REALbasic through the releases
REALbasic has had many, many, many revisions, and
almost all of them were available to the public. Here's my summary of the 192 public
releases from DR1r4 to 2.1a17.
DR2
| Version | Date | Summary |
| 2.1a17 | 8/13 | Two bug fixes and two Win32 improvements... |
| 2.1a16 | 8/12 | Two bugs fixed |
| 2.1a15 | 8/11 | A (note the singular form) Win32 improvement |
| 2.1a14 | 8/4 | Win32 improvement and a bug fix (just like every other dull release...) |
| 2.1a13 | 8/2 | Win32 improvements |
| 2.1a12 | 7/29 | Bug Fix & Win32 improvements |
| 2.1a11 | 7/19 | Bug Fixes Win32 improvements |
| 2.1a10 | 7/16 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.1a9 | 7/15 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.1a8 | 7/13 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.1a7 | 7/12 | Database Improvements |
| 2.1a6 | 7/9 | PlayLooping and Stop methods for sounds Win32 keyboard shortcuts implemented. |
| 2.1a5 | 7/6 | Bug Fixes. |
| 2.1a4 | 6/30 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.1a3 | 6/28 | Bug Fixes. |
| 2.1a2 | 6/25 | CellAlignment for ListBoxes |
| 2.1a1 | 6/24 | Changed to 2.1 because of incompatible new file format. MacVRefNum and MacDirID for folderitems Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.3a4 | 6/17 | Mask property for pictures MacWindowPtr property |
| 2.0.3a3 | 6/15 | ParseDate Method DragItem improvements Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.3a2 | 6/10 | New EditableMovie features QTGraphicsExporter class SoundFormat class |
| 2.0.3a1 | 6/8 | Push method for buttons Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2 | Bug Fixes | |
| 2.0.2a9 | 5/26 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a8 | 5/26 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a7 | 5/25 | Icons for menus Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a6 | 5/24 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a5 | 5/21 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a4 | 5/6 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a3 | 5/4 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a2 | 5/3 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.2a1 | 4/30 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.1 | 4/27 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.1b3 | 4/26 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.1b2 | 4/23 | Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.1b1 | 4/21 | Bug Fixes Printing implemented for Windows |
| 2.0.1a5 | 4/20 | API Access for 68k Bug Fixes |
| 2.0.1a4 | 4/19 | API ACCESS!! RGBSurface for Win32 |
| 2.0.1a3 | 4/16 | Bug Fixes Single method for MemoryBlocks |
| 2.0.1a2 | 4/15 | Bug Fixes Gestalt methods |
| 2.0.1a1 | 4/14 | Various Bug fixes First pre-release version of RB without "DR" in it. |
| 2.0 | 4/13 | Bug Fixes Was originally DR2r82 |
| DR2r81 | 4/12 | Bug Fixes Demo limitations increased |
| DR2r80 | 4/11 | Bug fixes Reference uses typeahead |
| DR2r79 | 4/10 | Bug Fixes Text Encoding improvements |
| DR2r78 | 4/9 | Bug Fixes Better Internationalization |
| DR2r77 | 4/8 | Bug fixes Trim functions optimized |
| DR2r76 | 4/7 | Bug Fixes HeadingIndex for listboxes |
| DR2r75 | 4/2 | Bug Fixes Improved AE support |
| DR2r74 | 4/2 | New Source Code printing options Bug Fixes galore Locals/Stack windows now optional! |
| DR2r73 | 4/2 | Bug Fixes Properties multiline editor improved |
| DR2r72 | 4/1 | Bug Fixes |
| DR2r71 | 3/31 | Bug Fixes & Database improvements StrCompare Mode 2 New About Box and Icons |
| DR2r70 | 3/29 | #if statement "..." button in properties window Bug Fixes |
| DR2r69 | 3/24 | Database improvements Bug Fixes |
| DR2r68 | 3/24 | Bug Fixes Text Conversion extended to 11 languages. |
| DR2r67 | 3/23 | Bug Fixes |
| DR2r66 | 3/22 | StrCompare and = are faster Bug Fixes |
| DR2r65 | 3/20 | UseCMM property in ContextualMenus Bug Fixes |
| DR2r64 | 3/19 | Updated On-Line Reference |
| DR2r63 | 3/18 | RemoteAddress property in Sockets! Bug Fixes |
| DR2r62 | 3/16 | Database improvements Bug Fixes |
| DR2r61 | 3/15 | Picture and Poster EditableMovie properties Bug Fixes |
| DR2r60 | 3/11 | Binding and Database improvements RowTag property in PopupMenu |
| DR2r59 | 3/9 | Win32 MDI bug fixes Improved Movieplayer control Other Bug fixes |
| DR2r58 | 3/5 | TextEncoding now works. Win32 and database improvements Bug fixes |
| DR2r57 | 3/4 | Bug Fixes TextEncodings added |
| DR2r56 | 3/4 | Binding interfaces improved |
| DR2r55 | 3/2 | Various Bug Fixes Database improvements |
| DR2r54 | 3/1 | New Reference Window MovieWidth, MovieHeight Movie properties |
| DR2r53 | 2/23 | Database improvements |
| DR2r52 | 2/22 | Win32 Improvements QuickTime now supported in Windows |
| DR2r51 | 2/17 | Bug Fixes Windows compiler improvements MouseX, MouseY, MouseDown system properties. |
| DR2r50 | 2/16 | Bug Fixes More controls implemented in Windows Compiler. Can now drop files into folders in the project window. |
| DR2r49 | 2/12 | Win32 bug fixes Win32 MDI support |
| DR2r48 | 2/11 | Database improvements |
| DR2r47 | 2/9 | Bug Fixes UseFocusRing property in editfield & Listbox |
| DR2r46 | 2/3 | Bug Fixes Non-Appearance manager implementation of DR2 controls. |
| DR2r45 | 2/2 | Semaphores and CriticalSelection classes for threads. Object destructors (ie, ~classname) Local Constants (ie, Const Name=Value) |
| DR2r44 | 1/30 | Bug fixes You can now select binds Block [de]commenting with Cmd-' |
| DR2r43 | 1/29 | Bug fixes Command keys for "Show/Hide..." added Floaters can auto-hide when code editor is visible. |
| DR2r42 | 1/26 | Rearranged Toolbar Improvements to Win32 compiler Warning when opening 1.x projects added |
| DR2r41 | 1/25 | Win32 improvements galore Various bug fixes. |
| DR2r40 | 1/22 | Command keys for "New ___..." commands (FINALLY!) Support for custom binds BevelButtons can have actual menus now (Finally!) |
| DR2r39 | 1/21 | Bug Fixes Improvements in properties window Release notes are now in ClarisWorks 5 format |
| DR2r38 | 1/19 | Bug Fixes Styles, Sizes, and facings for Tab panels |
| DR2r37 | 1/13 | Bug Fixes ByRef and ByVal ColorPicker, HSV, and CMY support |
| DR2r36 | 1/11 | Rewrite of internal event handling Improvements to Windows Compiler Window menu now contains open windows |
| DR2r35 | 1/2 | Database improvements/bug fixes |
| DR2r28 | 12/8 | MouseX, MouseY properties More balloon help for IDE |
| DR2r29 | 12/11 | Editable and Checkbox cells in Listboxes Redesigned QuickTime features |
| DR2r30 | 12/17 | Variant data type added Databases can now be updated |
| DR2r31 | 12/23 | Windows can contain arbitrary objects Bug fixes |
| DR2r32 | 12/23 | Improvements to the Windows compiler Released 22 hours after r31 |
| DR2r33 | 12/28 | Bug fixes for Live Scrolling and databases |
| DR2r34 | 12/30 | User interface for modifying database schema added (huh?) |
| DR2r35 | 1/1/99 | Databases can be bound to listboxes Database bug fixes |
| DR2r26 | 11/29 | Very modified plugin format Boolean Constants added |
| DR2r25 | 11/23 (?) | Constant system introduced (see Tips) Bug fixes |
| DR2r24 | 11/18 | Control Binding (see Tips) Bug fixes to new list box |
| DR2r23 | 11/13 | More image formats (all QT formats) now supported Bug fixes with canvases and list box Improved AutoComplete |
| DR2r22 | 11/12 | Major Nav Services crashing bug fixed Import Menu command added (see news) New SaveAsJPEG method of folderitems (see news) |
| DR2r21 | 11/11 | RB now uses Nav Services (the file dialogs in OS 8.5) First implementation of ListBox replacement |
| DR2r20 | 11/6 | #Pragma concepts 4D plugin and more database formats supported. |
| DR2r19 | 10/30 | New sprite engine (See news) |
| DR2r18 | 10/26 | Movie methods (see cover story) Improved plugin format. |
| DR2r17 | 10/20 | You can now set the visibility of entire folders Eight new controls in the IDE (see news article) |
| DR2r16 | 10/16 | Bug fix for r15 (?) |
| DR2r15 | 10/15 | Not yet known |
| DR2r14 | 10/13 | Not yet known |
| DR2r13 | 9/30 | OpenOracleDatabase function Improved plugin format (image support) and Win32 compiler |
| DR2r12 | 9/24 | A specific bug fix for r11 |
| DR2r11 | 9/23 | Apple Event Template and AppleEventTarget objects Apple Event Recorder in the window menu. |
| DR2r10 | 9/11 | Win32 font support, and editfield support. Bug with multiple Win32 builds fixed. |
| DR2r9 | 9/9 | Tons of improvements for the Win32 compiler. |
| DR2r8 | 9/3 | Database Object HasHeading and SortClicked event for Listboxes |
| DR2r7 | 8/29 | DatabaseCursor Class Database example |
| DR2r6 | 8/20 | Not known |
| DR2r5 | 8/10 | Bug fixes First run of a windows compiler (see news) |
| DR2r4 | 8/6 | |
| DR2r3 | 8/3 | Improved VB importer. New class of folderitem that doesn't auto-resolve aliases. Plugin Architecture changes. |
| DR2d2 | 7/27 | Bug fixes RGBSurface object added Resource forks can now read finder icons (icl8, ics8, etc.) PPPStatus property for sockets. Can now set locked and visible on folderitems. Can now get destkop and trash folders for specific volumes. Not an "official" release. Never supported. |
| DR2d1 | 7/23 | Bug fixes System object added SerialPort class adedd Improved plugin architecture New MoviePlayer properties Not an "official" release. Was never supported. |
1.x
DR1 was lots of fun! I hopped on near the end of DR1r23's reign, and have been using RB almost continuosly since then.
| 1.1.1 | 2/24/99 | Mostly bug fixes Improved Internationalization |
| 1.1 | 1/4/99 | Bug Fixes Navigation Services Support Import item under the file menu More balloon help |
| 1.0 | 10/8/98 | Various bug fixes Revised documentation and tutorials |
| F9 | 9/11 | Bug fixes Delete button in CFM editor. |
| F9 | 9/4 | Bug fixes galore Editfields now allowed in global floaters. |
| F8 | 8/27 | Mostly bug fixes The URL in the about box is now clickable. |
| F7 | 8/19 | Improved AppleEvent handling Smoother control redrawing. |
| F6 | 8/17 | Bug fixes Delete button in CFM editor. |
| F5 | 8/5 | Disabling >31 length menus now works Bug fixes Improved VB importer (lines and modules) Toolbar is now more obviously drag-and-drop. |
| F4 | 7/6 | Mostly bug fixes The "official" demo. |
| F1 | 6/26 | GlobalProcess style windows CloseOnClick for SpriteSurface F1 stands for Final Candidate 1 |
| DR1r39 | 6/22 | New methods for multi-byte characters (see news) Plugins can now return strings GetSound method for ResourceFork (finally!) Underscores now allowed in Class&Object names |
| DR1r38 | 6/11 | Improved SpriteSurface RB now imports from Visual Basic 2.0 and higher (See news) PPC apps can be compressed. (See news) |
| DR1r37a | 6/8 | Bug fixes New serial port methods |
| DR1r37 | 6/6 | Plugins now compile. (See news) RectControls now savvy. (That's not true!) Trim, LTrim, RTrim functions. Expanded property for hierarchial Listboxes. |
| DR1r36 | 5/31 | Palettes now remember placement and visibility. Canvas has new scroll method. Many new AppleEvent methods. |
| r35a | 5/27 | Bug Fixes First cut of a VB importer Better Kaleidoscope compatibility Icon panes in build-application dialog accept pasted pictures |
| r35 | 5/21 | Folders can now be created in the project window Color can be directly compared (ie, if c1=c2 then...) Change event and Value property for TabPanels More AppleEvent methods/classes AcceptTabs for editfields Drag&Drop now works in the code editor. |
| r34a | 5/18 | Pixel method of graphics objects More style properties/methods for editfields DrawPolygon & FillPolygon for graphics object Improved XCMD support SpriteSurfaces center on the screen. |
| r34 | 5/12 | AppleEvent class, and associated methods BitwiseAnd, XOR, and OR InitialValue property for listboxes and popupmenus ContextualMenu control & isCMMClick Menus can be reordered by dragging in the menu editor |
| r33 | 5/4 | graphics.DrawString works with CRs Word wrapping parameter for DrawString Focus Rings for editfields Poll method for sockets AddPicture for resource forks |
| r32b | 4/22 | MemoryBlock class Bug Fixes |
| r32a | 4/21 | Thread class Resource attribute properties for ResourceFork (ie, purgable) Bug Fixes |
| r32 | 4/20 | Reduced control flashing Bug fixes Exporting classes/modules with protectoin Private property for variables in classes/modules Window() and WindowCount Volume() and VolumeCount I return to RB, and think the new name and icons are cheesy (and I still do) |
| r31c | 4/10 | Style properties for menu items Dragging a "resources" file into project. It's still bugged to this very day. |
| r31b | 4/8 | Fixed bug where PPC apps crashed on launch |
| r31 | 4/4 | &b, &h, &o Picture and PictureAvailable for Clipboards DragItem class, and DropObject events WASTE text text engine for >32k text fields. \ operator for integer division SpriteSurface and Sprite control/object Font and FontCount commands SelUnderline, SelTextFont, etc. for edit fields "me" reference FrameColor, FillColor, DarkBevelColor, etc. |
| r30 | 3/23 | Hierarchial, styles, and pictures for listboxes Print command (in the File menu) Find/Replace command Dynamically constructed menus. |
| r29 | 3/12 | Bug Fixes Cosmetic Changes |
| r28b | 3/5 | Bug Fixes Asynchronously clicking (ie, timers continue to fire) |
| RB! r28 | 3/4 | Name changed to REALbasic from CrossBasic FYI Software changed to REAL Software New Code editor and Palettes (the present-day types) Styled and associated properties for editfields Multiple declarations on one line (ie, dim x,y as string) I get fed up with XB, and switch to FutureBasic for a while. |
| r27 | 2/2/98 | Integrated On-Line reference LimitText for editfields Sort method for arrays MacType/MacCreator for folderitems PenHeight/PenWidth for graphics |
| r26 | 1/14/98 | GetCicn method for resource forks Transparent property for pictures Edit/Delete commands in Edit menu SaveAsPicture method for folderitems |
| r25 | 12/30/97 | TabPanel control Password property for editfields Indeterminate progress bars NewPicture method, and picture.graphics property LocalAddress and LookAhead for sockets. Autocompletion in the code editor |
| r24 | 12/9/97 | Control Cloning with the New and "isa" operator StrComp function ColumnCount, ColumnWidths for listboxes CreateAsFolder method for folderitems |
| r23 | 11/11 | ResourceFork object BalloonHelp properties Slider control (Mac OS 8 only) Socket.Listen and Folderitem.Exists Bug Fixes I find out about XB in a HL chat after realizing that VMSB truly sucks. |
| r22 | 10/28 | SystemFolder, TrashFolder, etc. Resized and Moved events for windows AppendToTextFile for folderitems |
| r21 | 10/14 | Socket control Open and Close events for controls DownTo and Step for FOR loops Multiple parameters for AppleScripts Multiline property in StaticTexts Beep command |
| r20 | 10/2 | Support for ' and // as comments (as opposed to rem) CountFields, NthField functions InsertRow, DeleteAllRows, RemoveRow for popups. Replace, ReplaceAll commands ReDim command |
| r19 | 9/15 | 68k Code Generation bug fixed "(will they never end?)" Support for submenus |
| r18 | 9/1 | Bug Fixes Improved documentation |
| r17 | 8/20 | Ticks and Microseconds functions |
| r16 | 8/18 | Picture Caching Printing support (ie, OpenPrinter() as graphics) |
| r15 | 8/10 | SerialPort control Do...Loop commands Exit command |
| r14 | 8/1 | ProgressBar control Automatic Alias resolution for folderitems |
| r13 | 7/27 | Timer control added |
| r12 | 7/22 | Added Hex and Oct functions. Andrew Barry moves to Denver! |
| r11 | 7/9 | Bug fixes for compiling to PPC XCMD/XCFN support added. |
| r10 | 7/8 | AppleScript support GetFolderitem is now relative |
| r9 | 7/4 | More sample programs Control Arrays |
| r8 | 6/29 | "Changed 1-based row indexes for ListBox & Popup controls
to be 0-based to be more compatible with 'the standard'. <gag>" SelStart, SelLength, etc. for edifields. |
| r7 | 6/28 | Fixed QT 2.5 requirement. It was CodeWarriors fault. Really! |
| r6 | 6/28 | DoModal method for windows Any ".gif" or ".jpg" file can be dragged in regardless of type. |
| r5 | ??? | Rnd, ceil, floor, round, abs, max, min functions Support for sounds added |
| r4 | ??? | New math functions (sin, cos, tan, etc.) |
| r3 | ??? | ??? |
| r2 | ??? | ??? |
| r1 | ??? | The naming convention for XB versions is set (?) |