Rocket Uniface

Expand the list of drop down list widget Author: oppenheimyaron@gmail.com (yarono) Hi, It's possible to expand the list of drop down list widget to the longest "representation" value ? I tried to use DrawOutside=true property and it doesn't change anything. Thanks, Yaron

client side syntax checking: no more java appletAuthor: laurent.izac@compuware.com (cwfr-lizac) the mechanism introduced with U7 for fields syntax checking in the browser before submition involves some javascript wrapping calls to a java applet actually doing the job. This code written in Java could as well be rewritten in plain javascript (the language is more than capable enough for that kind of code). That would ease deployment (no more java plugin) and reduce browser configuration and interoperability problems.

GRID Widget enhancementAuthor: jtsagara@logisoft.gr (jtsagara) These days I started a project with uniface 9.6 in Greece, I see many enhancements in the ui (popup forms, buttons, tab ex, etc.) but again my disappointment was related to the grid widget. Really I cannot understand why Compuware leave this vital widget for client/server applications so behind in development. Come on guys, all the other tools have grids that rocks and only uniface is so behind in this area. It is not so difficult to adjust a third party powerful grid widget in the code of uniface. For example in this version Compuware introduced the pop form (at last I can obsolete the c++ code that mimics this functionality!) I was very pleased to see my calendar at last at the right position but then I tried the grid with popup form… big disappointment not even this simple thing is implemented. With my trivial knowledge of c++ I started to build a function that positions the pop up window at the “bottom_l

MySQL Issues and fixes (ICOMP / TRX / DUMP)Author: hansen@ahp-gmbh.de (-GHAN-) Just to put a note here: We had some trouble using MySQL 5.1 an often got an Error while using an INSERT statement saying "Using unsupported buffer type". It seems to be a common behavior in V5.1 at this moment (try to google it).So we used v5.0 instead which does well. There are some issues with the Table creation Utility “ICOMP”. ----8< ---- $99 = 400 ; Create Table Utility $98 = vTable $96 = 0 $97 = "" perform "ICOMP" vScript = $97 ----8<---- The Tool doesn’t put the Fieldnames in Backtics (` = Backtic). This causes trouble while running into MySQL reserved words while creating the Database. Only way to avoid this is to backtic those fields. … looks like: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `einheit` (   `EINHEIT` char(30) NOT NULL,   `KBZ` char(40) default NULL,   `KBZ_NR` int(11) default NU

Dynamic URL for webservice calloutAuthor: martinandheather@gmail.com (byjones) Currently, I have an application which calls out to webservices on a server. However, if this server changes, do I have to regenerate all of the signatures in order to use this new server? If it is a matter of regenerating, would it be possible to add a feature to allow the base URL to be specified somewhere, and then simply change this and recompile the signatures in order to make the changes? Martin

Revamp of the UDE interfaceAuthor: jason_zuvela@yahoo.com (jasonzuvela) I've had a look at the Uniface 8.4 and 9.2 development environments and have to say I was somewhat surprised at how old school they looked and how un-streamlined they felt. I wish that the UDE interface was revamped to bring it up to speed with the look, feel and easibility of modern day development programs/environments. (eg. undo/redo controls for the form paint tableau!)

externalize entries and operations from <LPMX><OPER>Author: francois.moritz@hewitt.com (fmoritz) HI in the <LPMX> and <OPER> it's very difficult to manage / look at what's really in them even the ude editor tempt to show the developper the entry and operation lists if entries / operations would be declared undependant of these triggers it'd be easier to manage them. example: put some tags for every changes in a comment field for each entry / operation etc... Why do not create an operation and entry table (uxoper and uxentry like uxregs...) for components ? when we are fixing our application's  release, restauring previous version , so we could better manage the source code and when different developper are working onto the same component for different raisons. regards

Ability to update Actor, Role and Unit via APIAuthor: paul.chapelhow@b-plan.com (chapelhow) It would be nice if Actors, Roles and Units could be created/modified via the API. Not all customers have LDAP and the DSML import is a bit clunky. We maintain a lot of users in our Uniface application and being able to add them into UnifaceFlow without using the ProcessConsole would be a great enhancement. Obvously there would be limitations on modification and delete but the ability to add would be the most important to us as this gives us one point of entry. Paul Chapelhow

How to find current user on the OSAuthor: antoine.picaud@free.fr (apicaud) Hi, I would like to known the name of the current user. I think, I can add advapi32.dll in a signature to call the function GetUserName but I don't known how make this integration. Have you a solution about the problem ? Regards

REST Web Services DriverAuthor: gianni.sandigliano@unifacesolutions.com (gianni) Uniface Entity Services should be complemented with a REST driver to easy deliver REST Web Services in a Uniface Application. This new driver should enable: 1) direct reference to standard actions (GET, POST, PUT and DELETE) with standard URI to directly implement CRUD actions. 2) indirect reference to standard actions (GET, POST, PUT and DELETE) with standard URI via standard Uniface operations like rest_read(), rest_write(), rest_update(), rest_delete() to enable developer to customize behaviour in response to CRUD actions.

fileboxAuthor: stefan.hirsch@uniface.com (StefanH-US) Windows has different implementations of the file selection box. Uniface calls  the one used in Notepad or Wordpad, but it has limited functionality. For example, View selections (List, Detail, Tile, Icons) are not remembered.  Word and Excel use a different filebox that remembers the View (List , Detail) and has additional functionality such as previewing the file content and viewing file properties. It would be nice if Uniface would allow a choice which one to use. This should be possible by adding a switch to the filebox statement. Larry Atkins - Proware    

Color managementAuthor: wva@gypsilon.de (gypsilon) uniface does not fully support the windows color scheme The functions/properties  "curocc video" and "active_field" work exclusive in the "uniface color scheme". It is not yet possible to use the windows color scheme for those funktions (in the asn-File as well as a function). It would help us to use the Windows-color-Mechanism also for curocc video and active field. Wolfgang

future hardwareAuthor: hirse@bayernlb-essen.com (achimh) I need uniface-deployment on the following platform: Solaris 9 in combination with Sybase 15. My wish: this platform should be integrated in Uniface 9.3

ComboboxAuthor: kevin_darbin@hargreaveslansdown.co.uk (kevindarbin) Autocomplete: When you type in the combo box, can the most relevant option in the dropdown list be displayed within the box

Redirection of compontes at runtimeAuthor: i2stiller@gmx.de (istiller) Mayby some has a clue: I want to "open" a component at runtime from a different directory the defined in the ASN file Assume, there are two directories X:\\ENV_1\\frm\\ X:\\ENV_2\\frm\\ and an ASN file with this line: [files] *.frm     X:\\ENV_1\\frm\\*.frm At runtime, I want to "open" the component (form)  "THECOMP" not in ENV_1 but in ENV_2. e.g.    ACTIVATE "ENV_2:THECOMP" With lines like this in ASN [files] *.frm     X:\\ENV_1\\frm\\*.frm ENV_2:*.frm     X:\\ENV_2\\frm\\*.frm the redirection will work, BUT ... But this will not work, as there is no valid signature for "ENV_2:THECOMP". Any other idea to solve such a "problem" ? And UAR is - for several reasons - not the solution :-)   Ingo

$paintedfieldpropertiesAuthor: wva@gypsilon.de (gypsilon) actual Version 9.3: Another item for the wishlist, because it will get more and more important: $paintedfieldproperties doesn't work: (a) within Grids (b) for Labels (c) doesn't work, if a splitbar is painted in the form. ---> The usability is very restricted, and in most of my projects not really useable. There could be one or two workarounds for specific challenges, but that doesn't make life easy. My wish to the lab: make it work! ---> I did not test the $paintedfieldproperties for RTL-Applications yet. A very big question: Does it work like expected? (that is: mirrored in calculation of the position) If not so, I like to post it as an additional item on the wishlist. Many thanks Wolfgang

Grid WidgetAuthor: kevin_darbin@hargreaveslansdown.co.uk (kevindarbin) Dropdown list: Can this be dynamic, so when clicked, dropdown widget is displayed and when not focused, editbox is displayed Columns: It would be good if you could hide columns, and also change the order in which the columns are displayed at runtime Command buttons: Can images be displayed on buttons in the grid Hyperlink: Can the hyperlink widget be used in the grid, or could an editbox have a single click extended trigger Row depth: Can the row depth be set in code, so that you can have rows greater than one line in depth Column width: If this is modified, could there be a way to save the width the user has changes it to Column buttons: Could it be possible to include images in the column buttons. This would be really useful to show ascending and descending images for sorting Row Selection: Could it be possible for multiple record selection to be availiable with the mouse or keyboard whilst using the Shift and/o

Java Native Call-OutAuthor: palgam0@hotmail.com (George Mockford) Java Native Call-Out

Database driver settings per PATHAuthor: tneeskens@itblockz.nl (Theo Neeskens) Currently when I have to access two Oracle databases (or two Sybase ect), I have to use the same settings for both. But often these are existing databases, so I have to use different settings for both. But I cannot configure Uniface to do that. So my wish is to have all database settings in the ASN file on the path-level.

Cross Component Find and Replace Wish 8Author: palgam0@hotmail.com (George Mockford) Discussion for

Database PaginationAuthor: palgam0@hotmail.com (George Mockford) For sometime now I've been experimenting with data pagination using the database and perhaps more specifically modification of the Uniface 'where' clause. Some of you have contributed to this so it's not entirely new but with new stored procedure support in 9.5 for MSSQL I thought I'd share with you what I have done already plus a version specific for MSSQL that calls a stored procedure to 'page' through the database. Arguably the concepts shown here should be a part of or within our drivers but perhaps if there is sufficient support maybe???? Even if you do not like the concept hopefully the code examples will provide some real examples of how this works but you can be the judge. I've included in the zip more details of what this contains and how it works. Feedback as always is welcome. -George

Themes for Forms ComponentsAuthor: jason_zuvela@yahoo.com (jasonzuvela) I think it would be nice and could add a touch of class if you could apply predefined visual themes to your Forms components. That way it would be easy to change a dull standard grey application into Vista styled application fairly easily. I could also give rise to some very nice professional templates...