Technical Notes

Here we will keep you informed about further developments, solved and well-known problems. Furthermore we provide general hints for using ANGIE Generation Now!.

You find this information on an own page for each version of ANGIE Generation Now! – just chose your version of ANGIE Generation Now!:

Extensions

Project file structure is more convenient

• A double-click (left mouse button) triggers an event, i.e.
  • declaration or code modules are compiled,
  • listings are displayed,
  • the configuration file is edited,
  • no action is executed for generated output.

  These actions can still be called via the context menu.

• The result of a compilation is immediately visible.
  After the compilation, the sub-tree of the file is automatically opened. There the status of the compilation result is visible.
  If the compilation was successful the date and time of the compilation will also be displayed.
• New modules can be created via the function "Create".
  Before, you had to create new configuration modules, declaration modules or code modules outside ANGIE Generation Now! and then import them with the "Add" function. Now you just have to use "Create" in the context menu.
  A configuration file can only be created with "Create" if there is no configuration in the project file structure yet.

Better management of project settings

• Saving the project settings with a checkbox
  To distinguish more clearly between saving the project properties and closing the project, a "Save project settings when closing dialog" checkbox is offered in place of the "OK" button. If it is activated, the project settings will be saved on exit from the dialog window. Exiting the dialog window, however, will not close the project. A project is still being closed via File/Close project or when another project is opened or created.
• Display of the number of arguments of the start function
  To help you enter the correct number of arguments, the number is now displayed above the input box for the arguments.

Clearer overview of the generated code

• The generated code is now created with expanded information.
  The generated code contains the version number of both ANGIE and ANGIE Generation Now!, along with the generation date.
• Numbering of the output windows
  To increase clarity, the windows with the generated output are consecutively numbered.

Solved Problems

• There was no message when an existing file not listed under "Generated Output" is overwritten with the generated output.
  Now a message is triggered to give the user the option of overwriting the file or not.
• Clicking on the project button brought the project dialog of a closed project to the front.
  This error has been corrected. A closed project can no longer be activated with the project button.
• Erratic behavior of online help when help language is changed: a change is immediately taken into account when an ANGIE manual is started – without requiring the tool to be restarted. You will still have to restart the tool to change the language of the ANGIE Generation Now! help.
• After one language is chosen for online help in the Extras/Options menu, the tool does not need to be restarted.