Other B4J v7.30 BETA is available for download

[Erel]

I'm happy to release B4J v7.30 BETA.

Improvements:

• Faster compilations. More resources can be reused between compilations. This makes following compilations much faster.
• Bookmarks and breakpoints are listed in the modules tree:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Auto backup improvements:
  • Project is saved before backup, based on the auto save option.
    
  • Project name added to the backup file.
  • The project folder is configurable (AutoBackupFolder in the ini file).
• Warning for unused parameters in private, non-event, subs.
• Additional library folder can be configured with a B4X folder for cross platform libraries: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-additional-libraries-folder.103165/
  
• #Event declarations appear in the autocomplete list.
• Fix for a long standing issue that caused scope changes of global variables to not always be detected.
• Other bug fixes and minor improvements.

Beta can be downloaded here: www.b4x.com/b4j/files/beta.exe

 

[Cableguy]

Coooooolll!!!

 

[LucaMs]

 

[alwaysbusy]

Faster compilations. More resources can be reused between compilations. This makes following compilations much faster.

Holy moley, that compiles fast on the second run! #ProductivityBoost

Bookmarks and breakpoints are listed in the modules tree

Very helpful feature

#Event declarations appear in the autocomplete list

Nice for BANano library builders

 

[DonManfred]

Coooooolll!!!

Fully agree

Especially i do like

• Project name added to the backup file.

• The project folder is configurable (AutoBackupFolder in the ini file).

 

[Alexander Stolte]

Auto backup improvements:

did you also add that more information will be displayed if AutoBackup failed?

 

[Kiffi]

Faster compilations

Whow!

(The other features are also very cool!)

 

[alwaysbusy]

@Erel maybe one quick suggestion while we are still in Beta. When right-clicking on the 'Breakpoints' map in the Modules pane, it may be nice to have the 'Remove all breakpoints' too.

 

[Erel]

Thank you all!

did you also add that more information will be displayed if AutoBackup failed?

It shows a red message in the status bar that tells you to click on File - Export as zip for more information.

maybe one quick suggestion while we are still in Beta. When right-clicking on the 'Breakpoints' map in the Modules pane, it may be nice to have the 'Remove all breakpoints' too.

Good idea.

 

[Erel]

BTW, the compilation optimizations are also relevant to B4A and to a lesser degree to B4i.

 

[sorex]

It seems like a 10 seconds gain on a small project (first run vs next ones).

Well done, thanks!

 

[moster67]

#Event declarations appear in the autocomplete list.

Works. Great addition.

 

[Peter Simpson]

So far so good, all my projects are working like clockwork, thank you @Erel...

 

[alwaysbusy]

@Erel It is very hard to reproduce, but I have experienced changing the code at runtime is not always taken into account after saving and continuing in 7.30 BETA 1.
Stopping the app and re-running uses the correct code.

2 cases where I noticed this today:

I changed the 50 into 100, but it kept using the 50

rCellValues.Add(ABMShared.Truncate(tmpEx.exComment,50))

After edit + save (debug box becomes green)

rCellValues.Add(ABMShared.Truncate(tmpEx.exComment,100))

And in a query that was wrong (I typed tRegistrations instead of tRegistration): I kept getting the error the table tRegistrations not found although in the code it was corrected to tRegistration)

SQL_str = "UPDATE tRegistrations SET regRegTypID=?, regOTLastModifiedLoginID = ?, regOTCreationTag = ?, regSysrlID=? WHERE regExID=? AND regRegTypID=? AND regSysrlID=?"

After edit + save (debug box becomes green)

SQL_str = "UPDATE tRegistration SET regRegTypID=?, regOTLastModifiedLoginID = ?, regOTCreationTag = ?, regSysrlID=? WHERE regExID=? AND regRegTypID=? AND regSysrlID=?"

Both are in a Code Module if this helps. Maybe something to do with the being project global instead of being an instance of a class?

 

[Erel]

It is probably not related to the new version. Have you saved the project when the modified module was active? It only updates the active module.

 

[alwaysbusy]

It only updates the active module.

Ah! That I was not aware of. I sometimes make multiple changes in multiple modules at once before saving and continuing. I'll keep an eye on that.

 

[GMan]

My Projects will work fine with the new folder structure - well done, Erel (what else )
btw: whats about doubles of the same lib in the different folders ?

 

[klaus]

... whats about doubles of the same lib in the different folders ?

You loose some memory space.
The IDE looks in the folder you have set, the others are no more concerned.

 

[EnriqueGonzalez]

No Erel no!

How am I going to justify my 8 hour daily job with that compiler... Took 3 seconds... On a VM!! What I am going to do now.