
Version 5.7.11 is available for download as of today.
The version includes the following enhancements:
All components
- Updating the OpenSSL library
The OpenSSL library used has been updated to version 1.0.1o.
Server
- Linux kernel 4.x
As of this version, the Linux kernel 4.x is supported.
Designer
- Tree status data structure editor / database info
The Designer now saves the status of the expanded nodes and the selected node in the data structure editor and in the database info. The tree status is saved in the database profile of the respective database user. - New property group Icon
All icon properties are summarized in the Icon group. Existing properties that were assigned to this group are no longer available in the previous groups. A list of the properties concerned can be found in the update description. - Properties
wpDbRecBuf
andwpDbVar
are sortable
In the property list, the content of the list can be sorted below the propertieswpDbRecBuf
andwpDbVar
. The following sorting options are available in the context menu of the properties:Sort by file (onlywpDbRecBuf
)
Sort by file name / variable name
Sort by selection - Collapse the object tree and data structure in the database info
The “Database info – Data structure” display and the object tree have been expanded to include the “Collapse tree” entry in the context menu. This collapses all levels of the tree.
Objects
List objects
- Color customization and symbols for column headers of list objects
Related article: Icons & Mehr
Print objects
- Maximum size for print objects
The maximum size for print objects has been increased from 22×22 inches to 44×44 inches.
Button
- Drag & drop for button object
The button object now has thewpOleDropMode
property and the drag & drop events. ThewpArgInt
property of the DataPlace object then contains the horizontal/vertical position of the button object in pixels.
GroupTile
- New property
wpFixed
for GroupTile objects
With the newwpFixed
property, a splitter can also be displayed between two GroupTile objects if one of the GroupTile objects has a fixed size (negative value inwpWidth
orwpHeight
).
Splitter
- New property
wpDividerSize
ThewpDividerSize
property can be used to set the height or width of the splitters in the DataList, DocView, GanttGraph, GroupSplit, RecList, RecView and StoList objects. This serves to simplify operation on touch surfaces.
Scrollbar
- New property
wpScrollbarSize
ThewpScrollbarSize
property can be used to set the height or width of the scrollbars in the DataList, DataListPopup, DocView, GanttGraph, RecList, RecListPopup, RecView, StoList and StoListPopup objects. This serves to simplify operation on touch surfaces.
Designer plug-in interface
- New events when saving design forms and menus
When saving a design form, the plug-in interface now triggers theDesigner.Forms.SaveDone
event. When a menu is saved, theDesigner.MenuEditor.SaveDone
event is triggered.
Drive driver
- Updated version
The drive driver has been updated to the latest version. The new version contains bug fixes.
Processing
RecView
- New function
WinRvwColumn()
TheWinRvwColumn()
command can be used to determine the descriptor of a RecView column based on the mouse position. - Popup when editing the content of a RecView object
The optional argumentaOptions
has been added to theEvtLstEditStartItem
event. This defines whether no pop-up (_WinRvwEditNone
), a pop-up list with one column (_WinRvwEditLst
) or a pop-up list with two columns (_WinRvwEditLstAlpha
) should be generated. The generated list is empty for all types except logic and must be filled in theEvtLstEditActivate
event.
Data record commands
- New option
_RecNextID
for functionRecInfo()
The new option_RecNextID
can be used to determine the next record ID based on the current record ID of the file.
Command to call a DLL
- Property
spFsiError
for functionDllLoad()
If an error occurs in functionDllLoad()
when loading the DLL, the error code supplied by the operating system can be determined using thespFsiError
property of the_Sys
object.
Option _WinImgReport

- New option
_WinImgReport
for propertieswpImageTile
/wpHdrImageTile
The new icon symbolizes a report.
In addition to these enhancements, bugs have also been fixed. An overview of the corrections can be found in the error document.