PxPlus Releases

PxPlus 2023 Update 1 is an update release that includes the enhancements below and a number of small fixes that have been developed since the PxPlus 2023 (version 20.00) release.

Enhancements

Language Enhancements

Directives

• ADD INDEX directive now supports the use of an open file channel to a keyed or memory file to which the key will be added
• DROP INDEX directive now supports the use of an open file channel to a keyed or memory file from which the key will be dropped

OPTION Mnemonics

• LockOverDisable option for setting Multi-Line input fields that are both locked and disabled to display as locked (as opposed to disabled)
  
  Note: The above options can be read using the FIN function.

Webster+

• Default Start Page option added to the Webster+ Setup Template tab to define the system default Starting Page to be used when a browser connects
• Group Template and Start Page options added to Group Maintenance to override the system default Template settings and Starting Page for any user in the specified group
• Default Template and User Start Page options added to User Maintenance to override the group and system default Template settings and Starting Page for a specified user
• Longwait class added to allow any control (Button, Check Box, List, etc.) to visually notify users to wait when executing an event that may take some time to respond
• Depends short code added to allow the inclusion of logic on the Web page that will control the display and operation of the various controls based on a condition

Enhanced IDE and Toolkit

• Ability to optionally specify a Prefix File and a Default Library when creating, editing or copying a project
• New tasks added to the IDE Launcher:
• Open Project Application Library task uses the project's default library to open Library Object Selection
• Panel Definition task for creating or editing a panel definition
• Query Definition task for creating or editing a Standard query or a Query List definition
• Menu Bar Definition task for creating or editing a menu bar definition
• File Maintenance Generator task invokes the File Maintenance Generator for creating or editing a file maintenance panel
• Ability to set %NOMADS object properties via Load Properties button in Nomads Environment Maintenance

File Maintenance Generator

• Added:
• HTML Class to Smart List Box, Smart Chart and Image objects
• HTML Options to all objects
• Tree View option when defining a Smart List Box
• Dependency Definition capability
• Ability to:
• Define a Webster+ Template for a panel
• Add a Folder Location anywhere on the main panel
• Create a full Record Query lookup for files with multi-part keys

Data Dictionary

• Data Dictionary Maintenance enhancements:
• NOMADS Tools menu added with options for creating and editing library objects
• Ability to View the contents of a database Link file or Prefix file entry
• Define button added to Data Element Definitions (Query tab) for creating or editing a query definition
• New filtering capability by File type and Database type added to the Lookup Table Names dialog
• Allow for Global variables for defining database Link/Prefix files for [ADO], [DB2], [MYSQL], [OCI] and [ODB]
• Database Import utility and Bulk Database Export utility enhancements:
• File Type column added to display the data dictionary physical file type
• Column sorting capability added to applicable columns
• Group column added to the Bulk Database Export utility to display the current group name of the table from the data dictionary
• Database connection information of the last database successfully connected to is remembered on a "per project" basis, one for each database type, and automatically loaded when the utility is invoked
• Create DB File button added for creating either a Link file or a Prefix file entry that points to the database itself

Data Class Definition

• Define button added to Drop Box, List Box and Multi-Line data classes (Query tab) for creating or editing a query
• Input Length will be set automatically (based on Internal Size value) when saving a new Multi-Line data class with no input length and no input format mask

Query Changes

• Ability to save changes to the query panel dimensions and column settings (width, sequence, shown/hidden columns) when Testing the query
• New Start At Value options added to the query header for Query+ to set whether the starting value will be matched by key value or return value
• New Return Prime Key value in Hex check box option added to the query header for returning the Hex value of the Primary key

Miscellaneous

• Data Mirroring Configuration Utility supports the journalization of files with extended records up to a size limit of 8MB
• Search Library capability added to Library Bulk Edit and Search utility to search all panel attributes
• Search capability added to File View and File Update utilities
• EZLoad Multi-Lines can be defined with numeric and multi-segment keys using the Key expression