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We are pleased to announce the release of FTN95 version 6.30. This is available for download now to supported users.

New Features:

• *.cs files can now be included in a DBK_LINK2/4 command line in order to transmit assembly attributes to the exe/dll.
  
• /CHECK argument checking now extended to module subprograms.
  
• /LINK with /DEBUG now activates /3GB in SLINK.
  
• ASSEMBLEY_INTERFACE now allows ARRAY="REF" (default ARRAY="NET") to allow star-sized arrays to be passed only as a reference to the first element of each array in the argument list.
  
• Clearwin+: Two new functions have been added to the library as an alternative or addition to %gr[user_surface]. These are CREATE_USER_SURFACE@ and SELECT_USER_SURFACE@. The associated %gr is identified by its Windows handle (see %lc) and the programmer must store the associated device context and DIB pointer.
  

  Code:

  CALL CREATE_USER_SURFACE@(width, height, hdc, ptr) !(inputs width and height and returns hdc and ptr - all INTEGERs)        ia = SELECT_USER_SURFACE@(hwnd, hdc, ptr)          !(inputs all arguments and returns non-zero value on success)

  
  

Outline summary of bugs that have been fixed:

• TYPE definition failed to propagate in a particular subprogram that was internal to the main program.
  
• RECOVER_DIB_BLOCK@ had 2048 horizontal pixel limit.
  
• A particular ALLOCATE statement reported and incorrect array rank.
  
• PAD was not working in the RESHAPE intrinsic except for integers.
  
• VAX initialisation statements failed when the list contained an array that was not the first item in the list.
  
• Assignment via a pointer failed when pointing to an element of an array of user-defined type which, in turn, had array members.
  
• Assignment to NULL using =>NULL() rather than NULLIFY was failing under .NET.
  
• MAXLOC and MINLOC intrinsics could not be called directly in order to set an array index.
  
• For arrays of rank one, MAXLOC and MINLOC now only return a scalar when DIM=1 is an explicit argument.
  
• SET_SUFFIX@ and SET_SUFFIX1@ were only working correctly for extensions of length three.
  
• Logical test for element by element character equality was failing for scalar against array constructor.
  
• Clearwin+ Improvement: %`rs can produce unwelcome additional height with XP theme.<br />Existing option [no_additional_depth] used to restore old (non-XP) height.
  
• Clearwin+: Documentation has been added for existing functions import_gif@ and export_gif@. These are similar to import_bmp@ and
  export_bmp@. Interfaces are now included in standard header files.
  
• Clearwin+ Improvement: import_image@ has been extended to handle GIF files and resources.