Detailed topic list for APPX Web

.XML WRITER CLOSE This subroutine closes an XML file. Added in 6.2.0 Usage: PASS XML_stream_name FIELD SHARE? N GOSUB ...

.XML WRITER ELEM END This subroutine adds an end tag for the most recent opened element in the given XML file. Added in 6.2.0 Usage: PASS XML_stre...

.XML WRITER ELEM START This subroutine adds a starting tag for an element to the given XML file. Added in 6.2.0 Usage: PASS XML_stream_name ...

.XML WRITER OPEN This subroutine creates and opens an XML file. Added in 6.2.0 Usage: PASS XML_stream_name FIELD SHARE? N ...

.UTIL UPDATE DOCUMENT This subroutine is called to update documentation via ILF. Usage: PASS app_id FIELD SHARE? N ...

Add Mode No Longer Clears Screen When adding records to a scrolling display, the image is no longer cleared. Overview: When adding records to a scrolling display...

Better Warning and Error Control The method of displaying multiple Error, Warning and Message commands has been improved. Overview: The Message Status area on th...

Bonus Features A collection of miscelleanous features that were added in 5.2.x. New Values for OPTION The predefined field OPTION now allows the following va...

Client Window Sizing New client property to give you more control over window sizing. Overview: There are two client settings which provide the user with control...

Code Viewer Widget A Code Viewer Widget has been implemented in APPX 5.2.0. Overview: The Code Viewer Widget can be used to display various types of source code ...

SQL Server Interface Performance Performance enhancements have been made to the SQL server interface. Overview: Significant improvements that impact SQL Server d...

Design Transfer Children This Release introduces the ability to Design Transfer Automatic Children from frame to frame, or Optional Children from Image to Image. ...

Drag Drop Support You can now define a Widget as the target of a drag drop operation. Overview: You can now define certain Widget types (Buttons, Labels, etc.)...

Flash Player Widget A Flash Player Widget has been implemented in APPX 5.2.0. Overview: The text field should contain the pathname to a flash file (swf). The fla...

Friendly C Assert Screen The old C Assert error screen has been replaced with a hookable input process. Overview: The old C Assert error screen has been replaced...

Generate Subroutines via ILF New utilities have been added for the ability to create a subroutine process via ILF code. Overview: Four new utilities (API's) have...

HTML Editor Widget A HTML Editor Widget has been implemented in APPX 5.2.0. Overview: The HTML Editor Widget can be used to enter and edit HTML in an APPX text f...

Known Issues Table Widget Editor * Some planned features are not yet implemented: * There is no spec to enable/disable multi select * There is no...

Media Player Widget A Media Player Widget has been implemented in APPX 5.2.0. Overview: The text field should contain the pathname to a media file (avi, mp3, mp4...

New GUI Events This Release introduces some additional GUI events. Overview: You can now be notified when a user tabs into, out of, or changes the value in a fie...

New Table Widget This Release introduces a new type of Widget Table Widget. Overview: The Table Widget allows the designer to present information to the user i...

New Widget Types For TEXT Fields Several new Widget types are included in this Release. Overview: Five new Widget types are included in this Release for TEXT fie...

Option Numbers in Design Mode When in Design Mode, the option numbers assigned can be displayed on the image. Overview: The option numbers assigned on an image c...

Role Based Security (RBS) This release of Appx includes a new method of managing security, known as 'Role Based Security'. Overview: The new Role Based Security ...

Select Access Path Uses Buttons The Select Access Path dialog box now uses buttons Overview: The Select Access Path dialog box will now display the various keypa...

Verify SET with Group Fields A new utility has been created to check group field size mismatches used in SET statements. Overview: A new Utility has been added ...

Web Browser Widget A Web Browser Widget has been implemented in APPX 5.2.0. Overview: The Web Browser Widget can be used to display a web page in an APPX text fi...

New Import/Export Format In order to support Unicode data, the Import and Export Utilities for Data and Design Files now support UTF 8 encoding in csv format. Ov...

Client Window Sizing The way the client handles different Window sizes has been improved. Overview: The way the client handles different Window sizes has been im...

New Connection Manager A new connection manager allows a user to reconnect to dropped sessions. Overview: A new connection manager allows a user to reconnect to ...

Data Exchange Application A new application (0DX) is included with 5.3. This application facilitates the exchange of data between Appx and external systems.This d...

Define File/Field Map This page describes how to map incoming data to Appx files/Fields. Overview: This option allows you to maintain existing File/Field maps. Y...

Define File/Field map from Source File This page describes how to map incoming data to Appx files/Fields using an existing XML file as a guide. __ Overview: In o...

Importing Data This page describes how to import data using 0DX. Overview: Now that we have defined a mapping for our PROSPECT.XML file, we can run the actual im...

Mapping Files Fields This page describes how to map incoming data to Appx files/Fields. Overview: In order to map the incoming data to Appx files and fields, y...

Processing This page describes the various processing and updating options. __ Overview: The 'Processing' options give us various ways of processing and importin...

Transfer Maps This page describes how to transfer or copy mappings. __ Overview: This option allows you to copy a mapping from another database, or an existing m...

View Raw Data This page describes the options for viewing the processed data. __ Overview: These options provide various ways to examine the source data after it...

New Group Around Widget Color Fields There is a new group field around WIDGET color fields for the designer to use. Overview: There is a new group field around...

HTML Editor Improvements The HTML Editor has been changed to make it easier to use with small text fields. Overview: The HTML Editor has been changed to make it ...

Enhancements to Import/Export Import/Export now display record counts for total records processed, success count, and failure count. Overview: Import/Export now ...

New Maximum File Sizes Release 5.3 includes increased maximum file sizes. Overview: The internal pointers that Appx uses in the Appx I/O files are only 32 bits i...

More TEMP Fields Available There are additional TEMP fields available for the designer to use. Overview: There are additional TEMP fields available for the d...

Login Manager PAM Capable The Appx Login Manager can now use PAM to validate user ids/passwords. Overview: The Appx Login Manager can now use PAM (Pluggable Auth...

READPREV A new ILF command 'READPREV' has been added. Overview: A new ILF command 'READPREV' has been added. This command is similar to READNEXT, except it reads...

Select Access Path A 'Select Access Path' icon appears in the toolbar if there is more than 1 path to the current file in a scan screen.. Overview: A 'Select Acc...

Table Fill Attribute A 'Float' option has been added to the width specification on Table Sources. Overview: A 'Float' option has been added to the width specific...

Interrupt Running Processes The user can now interrupt running processes, and designers can break into Input processes. Overview: The user can now interrupt runn...

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APPX 3 release notes Release notes for APPX 3.2 through 3.5.2, newest first. They were published on www.appx.com and moved here in October 2026. To move between...