BASIS International Ltd. announces the release of version 6.21 for BBj®, the newest generation of BBx®.

This maintenance release includes the resolution of over 70 important QA memos and the addition of several new 7.0 preview features.

LANGUAGE/INTERPRETER

• New Controls
  • BBjDataBoundGrid – a grid control that can be bound to a BBjRecordSet object and controlled by a BBjNavigator object
  • BBjSlider – a control that enables the end user to move a slider along a range to set or choose a particular value
  • BBjColorChooser – a standardized tabbed color chooser control that offers various mechanisms to choose a color such as HSB values, RGB values, and swatches
  • BBj Font Chooser – allows the user to select a font with preview capabilities
  • BBj File/Directory Chooser – allows the user to select a file or directory
  • BBj Spinner and interface for controls – augments various input controls with spinner capabilities, allowing the user to easily select an option by cycling through the list via a keystroke or by clicking the up/down buttons. Spinner controls are also data bindable and data fillable
  • BBj HTML – displays HTML content
  • BBj Print Preview – displays a preview of SYSPRINT print jobs or BBjForms inside a SYSGUI window
  • BBj Graphical Charts – displays 3D graphical charts including bar charts, line charts, pie charts

• BBj Spellchecker and interface for editable controls - augments the various editing controls with optional SpellChecking capabilities; supports multiple languages and user customization
• MODE=CLIENT for FILEOPEN and FILESAVE dialogs - provides a view of the filesystem on the computer running the display of a thin-client session.
• BBjString – extends the legacy BBx string variable with the functionality of the java.lang.String class. All public methods of the java String class are available on a BBjString and a BBjString can be used as a legacy BBx string variable
• BBjNumber – extends the legacy BBx numeric variable with the functionality of the java.lang.Number class. BBjNumber has all the methods of the Java Number class as well as a method asBoolean().

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

• FormGen Wizard – enhanced to include the BBjDataBoundGrid as an optional control when generating a resourceText

DATABASE MANAGEMENT

• BASIS SQL Engine enhancements – adds the following grammar in additional to the existing BASIS SQL compliance with the ANSI SQL-92 grammar standard:
  • ALTER TABLE – add column, drop column, alter column
  • SELECT INTO – ouputs the contents of a SELECT statement into a new table
    
  For more information on BASIS support of SQL and a list of all supported SQL features and functions, type SQL in the index search in the online documentation.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

• JDBC Connection Pooling – provides the ability from the Enterprise Manager to create named, configurable JDBC connection pools from which BBj applications can acquire connections

Read more about 7.0 features previewed in earlier maintenance releases in the BBj readme and relnotes.

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