eDeveloper 9.

4 Service Pack 8c
Release Notes

W
e are proud to introduce eDeveloper Enterprise Server Version 9.4
Service Pack 8c. eDeveloper 9.4 Service Pack 8c is an improved and
updated version of the eDeveloper 9.4 release. Read the information in
this document to find out more about this latest eDeveloper version.
For more information about previous eDeveloper releases, see the
PastReleaseNotes.pdf file provided with this installation.

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General Information

Installing Service Pack 8c

When you install eDeveloper 9.4 Service Pack 8c using the installation wizard’s Upgrade
option, the wizard automatically replaces the files that were modified since your previously-
installed version.

eDeveloper 9.4 Samples Package

The Samples package demonstrates the new eDeveloper 9.4 features. You can download
the updated Samples package from our FTP site using the following link:
ftp://ftp.magicsoftware.com/v9product/94samples/

Special Settings
A special setting, sometimes referred to as a special flag, is an entry in the Magic.ini file
that modifies the behavior of the product in specific areas. A detailed list of the supported
special flags is available in a separate document, which you can download from this link:
ftp://ftp.magicsoftware.com/v9product/Documents/SpecialSetting.pdf

eDeveloper Licensing Mechanism

eDeveloper has a built-in license-metering mechanism that uses your local area network
(LAN) to communicate between eDeveloper instances running on different machines on
the network.
For more information about this mechanism, see the document located at:
ftp://ftp.magicsoftware.com/v9product/Documents/eDeveloperLicensingMechanism.pdf

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eDeveloper for iSeries – New Features & New Products

The Single Sign-On feature in eDeveloper lets you connect to iSeries without entering an
OS/400 user profile and password. By using Single Sign-on, you can sign on once to a
network server and automatically gain access to iSeries from your eDeveloper program.
The eDeveloper Navigator is an out-of-the-box application that can be used immediately by
iSeries system administrators and operators to access system services such as Active Jobs,
Spooled Files, IFS Objects, and System Values. In addition, the eDeveloper Navigator
enables system administrators to send email, execute a CL command, and check the system
status, including memory and disk usage.

eDeveloper for iSeries SQL Client

eDeveloper includes the iSeries SQL client 9.4 SP8c-0.11 release for eDeveloper. You can
read more about this in the README400sql.htm file.

eDeveloper for iSeries ISAM Client

eDeveloper includes the updated version of the iSeries ISAM client 9.4 SP8c-0.6 for
eDeveloper. You can read more about this in the README400.htm file.

eDeveloper for iSeries DBCS Client

The iSeries DBCS Client installation lets you install a special iSeries client for the Double-
byte character set (DBCS) version of an operating system. You can read more about this in
the README400.htm file.

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New Features, Behavior Changes and Fixed Problems

CtxKill() Function Enhancements

The CtxKill() function was enhanced with an additional parameter that determines whether
the context will be terminated even if it is busy handling external resources.

Java Requester – Extra Characters (QCR # 307482)

Extra characters were added to an XML document sent to eDeveloper using the Java
requester.

Pervasive SQL – Link Join (QCR # 509795)

eDeveloper did not update all the records In the data view of a Batch task that used Link
Inner Join or Link Outer Join while working with a Pervasive SQL database.

Fields – BLOB and MEMO (QCR # 510453)

eDeveloper crashed on some scenarios where BLOB and MEMO fields were involved.

Printing – Empty Area (QCR # 513291)

The area between the details lines and the page footer was printed in white instead of in a
transparent color.

Logon Screen – Russian Version (QCR # 521189)

The captions in the logon screen in the Russian version did not fit the screen and had a
spelling mistake.

ODBC – Link Join (QCR # 706069)

An error was shown after revisiting a record that was just created when the program had a
Link Join on a Pervasive database using the ODBC gateway.

Output Merge – Check Box Control (QCR # 734941)

Logical and Alpha variables received an incorrect value when a Check Box control value
was sent to them without using the value attribute.

J2EE – Debug Log (QCR # 735779)

An error appeared after setting the Debug Log property to Console in the ejb-jar.xml file
and redeploying the jar.

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Browser Client – Parameters (QCR # 750453)

Parameter values were not received correctly in a Browser Client program that was called
from a Batch program that was called from another Browser Client program in the same
context.

COM Client – Large Numbers (QCR # 759226)

eDeveloper did not create the proper return value type for programs that returned numbers
with more than 10 digits when creating a COM interface.

Verify Operation – Large String (QCR # 763906)

eDeveloper crashed when using a string longer than 10,000 characters in a Verify
operation.

Form Display – Check Box and Radio Box (QCR # 777554)

The dotted line that is displayed around the parked Check Box and Radio Box control
remained drawn even after the focus was shifted to another control when the controls’ style
was 2D and their color was transparent.

Exit Operation – File Name with Spaces (QCR # 779884)

Performing an Exit operation to open a file using Windows association programs failed for
some associated programs when the file path included spaces and the Exit command was
defined with Wait=Yes.

Locking – DB Locking (QCR # 781177)

The "Waiting for locked row" message was displayed on the status bar after trying to add
records to a table from two sessions even after the first session was closed when using DB
Locking in some scenarios.

MSSQL – Connections (QCR # 781963)

A new DB connection (SPID) was created for every record moved in a task when browsing
on an MSSQL table with Cursor=N.

Oracle – Direct SQL (QCR # 782007)

No output was returned from a Direct SQL task when sending a negative value to a binding
variable in the Direct SQL.

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Functions – EditSet() (QCR # 909218)

The EditSet() function sometimes returned incorrect results when numeric values were
involved.

Browser Client – Date Format (QCR # 910778)

The Bad Date error was displayed when pressing the Tab key after entering the date
'02/29' in a field with a picture of 'MM/DD' set in a Browser Client program.

Printing – MLE Control (QCR # 911382)

The last line of a Multi Line Edit control was not always printed to the printer when the
SpecialFullText special setting was set to Y.

Verify Operation – Revert (QCR # 915146)

Code written in a Block section was no executed when Verify Revert was used from within
the block.

JMS Messaging – Close Destination (QCR # 915384)

When closing the application, JMS returned an exception when working with a Transacted
Session.

Printing – Print Preview (QCR # 934265)

eDeveloper crashed when running the same application twice and exiting one session
while the other session had the print preview window opened.

Functions – WinBox() (QCR # 934932)

The WinBox() function did not return negative values.

Performance – XML (QCR # 939521)

It took a long time to close a child task that generated a large XML file and saved it into a
BLOB variable from the parent task.

Tree Control – Verify Error (QCR # 978859)

An error returned from a Tree control that was calling to some programs by clicking on the
tree nodes when one of the called programs encountered a "Verify Error" and the tree
program was called from a Batch program.

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Oracle – CLOB (QCR # 985917)

A CLOB variable defined in an Oracle stored procedure was not updated correctly when an
eDeveloper BLOB variable containing an XML file was sent to it.

Table Control – Colors (QCR # 989121)

The current record in a Table control was seen with the wrong color when the Table control
had an Alternating BG color and a Row Highlight Color and a record was excluded from
the view by using a range expression.

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