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Agenda - WednesdayIntroductionInstallation TipsNew Client FeaturesNew Application Design FeaturesInstalling Chart DirectorCreating Charts in APPXPlay Time!

Installation Tips

System Administrators are NOT Designers.

You must be granted application design rights before you can use Application DesignIf >1 System Administrator (not including ‘appx’), then another administrator must do it for you.

Installation Tips

If upgrading from 4.2.x, consider running in parallel.

Copy entire APPX tree to another folder.Upgrade that folder.Use FMS groups to point to same data as 4.2.x.Set up alternate port (ie, 8560) or alternate startup script.

New Client Features

Open a new session anytime via Alt+F1.Use new Scan button to save screen space. Single Sign On (SSO) for Windows Servers.

Both desktop and server managed by the same Active Directory controllerLog into your desktop using your Active Directory account

New Client Features

The client property -useSSO=true must be set either on the client command line or in the client preferences (under [Startup]). The appxLoginMgr must be configured with an Authentication Method of Win-SSO via -AM=Win-SSO.

New Client Features

Load client settings from an ‘ini’ file.Standardize all settings in one fileCan be kept on a shared folder add -iniFile=<path to ini file> to command line to create initial file, then customize.

Java Web Start is similar, but also updates client jar file.

New Client Features

Better control over window sizing/scalingresizeMainWindowPane dynamically resizes client window (up to max rows/cols).mainWindowScrollPane adds scrollbars to client windowuseMainTitlebar moves top line of image to titlebar, freeing space on image.

New Client Features

New Client Behaviours:Add Mode does not clear scrolling screen.Select Access Path uses buttons.

Option, Tab and END keys can now be mapped via mapOptionKey, mapTabKey and mapEndKey. See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/event/KeyEvent.html for key names.

New Design Features

Cross Reference LiteralsCross Reference shows specific occurrencesDrill Down Cross ReferenceAbility to Design Transfer ChildrenVerify SET statement with group fieldsEnd User Selection can now be requiredScan for field names during Debug.

New Design Features

Over 100 new API’s addedReplace well known, ‘undocumented’ subroutines and add many new featuresOld routines will continue to run, but will not be enhanced or debugged (SEARCH AND REPLACE broken).Start using new API’s instead

New Design Features

Using the new API’s:Wiki contains details http://wiki.appx.com/wiki/bin/view/Main/APPXRuntimeSubroutineAPI Code can be copied/pasted from examplesReturn values always in a tokenized work field with same nameShared fields always PASSed firstParameters case InSensITIve

New Design Features

API Highlights:File Management Routines (copy, delete, move, create, restructure, etc)Timeout routines (take an action after x seconds)..TEXT PARSE LINE to extract data..WIDGET routinesDynamic Hook Processes

New Design Features

API Highlights:Add/Chg/Del UsersRun as a different userReference fields indirectly via .UTIL FIELD GET/SETWrite a subroutine via ILF (5.2)