After this we plan to do a RC2 before the end of this month and a final release in the beginning of January 2019
8.4 will succeed the 833 release, so there will not be a 834 release.
Edit: Also released 2 packages that are showing 2 new features of 84:
12grid 1.2.0: for the new css positioned container in a responsive form Servoy Extra 1.7.0: Now has the ListFormComponent component for repeating a form components ui for the foundsets records.
Thanks Johan! To celebrate, we’ll be doing a 3-part webinar series next week to introduce the latest features.
This release focuses on form design, styling and data access. You don’t want to miss it.
Build better UIs Part 1
New in 8.4, Servoy’s “Simple Layout” makes positioning components more powerful, yet remains simple to use. Get the dynamic UI you want with less effort.
Build better UIs Part 2:
Styling your application just got easier. Servoy 8.4 ships with “CSS-Less” styling ability.
This means that whether you are a CSS pro, or you don’t want to know anything about CSS, in Servoy 8.4, you can implement the style you want with less effort.
Performance Enhancements
Servoy 8.4 comes with enhancements to allow some data screens to become even faster. The new “View Foundset” allows developers to optimize data access for complex data structures.
I’m trying out this new release candidate, but seem to be having a problem.
If I choose to ‘extend’ a form, or create a new sub-form from a form, I cannot access any of the methods in that ‘base’ form for linking to actions or buttons etc.
The list of sub/base methods appears on the lower left side panel (Solution Explorer?), but are not available in method picker under ‘Form’ node (actual form methods are though, as are scope methods)
Has anyone else experienced this? (or is this know about, because it would seem to be a rather big bug to have gotten thru QA )
Thanks
Rafi
do send the files to me, (can be by private message)
but it see subversion for example a clean install shouldn’t have that
So a clean install with in a new directory and in a new workspace (so don’t use an existing one)
rafig:
Johan
I did a clean (mac) install and new workspace
What about my problem? (Form inheritance methods)
I was just told that that is a bug that is already fixed
Problem is that i guess you have a base form and then a sub form (so 2 forms)
that specific setup had a problem because we have a new feature that you really can pick from a super form and also create directly in the base a method if you want.
So it is now differently shown…
jcompagner:
do send the files to me, (can be by private message)
but it see subversion for example a clean install shouldn’t have that
So a clean install with in a new directory and in a new workspace (so don’t use an existing one)
Hi Johan,
Took you up on that and did a clean-clean install (new directory) - and it seems to work.
Thanks though.
rafig:
Johan
I did a clean (mac) install and new workspace
What about my problem? (Form inheritance methods)
I was just told that that is a bug that is already fixed
Problem is that i guess you have a base form and then a sub form (so 2 forms)
that specific setup had a problem because we have a new feature that you really can pick from a super form and also create directly in the base a method if you want.
So it is now differently shown…
When will the bug fix version be available?
In the mean time, is there a simple work-around?
After updating to 8.4 rc1, i can no longer login into our smart client in the developer. We have a login solution and custom authenticator. After calling security.login, the login solution is closed, but the main solution is not loaded.
There’s nothing in the console, application server log or in the developer log. In the Admin page, the client says, that the main solution is loaded, but the onSolutionOpen method of the main solution is not called and the first form of the solution is not shown.
I’ve tried to reproduce the problem on a smaller solution, but it works then. After switching back to 8.3.3, everything works again. I will try to narrow the problem down, but I thought I would ask if anybody else experienced the problem
We will try to release rc2 before Christmas
If you want to test before the rc2 release you can download this: https://build.servoy.com/latest/servoy_ … update.zip
and drop it over a 84rc1 install and start servoy once with “servoy -clean”
This will be possible in the next few days until we have made internally the rc2 build…
cp:
So - does anyone else have issues running 8.4 rc1?
I’ve tried - in vain - to update, clean install - on OSX and Win - Java 8 and 11 - but always getting blank views and errors like:
Could not create the view: com.servoy.eclipse.ui.views.SolutionExplorerView
Could not create the view: com.servoy.eclipse.ui.views.solutionexplorer.FormHierarchyView
Am I missing something?
i think i could reproduce this, somehow if you do an update it would also download a wrong plugin (from eclipse, not our update site)
and then we got into a version conflict, i made sure this shouldn’t happen to fix to a specific version.