Two major new features highlight
this release -- the new Integrated Toolkit and the built-in
Version Control features for program files. Both of these are
designed to assist in the support, testing and development of
your business applications.
In addition, this release is
designed to operate on Microsoft VISTA along with prior versions
of the Windows Operating system.
The following new +PxPlus
Exclusive features
were added to PxPlus with Build 9170
(click here to view information on the prior build
--9163)
General |
- Major upgrade to
graphical editor to create the new Integrated Toolkit
Enhancements include
- Remote debugging
- Program Synopsis window with dynamic contents
- Public and Private Workspaces to better manage
your work
- Direct access to Nomads libraries
- Support of Program libraries
- Built-in macro text libraries
- Split screen for easier User Interface
- Built-in Version control
system tied to the SAVE directive including the ability to
include comments and multiple versions of a
program in a program file.
- Support for the VISTA
operating system with a new Install Shield
designed to resolve a number of issues regarding
UAC.
- A new 'Sizer' style
button has been added to allow for slider
controls and window sizers.
- Drag and Drop support
was extended to include buttons and check boxes
as Drag sources.
- Created new
"*PLUS/CS/SERVICE" utility to
allow for easy installation and setup of the
Simple CS as a Windows service.
- Improved Simple
Client server interface for Spawned tasks
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Directives |
- Virtual directories
have been added to the system through the use of
the PREFIX DIRECTORY
directive.
- The PERFORM directive has been enhanced to allow
for the passing of a NULL string
- The CALL, PERFORM, and RUN directives now allow
starting execution at a statement number within
the program, not just at a statement label
- The LIST_BOX FIND and GRID FIND directives were enhanced
so that finding item 0 (or specifying column/row
of zero) returns the complete list/grid contents
- BEGIN * and CLEAR * have been added to the
system to clear all global variables and close
global files (BEGIN only).
- A WAIT option was
added to the SYSTEM_HELP
directive to allow applications to wait for
the completion of any process initiated by the
directive.
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Functions |
- A new option (3) to
return the number of seconds elapsed in the
session has been added to the TMR function.
- The TSK function has
been extended to provide support of the remote
debugger.
- TCB(82) has been changed so that it
will return a value of -1 on ALL non-Windows
platforms.
- Enhanced the SYS function to provide the ability to
query the status of or kill processes on ALL
platforms
- The CHG function has been extended to
return the "Change" status for programs
- Changed the FIN function to return a device style
response for PDF files instead of a disk file
format.
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Mnemonics |
- The 'OPTION' mnemonic
has a new ML_OVERLAP_ADJUST option to disable the
automatic adjustment of overlapping multi-line
controls.
- Numerous new Bitmaps
have been added to the internal bitmap library
- Added support for the
'COLOUR' mnemonic within List box entries
- Enhanced the 'MESSAGE' mnemonic to allow for the
displaying of floating tips.
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Parameters |
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Properties |
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Utilities |
- New RECALL command to
recall prior saved versions on program files
- The VER command has
been enhanced to display version information
- The *INIFILE utility
has been enhanced to use the Prefix search rules
to find pre-existing INI files.
- The *WINAPI routine
has been expanded to include a FormatError
entry point to return the OS message text.
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Fixes
and minor changes |
- Corrected problem
with PDF not handling "FILL BACKGROUND"
attribute when the text is centered or right
justified (details)
- Corrected problem
with KGN function returning keys on file with
more than 16 keys (details)
- Smart list boxes
didn't call "formatter" program when
using an expression (details)
- The GRID property
'LoadIoList$ was unable to handle IOLISTs with
statement labels or formatting options (details)
- The font used in the
web server log view utility was too small to
view. (details)
- Nomads internally
would change the value of _Proplist$ when
processing Grid input (details)
- Fixed potential
system failure when assigning data to a LOCAL
composite string (details)
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Notice:
The file 'panel.inf" which is
created and used by the utility *winpnl has been relocated from
the directory where you installed PxPlus to *win/panel.inf
(lib/_win/panel.inf) in this release. If you want to preserve
screen position information from a prior release, you will need
to move this file to its new location.
'+R'
Note:
New with this version of PxPlus is
the built-in capability to maintain prior versions of programs
within the program files. These prior versions do not occupy any
memory space nor impact the loading or execution of the programs
in any way but will increase the size of the program files. By
default PxPlus will be set to preserve the last five versions of
the program ('+R' set to 5). If you wish to disable this feature,
you should set '+R' to zero in your START_UP program.
To recall prior versions, you can
enter RECALL nn from command mode when nn
represents the relative version number (1= prior version,
2=version before that, etc...). Alternative you can enter n.nnn
where the number matches the actual program version number that
can be either set by the SAVE "...",IND=n.nnn
or automatically assigned by the system. The VERS * command can
be used to view all versions of the program that exist for the
currently loaded program.
See the Version control system in the users guide.
Supplemental updates:
The following additional updates
have also been released:
9170.1 |
- A Rich Text Word
processor style Multi-line control has been
added to PxPlus including printing support.
- Added new Grid property
'AutoTrack to control automatic tracking of
the Scroll bars.
- New 'TEXT' block
printing capabilities have been added to
simplify the printing of blocks of text across
page boundaries.
- The PDF interface was
enhanced to include a View capability and defaults.
- Enhanced the Windows
'About/Info' display to include list of graphic
Images groups currently in use.
- Corrected reporting
of the BKG system variable when using WindX/JavX
(details)
- A syntax error in the
logic field in Nomads dependancy tables was being
reported during entry (details)
- Corrected problem
with slow pipe reads on Unix/Linux (details)
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