PxPlus Releases

Version 11.00 May 2013

	Version 11.00 PxPlus/PxBasic The following is a list of major enhancements and new features that have been included in this release. (click here to view information on the prior Version 10.20 FP2)
General	Added support to extract and generate JSON data using the DIM LOAD directive Improved SSL interface to better support PCI Compliance through the use of protocol and cipher restrictions in the INI New Event handling interface added to the language A reconnect feature was added to the Simple Client Server interface Crash tracking/reporting for Windows that records internal information onto a log file, should a GPF or other windows failure occur Modified PDF driver to allow for margin of zero and increased maximum font size Added the ability to disable Trace window entries for system library programs Added support for Embedded IO program to direct file access by File name Enhanced the SSL interface to allow non-Secure connections to switch to Secure mode using the SETDEV (n) SET "SECURE" TO "<certfile>" Added new -CPL and -LST command options to access program compiler/lister Added support to open and output to *STDERR* Provided the ability to have multiple RESOURCELIB entries (semi-colon separated) Graphical Controls: - Enhanced the GRID and LISTVIEW controls to have a 'LockBottom property to define the number of rows at the bottom that should be excluded from Sorting - GRID has been enhanced to skip zero height lines when scrolling up/down - Improved GRID display by removing excess header 'gray' region - A new drawing tool BUTTON type has been added to the system (OPT="#") - Images on BUTTONS are now scaled to fit the button size - Improved rendering of Transparent buttons to minimize flicker
Directives	Added SETDEV (fileno) SET "option" TO "value" to simplify the setting of channel options To free a record currently locked you can use the new EXTRACT RELEASE (n) directive A FLUSH (fileno) directive has been added to flush all internal buffers for a file and, depending on the OS, to force data to be written to disk The following four (4) SETTRACE directive options were added with Version 11: - SETTRACE DISABLE in an object definition to prevent tracing - SETTRACE SHOW enables and shows the trace window - SETTRACE HIDE minimizes the trace window - SETTRACE CLEAR clears the trace window contents.
Functions	A new DIM(LIST ..) function has been added to generate JSON from an associative array The HSH( ) function has a new hash type of -1 which returns the SHA-1 value for the string The number of active Error History events will be returned using the TCB(130) function The TSK( ) function has been enhanced to provide a list of active Event handlers
Mnemonics	Added new Option mnemonic keywords to control the colour of frames and standard alternating background colours: For Frames - 'OPTION'("FrameDarkClr", colour$ ) Defines the dark lower-right borders of frame - 'OPTION'("FrameLiteClr", colour$ ) Defines the light upper-left borders of frame - 'OPTION'("FrameTextClr", colour$ ) Defines the colour of the frame header text For LISTVIEW, LIST_BOX and GRIDs - 'OPTION'("StdRowHilight1", colour$ ) Defines the primary alternating background colour - 'OPTION'("StdRowHilight2", colour$ ) Defines the secondary alternating background colour NOTE: All the above are also available to read using the FIN function
Parameters	-none-
Nomads	Auto Chart functionality added to system for GRIDS and LIST_BOXS via the Popup_menu Created a new %NOMADS object to hold new Nomads based parameters and settings Added SVN commit button to toolbar to commit panels after saving Provided new 'Sizer Control' and Rocker Button' attributes to button definition Enhanced the Folder control to allow for the inclusion of images and the specification of text alignment Added a new Query+ query processor to the system to provide more consistent query displays Synchro-Lock support was added as an attribute to Nomads panels Image definition was expanded to include support for Gray scale conversion Added support for CTRL-SHIFT-RCLICK to bring up panel/program editor popup menu BackHiLight1, BackHiLight2 were added to GRID preset properties Added Events to Nomads for panel load/unload and sign on/off Improved Calendar look and feel including ability to double click a date to select it Added support for substring and expressions definition in Query filter definitions Implemented Embedded panel control on File Maintenance Layout tab Multi-line controls were enhanced to provide for transparent backgrounds
iNomads	iNomads has been enhanced to handle most non-Nomads applications Added *plus/inomads/geolocate routine to provide location services to applications Enabled bar code scanning for Android devices with *plus/inomads/scanner Improved support for *win/color to return colors when using iNomads Added Events to iNomads for panel load/unload and sign on/off Enhanced logic for touch screen to emulate right mouse click and function keys Added support for image rotation, grayscale, invert and crop
Utilities	Supplied a new "REGISTER" command line utility to initiate online registration of software Added a new "ERRORS" command line utility to display error history The EZWEB server was modified to copy/initialize the iNomads base line configuration if needed Added two new methods (Added loadImageFile(f$) and saveImageFile(f$)) to the eSignature interface Simple Client server host program was enhanced to add a new ";Shutdown" entry point to shut down the host process Added support for INLINE option to the PDF based viewer utility Progress bar utility (*PROGBAR) was upgraded to allow inclusion of an image
Fixes and Minor Changes	Resolve memory allocation problem with UTF8 data conversion and CVS function Improved the speed of the MOD function when dealing with large integers Corrected problem with OnTipCtl processing not firing consistently Fixed problem with DELETE key on Auto Complete data with prefixes Corrected memory allocation problem when defined ADO files with > 16 keys Removed DEP protection flag from EXE to resolve problem with external COM modules Resolved a problem with the GRID FIND directive not properly handling translation tables Added a new Error #119 - Demo license when hitting the 5000 record limit Resolved problem with compiling/listing IF statements when using ++n or --n Fixed an issue with eSignature so that 'value$ will properly return null if no strokes made or image loaded Added ERR= clause to DIM(Find...) function to avoid error 11 when there's no data in ConvertData utility Fixed error 11 that occurred when all fields were blank in GUI View file (ufv.w) utility Fixed bad recovery from load error when passworded program load cancelled in *IT editor Added test for '+v' to top of pathinfo program in version control system. Added ERR= clause to Version Control system logic to prevent error 26 in pathinfo program Corrected Windx.utl spawn logic to properly exit if not running WindX Fixed security logic in GET_FILE_BOX emulator Corrected logic to allow for passing key number to use and key size to *NEXTSEQ Fixed issue involving opening a report using RW with simple path and prefix in effect Added -bkg to resolve an issue with the application server incorrectly counting user licenses Fixed Version Control issue where changing the menubar on a panel caused a panel with the work key to be added to the source directory Corrected omission of logic to copy report files to source directory for the Version Control system Fixed text mode Web configuration utility to work on normal text mode devices (not just WINDX) Added timeout when trying to get doc info after navigating to HTML file to avoid hung processes Views library default font setting did not have the ampersand set for underline Fixed issue where calculated field grid got locked if library fields were selected in the report designer Corrected problem with cd command working from drive root Added error handling and reporting in case data file used for autocomplete is not accessible Addressed a potential error 47 when parsing and auto-complete data file key Fixed html header info to append request to load rGraph rather than replace all headers Disabled update button for files with no field separator as update is not supported in the GUI file update utility Addressed error 10 that occurred after updating the file password in the data file passwording utility Change to make MSGBOX consistent with new Windows interfaces in handling of TIM= Correction for Content Length and CGI interface on IIS/APACHE Corrected logic to support non-PxPlus based FIB formats in *NEXTSEQ Fixed data file conversion utility to detect external key in text-to-binary conversion Fixed issue updating a new directory after refusing to update to new architecture with Version Control system Resolved problem when putting double quotes in chart titles Fixed issue where setting 'Initially Disabled' for a non-native chart could cause an infinite loop Added logic to display type of EFF file in directory view utility (*UDV) Fixed issue with spaces in pathnames when generating batch and SQLite command files with Version Control system iNomads - Fixed problem with TXID being too big on command line - Increased width and height size for template definition - Added _STS_TBL$ and _GRP_NAME$ emulation for compatibility with Nomads - Added missing attributes for Grid - Added support for RADIO_BUTTON REMOVE directive - Fixed handling of security in iNomads fields - Fixed Trigger logic within iNomads when handling concurrent panels - Fixed folder preserve logic to properly preserve control values - Corrected EOM processing to match Nomads - Added logic to preserve ERR state around commands - Resolved problem with user CTLS not working correctly when using Folders - Fixed GRID right alignment to replace spaces on right with &NBSP - Added Colour query for HTML and linked into template designer - Fixed time out logic on disconnect - Corrected handling of format mask of 00# - Fixed problem with Exit URL not properly transferring on some browsers - Improved handling of bitmaps of folder tabs to properly handle font alignment. - Fixed UTF8 conversion logic for Ajax input - Fixed problem with resizing concurrent windows (corrected z index for size image) - Corrections for properly rendering the & and other HTML escape characters. - Addressed issue where Google Ccharts were not displayed in the IE9 browser - Added support for OnLoadCtl for List Boxes and the GRID Nomads - Added 'visible property to extended controls in Nomads - Fixed issue with Nomads Designer where the screen library channel was closed when testing a panel that accessed a concurrent window in a different library. - Query - Save and reinstitute column sort when hiding/showing columns - Corrected Winproc error display to make it easier to track down problems - Fixed an error 14 that occurs when pressing the SQL Keydef button when no providex.kdf exists - Fixed typo in the File Maintenance generator that resulted in an incorrect calculation of the window height - Changed reference to column 3 from field to MID() formula to avoid error 47 on missing dates in DDF Query/Dictionary maintenance - Added logic in *winpnl to assure location of panel (column, line) are integers which could cause errors during redisplay of panel - Added new functions *wingrp (and *obj/nomads) to get information about group definitions which differ between iNomads and Nomads - Resolved problem in file maintenance that occurred when clearing numeric keys - Addressed issue where incorrect directory and prefix could be displayed when an error occurred opening a NOMADS panel

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