July - 2008, New features for PwrDev and PwrC
Both PwrC and PwrDev have their IDE updated.
The IDE's are now more suitable for running under Linux using Wine.
This may be another opportunity for you, the latest PowerBASIC and LCC compilers seem to work fine on Wine.
Of course.. it's working can not be guaranteed, parts like ActiveX for example will not work but do give it a try, it's really nice to see it working.
PwrDev now has two .NET templates added.
One for using a classlibrary and one for using a .NET usercontrol right in your PwrDev form.
The c# code used is also present after installation.
The .NET supporting code PwrDev uses is changed and extended somewhat, this way it's more ready for future enhancements.
A really handy DateTime module was added.
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March - 2008, more common controls are being added
Some of the lesser used controls are now in or are about to get into the designer.
More important, functionality as already found in the commctrl.inc is now becoming available in the 'PwrDev style' through the 'Extra code' project settings.
Just follow the announcements forum for the latest changes!
PS,
The forum also has specific examples for .NET.
Accessing a webservice (wsdl) for example is really easy.
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November - 2007, PwrDev adds .NET support!
You can now make use of your custom .NET classes developed with VB.NET or C#.
Once the assembly is loaded into the PwrDev application you can use the PowerBASIC dispatch object to call it's method's and properties.
And.. it's even going beyond classes, PwrDev does .NET user controls as well.
PwrDev has a new control placeholder which can load a custom written .NET user control.
Like a class you can access it's method's and properties using the dispatch object.
Receive events from the user control through a for Windows API compatible message.
Are you ready for the future? PwrDev is! *
Want to try?
Send mail application.
PwrDev application with .Net user control.
What is .Net?
* The PwrDev IDE is not depending on .NET.
Using the .NET features is purely optional.
Unless specified otherwise applications created with PwrDev do not depend on any .NET framework.
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