New Release (2015R3) of the STD "Integrated" FrameWork!

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 Integrated Foundation Classes (2015R3) Released!

 "THE" PowerBuilder Classic & Appeon Framework!

(v2015.3.0.40 - June 23, 2015)

 

   Software Tool & Die Inc (STD) is very pleased to announce that they have just released an updated version 2015R3 (2015.3.0.40) of their Integrated Foundation Class library for PowerBuilder "Classic", Appeon Web and Appeon Mobile!

   The latest version contains the following updates and has been tested with Appeon 2013R2 and Appeon 2015 (GA) using the official MR (maintenance  releases) of PowerBuilder "Classic" versions 12.1, 12.5.1 and 12.6. Testing inside of PB included Win32 (both p-code & m-code) deployments while testing inside of Appeon included latest Web Browsers, latest Apple Tablet/Smart Phone and Android Tablet/Smart Phone  deployments.

Release 2015.3.0.40 change highlights ...

• Framework was system tested with: PowerBuilder Classic 12.1, 12.5.1 and 12.6; Appeon 2013R2 and 2015R2; iOS 8.3 and Android 5.0.1/5.1 (both Smart Phone & Tablet); IE10/11; FireFox 37.02; Safari 5.1.7; Opera 29.0.1795.47; Chrome 42.0.2311.135.1)  
• Added new "of_notification_display" method to the Application Controller (nc_app_controller_master) base class. This allows you to send a notification message that becomes a MessageBox in native & web but a real tablet / smart phone notification in the Mobile space!
• Added new "of_notification_remove" method to the Application Controller (nc_app_controller_master) base class.
• Revised "oe_help" event of "vs_dc_master" base class to use the new "of_notification_display" Application Controller method. This allows applciations to provide interactive help on each object or column in their applications.
• Removed the old PocketBuilder "of_set_nb_message" method from the "wn_master" base Window class.
• Replaced hard coded message text in the "nc_app_controller_master" Application Controller base class.
      - The AC now utilizes the Message Sub-System to deliver messages!
• Revised the "vs_dc_master" DW Control base class to issue more informative messages in the following events:
      - Error, DBError, ItemError, WSError and SQLPreview
• Revised the "ns_dS_master" DataStore base class to issue more informative messages in the following events:
      - Error, DBError, ItemError, WSError and SQLPreview
• Revised the "ns_sqlca_master" Transaction base class to issue more informative messages in the following events:
      - DBError and DBNotification
• Added new message numbers 72-93 and text to the message sub-system.
• Revised "vs_dc_webservice_master" abstract class to utilize the new "ns_ws_connection_master" Connection base class.
• Revised "ns_ds_webservice_master" abstract class to utilize the new "ns_ws_connection_master" Connection base class.
• Added a new "Web Service DataWindow Section" to the default Application INI file (see above changes for the DC/DS web service ancestor components).
• Revised the events in the "nc_app_controller_master" class to use the help sub-system for message text, as follows ...
      - oe_systemerror, constructor, oe_close
• Revised the methods in the "nc_app_controller_master" class to use the help sub-system for message text processing.
• Added new instance variable "is_hint_text" to the "vs_sle_master" base class for Appeon Mobile's of_SetHintText method support. Check out the updated OrderEntry application to see how this works in the Appeon Mobile space!
• Fixed a bug in the "wn_master" base class to call the related menu's "of_ok2save" method when it is notified!
• Changed the "of_display_basic_help" method in the "nc_app_controller_master" class to no longer use the old XP "WinHelp.hlp" help.
• Modified the ""oe_postconstructor" event of "mu_application_master" class to set the related Colour, Log & SMC menu properties.
• Modified the ""oe_postconstructor" event of "mu_main_master" class to set the Colour, Log & SMC menu item state properly.
• Added new "About" tab page ancestors in the English, French, Spanish and Italian PBL's.
• Added new "About" tab control ancestors in the English, French, Spanish and Italian PBL's.
• Fixed the "Device" about tab page code to correctly display the device ID in the Mobile environment.
• Revised the "wn_response_master" base class to bypass any ChangeMenu processing on the Mobile platform.
      - Menus are handled differently by Appeon's AWS on the mobile device.
• Updated the example OrderEntry application using the latest Integrated framework build and added Italian support!
   

 

Future

1)  Continued performance improvements in the PB, Web and Mobile single source framework.
2)  Add more PB, Web and Mobile features (ie: controls, Active Directory, etc).
3)  Integrate Open Source tools like Spell Checking, OCR, Imaging, and more!
4) Add new GUI controls
5) Extend the IIS (Web Services) framework

6) Support for NFC communications and other new features.

The FC's are *free* and can be downloaded (along with a sample Order Entry application) from the SourceForge website!   

Enjoy ... Chris