1. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE

2. KNOWN ISSUES

3. SUPPORT

1. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE

This maintenance release includes a preview of new BBj 6.0 features, giving the BASIS development community an opportunity to see, use, and comment on upcoming features well in advance of the features becoming a permanent part of the product. This allows the development community to participate in the design and implementation process of their development language. In addition, this release addresses several reported bugs.

Preview of 6.0 Features

Introduced in 5.03:

• BBj AppBuilder – integrates GUIBuilder functionality with FormBuilder in the BASIS IDE. AppBuilder benefits from the color coded syntax and code completion capabilities of the IDE while taking advantage of the integration with FormBuilder.
• New Caching Mechanism – optimally manages saved copies of program and resource files in memory, reducing the amount of time required to run frequently-used programs. The new mechanism drops programs out of the cache when the amount of available memory is low, reducing the possibility of out of memory errors.
• BBj Autorun - adds administrator control of which BBj programs run automatically when BBjServices starts
• BBjMDI - provides shortcut keys known as menu accelerators
  • getDefaultForwardMenuAccelerators - returns the default value of getForwardMenuAccelerator
  • setDefaultForwardMenuAccelerators - returns the initial value returned by getForwardMenuAccelerator
  • getForwardMenuAccelerators - returns a value describing whether the window argument will forward keystrokes to the MDI parent for consideration as menu accelerators
  • setForwardMenuAccelerators - configures whether keystrokes are forwarded by the window argument to the MDI parent window for menu accelerator consideration
• BBjProgramInfo - provides programmatic access to information about a program
  • getLineCount - returns the number of program lines in a BBjProgramInfo object
  • getListing - returns the complete program listing for a BBjProgramInfo object
  • getListingVector - returns a BBjVector of Strings containing the complete program listing of a BBjProgramInfo object
  • getListingForPhysicalLine - returns the listing for a specified physical line of a BBjProgramInfo object
  • hasLineNumbers - returns whether the program referenced by a BBjProgramInfo object has line numbers
• Window Move Event - reports the user moved a window

Introduced in 5.02:

• BASIS IDE
  • Code completion - offers a convenient type of on-the-spot documentation for BBj Objects; saves development time with quick, error-free entry of method parameters
  • Thin client execution - optionally starts a thin client connection to a remote server that executes the source code
  • PRO/5 execution - adds support for PRO/5 and BBxPROGRESSION/4 interpreters
• BBjAPI::getBBjPDFForm - automatically obtains a BBjPrinter object and returns a BBjForm object that allows printing a document to a PDF file.
• BBjStandardGrid
  • getRowModelIndexFromViewIndex - maps the view index of a row to the model index
  • getRowViewIndexFromModelIndex - maps the model index of a row to the view index
  • isColumnUserSortable - causes the grid to sort a specified column when the user clicks in the header of that column
  • resort - re-sorts the grid and reapplies sorting directives to grid, necessary if grid contents have been edited
  • setAllColumnsUserSortable - enables the sorting of all columns when the user clicks in the column header
  • setColumnUserSortable - causes the grid to sort a specified column when the user clicks in the header of that column
  • sortByColumn - sorts a grid by the content of a given column
  • unsort - removes all sorting directives and displays the grid in its unsorted row order
• Interface Focusable - BBjControl implements the Focusable interface, allowing the user to focus the control via either the mouse or keyboard.
• SAVEP/CLEARP Verb - saves a program; sets its protected status, which is not listable. Using a password argument with the CLEARP verb allows restoration of the program to a listable state.

Introduced in 5.01:

• DENUM - this console control removes line numbers from BBj code
• BBjGrid::
  • get/setColumn/RowGutter - manages the size of the space, known as a "gutter," between the column/row header and the main grid
  • get/setShowMaskWhenRendering - manages whether input style cells display the decoration characters of their mask in non-edit mode
  • get/setTabAction - controls the behavior of the <Tab> key inside the grid
• BBjNamespace::removeValue - this method removes an object from this BBjNamespace.
• Mouse Scroll Wheel Event and Interface MouseWheelEnabled - these define the behavior of the mouse wheel scroll and how they affect the control