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.
   
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.
   
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.
   
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.
   
Parameters
   
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.