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Changes from Visual Prolog 5.1 to Visual Prolog 5.2

VDE
VPI
Debugger

VDE

VDE Now Handles Filenames with Spaces

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

New Default Structure of a Project

Vpitools.DOM and Vpitools.PRE are now generated. These files are included by default into the "User's Declarations" section of a <project.INC>.

New Module View in the Project Window. 

New "Browse" Dialog

Browse Information is not Lost, when Errors Occur

Faster Rebuilt of Large Projects

Large multi-module projects are rebuilt faster than in previous versions of Visual Prolog.

Changes in the "Application Expert"

  1. In Visual Prolog 5.2 the VDE does not support Borland C as Main Program for Windows and DOS Platforms.
    See Upgrade Notes.
  2. In Visual Prolog 5.2 the VDE also does not support BGI (Borland Graphics Interface)  as UI Strategy.
  3. The default setting for the "Help Compiler" option in the Help Maker sheet has been changed from "HC31" to "HCW".

Changes in the "Directories" Dialog

Changes in the "Compiler Options" Dialog

The "Unreachable Code" checkbox has been added to the Compiler Options|Warnings dialog. By default the checkbox is unchecked.

New "Warning!" Dialog

The "Warning!" dialog provides the possibility to regenerate build scripts of the projects created by previous versions of Visual Prolog.

Changes in the "Create Mail to PDC Support" Dialog

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.

Changes in the Text Editor

If multiple lines are selected at the point of “Replace” invocation, then  “selected text” is now chosen

The Possibility to Specify the Stack Size

The possibility to specify the Stack Size has been added.

Visual Prolog 5.2 VDE Preserves Original Filename Case.

 Previously it turned filenames into the upper case.

A New Menu Item

A new menu item Window|Close All Editor Windows (F11) has been added.

Improved Work with Maximized Windows 

VDE now works much better with maximized windows.

Error Window

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.

Better File Pattern for the File|Open command

Prolog source files of the following types can be simalteneously viewed in the "Load a File to Edit" dialog: *.dom; *.con; *.pre; *.pro, *.inc.

Prolog project files of the following types can be simalteneously viewed in the "Load Project" dialog: *.vpr, *.prj.

Better File Pattern for the Open|OpenProject command 

Improved "Window | More windows..." Dialog

Window | More windows... dialog, provides now the possibility to see, what files to choose even if a path is long.

New Names of INI-files in Visual Prolog 5.2

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
Name in Previous Versions
Name in VIP 5.2
Windows 32 vip32.ini vip32_52.ini
Windows 16 vip16.ini vip16_52.ini
OS/2 vip.ini vip_52.ini

VPI

Status Line Customizing

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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