Members:

I am very pleased and excited to introduce the release of KiXforms TNG (v2.0) Beta 1 - An object oriented GUI extension specifically designed for the KiXtart scripting language. KiXforms TNG has been totally re-engineered from the ground-up, yet is virtually 100% compatible with the older version. KiXforms v2.0 is smaller, faster and more lightweight than the original - even though it sports many new exciting controls and more functionality.

But this is not an ending - not by a long shot - it's a beginning. The list of enhancements and new features and new objects to be implemented is still about a mile long (really). There is a ton of work still to do, both from a design/coding and from a documentation standpoint. Having said that - I am very pleased to introduce another exciting effort:

You can download KiXforms v2.0 from:

The KiXforms Website

Thanks to the talented work of Rodney Clarke (rclarke) - The KiXforms Website is a reality. It's the one-stop-shop for all things KiXforms. Rod has worked diligently to convert and re-interpret the existing documention into an online format. All of the new controls have been flagged - but there is still much, much more work to do to bring the KiXforms site up-to-date with the current release. Plus, some minor behaviors and functionality may have changed in the new release, so we hope to get everything sync'd up and re-documented very soon.

The one thing that is not in the new release, that will be very shortly (as soon as I get back from vacation) are the MENU and MENUBUTTON objects. My appologies, but I have not had time to port them over to TNG ... this will be done asap when I return from vacation (Aug24).

In the meantime, I will be posting many new scripts and discussion topics into the COM forum. These will serve to demonstrate the new features - plus - I will be asking for your thoughts and ideas on how to evolve KiXforms even further - there are still many things that need to be worked-out and designed - don't forget, we're desiging this stuff ourselves - absolutley nothing is carved in stone - so if you have any ideas, thoughts, concepts - large or small, lets hear them ...

-Shawn

[ 18. August 2002, 06:27: Message edited by: Shawn ]