| Upgrading / New features of Genero BDL | |
This topic lists features added for the 1.10 release of the Genero Business Development Language.
| Overview | Reference |
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| The language supports now built-in classes, a new object-oriented way to program in BDL. | See OOP support. |
| CONSTANT keyword to define constants in your programs. | See Constants. |
| The language now supports dynamic arrays with automatic memory allocation. | See Dynamic arrays. |
| A set of XML Utilities are provided in the runtime library as built-in classes. | See The om package. |
| The STRING data type can be used to manipulate character strings without a length limit as with CHAR/VARCHAR. | See STRING. |
| Overview | Reference |
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| The Dynamic User Interface is the major new concept in Genero. It is the basement for the new graphical user interface. | See User interface basics. |
| Compared to classic IBM Informix 4gl, interactive instructions such as INPUT, DISPLAY ARRAY, have been extended with new control blocks and control instructions. | See Dialog instructions. |
| Form specification files (.per) support now extended layout definition with the LAYOUT section. | See Form definitions. |
| Defining Window Containers (a.k.a. MDI) is a simple way to group programs. | See Window containers (WCI). |
| Overview | Reference |
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| The new SCHEMA instruction allows you to specific a database schema, without having an implicit connection, when the program executes. | See Database schema. |