Version 6.30
Build 8915
PVX Plus Technologies is pleased
to announce the immediate availability of Build 8915 for Version
6.30. This new build incorporates some of the most dramatic
improvements yet to come out of our development center. It
includes a number of new features designed to enhance the
development environment along with tools to simplify the
migration process.
The following new +PxPlus
Exclusive features were added to PxPlus with Build
8915
(click here to view information on the prior build
-- 8815)
General |
- Context sensitive
help files within the language which can be
accessed by F1 or right/left
mouse popup menu at command mode or in the full
screen GUI editor (*it)
- Improved right/left
popup menu in command mode to include both
Copy/Paste functionality.
- Added new Utilities
entry to Command mode menu bar to allow easy
access to common PxPlus utilities.
- The Grid control now
supports a 'Sort property that can be used to
sort columns.
- Allowed the
developer to change the standard 'Cursor' setting
by settings in the system INI file.
Adding values Cursor#=xxxxx will allow
the user to change the cursor to use. 'xxxxx'
can be the name of resource in an associated
resourcelib or * followed by a system cursor. For
Example to set the ButtonPush cursor to the
standard Windows hand cursor:
Cursor5=*hand
- Improved DUMP * to
include object information if Object exists in
stack.
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Directives |
- Added built-in
standardized Structured Strings that simplify access to
common data structures, such as, those returned
by MSE and the OBJ function.
- Allowed DROP ON
logic to support dropped onto an OCX.
- Added logic to SYSTEM_HELP directive to check for a
pathname of "*" and use the standard
language help based on the location of the PxPlus
EXE.
- Corrected problems
with spaces in pathnames found in the PREFIX
FILE.
- Corrected problems
with FOR/NEXT and SELECT/NEXT RECORD break
processing.
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Functions |
- The NUM( ) function
has been enhanced to provide a new 'Default'
value to return when a string is not numeric.
Also added an option to have the NUM ( )
function return a 0 or 1 if the string contains
numeric data.
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Mnemonics |
- Added new
"UTILITY" option to the 'OPTION' mnemonic to allow for the
definition of entries in the Utilities section of
the command mode menu. Reserved for use by PxPlus
utility set.
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Parameters |
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Utilities |
- New Visual
Dictionary™ was added to the
system to simplify the creation of Data
Dictionaries on files.
- Updated the
*dict/maint utility with latest correction from
Best Software Canada Ltd.
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