VA 8 Beta 1 - Windows controls in Composition Editor

[Bob Whitefield]

Nice to see VA Windows Controls are now included in the Composition Editor palette by default, no need to load the feature.

But clicking the Windows Controls category in the palette results in a walkback because the widget displayName entries in pool AbtEditViewsStrings haven't been initialized.

Is there a quick workaround for this?

Thanks,
Bob


To reproduce:

Start new beta image.
Select user Library Supervisor and connect to the library.
In VisualAge Quick Start, click OK.
In Composition Editor, click category Windows Controls.

[benvandijk]

Hi Bob,

Quick fix: Execute the following code in your transcript

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(Smalltalk at: #AbtEditViewsStrings) at: 'AbtStrCwProgressBarDisplayName' put: 'Progress Bar';
      at: 'AbtStrCwStatusBarDisplayName' put: 'Status Bar';
      at: 'AbtStrCwStatusPanelDisplayName' put: 'Status Panel';
      at: 'AbtStrCwTabDisplayName' put: 'Tab';
      at: 'AbtStrCwTabStripDisplayName' put: 'Tab Strip';
      at: 'AbtStrCwToolBarDisplayName' put: 'Tool Bar';
      at: 'AbtStrCwToolButtonDisplayName' put: 'Tool Button';
      at: 'AbtStrCwToolSeparatorButtonDisplayName' put: 'Tool Separator Button';
      at: 'AbtStrCwTrackBarDisplayName' put: 'Track Bar';
      at: 'AbtStrCwTreeViewDisplayName' put: 'Tree View';
      at: 'AbtStrWinControlsCategoryDisplayName' put: 'Windows Controls';
      at: 'AbtStrOS2WindowsNotebookPage' put: 'OS/2-Windows Notebook Page';
      at: 'AbtStrMSWindows' put: 'MS-Windows';
      at: 'AbtStrOS2WindowsNotebook' put: 'OS/2-Windows Notebook';
      at: 'AbtStrAddInitialPage' put: 'Add ~Initial Page';
      at: 'AbtStrInitialPageArg1' put: 'InitialPage %1';
      at: 'AbtStrOS2' put: 'OS/2'.

This will fix the pool dictionary

[Bob Whitefield]

Ben,

Exactly what I needed, thanks!

Bob

[wembley]

Bob -

The problem is that AbtEditViewsApp class>>#abtExternalizedStringBuildingInfo is wrong which resulted in an incorrect abtvee40.mpr file being generated during the product build.

The following patch should get you going:

1. Unzip abtvee40.win from the attached zip file into your <varoot>\nls directory
2. File in the following code:

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!AbtEditViewsApp class privateMethods !

abtExternalizedStringBuildingInfo

   ^Array
      with: 'abtve?40'  "filename without extension"
      with: true  "platform dependent -- Windows has extra messages"
      with: true.  "DO recurse subApplications"
! !

AbtEditViewsApp class categoriesFor: #'abtExternalizedStringBuildingInfo' are: #('AbtEdit-Internal')!
AbtEditViewsApp abtRegisterExternalStrings!

Case 38592 fixed in V8 Beta2.

[Bob Whitefield]

Thanks John!