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PureBasic 4.30 final released!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:17 am
by freak
Hello everybody,

After a long period of bugfixing and testing it is now official. The PureBasic 4.30 final version is here!
It is available from your PureBasic download account. Get it while its hot!

Among many other improvements, the most noteable are:

- PureBasic 64bit for Windows
- PureBasic x86 for Mac OSX
- Updated and improved Ogre support

The full list of changes is here:
16th December 2008 : Version 4.30

- Added: Full 64 bits version of PureBasic (Windows)
- Added: MacOS X x86 support
- Added: 'JPEG 2000' library
- Added: 'Node' library
- Added: 'Gadget3D' library
- Added: 'Window3D' library
- Added: 'Sound3D' library
- Added: Full unicode support to the engine3d
- Added: MacOS X support for engine3d
- Added: Absolute/relative rotation for all engine3d rotate commands
- Added: Absolute move for engine3d physic body
- Added: EntityID(), EntityLookAt()
- Added: CameraProjectionX(), CameraProjectionY(), WorldDebug(), Sun()
- Added: MousePick(), PointPick(), PickX/Y/Z(), CreateWater(), AntialiasingMode()
- Added: CatchModule(), ArraySize(), WindowBounds(), DesktopX(), DesktopY()
- Added: FinishDatabaseQuery(), DatabaseID()
- Added: CreateSemaphore(), FreeSemaphore(), SignalSemaphore(), WaitSemaphore(), TrySemaphore()
- Added: '.i' native type for 32/64 bits integer size
- Added: Read/WriteInteger(), Read/WritePreferenceInteger(), PeekI(), PokeI()
- Added: Language support for compiler and debugger
- Added: Style parameter to FontRequester()
- Added: Support for 'And/Or' in CompilerIf statements
- Added: #PB_Event_MinimizeWindow, #PB_Event_MaximizeWindow, #PB_Event_RestoreWindow
- Added: #PB_Ignore support to AddStatusBarField()
- Added: #PB_Explorer_DisplayMode to ExplorerListGadget()
- Added: Multiple joystick support
- Added: #PB_Compiler_FilePath compiler constant

- Enhanced: Major rework of OnError library (crossplatform)
- Enhanced: InitScintilla(), parameter is now optional
- Enhanced: Complete debugger rewrite for support of the new platforms

- Optimized: XML library to handle very big files quickly
- Optimized: LinkedList library to use memory efficiently

- Changed: 'Read' keyword now requiers a type (Read.l, Read.q etc.) to avoid 64 bits migration problems
- Changed: CountList() to ListSize()
- Changed: ClearGadgetItemList() to ClearGadgetItems()
- Changed: CameraProjection() to CameraProjectionMode()
- Changed: AddElement() and such now return a pointer to the start of data
- Changed: ComboBoxGadget() height is now the real gadget height
- Changed: #Long, #Byte, #Word etc. to #PB_Long, #PB_Byte, #PB_Word etc. for consistency
- Changed: RotateEntity(), RotateCamera() and RotateBillboard() x,y rotation axis
- Changed: CameraFOV() angle from radian to degree
- Changed: Array and list parameter now requiers the 'List' or 'Array' keyword

- Removed: StrQ(), HexQ(), BinQ(), ValQ()
- Removed: ChangeListIconDisplay(), replaced by a gadget attribute
- Removed: ButtonImageGadget() backward compatibility
- Removed: CreateGadgetList(), now automatically done in OpenWindow()
- Removed: CopyTexture(), TextureOutput()
- Removed: Removed CPU monitor from the IDE, as all OS provide the same functionality
- Fixed: DX9 subsystem on Windows
- Fixed: Many compiler and libraries related bugs

Note:
Another incompatible change has been introduced since the Beta5 release:
If a Procedure is declared with an Array or a LinkedList as parameter, the declaration now has to include the 'Array' or 'List' keyword. This change is required to properly implement future features, and it is better to make this change now while many other things change as well so we can extend PureBasic later without introducing an incompatibility again for it. (It should be a quick change to adjust the code to this, as the compiler will complain about the old syntax unlike changes like the Read command.)

The syntax now looks like this:

Code: Select all

Procedure Test(Array MyArray(1), List MyList())
  ; ...
EndProcedure

We wish everyone an early happy holiday and a lot of fun and productivity with this new version. And if anyone is still looking for a good christmas present, the newly update PureBasic may be the perfect choise, and online ordering is very quick ;)


Now its on to the 4.40 version. Some early work has already been done...

The PureBasic Team

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:35 am
by Amundo
Is this topic locked?

Thanks PB Team, and a Merry Xmas to All!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:39 am
by Wolf
Great news, thanks PB team.

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:44 am
by fsw
Thank you 8)

fsw

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:50 am
by Inf0Byt3
Thank you for this excellent release. The best Christmas present ever!

Re: PureBasic 4.30 final released!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:07 am
by traumatic
Yay! And the journey continues! :D

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:10 am
by aaron
Job well done! 4.30 is a huge update for Purebasic. I've been writing a few small programs over the last couple of weeks and being able to compile and run them both on my windows box and my mac laptop has been absolutely fantastic. :D

Now we just need to get Purebasic listed onto a few of the Mac websites for software and I'm betting that we'll see a nice influx of people into the community. Woo woo!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:10 am
by Demivec
Thank you & Merry Christmas.! :D

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:46 am
by SFSxOI
Great news, thank you very much. :)

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:48 am
by netmaestro
http://www.purebasic.com just points to a reference manual - can't log in :cry:

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:57 am
by freak
Oops, looks like Fred messed something up when updating the docs.
You can use the direct link to the download page until he gets back out of bed :)

http://www.purebasic.com/download.php3

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:27 am
by Seymour Clufley
Thankyou Fred! Thankyou Freak! Thankyou PB team! Yay, merry Christmas!

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:40 am
by Blue
Very timely delivery for the holiday season.
Thank you to all involved and a very merry Christmas.

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:44 am
by Little John
Thank you very much PB team, and Merry Christmas to all!

Regards, Little John

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:09 am
by bembulak
Thanks!
Huge improvement list!