Q1: I do not see support for unsigned integers, did I miss something? I need the equivalent of UNSIGNED_INTEGER_8 and UNSIGNED_INTEGER_16. Q2: Is there any...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 1, 2004 4:29 pm
... That's indeed correct. However the next standard for Eiffel introduces a new set of types called NATURAL_XX which are the unsigned versions of the...
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rexchenjun
Sep 2, 2004 1:40 am
Just installed Eiffel5.5 for windows; try to open the "tour" examples, but the compile fails with "error code 42" ... Error code: VD42 Lace error: precompiled...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 2, 2004 5:01 am
In the error message is this really "\precomp\spec\windows\base" that is shown? If so could you tell us how you installed the software? It looks like if the...
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Peter Gummer
peter_gummer
Sep 2, 2004 5:32 am
Hi, I happened to notice yesterday that 5.5 Free Edition is available on Windows so I downloaded it. After getting over an initial problem due to having the...
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Colin Paul Adams
colin@...
Sep 2, 2004 5:39 am
... Peter> After getting over an initial problem due to having the Peter> environment variable ISE_EIFFEL=C:\Eiffel54 (bizarrely, Peter> EiffelStudio runs...
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Colin Paul Adams
colin@...
Sep 2, 2004 6:25 am
I wonder if it would be possible to add the following feature to the interactive debugger: Add a setting that says automatically expand all arguments to the ...
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Peter Gummer
peter_gummer
Sep 2, 2004 6:56 am
... Hi Colin, I have never in my life run V2 of an application -- by double-clicking it directly, not via a shortcut -- and had it run V1 of the application ...
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rexchenjun
Sep 2, 2004 6:31 pm
Thanks, yes the error message is exactly "\precomp\spec\windows\base" all ISE_EIFFEL(PLATFORM) are defined in the registry file. I try on windowsXP and...
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Jimmy Johnson
boxer41a
Sep 2, 2004 7:06 pm
1. The on-line documentation for Eiffel Net says that a couple of the examples only run on Unix. What part is particular to Unix? The "chat" example pattern...
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Jimmy Johnson
boxer41a
Sep 2, 2004 7:11 pm
How can I determine, from the size of an EV_TEXT_FIELD, the size to make an EV_FONT so that the `text' will completely fit in the EV_TEXT_FIELD with very...
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Jimmy Johnson
boxer41a
Sep 2, 2004 7:13 pm
How do I make an action repeat when a button is pressed and held beyound a certain length of time? In the same manner as a key being pressed and held down in...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 2, 2004 7:15 pm
Do you have permissions issue on the machine you are trying this on? Did you use the same profile for the installation and for using EiffelStudio? Although we...
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Julian Rogers [ES]
juliandrogers
Sep 2, 2004 7:22 pm
... The class EV_FONT has the query `string_size' which returns the dimensions required (in pixels) to display a particular STRING in that font. You may use...
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Jimmy Johnson
boxer41a
Sep 2, 2004 7:29 pm
Sorry, I was not specific enough. I am concerned about the height of the EV_TEXT_FIELD. I can not get the height of the text field to fit the font or the...
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Jimmy Johnson
boxer41a
Sep 2, 2004 7:52 pm
In another email someone mentioned "control-space" and "F7". I've been using this for years and never really tried all the possible key combinations. Is there...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 2, 2004 8:31 pm
Have a look at: http://docs.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/tools/eiffelstudio/reference/05_general_interf ace_description/40_key_shortcuts.html Regards, Manu...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 2, 2004 8:43 pm
... The use of the local cluster of the EiffelNet library is Unix specific. The chat example is unix specific. ... At the moment we haven't equipped...
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Ian King [ES]
majestic_ifl
Sep 2, 2004 8:52 pm
One way of doing this is by using an EV_TIMEOUT that gets initialized in the pointer_button_press_actions of the button in question to fire after the certain...
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Peter Gummer
peter_gummer
Sep 3, 2004 12:27 am
... That list is nearly complete, but doesn't mention, for example: Ctrl+U and Ctrl+Shift+U to set the selected text to upper and lower case, respectively. By...
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Peter Gummer
peter_gummer
Sep 3, 2004 1:45 pm
I'm very pleasantly surprised to see that docking has been added in EiffelStudio 5.5. I'd often wished for it, but I was getting used to the fairly inflexible...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 3, 2004 5:17 pm
... That's indeed an oversight. The release notes online will be shortly updated. ... The compiler error message has not been properly updated. The new rules...
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Kevin McFarlane
kaa_mcfarlane
Sep 3, 2004 10:33 pm
I tried this example and get the same problem as Peter - contracts not recognised. Kevin ... either as ... it ... assertions "on"? ... precompiled ... ...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 3, 2004 11:24 pm
... I would not agree on this. We chose U for being the start of Upper. Thus Ctrl+U means convert to upper. And as a convention the Shift modifier is to do the...
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gedb@...
gedb01
Sep 4, 2004 7:25 pm
I've been using the free edition of 5.4 without problems for a while now, and I've just downloaded and tried to install 5.5. However, 5.5 is failing to...
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Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
manus_eiffel
Sep 4, 2004 7:42 pm
This version has a problem on Windows when the .NET Framework is not installed. We put a new version on the ftp site that fixes this problem. Version number is...
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gedb@...
gedb01
Sep 4, 2004 8:04 pm
Manu, Thanks for such a quick response. I'll download the updated version....
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gedb@...
gedb01
Sep 4, 2004 9:22 pm
I've downloaded and all is well. Thanks again. On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 21:04:47 +0100, ged.byrne@......
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Peter Gummer
peter_gummer
Sep 6, 2004 12:20 am
... I just thought I'd better mention that the new 5.5 download that Manu mentioned a couple of days ago fixes the scroll bar problem. This means that the...
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Peter Gummer
peter_gummer
Sep 6, 2004 12:51 am
... Hi Manu, I see that 5.5.1002 has corrected the documentation and compiler error. Thanks. Regarding LINKED_LIST, I don't understand why adding...
