Classes - Open-source classes to hook into the powerful, cross-platform FMOD Ex audio library
Information
MicroISV Sites that Sell - An eBook by Bob Walsh that might be useful to those of you selling software. I bought it.
Community
REALbasic Wiki now has code […]
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
GraphPro 3.7 - Updated for REALbasic 2008 and other changes
Free Valentina Database License - I’ve been meaning to give this database a try
SyBrowser - Updates to this multi-platform database tool
GraffitiButton & GraffitiStatusBar - Updates to work with REALbasic 2008
Community
Geoff Perlman interview - I’m downloading it now…
MacTech Magazine - A special price for REALbasic users (and […]
Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
REALbasic 2008 Release 1 - Now with Introspection
RBUnit 3.0 - Now uses Introspection to make it even easier to use
OxMath - A modular 2D & 3D math library
Community
Wish List: Compiler Warnings - This would be a good addition to REALbasic.
2008r1 Awesome Stuff - Aaron highlights some of his favorite things in the new release
Differentials make […]
Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
I am pleased to announce that RBUnit 3.0 is now available. This new version makes use of Introspection, which was added to REALbasic 2008 Release 1. Introspection is the ability for a program to find out information about itself while it is running. This is not something you need every day, but […]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Not that anyone has ever submitted changes to RegCode, our open-source registration code generator, but I have greated a Google Code page for it:
regcode.googlecode.com
By using Google Code, RegCode is now in a nice Subversion repository, which anyone case download (if you’re interested in contributing, let me know and I’ll add you to the project so […]
Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
I have a lot of icons in PNG format with built in masks that I like to use in my toolbars. Although REALbasic loads the pictures fine with FolderItem.OpenAsPicture, it doesn’t load the mask, so I use the free PNG Utilities plug-in instead.
One annoyance I’ve had with this is that the PNG files need […]
Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
AppleListbox Control - Looks like a very nice implementation of the List you see on the left of iTunes/Finder (works on OS X, Windows and Linux)
Release Notes Browser - A handy way to view the details of the REALbasic release notes
ProgressBarListBox for Mac OS X - More useful code from Charles
HelpRunner 1.2 An update to […]
Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Paul Lefebvre
Software
TextKit Alpha 3 - Yet another update to this promising component
Display Overlord 3.0 - Open source code to gather video device capabilities
Information
Window.FloaterProcess Fix for Mac OS X - From Alacatia Labs
Community
Virtual Volume Gotcha - Something to watch out for
Complex UIs can lead to “strange” compile errors - Aaron explains why you should keep your UI […]
