These Release Notes contain an overview of the changed features of Application Designer Version 8.2. The following topics are covered:
See Hardware and Software Requirements in the Installation documentation.
The
statusprop property now supports the new value "FOCUS_NO_SELECT". See Dynamically Controlling the Visibility and the Display Status of Controls in Layout Elements.
When working with the Ajax Developer, you can select the layout direction in the Ajax Developer preferences, when creating a new user interface component, or when changing the properties of an existing user interface component. See the corresponding section in the Ajax Developer documentation.
The selected layout direction will then be used in the preview area of the Layout Painter.
The TEXTOUT control now supports the property testtoolid. See also Automated Testing in the Special Development Topics.
Using the new parameter maxworkplaceactivities, you can now define the maximum number of workplace activities in a workplace application.
Using the new parameter clientsideerrorinstatusbar, you can now define that client-side error messages are to be shown in the status bar and no longer as pop-ups.
See the descriptions of these parameters in the section cisconfig.xml which is part of the Configuration documentation.
Context menus are now supported in FIELD controls. The new properties contextmenu and contextmenumethod are available for this purpose. For detailed information on these properties, see the description of the FIELD control. See also Context Menu for information on how to enable context menus.
The new command is available in the Ajax Developer. When you use this command with a page of type PAGE or MFPAGE (workplace), the real application is started in the browser. See also Executing and Debugging Pages of User Interface Components in the Ajax Developer documentation.
Note:
The command , which has been introduced with a previous service pack, has been renamed to Execute.
A new option is available which allows you to enable or disable automatic refreshing of the Layout Painter's preview area. Disabling the automatic refreshing is helpful, for example, when you work with complex controls such as ROWTABAREA. The name of this new option is Layout refresh mode. It is available in the Ajax Developer preferences and when you enable a project for Ajax Developer. For further information, see Enabling a Project for Ajax Developer and Setting the Ajax Developer Preferences in the Ajax Developer documentation.
Internet Explorer 9 is now supported. See also Supported Browsers in the Configuration documentation.
Mozilla Firefox 9 and 10 are now supported. See also Supported Browsers in the Configuration documentation.
Note:
Mozilla Firefox 10 (Extended Support Release) is supported. In future versions, only the Extended Support Releases of Mozilla
Firefox will be explicitly supported.
Safari 5.1 is now supported on Windows and Mac OS X. See also Supported Browsers in the Configuration documentation.
Google Chrome is now supported. See also Supported Browsers in the Configuration documentation.
Note:
The Google Chrome support is based on Google Chrome Version 19. Due to frequent version upgrades of Google Chrome, compatibility
of Application Designer Version 8.2 with future versions of Google Chrome cannot be fully guaranteed. Possible incompatibilities
will be removed during the regular maintenance process of Application Designer.
The BUTTON
control now supports the new property
focusedprop.
The FIELD
control now supports the new property
lengthprop.
