Updated Utilities (V3. 0) compatible with Alibre V28 now in resources
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bolsover
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@Ken226, @albie0803, @DavidJ
I'd like to offer a solution to the 'virus' issue but I don't think there is much I can do other than perhaps making a very small change to the code and recompiling in the hope it doesn't create a new checksum that defender or other AV solution thinks is a virus. I can't afford to buy a code signing certificate and there is no guarantee that this would actually solve the problem anyway.
If it is MS edge browser that is objecting, there is some useful advice here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...oft-edge-0c555609-5bf2-479d-a59d-fb30a0b80b2b
Other solution is to temporarily turn off virus protection ( I use AVG which makes it simple)
If it is defender objecting then see here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...security-99e6004f-c54c-8509-773c-a4d776b77960
All I can really say, is that there is no virus in the code
David
I'd like to offer a solution to the 'virus' issue but I don't think there is much I can do other than perhaps making a very small change to the code and recompiling in the hope it doesn't create a new checksum that defender or other AV solution thinks is a virus. I can't afford to buy a code signing certificate and there is no guarantee that this would actually solve the problem anyway.
If it is MS edge browser that is objecting, there is some useful advice here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...oft-edge-0c555609-5bf2-479d-a59d-fb30a0b80b2b
Other solution is to temporarily turn off virus protection ( I use AVG which makes it simple)
If it is defender objecting then see here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...security-99e6004f-c54c-8509-773c-a4d776b77960
All I can really say, is that there is no virus in the code
David
simonb65
Alibre Super User
There are many forums and software FAQ's that I use that are reporting increased detection of Trojan:Script/Wacatac.B, and they are all calling it a false positive. I suspect a recent version of the antivirus signatures isn't quite filtering properly again as this was also a big issue back in 2022 when the signature was subsequently modified to reduce the number of false positives.
It does seem to mainly detect in compressed archives (rar, tar, zip, etc), more than any other type of executable. So, @bolsover , you could try providing an .exe installer on your git site rather than a zip. That might be more successful for some to download.
Sadly for us developers, unless you are a massive corporation, you can't get your application on the virus database whitelist and remove the false positives until it becomes a boarder community issue!
It does seem to mainly detect in compressed archives (rar, tar, zip, etc), more than any other type of executable. So, @bolsover , you could try providing an .exe installer on your git site rather than a zip. That might be more successful for some to download.
Sadly for us developers, unless you are a massive corporation, you can't get your application on the virus database whitelist and remove the false positives until it becomes a boarder community issue!
bolsover
Senior Member
I've just added .rar and .exe to the GitHub release. The .rar and .zip just compressed versions of the .exe hopefully one of these will evade the windows defences!
David
Ken226
Alibre Super User
That worked. I had no problems downloading and installing the .exe.
Thanks David. This utility is fantastic for designing gears.
IE, my dual track 3 lobe, 1/6 ratio radial engine valve train would be so much harder without this tool.
Now, if we could get Alibre to give us come cam/follower constraints.
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bolsover
Senior Member
+1 for that!
stepalibre
Alibre Super User
V27 = DevExpress v22.1
V28 = DevExpress v23.2
At first glance I believe this means David will need to compile his addon for V28 to get the updated DLLs.
bolsover
Senior Member
@Cator , @stepalibre
Yes - It's the updated DevExpress packages. The Class SvgBitmap is now in in the package DevExpress.Drawing.v23.2.
I'd already got the code reworked and working - I just need to package for a new release - I think I'll make this version 3.0.
Unfortunately, I can't see any (simple) way to have a single version of Utilities play nicely with both Alibre V27 and V28 so, I think I'll just add in an Alibre version check and disable the shortcuts menu as appropriate.
I hope to have the update ready for release this week.
David
Yes - It's the updated DevExpress packages. The Class SvgBitmap is now in in the package DevExpress.Drawing.v23.2.
I'd already got the code reworked and working - I just need to package for a new release - I think I'll make this version 3.0.
Unfortunately, I can't see any (simple) way to have a single version of Utilities play nicely with both Alibre V27 and V28 so, I think I'll just add in an Alibre version check and disable the shortcuts menu as appropriate.
I hope to have the update ready for release this week.
David
bolsover
Senior Member
It should be fixed now - I have just released utilitiesForAlibre Version 3.0.
Sorry but was not possible to create a release that would be fully compatible with both V27 and V28 - so this latest version disables the keyboard shortcut menus if you use with Alibre V27.
Going forward, I shall be developing and testing against Alibre V28.
https://github.com/bolsover/UtilitiesForAlibre/releases/tag/V3.0.0.0
Sorry but was not possible to create a release that would be fully compatible with both V27 and V28 - so this latest version disables the keyboard shortcut menus if you use with Alibre V27.
Going forward, I shall be developing and testing against Alibre V28.
https://github.com/bolsover/UtilitiesForAlibre/releases/tag/V3.0.0.0