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Re: REALbasic 5.5.3 Availble

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Subject: Re: REALbasic 5.5.3 Availble
From: "Thomas Kaltschmidt" <rb_tk at gmx dot de>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:10:39 +0200 (MEST)
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Maybe using composite Windows is a workaround, at least for Mac OS X.
With this option turned on Listboxes scrolls ok horizontically.

Thomas


> >Aside from the plug-in issue recently posted, I can't 
> > think of anything too major that can't be worked around in 5.5.3
> 
> I can teh fact that list boxheaders don't scroll horizontally with FC5
> breakes all code that depends on it... and faking the headers to look
right
> Xplatform is not trivial as well. as well as having to handle the prssed
and
> non-pressed states  and drawing the sort widget.
> 
> Sure all is doable (in theory your own listbox is doable...) ... but it's
> not quick to do it right... and it was OK in FC4 and broken in FC5. It
> should be an easy fix for RS... but a lot of trouble for us to deal with
if
> they don't - if you use horizintal listbox scrolling with headers and
sorting
> and column resizing...
> 
> 
> - karen
> 
> 
> > Presumably not, as any changes would (I would think) require testing
> cycle.  So, 
> > as stated in the fc5 release notes, 5.5.3fc5 would become 5.5.3 assuming
> no 
> > show-stoppers.
> > 
> > Presumably a 5.5.4 could be released if absolutely necessary, but my
> guess is 
> > that both REAL Software, as well as the RB user community at large, are
> anxious 
> > to get 6.0 underway.  Aside from the plug-in issue recently posted, I
> can't 
> > think of anything too major that can't be worked around in 5.5.3.
> > 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:27 AM, Killobit <killobit at earthlink dot net>
> wrote:
> > >Is the final version of RB 5.5.3 any different than 5.5.3fc5?
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance,
> > >Eric Hoaglin
> > >
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