Progress
Version 9
Product Update Bulletin
Administration
Progress Version 9.1 includes the following changes:
- The Progress Explorer tool, the graphical user interface that provides an easy way for you to manage Progress servers, is now a snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The Progress Explorer tool runs on the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT platforms. This release provides online HTML help.
- New memory-mapped procedure library format
- New Progress initialization file options
- New and obsolete startup parameters
Progress Explorer Tool
The Progress Explorer tool, the graphical user interface that provides an easy way for you to manage Progress servers, is now a snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). MMC is a general-purpose framework used for hosting system and network administration tools developed by Microsoft for the Windows platforms. When you launch Progress Explorer, you are actually launching an instance of MMC that has been preconfigured by Progress to contain the Progress Explorer snap-in. Much of the functionality available to you through the Progress Explorer tool is provided by MMC. For more information about MMC, see the MMC online help. For more information about the Progress Explorer tool, see:
Manual: "Feature Comparisons," in this bulletin. HTML Online Help: Progress Explorer HTML Help.
New Memory-mapped Procedure Library Format
In addition to creating standard procedure libraries, the PROLIB utility now allows you to generate memory-mapped procedure libraries from standard procedure libraries. With standard procedure libraries, each client accesses and executes a run-time instance of r-code segments in local memory. Memory-mapped procedure libraries allow multiple clients on a single system to access and execute the same r-code segments in shared memory.
The following changes were made to the PROLIB utility to support memory-mapped procedure libraries:
For more information, see:
New Progress Initialization File Options
You can now define the following options in the Progress initialization file:
- Define the following options in the Startup section of the Progress initialization file:
- AlignFrameTitles lets you specify the alignment of frame titles in a graphical user interface. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- CarefulPaint lets you set the accuracy with which Progress repaints overlapping 3-D widgets and frames. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- Keep3DfillinBorder lets you display a disabled fill-in field with a border. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- Opsys lets you specify the value used by the OPSYS preprocessor directive or the value returned by the OPSYS function. This option is supported in Windows only.
- PopupAppOverridesSys lets you override the display of the system-default pop-up menu. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- PopupNoSysDefault lets you suppress the system-default pop-up menu. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- PopupOnMouseDown lets you display a pop-up menu when the right mouse button is depressed. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- UseNative3D lets you use the 3D drawing capabilities in Windows 95/NT 4.0, or the 3D drawing capabilities in Progress. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- V6FrameBGC lets you specify the default background color for all frames that use the V6FRAME option. This option applies to graphical interfaces only.
- WindowSystem lets you specify the value used by the WINDOW–SYSTEM preprocessor directive. This option is supported in Windows only.
- Define the following options in the WinChar Startup section of the Progress initialization file:
- BrowseRowMarker lets you specify a character to represent a browse row marker. This option applies to character clients in Windows only.
- CursorHeight lets you specify the height of a cursor as a percentage. This option applies to character clients in Windows only.
- MenuMnemonicColor lets you specify the color of mnemonic characters in menu items. This option applies to character clients in Windows only.
- SingleLineBorder lets you specify the characters used to draw borders and lines (such as frame borders, rectangles, submenu and pop-up menu borders, and horizontal and vertical lines). This option applies to character clients in Windows only.
- SysCheckmark lets you specify a character to represent a selection marker in widgets (such as a selection list, menu, or browser). This option applies to character clients in Windows only.
- UseDosCursor lets you change the cursor from an underscore to a solid block when switching from insert mode to over-strike mode in a fill-in field or editor widget. This option applies to character clients in Windows only.
For more information, see:
New and Obsolete Startup Parameters
Table 1–2 lists startup parameters that are new as of Version 9.1.
For more information, see:
Table 1–3 lists startup parameters that are obsolete as of Version 9.1.
For more information, see:
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