Servoy R2 2.0BETA4 available

[Jan Aleman]

We announce the immediate availability of Servoy 2.0BETA4. NOTE: this is a beta, avoid using it on production data.
Make a backup of your current Servoy installation directory if you plan to upgrade or perform a clean installation into a new directory.
You can download the beta from the download section on the developer website at: http://developer.servoy.com.
You can find the beta under the header "Download the latest Servoy BETA" on the download page.

[enh]-added "-upgradeRepository" flag to server start argument to let the server upgrade the repository.
[enh]-added application.executeProgramInBackground(...)
[enh]-application.playSound('media:///click.wav')
[enh]-application.writeXMLFile('text.xml',thexml) //writes with the file with encoding as specified in the xml
[enh]-checkboxes/radiobuttons do wrap_horizontal when vertical scrollbar is to never or does layout wrap_vertical when horizontal scrollbar is set to never
[enh]-create temporary files: var tempFileName = application.createTempFile('myfile','pdf')
[enh]-db dependent layer (hibernate), repository on Sybase and firebird 1.5 also work now
[enh]-developer option to use system page setup dialog
[enh]-file plugin http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?t=450
[enh]-global rename in dataprovider dialog http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?p=3865#3865
[enh]-global search replace in method editor
[enh]-major image display improvement
[enh]-possible to exclude elements from the tab sequence
[enh]-request last job name on scheduler plugin http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?t=830
[enh]-return false; in form.onHide stops hiding (when for example in dialog) http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?t=762
[enh]-scheduler plugin needs get last runned cron job and args to method http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?t=878
[enh]-stored procedure calling now possible with databaseManager.executeStoredProcedure(...)
[enh]-support for font dialog popup: var font = application.showFontDialog()
[enh]-var thexml = controller.printXML()
[fix]-Scrolling in HTML fields not working
[fix]-debugger has no longer one line mismatch
[fix]-find on not used foundset failed
[fix]-if (dateCalc <= endDate) now works
[fix]-lazy blob loading did not work for related data
[fix]-line clipping http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?p=3701
[fix]-no progress shown when creating new release after export
[fix]-stringToNumber change http://forum.servoy.com/viewtopic.php?p=3781#3781

[mattman]

[enh]-stored procedure calling now possible with databaseManager.executeStoredProcedure(...)

This one is huge. Very, very cool guys!

[fix]-debugger has no longer one line mismatch

I was just about to post a request for fixing the debugger. Thank you, thank you. This one was irritating.

[IT2Be]

Thanks Servoy guys... I love it!!!

Especially the horizontal radiobuttons and....

Global find and replace! GREAT...

[IT2Be]

Man it gets better and better!

[enh]-possible to exclude elements from the tab sequence

This one is also fabulous...

[BruceR]

We announce the immediate availability of Servoy 2.0BETA4

It might be helpful to describe what to do if you want to have both installations going. (Production and 2.0 beta) Is it a simple as just installing the 2.0 version in a different folder? Also note that you agreed it was a good idea to put the version number in or near the download link - but this hasn't happened yet.

[admin]

It might be helpful to describe what to do if you want to have both installations going. (Production and 2.0 beta) Is it a simple as just installing the 2.0 version in a different folder?

That's enough. Isn't the instruction I place there clear enough about that?
It mentions: "Make a backup of your current Servoy installation directory if you plan to upgrade or perform a clean installation into a new directory. "

What should we change to make it clearer?

Also note that you agreed it was a good idea to put the version number in or near the download link - but this hasn't happened yet.

As far as I know that happened. I've just looked and for production it mentions the version. For betas the version is only mentioned in the forum.

[BruceR]

What should we change to make it clearer?

Maybe clean my glasses automatically? Convince me to slow down my reading?
You're right, the information was there but I seemed to have tuned it out immediately after reading about the backup. However, if you started the sentence "Either make a backup ..." that probably woud have worked for me.