Translation of AutomaticUpdater messages

Hi Paulo,

Hi,

I'm using the AutomaticUpdater in an application and I'm having 2 problems:

1) I haven't found a way of translating the default english messages that appear when checking, etc...

We haven't added this yet. It is on our release schedule. We plan on adding this in a month or so.

2) I can't change the background color of the messages label and this is a must for perfect integration with the background

This is a bug. We'll have a fixed version out in a few days.

Hi Wyatt,

Then it's impossible to have these features ready until next Tuesday, right? 😐 Ok, I'll implement it using the AutomaticUpdater events!

Thanks.

paulo

Then it's impossible to have these features ready until next Tuesday, right?

No, translations won't be supported for about a month. It requires quite a bit of change to the underlying code - and thus testing to ensure no regressions happen.

The fixed version that fixes the background color bug will be released by tomorrow.

wyBuild 2.5.14 is out. The AutomaticUpdater background color bug has been fixed.

Hi again Wyatt,

I just tested the new build and, just like you said, the background color is now fixed.

I'd like to point out just one more thing. Don't know if this is doable at all, but here it goes: just before this build, I couldn't set the BackColor to Web->Transparent, which is the default for a Label, because it gave an error. Now I can set it to Transparent but, in reality, the color is set to white. Transparent would be great when you have a gradient behind the AutomaticUpdater (i.e. over a footer bar).

Anyway, it's great as is. 😉

Thanks!

Transparent should work. It won't be transparent at design time - it will just show the "star" icon with the default grey-ish background. But at runtime the transparent should work perfectly. Here it is with the form's background set to some jungle image:

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Have you tested the transparent background at runtime?

Sorry Wyatt... I had tested it runtime and the AutomaticUpdater is over a status bar from a 3rd party developer. I guess the AutomaticUpdater is not getting the bar's color, but its parent color which is white, so it's working as expected. It's me who overlooked that small detail. 😐