Recent changes to OWLNext_modules_description

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:25:22 -0000

--- v12
+++ v13
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@

 Contains an (unfinished) implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker](OWLMaker) for source code editing.

-**Note**: The source code includes additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527]. Also note that until version 8 the library did not support the UNICODE build mode.
+**Note**: The source code includes additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527]. Also note that until version 8 the library did not support the UNICODE build mode. See "Unicode support in CoolPrj" [feature-requests:#54].

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:24:33 -0000

--- v11
+++ v12
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
 ## Current modules

-The OWLNext modules as of version 7.0 are described in the following sections. See [OWLNext Library Files Naming Convention](OWLNext_naming_convention) for details about the naming of different configurations of the library files depending on selected build modes.
+The OWLNext modules as of [version 7](OWLNext_Stable_Releases#7-series) are described in the following sections. See [OWLNext Library Files Naming Convention](OWLNext_naming_convention) for details about the naming of different configurations of the library files depending on selected build modes.

 

 ### OWL Core

 **Library file prefix**: owl
 **Namespace**: owl
-**Source code path**: "[include/owl](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/owl)" and "[source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/owlcore)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/owl](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/include/owl)" and "[source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/source/owlcore)"

 This is the core of OWLNext. Everything else depends on this. The core contains the OWL classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@

 **Library file prefix**: ocf
 **Namespace**: ocf
-**Source code path**: "[include/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/ocf)" and "[source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/ocf)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/include/ocf)" and "[source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/source/ocf)"

 OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with Microsoft's [Component Object Model](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/_com) (COM). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, as well as exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@

 **Library file prefix**: owlext
 **Namespace**: OwlExt
-**Source code path**: "[include/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/owlext)" and "[source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/owlext)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/include/owlext)" and "[source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/source/owlext)"

 This an OWL extension library containing additional features created by the OWL community. 

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@

 **Library file prefix**: coolprj
 **Namespace**: *(none)*
-**Source code path**: "[include/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/coolprj)" and "[source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/coolprj)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/include/coolprj)" and "[source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/7/source/coolprj)"

 Contains an (unfinished) implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker](OWLMaker) for source code editing.

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:40:17 -0000

--- v10
+++ v11
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@

 Contains an (unfinished) implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker](OWLMaker) for source code editing.

-**Note**: The source code includes additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527]. Also note that the library does not currently support the UNICODE build mode (work on support is ongoing; see [feature-requests:#54]).
+**Note**: The source code includes additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527]. Also note that until version 8 the library did not support the UNICODE build mode.

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:00:04 -0000

--- v9
+++ v10
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@

 **Library file prefix**: owl
 **Namespace**: owl
-**Source code path**: "[include/owl](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/owl)" and "[source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/owlcore)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/owl](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/owl)" and "[source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/owlcore)"

 This is the core of OWLNext. Everything else depends on this. The core contains the OWL classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 

@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@

 **Library file prefix**: ocf
 **Namespace**: ocf
-**Source code path**: "[include/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/ocf)" and "[source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/ocf)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/ocf)" and "[source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/ocf)"

 OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with Microsoft's [Component Object Model](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/_com) (COM). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, as well as exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 
+
+**Note**: Although this library supports the 64-bit build mode, known 64-bit limitations and issues exist. See "64-bit OCFNext" [feature-requests:#218].

 

 ### OWLExt

 **Library file prefix**: owlext
 **Namespace**: OwlExt
-**Source code path**: "[include/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/owlext)" and "[source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/owlext)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/owlext)" and "[source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/owlext)"

 This an OWL extension library containing additional features created by the OWL community. 

@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@

 **Library file prefix**: coolprj
 **Namespace**: *(none)*
-**Source code path**: "[include/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/coolprj)" and "[source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/coolprj)"
+**Source code path**: "[include/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/include/coolprj)" and "[source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/7.0.10/source/coolprj)"

 Contains an (unfinished) implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker](OWLMaker) for source code editing.

@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@

 **Library file prefix**: owlfx
 **Namespace**: OwlFx
-**Latest source code path**: "[include/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/V632_08/include/owlfx/)" and "[source/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/V632_08/source/owlfx/)"
+**Latest source code path**: "[include/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/V632_08/include/owlfx/)" and "[source/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/6353/tree/tags/V632_08/source/owlfx/)"

 Contains mostly unfinished classes dealing with databases and image processing.

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:43:39 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 **Namespace**: ocf
 **Source code path**: "[include/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/ocf)" and "[source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/ocf)"

-OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with [COM](http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, as well as exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 
+OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with Microsoft's [Component Object Model](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/_com) (COM). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, as well as exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 

 

 ### OWLExt

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:40:26 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -9,39 +9,47 @@
 
 ## Current modules

-The OWLNext modules as of version 6.44 are described in the following sections.
+The OWLNext modules as of version 7.0 are described in the following sections. See [OWLNext Library Files Naming Convention](OWLNext_naming_convention) for details about the naming of different configurations of the library files depending on selected build modes.

 

 ### OWL Core

-**Library prefix**: owl
-**Source code path**: [source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/owlcore)
+**Library file prefix**: owl
+**Namespace**: owl
+**Source code path**: "[include/owl](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/owl)" and "[source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/owlcore)"

-This is the core of OWLNext. Everything else depend on this. The core contains the OWL classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 
+This is the core of OWLNext. Everything else depends on this. The core contains the OWL classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 

 

 ### OCF

-**Library prefix**: ocf
-**Source code path**: [source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/ocf)
+**Library file prefix**: ocf
+**Namespace**: ocf
+**Source code path**: "[include/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/ocf)" and "[source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/ocf)"

-OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with [COM](http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, or exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 
+OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with [COM](http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, as well as exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 

 

 ### OWLExt

-**Library prefix**: owlext
-**Source code path**: [source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/owlext)
+**Library file prefix**: owlext
+**Namespace**: OwlExt
+**Source code path**: "[include/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/owlext)" and "[source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/owlext)"

 This an OWL extension library containing additional features created by the OWL community. 
+
+**Note**: The source code includes additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527].

 

 ### CoolPrj

-**Library prefix**: coolprj
-**Source code path**: [source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/coolprj)
+**Library file prefix**: coolprj
+**Namespace**: *(none)*
+**Source code path**: "[include/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/include/coolprj)" and "[source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/7.0.6/source/coolprj)"

-Contains an unfinished implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker] for source code editing. 
+Contains an (unfinished) implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker](OWLMaker) for source code editing.
+
+**Note**: The source code includes additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527]. Also note that the library does not currently support the UNICODE build mode (work on support is ongoing; see [feature-requests:#54]).
 


 
@@ -52,9 +60,12 @@
 

 ### OWLFx

-**Library prefix**: owlfx
-**Latest source code path**: [include/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/tags/V632_08/include/owlfx/) and [source/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/tags/V632_08/source/owlfx/)
+**Library file prefix**: owlfx
+**Namespace**: OwlFx
+**Latest source code path**: "[include/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/V632_08/include/owlfx/)" and "[source/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/5808/tree/tags/V632_08/source/owlfx/)"

 Contains mostly unfinished classes dealing with databases and image processing.

 OWLNext 6.32 is the last version that included OWLFx. Since then, it is no longer included in the OWLNext installation and is instead available as a separate [download](http://sourceforge.net/projects/owlnext/files/obsolete/OWLFx.zip/download). The reason for this move is that the database classes are outdated, especially those for working with BDE (Borland Database Engine), and the classes cannot easily be ported to Unicode or 64-bit Windows.
+
+**Note**: The source code may include additional license terms by the copyright holders of the contributed code. See [bugs:#527].

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:24:51 -0000

--- v6
+++ v7
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 The OWLNext project contains the OWL core as well as various extension libraries.

 [TOC]
+
+


 
 ## Current modules
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
 **Source code path**: [source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/coolprj)

 Contains an unfinished implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker] for source code editing. 
+


 
 ## Obsolete modules

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Ognian Tchernokojev

Ognian Tchernokojev — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:37:41 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 ## Current modules

-The OWLNext modules as of version 6.42 are described in the following sections.
+The OWLNext modules as of version 6.44 are described in the following sections.

 

 ### OWL Core

 **Library prefix**: owl
-**Source code path**: [source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/owlcore)
+**Source code path**: [source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/owlcore)

 This is the core of OWLNext. Everything else depend on this. The core contains the OWL classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ### OCF

 **Library prefix**: ocf
-**Source code path**: [source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/ocf)
+**Source code path**: [source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/ocf)

 OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with [COM](http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, or exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ### OWLExt

 **Library prefix**: owlext
-**Source code path**: [source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/owlext)
+**Source code path**: [source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/owlext)

 This an OWL extension library containing additional features created by the OWL community. 

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ### CoolPrj

 **Library prefix**: coolprj
-**Source code path**: [source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/coolprj)
+**Source code path**: [source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/644/source/coolprj)

 Contains an unfinished implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker] for source code editing.

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Ognian Tchernokojev

Ognian Tchernokojev — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:36:35 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 ### OWLFx

 **Library prefix**: owlfx
-**Source code path**: [source/owlfx](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/632/source/owlfx)
+**Latest source code path**: [include/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/tags/V632_08/include/owlfx/) and [source/owlfx](https://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/tags/V632_08/source/owlfx/)

 Contains mostly unfinished classes dealing with databases and image processing.

OWLNext_modules_description modified by Vidar Hasfjord

Vidar Hasfjord — Thu, 21 May 2015 18:50:50 -0000

--- v3
+++ v4
@@ -7,35 +7,39 @@
 
 ## Current modules

-The OWLNext modules are described in the following sections.
+The OWLNext modules as of version 6.42 are described in the following sections.

 

 ### OWL Core

-Library prefix: **owl**
+**Library prefix**: owl
+**Source code path**: [source/owlcore](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/owlcore)

-This is the core OWLNext library. Everything else depend on this. Contains the important classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 
+This is the core of OWLNext. Everything else depend on this. The core contains the OWL classes like TModule, TApplication, TWindow and TDialog. 

 

 ### OCF

-Library prefix: **ocf**
+**Library prefix**: ocf
+**Source code path**: [source/ocf](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/ocf)

-OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with [COM](http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx). Allows using other COM objects in OWLNext application, or exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 
+OCF stand for Object Component Framework and contains classes for dealing with [COM](http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx). This library adds support for using COM objects in OWLNext application, or exposing OWLNext application functionality via COM to other applications. 

 

 ### OWLExt

-Library prefix: **owlext**
+**Library prefix**: owlext
+**Source code path**: [source/owlext](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/owlext)

 This an OWL extension library containing additional features created by the OWL community. 

 

 ### CoolPrj

-Library prefix: **coolprj**
+**Library prefix**: coolprj
+**Source code path**: [source/coolprj](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/642/source/coolprj)

-Contains unfinished implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker] for source code editing. 
+Contains an unfinished implementation of a highlighting text editor (CoolEdit) and a grid control (CoolGrid). CoolEdit is used in [OWLMaker] for source code editing. 

 
 ## Obsolete modules
@@ -45,6 +49,9 @@
 

 ### OWLFx

-Library prefix: **owlfx**
+**Library prefix**: owlfx
+**Source code path**: [source/owlfx](http://sourceforge.net/p/owlnext/code/HEAD/tree/branches/632/source/owlfx)

-Contains mostly unfinished classes dealing with databases and image processing. After 6.33.1 maintenance of OWLFx is frozen, it is excluded from OWLNext distribution and is available as a separate [download](http://sourceforge.net/projects/owlnext/files/obsolete/OWLFx.zip/download). The reason for this move is that the database classes are way too obsolete, especially those for working with BDE (Borland Database Engine) and cannot be ported to Unicode or 64-bit Windows. In the future, some of the image-related classes may be merged into OWLExt. 
+Contains mostly unfinished classes dealing with databases and image processing.
+
+OWLNext 6.32 is the last version that included OWLFx. Since then, it is no longer included in the OWLNext installation and is instead available as a separate [download](http://sourceforge.net/projects/owlnext/files/obsolete/OWLFx.zip/download). The reason for this move is that the database classes are outdated, especially those for working with BDE (Borland Database Engine), and the classes cannot easily be ported to Unicode or 64-bit Windows.