Changes from Visual Prolog 5.1 to Visual Prolog 5.2
VDE
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VDE Now Handles Filenames with Spaces
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Beginning with Visual Prolog 5.2, it is possible under 32-bit Windows to
place Visual Prolog projects into the directories, which names contain
spaces.
Please see Upgrade Notes
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New Default Structure of a Project
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Vpitools.DOM and Vpitools.PRE are now generated. These files are included
by default into the "User's Declarations" section of a
<project.INC>.
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Browse Information is not Lost, when Errors Occur
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Faster Rebuilt of Large Projects
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Large multi-module projects are rebuilt faster than in previous versions of
Visual Prolog.
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Changes in the "Application Expert"
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- In Visual Prolog 5.2 the VDE does not support Borland C as Main Program
for Windows and DOS Platforms.
See Upgrade
Notes.
- In Visual Prolog 5.2 the VDE also does not support BGI (Borland Graphics
Interface) as UI Strategy.
- The default setting for the "Help Compiler" option in the Help
Maker sheet has been changed from "HC31" to "HCW".
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Changes in the "Compiler Options" Dialog
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The "Unreachable Code" checkbox has been added to the Compiler
Options|Warnings dialog. By default the checkbox is unchecked.
The product serial number, inserted by a user during installation, is
automatically included into the "Create Mail to the PDC Support"
dialog under Win32. This makes it easy to send a request to Visual Prolog
Technical Support.
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Changes in the Text Editor
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If multiple lines are selected at the point of “Replace” invocation,
then “selected text” is now chosen
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The Possibility to Specify the Stack Size
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The possibility to specify the Stack Size has been added.
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Visual Prolog 5.2 VDE Preserves Original Filename Case.
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Previously it turned filenames into the upper case.
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A New Menu Item
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A new menu item Window|Close All Editor Windows (F11) has been
added.
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Improved Work with Maximized Windows
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VDE now works much better with maximized windows.
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Error Window
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The Error window functioning has been improved, e.g., when the error list
is updated the current selection is not lost.
Both compiler and linker errors can be viewed now in the Error window.
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Better File Pattern for the File|Open command
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Prolog source files of the following types can be simalteneously viewed in
the "Load a File to Edit" dialog: *.dom; *.con; *.pre; *.pro,
*.inc.
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Better File Pattern for the Open|OpenProject command
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Prolog project files of the following types can be simalteneously viewed in
the "Load Project" dialog: *.vpr, *.prj.
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Improved "Window | More windows..." Dialog
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Window | More windows... dialog, provides now the possibility to see, what
files to choose even if a path is long.
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New Names of INI-files in Visual Prolog 5.2
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In order to provide simultaneous safe work of Visual Prolog 5.2 and a
previous version of Visual Prolog, the names of INI files used in Visual
Prolog 5.2 are supplied with "_52" suffix:
Platform
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Name in Previous Versions
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Name in VIP 5.2
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Windows 32 |
vip32.ini |
vip32_52.ini |
Windows 16 |
vip16.ini |
vip16_52.ini |
OS/2 |
vip.ini |
vip_52.ini |
VPI
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Status Line Customizing
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A possibility to customize status line has been added. The following VPI
predicates have been implemented:
edit_SetStatusLineCaptions
edit_SetStatusLineCaptionsOffsets
edit_SetStatusLineColor
edit_SetStatusLineFont
Debugger
 | Debugger can now load projects with classes. |
 | Debugger supports now 32-bit text mode applications. |
 | Some other improvements have been included. |
 | Some bugs have been fixed. |
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