EPC141034 – Available August 2017

Workbench Focus
The Visual LANSA Framework developer/designer focus has shifted from using VLF-WIN in design mode to using a new enhanced version of the VLF Developer's Workbench.
See New Design and Role for the VLF Developer's Workbench.

Common Activities
The Common Activities tabs, available on Framework and business object levels, can automatically generate code for many different usage contexts.
See New Common Activities Feature.

Designer Menu Option Removed from the Tools Menu
The VLF-WIN Designer Menu Option Has Been Moved so that the Framework is always started in Developer mode.

New VLF-ONE Tutorials
The new Tutorials for VLF-ONE Web Applications show how you can quickly complete common VLF tasks using the Common Activities tabs.
 

New Look Instant Prototyping Assistant
The Instant Prototyping Assistant has a new look. See Instant Prototyping Assistant Enhancements.

Program Coding Assistant No Longer Available in VLF-ONE
The Common Activities tab has replaced the Program Coding Assistant in VLF-ONE. See Program Coding Assistant Only for VLF-WIN.

Demonstration System Enhancements
See Changes to the Demonstration System.

Filter by Column
End-users can now filter instance list items by a column's content.
See Column Filtering.

Editing Instance List Column Properties
Individual instance list columns can be edited in the Instance List Column dialog.
 

New Navigation Menu Options
VLF-ONE's navigation menu style is being extended to allow end-users to use a more traditional navigation menu style.
See New VLF-ONE Navigation Menu Options.

VLF-ONE Applications Now Support Default Command Overrides
When a user clicks on an instance list entry, the last command they have executed becomes the preferred default command.
When an instance list is cleared, the preferred default reverts to being the actual (developer defined) default command, if any.
In association with this change the Default Command option NEVER is now available in VLF-ONE applications.
 

Command Tabs Can be Hidden in VLF-ONE
The Hide All Other Command Tabs option is now available in VLF-ONE.

New Printing Option
New Printing Option and Examples are available in VLF-ONE.

New Rich Text Editor in the Demo
The Notes Handler Uses Quill Rich Text Editor in the VLF-ONE demonstration system.
 

Access to the VL List Control
Filters can now access the Visual LANSA list control in instance list handlers. See Access to the List Control in an Instance List.
 
 

Expanding and Shrinking Panes in VLF-ONE
Panes can now be programmatically expanded and shrunk in VLF-ONE. See Expanding, Shrinking and Restoring Panes In VLF-ONE.

Change in Send to MS-Excel
See Instance List Send to MS-Excel Has Changed.

Framework Locking at Design Time
Design Time Framework Locking prevents accidental loss of Framework design changes.
 

RAD-PAD Editing
You can easily edit your prototype using the New RAD-PADs Tab.
 

Internal Components are Prefixed zInt_
There is now Clearer Indication of What Internal VLF-ONE Components You Can Use.

New Images in Images Palette
See Enhanced Images Palette.
 

Google Material Icons Available in VLF-ONE
You can use the font-based Google Material Icons in VLF-ONE Applications.

Instance List Maintenance Is Now Easier
See Instance List Maintenance Has Been Redesigned.

Simplified Asynchronous Methods in VLF-ONE
The New Asynchronous Handling Methods in VLF-ONE automatically implement the most common activities performed in an asynchronous interaction with a server module.
 

Prompters Now Available for All Snap-in Components
See Snap-in Prompters.