BDL 4.01 new features
Features added in 4.01 releases of the Genero Business Development Language.
Important:
This page covers only those new features introduced with the Genero BDL version specified in the page title. Check prior new features pages if you migrate from an earlier version. Make sure to also read the upgrade guide corresponding to this Genero version.
Corresponding upgrade guide: BDL 4.01 upgrade guide.
Previous new features page: BDL 4.00 new features.
| Overview | Reference |
|---|---|
The ARRAY[n], DYNAMIC ARRAY and
DICTIONARY definitions accept now another array or dictionary, as type for the
OF clause. |
See ARRAY syntax
and DICTIONARY syntax. |
| Starting at 4.01.02 | |
Module aliases with IMPORT FGL path AS
alias-name |
See IMPORT FGL. |
| Related upgrade notes | |
| Overview | Reference |
|---|---|
The KEYBOARDHINT form item attribute gets new options
DECIMAL, NUMERIC, TEXT, SEARCH
and NONE, for better control of the virutal keyboard on mobile devices. |
See KEYBOARDHINT attribute. |
New rendering for ROWBOUND actions with three-dots button in
TABLE, TREE and SCROLLGRID. |
See Actions bound to the current row, Binding action views to a table row, Binding action views to a treeview row, Binding action views to a scrollgrid row. |
The standard.playSound front call gets a new
"wait" option, to define if the front call must immediately return while the
sound continues playing. |
See standard.playSound. |
New presentation style attributes topmenuDesktopRendering and
topmenuMobileRendering for Window. |
See New Window.topmenuDesktopRendering and Window.topmenuMobileRendering style attributes |
| The defaultTTFColor style attribute applies to any kind of form element. | See defaultTTFColor applies to any type of form element |
| Related upgrade notes | |
| Upgrade notes for presentation style. | See Presentation styles changes. |
| Overview | Reference |
|---|---|
Support for Microsoft® ODBC driver 18 for SQL Server with
dbmsnc_18 ODI driver. |
See Database driver specification (driver). |
| Starting at 4.01.02 | |
| The fgldbsch tool can extract PostgreSQL OID columns as BIGINT. | See fgldbsch type conversion option. |
| Related upgrade notes | |
| Upgrade notes for database drivers. | See Database drivers changes. |
| Overview | Reference |
|---|---|
fglcomp -W unused option warns for PREPARE and DECLARE
CURSOR statements with no corresponding usage, and for unused imported modules. |
See fglcomp -W option. |
| fglform -k / --keep-going option continues compilation of forms after error. | See fglform -k option. |
| fglcomp -k / --keep-going option continues compilation of sources after error. | See fglcomp -k option. |
fglcomp -W form-field-name option to produce warnings for
invalid field names in INPUT BY NAME and CONSTRUCT BY NAME
dialogs. |
See fglcomp -W option. |
| Starting at 4.01.02 | |
Code completer can find modules from FGLLDPATH, to complete IMPORT
FGL. |
See Source code completion. |
|
fglgar run --pid-file option writes fglgar process-ids to file. |
See options table for fglgar run. |
| Related upgrade notes | |
| Overview | Reference |
|---|---|
| There is support for the HTTP specification allowing a message body with the HTTP verb DELETE. A message body is supported on client and server Web services using the REST low-level framework. | See com.HttpRequest methods and com.HttpServiceRequest methods |
For REST Web services using the high-level REST framework, the
WSParam and WSQuery attributes support complex types, such as
records and arrays in operation parameters. This enhancement is based on the OpenAPI specification
for serialization. It supports default methods for delimiting values and handling items of arrays or
records in paths and queries. |
See WSParam and WSQuery |
The fglrestful tool has options to allow HTTP and proxy
authentication when requesting OpenAPI documentation. |
See fglrestful |
The fglwsdl -xmlname option is added to generate variables
named with XMLName attributes in stubs. |
See fglwsdl |
The REST engine WSContext variable has a
RequestURL entry that you can use to get the URL (base URL, resource path, and
query) from the client app. |
See WSContext |
The REST engine WSAttachment attribute has been enhanced with
an optional regular expression (regex) type value to validate the names of incoming files. |
See WSAttachment |
| Starting at 4.01.02 | |
|
The GWS OpenID Connect service has enhancements to how scopes are exchanged. The Genero Identity Provider (GIP) follows the standard RFC 8693 as the default method when creating OAuth ID and access tokens with the scope parameter. |
See Support for RFC 8693 in the Genero Identity Provider (GIP) creation of OAuth ID and access tokens with scopes |
| Related upgrade notes | |
| Upgrade notes for web services. | See Web Services changes |
| Overview | Reference |
|---|---|
| Starting at GMA-4.01.02 | |
| New gmabuildtool option to enable data collection for analytics, when using Firebase Cloud Messaging. | See Controlling Firebase data collection for analytics |
The standard.playSound front call supports http/https
URLs. |
See GMA 4.01 changes topic |
| Related upgrade notes | |
| Upgrade notes for GMA. | See Genero Mobile for Android (GMA) 4.01 changes |