What's new in Genero Business Development Language, v 1.31

This topic lists features added for the 1.31 release of the Genero Business Development Language.

Table 1. Core language
Overview Reference
C extensions can be loaded dynamically, no need to re-link runner. See C-Extensions
The FGL_WIDTH() built-in function computes the number of print columns needed to represent a single or multi-byte character. See fgl_width()
Table 2. User interface
Overview Reference
GUI protocol compression for slow networks. See GUI protocol compression
Interruption handling with SSH port forwarding - only supported with GDC 1.31! See User interruption handling
New method ui.Form.setFieldStyle() to set a style for a field. See ui.Form.setFieldStyle
Improved front-end identification when connecting to GUI client. See Establish a GUI front-end connection
Table 3. SQL databases
Overview Reference
MySQL version 4.1.x is now supported, 3.23 is desupported. See SQL adaptation guide for Oracle MySQL 5.x, MariaDB 10.x
Oracle version 10g is now supported. See SQL adaptation guide for Oracle Database 11, 12