• Widget Tooltip not added to dictionary (#3527)

• The 'Reconnect' option has been significantly reworked in this release. See APPX Login Manager for Unix/Linx or APPX Login Manager for Windows for details.
• An API to kill a running session has been added, see .UTIL KILL SESSION

• Non-modifiable date value truncated (#3724)

• Dynamic Hooks don't work (#3625)

• Reconnect doesn't work on AIX (#3683)

• Progress Bar doesn't honor color specification (#3600)

• HTML Client allows text window heading to appear (#3605)
• appxconnector init script not functional in Amazon Linux (#3506)

• Multi-line data (#3629)
• Inconsistent behavior of multi-row alpha fields (#3630)

• Menu does not underline shortcut characters (#3644)

• Query Record Selection Screen - Logic fields display wrong (#3707)
• Disabled text fields display text with font color of white (#3708)
• Non modifiable fields with no GUI attributes don't display (#3709)
• Row text offset from defined row position (#3710)
• Scroll bar bleeds thru popup window. (#3713)
• Label widgets incorrectly positioned on scrolling image (#3715)
• Query runtime screen have no labels (#3716)
• DLU does not return field values (#3718)
• Quotation marks within label text missing (#3721)
• On Key Pause has timing issue (#3722)
• Invisible field still display value in Inquire Mode (#3731)
• Disabled toolbar button aren't really disabled (#3734)
• HTML client doesn't honor Movable spec in titlebar of popup (#3735)

• Difference in --- RETURN CODE (#3420)

• Monitor APPX Sessions does not show current session (#3697)
• CALC statement comes up with wrong result (#3699)
• Command line can be reused & password decrypted (#3700)
• Can't reset Last Login date (#3725)
• Role Based Security - hard to assign rights (#3726)

• Records double up in App Design after running 'Browse References' (#2534 refix)

• Feat Req 475 - run a Cross Reference on a process when you're looking at the Process List (#3693)

• 'Process' pull-down menu missing (#3645)

• SQL Restructures leaving .dbo files (#3045)

• .CLIENT CHECK FOR GUI needs to distinguish between ADC & HTML (#3384 refix)

• Can't recover deleted records (#3624)

• Query over Temporary file issue (#3674)
• Table selects all records after selected record (3679)
• Modification date doesn't appear in Audit Search results (#3686)
• Generate Utilities are out of date (#3688)
• Enhance Character to GUI conversion (#3691)

• Session does not close if APPX crashes (#3641)
• Additional level indicator missing from pull-down menu (#3646)

• Date Sort incorrect in HTML table widget (#3662)

• Check Boxes Redisplay (#3672)

• Slider Control doesn't work. (#3233)

• Picture Scaling is wrong (#3307)

• Spacing/font size of pulldown menus is much larger than ADC (#3587)

• APPX Zoom Controls obscure toolbar buttons (#3597)

• Pull down menus don't line up (#3604)

• Table widget double click timing issue (#3628)
• Icon 'flashes' (#3633)

• Data lookup listbox display is truncated (#3638)

• The options pull-down menu moved (#3650)

• Slider control vertical orientation doesn't work #(3678)

• Icons not displayed on pull-down menu item (#3647)

• Icons not displayed on pull-down menu item (#3647)
• Toolbar does not display separator lines between icons (#3648)
• Toolbar icons do not change on mouse over (#3649)

• Browser Tab Description not updated (#3654)

• Pop up Window displays incorrectly (#3671)

• .UTIL KILL SESSION

• Background process and Queries - errors (#3538)
• Disposition Submit Options not pass to appx_submit (#3574)
• Single file Design File import/export does not include AUDTHIST, ATRIBUTE or RIDNEXT (#3575)
• C-asserts when using single file import (#3613)
• Reconnect to another user's session - gets error (#3631)
• STREAM I/O routines can't handle binary data (#3639)
• APPEND with preceding RESTORE (#3642)
• CNV TEXT on record followed by APPEND fails (#3652)
• Reconnect returns to menu not input screen (#3653)
• WebStart error, Failed to Secure SSL Connection (#3659)
• Background processes on Windows hang waiting for user input (#3661)
• Turn Off Mod Logs doesn't work - coding error (#3665)

• File Chooser input field missing icon (#3067)
• Debugger does not display properly (#3077)
• Reconnect doesn't ever time out? (#3147)
• Data Missing from PDF Print on Screen Dialog (#3241)
• Titlebar appears when process hooked (#3254)
• Images with 'Expand to Fill' have scrollbars on Windows (#3264)
• Client Constants missing (#3279)
• Text displays outside of HTML editor, can't edit (#3291)
• $newsession should close tab (#3303)
• Client silently defaults to last server on login (#3327)
• Tab Order is ignored (#3338)
• Reconnect offered many hours later; using it locks up (#3368)
• Data shifts left on scrolling input (#3523)
• Select Access Path does not use buttons (#3524)
• Buttons in Column headings not rendered (#3525)
• Buttons not active (#3526)
• Client creating extra widgets (#3528)
• Icon behind text doesn't work (#3554)
• Unable to call up Preferences (#3555)
• Enter key ignored if no modifiable fields on image (#3557)
• PID not shown in browser tab (#3558)
• appxConnector-install.js does not start Windows service (#3560)
• ILF Debugger is not displayed correctly (#3566)
• Client does not auto select first field (#3570)
• HTML in help text not supported (#3571)
• Horizontal separator missing on pull down menu (#3572)
• SCAN icon displayed on top of text (#3576)
• Icon in title bar displays in wrong position (#3577)
• Unknown host waits forever(?) (#3581)
• Titlebars missing (#3582)
• HTML Text line breaks differently from ADC (#3583)
• Unable to retrieve desired record (#3584)
• Button text on disabled buttons is missing (#3585)
• Screen goes blank during Restructure (#3586)
• Table Filter doesn't work on numeric columns (#3594)
• Positioning of images and labels is inconsistent (#3598)
• Images flash on Firefox (#3599)
• Screen flashes, button icons are repeated (#3603)
• Some background images are not scaled properly (#3607)
• Some boxes are merged that should not be (#3608)
• Hidden pulldown menus don't hide (#3609)
• Pulldown menus linger (#3610)
• File downloads sometime corrupt data (#3617)
• DLU on Tab Out does not work (#3619)
• Tables flash when redisplaying after a row is selected (#3620)
• Selecting a table row causes repositioning of table and loss of sort spec (#3622)
• Data lookup on memory file locks HTML Client (#3623)
• Insertion pointer and block cursor out of sync (#3627)
• Can't sort tables if a record is selected (#3637)
• HTML Editor broken (#3658)
• Date Sort incorrect in HTML table widget (#3666)
• Dot in column heading breaks table (#3667)
• Data lookup listbox mishandles accented characters (#3670)

APPX 5.4.0/5.4.1/5.4.2/5.4.3/5.4.4 Feature Index

This is the starting point to discover details of the new features found in APPX Release 5.4.0/5.4.1/5.4.2/5.4.3/5.4.4. Follow the links below to learn more.

Overview 5.4.0

The most significant new feature in Release 5.4 is the ability to connect to an Appx server via a web browser. This allows users to connect to Appx from a desktop, tablet or smart phone without installing any software.

Click here for an overview of the Appx HTML client and detailed installation instructions.

In addition, the following bugs have been corrected:

• Invalid column names when using RDBMS (#1578)
• PDF output always 'expands to fill' (#1665)
• uappxd ignores invalid password (#2105)
• Footer Height Output-Additional Attribute (#3083)
• 'On Key Pause' can be specified for Date fields (#3130)
• X-ref does not find fields in Partial record IO (#3142)
• x-ref loses leading spaces in process names (#3143)
• In 0DX, converting from UTF-8 leaves garbage at the end of the field (#3148)
• Loading css stylesheets in the html editor (#3168)
• .XML IMPORT should not delete the XML source file (#3180)
• 5.3 Background color - scrolling screens (#3198)
• .XML IMPORT doesn't update length in XVALUE (#3203)
• Process Generation - Form Output not correct (#3206)
• SQL Server BEG AT / END AT problem with descending key segments (#3208)
• X-ref combines references (#3209)
• Incorrect Flags can cause data loss (#3251)

5.4.1:

• Layering defaults different from ADC (#3261)
• Dates defined as RAW TEXT require entry of separators (#3263)
• Need a version number (#3271)
• DLU on TAB OUT additional attribute broken (#3175)
• XML Import returns wrong length (#3268)
• XML Import returns garbage in value field (#3269)
• Table Widgets don't display all of the records (#3273)
• Client can't enter special characters (#3274)
• corrupt pfb list error with temp files and queries (3275)

5.4.2:

NOTE: Recover must be run on FMS Type 9 (64 bit pointer) files to fix an alignment issue. See 'Special Instructions when upgrading to 5.4.2' on http://wiki.appx.com/wiki/bin/view/Main/APPX500to502Upgrade

• Better APPX db mgmt translation of RDBMS Message req'd (#407)
• Wrong Error Message from SQL Server (#1438)
• RDBMS Errror messages misleading/incomplete (#1580)
• Query processes call 'TRANSLATE FIELDS' unnecessarily (#1584)
• Token fields don't translate when running with GUI Client (#1597)
• SAVEPNT for tables stored in SQL (#1605)
• Bigint in MSSQL is causing an error 'Restricted Data Type Attribute violation' (#1855)
• Work Path is hard coded in ASQL (#2084)
• Generate Key Entry Frames is non-graphical (#2340)
• .ENV GET PATH returns funny results with RDBMS (#2552)
• Domain changes not logged in SCCS (#2557)
• Temporary file names in Newdata are not unique (#2610)
• Scan on a hook process does not keep process type value (#2612)
• Add Mode Error in Query Design (#2614)
• Previous Activity on logic field causes error (#2615)
• Excessive Memory Usage with table widgets and Language Id (#2886)
• Scan does not display token values of synonym (#2786)
• Printing Input forms causes C-assert (#2892)
• Slow to print hard copy PDF to client. (#2928)
• HTML Editor toolbar displayed in Inquire mode and delete mode (#2964)
• Feature Request - Force EM Rebuild (#3008)
• Portdata incorrect when FMS Group Specified (#3043)
• 0DX should validate the tags entered (#3090)
• System Error in Filter Menu on Process Browse (#3126)
• Setting Language ID on a Database/Application can trigger excessive memory usage (#3137)
• You cannot scroll up or down the HTML editor in inquire mode (#3138)
• Language Translation ignores warnings/errors/messages (#3162)
• Language Translation problems with token fields (#3165)
• Use 'read' locks instead of 'write' locks (#3224)
• Improve performance of APPEND (#3225)
• Database should not be mandatory on DB Manager input (#3248)
• .XML IMPORT cancels if invalid XML file (#3253)
• HTML Editor Show editor decoration gets ignored when using a resource. (#3270)
• Install error on Debian linux (#3281)
• JOB steps double up (#3299)
• Chart Director Interface & Decimal separators (#3302)
• Logical Fields don't honor 'Required' attribute (3308)
• Background jobs fail with short record temp files (#3309)
• Language Translation hangs during Em Build (#3313)
• Big Files not compatible between Linux and Windows (#3314)
• Create/Scratch EM's does not check Language Id (#3315)
• Element names too short in 0DX (#3330)
• Chart Director gives unclear error when no data to plot (#3331)
• Windows background processing sometimes hangs (#3332)
• Appx .UTIL SLEEP API burns a lot of CPU time on Windows (#3334)
• Java Client login sometimes takes two tries (#3337)
• SCCS allows add w/o a Project/Job/Task (#3367)
• 0DX does not validate File/Field names (#3371)
• .CLIENT CHECK FOR GUI needs to distinguish between ADC & HTML (#3384)
• Changing a field loses Documentation indicator (#3393)
• Client loses sync with server (#3395)
• RBDMS Interface no longer reports an error when it can't connect (#3401)
• Em's contain duplicate information (#3404)
• Engine calls chk_in_use() unnecessarily (#3409)
• Engine labels memory unnecessarily (#3410)
• ILF editor gives error for invalid constant, s/b warning (#3411)
• Pasting invalid field names converts statement to comment (#3413)
• Scan on Token Fields crashes the session (#3427)
• Memory corruption due to Auto Update and Auto Delete (#3455)
• Background processing fails and can't be run detached (#3456)

• @SLL macro not supported properly (different results on different browsers) (#3223)
• Image display is really, really slow (#3236)
• Drag & Drop Doesn't work - Part 2 (#3238)
• Checkboxes positioned too high (#3258)
• Rearranging columns on a table doesn't work (#3290)
• Format fields don't work properly (#3296)
• PDF files don't display - Windows 8/8.1 (#3306)
• Label Graphical Attribute: Text Position Not Honored (#3316)
• SLCTKEYS is blank if anything other than table clicked (#3317)
• Disabled buttons with images do not look disabled (#3318)
• Double click throws a RETURN option (#3319)
• No outline around text fields in inquire mode (#3320)
• Cannot set date field if field has 'Lose Focus' enabled (#3322)
• IE white lines display when hovering over selectable items (#3324)
• Labels not appearing in scrolling input (#3325)
• 'Show Prefs' dialog box: close button not working (#3336)
• Tab Order is ignored (#3338)
• Table Float Column not honored in HTML Client (#3339)
• Disabled state for Named Resources not honored in HTML Client (#3340)
• Check boxes on tables show 'Y/N' instead of checks (#3341)
• Inconsistent table field display between java and html clients (#3342)
• Scrolling past the end of a table scrolls the page down (#3343)
• Pull-down menu items are unreadable - white text (#3344)
• File chooser appends prompt to field value (#3345)
• Labels invisible for scroller with background (#3346)
• Transparency ignored by HTML Client (#3347)
• Key starting value is ignored if field doesn't have focus (#3348)
• Listboxes are empty on first use (#3350)
• Internet Explorer loses toolbar/menubar (#3351)
• PDF printing not working (#3352)
• File chooser won't work with folders (#3353)
• Placement of widgets with micro-adjustments is inconsistent (#3354)
• Lines do not appear correctly (#3355)
• Button background color set to 'Disabled BG' if set (#3356)
• @SLL not working if you specify non table values (#3357)
• Labels default alignment appears to be 'Center' (#3358)
• Date Field with display mask of 'Mon 06/05/0807' will add an uneeded line break (#3359)
• Field justification is ignored (#3361)
• Numeric sort incorrect in table widget (#3362)
• Fields are displayed inconsistently in html client (#3363)
• Table doesn't unselect record automatically (#3365)
• Pull-down menu ignores 'Invisible' and 'Widget Hide By Name' (#3369)
• If EM build is required, HTML client locks up (#3370)
• Font specification ignored for fields displayed as widgets (#3372)
• Internal links in HTML Viewer don't work (#3376)
• Toolbar buttons don't work (#3377)
• Sizing of image resources in labels is incorrect (#3378)
• Fields displayed as labels use incorrect default color (#3379)
• Check boxes on tables all show as checked (#3381)
• Missing auto-login option (#3383)
• Fields behind popup become editable once in change mode (#3385)
• Auto tooltips on table rows redundant (#3386)
• Table does not get horizontal scrollbar (#3387)
• Tabbing thru a time field clears the time (#3389)
• Label default color is not black when using custom CSS (#3391)
• Vertical alignment of raw text in middle rather than top (#3399)
• Tables revert to default sort when a record is selected (#3402)
• Button click won't fire Option Zero (#3405)
• Pasting invalid field names converts statement to comment (#3412)
• DLU Icons obscure data (#3415)
• New session does not work (#3423)
• Launching a new appx session using subroutine changes the user ID (#3424)
• Table widget does not position to the selected row (#3425)
• TEXT AREA widget has no borders in inquire mode (#3426)
• Keyboard timeout does not work (#3430)
• Table field with width specified on numeric field replaces data with all zeroes (#3432)
• Checkboxes in tables are not centered and not transparent (3433)

5.4.3:

• APPX on Linux should be able to use UnixODBC and FreeTDS drivers to speak with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (#1834)
• Index incomplete for 4.2 Designer Ref Manual? (#2055)
• Language Translation doesn't identify words correctly (#2217)
• Pre-Invocation Documentation Wrong (#2218)
• Documentation does not agree with Wallpaper options (#2223)
• SQL Server Connection not quite right (#2287)
• Need to read/write MS SQL from AIX (#2673)
• FLEPS run twice (#2877)
• Portdata incorrect when FMS Group Specified (#3043)
• APPX TOKEN field translation in unusable in ADD or CHG at runtime. (#3450)
• Design Transfer of child process ignores Frame Class (#3454)
• Check for GUI client only finds HTML client once (#3460)
• Slow performance with Oracle tables (#3489)
• Memory Corruption storing table in Oracle (#3490)
• Appx crashes if file stored on Oracle references another file via FELP (#3493)
• ADC goes into a loop when scroll bar used (#3497)
• Right and Center Attribute with Literal Value (#3500)
• Background processing fails with repeated queries (#3513)
• FLEPS are not fully implemented for memory files, should not use them (#3522)
• Need a way to control location of export files (#3530)
• SQL Server SCRATCH/CREATE fails (#3537)
• When using 0DX .IMPORT XML, would like to skip XVALUE (#3539)
• 0DX doesn't always validate subroutine name in field mapping (3544)
• Appx / SQL Server Delete failure (#3562)
• Alt-Tab to another application and back loses field selection (#3563)

• 2nd level menu drawn incorrectly (#3222)
• Right Click menus not quite right (#3260)
• Server Connector should be a service or daemon (#3285)
• White box appears after you click file chooser (#3328)
• Lines do not appear correctly (#3355)
• Button background color set to 'Disabled BG' if set (#3356)
• If EM build is required, HTML client locks up (#3370)
• Client version not provided (#3375)
• Toolbar buttons don't work (#3377)
• Check boxes on tables all show as checked (#3381)
• Auto update local connector (#3398)
• HTML Client doesn't inherit desired character encoding (#3400)
• Images don't display after clearing cache (#3406)
• APPX Copyright font size issue (#3407)
• Character mode title bar text displays (#3436)
• Short cut underline always displayed (#3438)
• Scan screen row data displayed incorrectly (#3441)
• Text area fields not displayed correctly (#3446)
• Standard menu items non-functional in HTML Client (#3448)
• Images not refreshed when content is changed (#3451)
• Tables & large record counts (#3464)
• Resource displayed on wrong side (#3475)
• Client hangs/does not show data (#3476)
• Text in toolbar runs together (#3477)
• Records Transfers fields not aligned (3480)
• Scroll down jumps you up to the selected record on the table (#3483)
• Table hides the data insdie of <> (#3484)
• Status Messages Not Displayed (#3487)
• Incomplete initial screen display (3491)
• Table widget does not honor HTML styling (#3492)
• Hard copy flag gets reset to N (#3495)
• Client won't work if local connector is not installed (#3498)
• Missing Image icon too large (#3501)
• Data lookup displays repeat prior values when they should be blank (#3502)
• Tables lost user modifications after pop-up (#3503)
• Client not opening URL (#3507)
• Need version numbers on all components (#3511)
• Newline in widget data crashes widget parser (#3512)
• Add grid search toolbar (#3514)
• Send client parameters to server (#3515)
• Appx top menu sizing incorrectly (#3516)
• Table searches only case sensitive (#3517)
• Preferences available in Java client not available in HTML client (#3518)
• Table rows displayed in incorrect order (#3520)
• Table never displays (#3521)
• Default button not highlighted (#3531)
• Lose Focus does not seem to be working (#3532)
• Local Connector 5.4.3 requires admin approval (#3533)
• HTML/Axaem bug - won't display files for ingest (#3534)
• Comma in data field causes 'Images' lockup (#3545)
• Conditions missing on Query Record Selection Screen (#3546)
• Table widget sometimes displays '0' instead of text in a column (#3547)
• Scrolling records with buttons do not display correctly (#3548)
• Scan image displayed on top of list box (#3552)

5.4.4

Notes:

• The 'Reconnect' option has been significantly reworked in this release. See APPX Login Manager for Unix/Linx or APPX Login Manager for Windows for details.
• An API to kill a running session has been added, see .UTIL KILL SESSION

APPX bug fixes

• Background process and Queries - errors
• Disposition Submit Options not pass to appx_submit
• Reconnect to another user's session - gets error
• APPEND with preceding RESTORE
• CNV TEXT on record followed by APPEND fails
• Reconnect returns to menu not input screen
• WebStart error, Failed to Secure SSL Connection
• Background processes on Windows hang waiting for user input
• Turn Off Mod Logs doesn't work - coding error

• File Chooser input field missing icon
• Debugger does not display properly
• Reconnect doesn't ever time out?
• Data Missing from PDF Print on Screen Dialog
• Titlebar appears when process hooked
• Images with 'Expand to Fill' have scrollbars on Windows
• Client Constants missing
• Text displays outside of HTML editor, can't edit
• $newsession should close tab
• Client silently defaults to last server on login
• Tab Order is ignored
• Reconnect offered many hours later; using it locks up
• Data shifts left on scrolling input
• Select Access Path does not use buttons
• Buttons in Column headings not rendered
• Buttons not active
• Client creating extra widgets
• Icon behind text doesn't work
• Unable to call up Preferences
• Enter key ignored if no modifiable fields on image
• PID not shown in browser tab
• appxConnector-install.js does not start Windows service
• ILF Debugger is not displayed correctly
• Client does not auto select first field
• HTML in help text not supported
• Horizontal separator missing on pull down menu
• SCAN icon displayed on top of text
• Icon in title bar displays in wrong position
• Unknown host waits forever(?)
• Titlebars missing
• HTML Text line breaks differently from ADC
• Unable to retrieve desired record
• Button text on disabled buttons is missing
• Screen goes blank during Restructure
• Table Filter doesn't work on numeric columns
• Positioning of images and labels is inconsistent
• Images flash on Firefox
• Screen flashes, button icons are repeated
• Some background images are not scaled properly
• Some boxes are merged that should not be
• Hidden pulldown menus don't hide
• Pulldown menus linger
• File downloads sometime corrupt data
• DLU on Tab Out does not work
• Tables flash when redisplaying after a row is selected
• Selecting a table row causes repositioning of table and loss of sort spec
• Data lookup on memory file locks HTML Client
• Insertion pointer and block cursor out of sync
• Can't sort tables if a record is selected
• HTML Editor broken
• Date Sort incorrect in HTML table widget
• Dot in column heading breaks table
• Data lookup listbox mishandles accented characters

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