Use an OPT="i" on the Dialogue / Window definition to create a window that does not have an Icon in its upper left corner.

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1 JavX Version README File - May 2006 Release Notes for JavX SE/AE/LE Sage Software Canada Ltd 8920 Woodbine Avenue Suite 400 Markham, Ontario L3R 9W9 Tel *** NOTES *** As of Version 2.5, the JavX thin-client architecture has been adapted for use in a wider variety of Java-enabled devices. Three editions of JavX are now available to best serve each of the different target platforms: JavX SE - for desktop platforms that run the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) runtime environment. This includes Windows, Linux and UNIX X-Windows, and Apple Mac OS X systems. JavX AE - for mobile devices that run the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) Constrained Device Context (CDC) Personal Profile. This includes mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). JavX LE - for task-specific devices that run the J2ME CDC Foundation Profile. This includes a range of consumer products, automotive and other interactive components. The release notes for each of these editions are provided in the sections below. Full descriptions of the various ProvideX thin-client and server options can be found in the ProvideX Client-Server Reference documentation. JavX SE - JavX Swing Edition Runtime Requirements This version of JavX requires a minimum of Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Download the latest JRE at Section 1 - New Functionality: Controlling the Icons used by Dialogues / Windows. (New) An application can now control what Icon, if any, is used within the upper left corner of the window. Use an OPT="i" on the Dialogue / Window definition to create a window that does not have an Icon in its upper left corner. The 'OPTION'() mnemonic has been extended to support: 'OPTION'("ICON",ImageName$) - Sets the Icon for the current and subsequent windows 'OPTION'("WDWICON",ImageName$) - Sets the Icon for the current window only ImageName$ - May be: "" (Null) - To remove the icon from the current window

2 "*" (Asterisk) - To display the default icon for the window filename or Image specifcation - The name of a.ico file, or a full icon specification (see the Enhanced Icon Usage for details) EXAMPLES: print 'dialogue'(1,1,80,25,"my Window",'cs',opt="i") print 'option'("wdwicon","c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll@137%32") print 'option'("wdwicon","") print 'option'("wdwicon","*") The FIN() function has been extended with new keywords to retrieve the current settings: X$ = FIN(0,"WDWICON") - Current Window Icon ImageName X$ = FIN(0,"ICON") - Current Default Window Icon ImageName Rounded Rectangles. A new optional argument has been added to the 'RECTANGLE'() that allows for radiuses on the corners. This new argument is the radius of the circle as expressed in graphical co-ordinates. The new format is: 'RECTANGLE'(x, y, x1, y1, radius) The radius parameter is optional and, if omitted, a normal rectangle is drawn. The radius parameter is assumed to be positive (negative values will have their sign flipped). If the radius exceeds half of the height (or width) the system will assume a semi-circle is used to round the edge Support for Mnemonic '4D'. Switches JavX to an XP "themed" Look and Feel. To Activate: PRINT '4D', To De-Activate: PRINT '2D', This new '4D' mnemonic for XP look-and-feel, works hand-in-hand with the new 'OPTION'() mnemonic and FIN() enhancements described earlier in this readme. As well, there is a "Theme" object in the Utilities section of this document that allows for the setting of the various theme colours to closely match MS Windows XP theme's. In JavX, the '4D' mnemonic should be used in conjunction with the Windows look-and-feel; e.g., on Windows XP, PRINT '4D', OPTION("LookAndFeel","os default") The GUI controls will only have an XP lookandfeel if the OS is Windows XP Grid Changes. (New and enhanced) Added support for the following GRID properties: CELLLEFT, CELLTOP, CELLTIP, CURRENTCELLCOLOR, UPPERCASE, COLUMNPIXELS, ROWPIXELS, JOINCOLUMNS, BOTTOMLEFTTICK, TOPLEFTTICK, BOTTOMBORDER, TOPBORDER, LEFTBORDER, RIGHTBORDER, TICKPIXELS, TICKPERUNIT, JOINROWS, OVERLAPENABLED, SKIPLOCKEDCELLS, TRACKCOLOR, SELECTVALUE, SELECTROW, SELECTCOLUMN, SELECTINDEX, COLUMNNAMES, TRACKCOLOR Added a flag for ignoring and not reporting non-essential GRID errors; e.g., PRINT 'OPTION'("REPORTGRIDERRORS","FALSE") causes the GRID to not report an error when setting unsupported GRID attributes. The following GRID attributes are not supported in JavX: AUTOSEQUENCE, IMPLIED_DECIMAL, SEPLOAD, LOCKCOLUMNS, LEN,

3 CELLTAG, FILLCOLOUR, CELLIMPLIEDDECIMAL, CELLFORMAT, INSDELENABLED Added support for ICONs on MENU_BAR and POPUP_MENU menu items Standard LIST_BOXes now support Load-on-Demand. Listview LIST_BOXES do not currently support Load-on-Demand STATUSBAR now uses the current Java Swing Lookandfeel foreground color. For example, if the current lookandfeel is Windows, RGB: 224, 223, 227 is used. If the current lookandfeel is metal, RGB: 204, 204, 204 is used, etc Improved support for HTML MULTI_LINES. The dynamic property TEXT$ can now be used to set HTML; e.g., x'text$="<body><h1>hello World</H1></BODY>") Added the following to the Java ProvideX COM interface: Support for the 'COUNT property. Every array object's length attribute can now be accessed through the COUNT property It is now possible to load a class and then instantiate it; i.e., A class without a public no argument constructor can now be instantiated by loading the class and then calling the appropriate constructor to create an instance of the class Extended the FIN directive so it is now possible to get the Java UIManagers UIDefaults; e.g., FIN(0, "GETJAVA_UIDEFAULTS") Treeview LIST_BOX. Added support for all six possible icons: 1. Default overall bitmap or icon: always used with any listed entries that do not have subordinates. 2. Default bitmap or icon for items with subordinates. 3. Default bitmap or icon for items with subordinates if the tree level is expanded (i.e.,shown) in Treeview. 4. Bitmap or icon for entries that do not have any subordinates when the item is selected. 5. Bitmap or icon for entries that have subordinates when selected. 6. Bitmap or icon for entries that have subordinates when selected and level is expanded Added support for the following Treeview properties: 'Edit 'ItemState 'StateBitmaps$ 'ItemText$ 'Children 'Sort 'Expanded - automatic editing of item text. - Numeric value indicating the state of an item. - List of images to use to display states. - Applications can now alter the contents of this property to logically move tree structures. - This read-only property returns the number of direct descendant children for the current 'Item. - This property controls sorting for Treeviews - This control allows you to expand/collapse an item and all sub-ordinates Updated the GUI of the Web Page Configuration program JavXpagegen.pvs Refer to the PageGenTutorial for detailed instructions on how to launch and use the page generator utility. Section 2 - Resolved Issues:

4 2.1 - Resolved an issue with LIST_BOX LOAD and large packets Corrected a problem where an HTML multi-line would not be created if a NUL string was not a valid URL The following grid issues have been addressed: Order of selected cells now sorted correctly GRID LOADLIST now working correctly Corrected errors in Keyboard navigation Previously with large-width grids, the header could be smaller than the width of the grid Addressed the following issues related to the Java COM interface: Numerous changes made to address converting numeric data to the correct Java numeric type if a PvxVariant is not used. Previously if a PvxVariant was not used, all numeric data was converted to an Int. Now the data is converted to a number object and then the number object is converted to the appropriate numeric type for the targeted method Added a work-around for a Java reflection bug that was not allowing calls to public methods of inner classes. For example, the Enumeration methods (i.e., hasmoreelements()) were not working prior to this change Added support for escaped characters within a string; e.g., \" An END will now cause all OCX handles to be dropped Resolved an array-index-out-of-bounds exception error caused by the 'FONT' mnemonic having a value of "" Corrected a problem where pressing the Enter key on a MULTI_LINE greater than 1 row high did not set the EOM to $0D$ When an invisible window is made active (via 'POP', 'GOTO', etc) JavX now makes the window visible Resolved a problem where the ENTER key caused JavX to ring the system bell in a MULTI_LINE with maximum characters entered Addressed an issues where a DROP_BOX control with a TBL string specified would select the first item in the drop list when the DROP_BOX WRITE directive passed "";e.g., prior to this release the following would cause the first item in the DROP_BOX to be selected : DROP_BOX WRITE 10, " Corrected a problem where a CLIP_BOARD WRITE that specified $0AOD$ would add extra new line characters to the text LIST_BOX WRITE will now scroll the LIST_BOX so that the selected item is visible in the LIST_BOX Addressed issues with 'OPTION' ("WDWICON",string$): 1. PRINT 'OPTION' ("WDWICON","") Sets the window icon to the default Java icon (Java coffee cup icon). Previously this set the window icon to the default ProvideX icon. 2. PRINT 'OPTION' ("WDWICON"," ") Sets the window icon to the null so the image will appear in the icon area of the window. 3. PRINT 'OPTION' ("WDWICON","*") Sets the window icon to the default ProvideX icon.

5 4. An invalid icon is ignored. Previously this had the same effect as PRINT 'OPTION' ("WDWICON"," ") Corrected a problem with LIST_BOX that caused list boxes with the "Suppress Buttons" attribute specified on creation to be initially disabled Entering a menu_bar command with an invalid string caused JavX SE/AE to hang. This now results in an Error #87 (Invalid menu_bar definition). JavX AE - JavX AWT Edition Runtime Requirements This version of JavX requires a minimum of the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Connected Device Configuration (CDC) Personal Profile JRE. JavX AE functionality is upwardly-compatible with JavX SE. This version of JavX supports the following ProvideX features: 1 - Character UI (fonts, lines and shapes, colors, pictures, etc.) 2 - All Mnemonics ('DIALOGUE', 'WINDOW', 'POP', 'SWAP', etc) 3 - System functions and variables (MSE, OBJ, FIN, etc.). 4 - The ProvideX "OCX" interface to Java 5 - Local serial file access 6 - The following GUI components are supported: Buttons: BUTTON, RADIO, CHECK_BOX (Images not supported on Buttons) Text Components: LIST_BOX, MULTI_LINES, DROP_BOX Vertical and Horizontal Scroll Bars Message Box Tool bar ProvideX menu bar menus (not popup menus) JavX LE - JavX Light Edition Runtime Requirements This version of JavX requires a minimum of the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Connected Device Configuration (CDC) Foundation Profile JRE. *** NOTE: Unlike other JavX editions, the JavX Light Edition is designed for a wide variety of fixed-purpose/embedded devices which may or may not have a standardized method for installing software. Because of this, the JavX LE installation JAR archive file is currently not available for direct download. Developers who are interested in running JavX for a specific device implementation are welcome to contact Sage Software Canada Ltd. to request a copy of JavX LE. JavX LE functionality is upwardly-compatible with JavX AE and SE. This version of JavX supports the following ProvideX features: 1 - System functions and variables (MSE, OBJ, FIN, etc).

6 2 - The ProvideX "OCX" interface to Java. 3 - Local serial file access.