Progress
Version 9
Product Update Bulletin
Progress Development Tools
Version 9.1B includes changes to the following Progress development tools:
ADM Tools
The following changes include new SmartObjects that support Internet connectivity:
- A Simple SmartContainer™ that has no run-time representation, useful when creating modules that require no user interface.
- A new, dynamic SmartDataObject that reduces the client-side memory requirement.
- A new SmartBusinessObject™ that integrates up to twenty SmartDataObjects™, allowing comprehensive updates in a single server-side transaction.
- A new SmartB2BObject that transforms 4GL data to and from XML for use in business-to-business messaging.
- New SmartSender and SmartReceiver objects that you can extend to create and handle a variety of message types.
- A new SmartRouter object that distributes incoming documents for processing.
- New SmartProducer and SmartConsumer objects that provide a messaging interface to the Progress SonicMQ system.
For more information, see:
The following changes include general enhancements to support the ADM 2:
- Changes in the behavior of three super-procedure routines to support the dynamic object
- New naming convention for SmartObject files
- New property ObjectName in all SmartObjects
- New instance property in the SmartDataBrowser
- The ability to source data on a per-field basis, for the SmartDataViewer™ or SmartDataBrowser connected to a SmartBusinessObject.
For more information, see:
Manual: "Feature Comparisons" in this bulletin. Windows Online Help: ADM Help.
AppBuilder
The changes to AppBuilder in this release are
For more information, see:
Application Compiler
The Application Compiler supports a new option to compile r-code to the minimum size allowable for execution. This more compact code eliminates r-code segment information needed only by the Progress Application Debugger™ and the Progress Open Client Toolkit™. For more information on this feature, see:
PRO*Tools
The PRO*Tools palette includes the following new or enhanced applets:
- The AppServer Partition PRO*Tool is changed to the Service Parameter Maintenance PRO*Tool for Version 9.1B. This enhanced applet supports partition types in addition to AppServers, currently including JMS Servers. The enhanced PRO*Tool also makes the partition name a logical name, separate from the name of the Application Service that it supports. For more information, see:
- PROWCAPP Editor PRO*Tool for Version 9.1B is a new applet that allows the creation of the PROWCAPP files used to deploy WebClient applications. For more information, see:
- XML Mapping PRO*Tool for Version 9.1B is a new applet useful when creating the mapping files required by the new SmartB2BObject. For more information, see:
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