{"id":1087,"date":"2014-04-25T15:59:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/devlog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2014-04-25T15:59:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T20:59:06","slug":"amibroker-5-78-0-beta-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/wordpress\/devlog\/2014\/04\/25\/amibroker-5-78-0-beta-released\/","title":{"rendered":"AmiBroker 5.78.0 BETA released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stability: \"Rank - Regular BETA, pretty stable, should work fine in most environments<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a BETA version. Make a backup first<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A new beta version (5.78.0) of AmiBroker has just been released.<\/p>\n

32-bit<\/strong> version:
\nhttp:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/members\/bin\/ab5780beta.exe<\/a>
\n(2 303 592 bytes) <\/p>\n

64-bit <\/strong>version:
\nhttp:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/members\/bin\/AmiBroker5780x64.exe<\/a>
\n(9 519 824 bytes) <\/p>\n

If you forgot your user name \/ password to the members area you can use automatic reminder service at: http:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/login.html<\/a><\/p>\n

IMPORTANT: Unauthorized copying and\/or distribution of materials found on members' only page is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in IMMEDIATE termination of license.<\/font><\/p>\n

Remember to BACKUP YOUR FILES FIRST !
\nNote that this version can only be installed onto previous full installation of version 5.70 or higher from http:\/\/www.amibroker.com\/download.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.78.0<\/strong> (as compared to 5.77.0)<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Prefs: \"Use new editor\" is now always turned ON at the start of application.\n
  2. Low Level Gfx: performance improved for formulas making thousands of calls to Gfx functions (3x speed up for 200K calls)\n
  3. Charts: cached bitmap is now stretched when chart is resized while the formula is being run\n
  4. On saving broker.newcharts file a backup file is created prior to saving. Then on startup in case broker.newcharts is corrupted, a backup file is used instead\n
  5. New Editor: when auto-complete was in immediate mode typing xx.a resulted in xx.AddCustomMetric to be shown immediately. Fixed - now in 'immediate' mode single-selection choices are not auto-completed without user consent.\n
  6. New Editor: when user selected black background the colors on printout are inverted to save toner\/ink. Also added File->Print\/Print Setup menu item.\n
  7. New Editor: on application close editor window frame is closed first instead of last. This gives more 'graceful' exit.\n
  8. New Editor: on dark backgrounds unmatched brace is displayed in lighter blue color (instead of dark blue) for better visibility\n
  9. New Editor: Autocomplete listbox is now dismissed when user drags separate editor frame or MDI child frame\n
  10. New Editor: now it uses application theme instead of hard-coded \"VS2010\" theme\n
  11. New Editor: auto complete does not try to pop up in file paths in #includes. Also improved auto-complete operation in the very last line.\n
  12. New Editor prints debug string when saving document in order to diagnose possible issues with FAT32\/WinXP\n
  13. Sometimes crash occured on Window->Floating command when Interpretation window was open. Fixed.\n
  14. UI: Window->Toggle Frame restores window from icon state (if was minimized) now.\n
  15. UI: added View->Fold \/ Unfold, Margin menu items in the MDI editor menu\n
  16. UI: Charts file treeview gets refreshed when saving AFL to any folder, not only 'Custom'\n
  17. UI: Customize keyboard page now displays an error message on attempt to create shortcuts with A-Z letters and 0-9 digits without Ctrl\/Shift\/Alt modifiers to prevent clash with the editor\n
  18. UI: AFL formulas are saved in separate MRU (most recently used) list (File->Recent Formulas) so they do not interfere with other document types using Recent File list\n<\/ol>\n

    CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.77.0<\/strong> (as compared to 5.76.0)<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. New Editor: 'Use separate frame' mode implemented (Tools->Preferences, \"Editor\" to turn this off and open as tab in main frame)\n
    2. New Editor: Toolbar customization functionality added\n
    3. UI: Window->Toggle Frame menu\/shortcut added to quickly switch between main and separate editor frame\n
    4. UI: Window menu reordered (Tile\/Cascade items moved up)\n
    5. New Editor: in 5.76 pressing Help button on dialogs when new editor was open, directed help file to 'formula editor' page instead of given dialog help file. Fixed.\n
    6. New Editor: On dark backgrounds the selection is darker than it was before\n
    7. New Editor: typing non-US characters is now working\n
    8. New Editor: Copy As HTML implemented\n
    9. New Editor: added ability to turn off line number margin, selection margin, fold margin (from View menu)\n
    10. New Editor: added View->Fold All \/ Unfold All commands\n
    11. New Editor: when relative paths were used sometimes auto-reload and auto-save before analysis did not work. Fixed.\n
    12. New Editor: Caret Ln\/Col position is displayed in the status bar\n
    13. New Editor: Closing top error message bar clears ALL in-line error messages\n
    14. New Editor: added Edit->Clear Error message menu (Ctrl+E) - it clears an error(s) in currently selected line\/range\n
    15. New Editor: The width of line number margin is automatically adjusted with regards to font size and line count and zoom level\n
    16. New Analysis: Progress bar is shown\/hid quicker\n<\/ol>\n

      CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.76.0<\/strong> (as compared to 5.75.0)<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. New Editor: Auto-complete has now 3 modes: disabled, on-demand (shows auto complete list when you press Ctrl+SPACE as in old editor) and immediate (auto-complete pops up immediately)\n
      2. New Editor: Auto change case and auto parameter info features can be turned off from the preferences\n
      3. Prefs: Editor page changed: added \"Virtual space\" checkbox, replaced \"Auto-complete\" box with 3-way selection radio buttons, removed 2 options that are always on now\n
      4. New Editor: File is saved automatically when it is open in Analysis window and analysis is run\n
      5. UI: leftover and\/or user-defined keyboard accelerators for HOME\/END\/PAGE UP\/DOWN, letters and digits without Ctrl\/Alt modifier are removed on startup not to interfere with the editor\n
      6. UI: Ctrl+F added to default key accelerators\n
      7. New Editor: Implemented user-defined colors\/styles\/font (from Tools->Preferences, \"Editor\").\n
      8. New Editor: Implemented Help features (access to help pages Function reference, Using AFL Editor, Param info, etc)\n
      9. New Editor: Chart tree is auto-refreshed when formula is saved under new name (Save As...)\n<\/ol>\n

        CHANGES FOR VERSION 5.75.0<\/strong> (as compared to 5.74.0)<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Brand new AFL Editor, integrated with MDI structure with many new features\n