Thread Synchronization Interfaces for Critical Sections, Semaphores, Mutexes and ReaderWriter

Easily "rebase" the target memory load area for your DLL's with the integrated global template support for memory address selection

Application Themes which can be saved and reused to further accelerate your development

Theme Maintenance Wizard provides an easy to use interface for creating and changing Themes

Application Wizard with additional options and Theme Support

Procedure Wizard with additional options and Theme Support

Label Wizard with 70 pre-defined Avery label sizes and layouts

XP Manifest File Support

Smart Locators throughout which provide efficient navigation in lists and can be repeated via Ctrl-Enter key combination

Zoom window - pressing the F10 key provides an expanded scrollable edit area for entries and prompts

Popup table / variable window now available in more locations

The Expression Editor consolidates all Tables, Global, Module and Local data variables and an extensive list of RTL functions for constructing expressions in select template prompts.

Create a Project (PRJ) from your Application (APP) automatically

Generate source code for a single Module

The Dictionary View Toolbox is now available in the Application Generator

The Formula Editor has been enhanced to provide additional Class support

Global and procedure support to "swap" the Enter key for the Tab key for field navigation

Global and procedure support for a Visual Indicator that places a box around the current control, changes the background color, or adds an indicator character next to the control.  These options can be mixed and matched, overridden at the procedure level and set for specific control types.  There's even an option to use alternate colors for required fields.

OleDB Connection Builder available at designtime and runtime

ODBC driver updated to support multi-table import

BLOB column support for all native SQL drivers

BLOB column size for TopSpeed (TPS) files is 640 MB

Oracle Call Interface (OCI) 8.x supported *

Oracle BLOB column types (4) supported *

Functions for Reading and Writing to BLOB columns

  * Oracle Accelerator available as an option for the Professional version

Inline PRAGMA statement control of the project system from within your source code

Support of the LAYOUT attibute for the window and report formatters

FLAT attibute now supported on list controls

ICONs of sizes other than 32x32 and 16x16 now supported

DESTROY(FILE) now supported

Progress bar support for colors, transparency and range(MIN(LONG) to MAX(LONG)

Vertical and smooth Progress bar options now supported

BOXED attribute for TEXT controls supported

RTF attribute for TEXT controls supported on windows and reports

MESSAGE() dialog text can be copied to the clipboard

Runtime Properties: PROP:Datapath, PROP:NextTabStop, PROP:PreviousTabStop, PROP:Vscroll, PROP:WheelScroll and PROP:WindowsVersion

Results of ?, *? and *STRING types from functions prototyped with the RAW attribute are now treated as untyped references

QUOTE and UNQUOTE functions added

BINDEXPRESSION(name, expr) added

INSTANCE(variable, threadno) returns the address of a variable or entity's thread instance

Function SUSPEND, suspends a thread's execution

Function RESUME, resumes a thread's execution

SQL driver string BINDCOLORDER (Bind column order) added

FILEDIALOG can now accept any sized string for the extension list

SaveBuffer and RestoreBuffer made virtual to enable users to do BLOB comparisons in a derived version of EqualBuffer if required.

The ABC INIClass has been enhanced to support using the Windows registry for storage.

Methods have been added to the ABC Popup Class; DeleteMenu and GetLastNumberSelection methods.

New Dictionary class to make ABC classes safe for a fully preemptive environment.

Reorganized layout maximizes the available on screen information so that you can more easily access property dialogs

Client side Triggers provide similar functionality to server-side triggers, i.e. code is executed when a table is accessed for any or all of (Add,Update,Delete). The code can be called either before the operation or after, or both.  Provides an opportunity for additional validation, computed field values, etc. that is stored in the Dictionary and then incorporated into all applications that share that dictionary.  Triggers are valid for both ISAM and SQL tables.  When used for SQL tables client-side triggers provide independence from any particular backend.

Create a single file conversion program for a single table

Create a single file conversion program for a select tables

Each database driver now has a custom driver string properties dialog editor providing for "quick and easy" changes

The Business Rules Manager class and templates provide an easy to use method to implement validation logic and apply it throughout your application.  You can define a Rule Globally and it is automatically implemented to each procedure that contains the data variable associated with the Rule.  You have the option to override and ignore the Rule a the local Procedure level as well as define additional Rules Locally specific to a single Procedure.  The runtime characteristic of an implemented Rule is that it can Dis/Enable Un/Hide any number of screen controls and has a mechanism to notify the User as to its' state.

A comprehensive XML Class has been created with code templates which support serializing a Clarion Queue into XML, de-serializing an XML string into a Clarion Queue, mapping headers where possible.  Code templates are also provided to perform the same functions for any File or View structure defined.  The class contains additional features which permit arbitrary rendering of any XML in a Queue structure.

The Listbox Format Manager allows the User to re-order list columns and save the formats for reuse

VCR Form Navigation permits navigation, inserts, updates and deletes from a form procedure.  Advanced features included are Locator and multiple insert support.

Comprehensive Business Graph Class and templates provide a method to implement standard business graphics on screen and printed reports.  An extensive set of classes, methods, properties and templates allow detailed control over presentation and data.  Many styles are available to choose from in 2 and 3 dimensional mode.

Advanced QBE Browse list control template adds intuitive drag and drop query capability to your application.  This control will  create an ISAM filter or SQL select statement depending on the data source.  End users have the ability to save their queries and reuse them later.  A query may also be applied to Report or Process.

Report Output Generators are exciting features that allow your printed reports to be saved as PDF, HTML, TEXT or XML files.  You have complete control over the data that is available for export and how.  Each output format is populated as a Global Extension template and procedure specific properties are set locally.  Specific features include: PDF -  bookmarks, hyperlinks, notes, thumbnails, anchor links and more.  HTML - Hyperlinks and a page navigation bar automatically built.  XML - Export using Tags, Attributes or a combination. *

The ADO Class and template set are designed to use the ADO driver layer to construct applications using the Microsoft OleDB/ADO layer.  Browse, Form, Report and Process templates are optimized to generate and access data from your sql data store.  The Advanced QBE control is also designed to work with this template set as well as an Export to XML code template.

Calendar class and template are available data for lookups

Browse sort selection options are available.  You can use a drop down control, pop-up "menu button" or the traditional tab to select the sort order.

Speed up your development and reduce your application size with the runtime key / sort selection options for Reports.  This feature is supported in the application and procedure wizards and the choice can be persisted in your theme as the default choice.

A control template (with a funny name) BrowseNoRecordsButton helps to automate the enable/disable logic on a browse control when there are no records available on the list.  This permits conditional procedure calls when inserting new records.

Browse column resizing supported with a simple right click on the column boundary

filtered locator support has been added to the Clarion chain

Edit in place EIP has been added to the Clarion chain using the ABC EIP Class

The ABC EIP templates have been enhanced to make setting the options easier and nearly code free.

Higher Key component filtering support has been added for the Browse, Drop, Combo, Report, Process and LookupNonRelatedrecord templates in the ABC and Clarion chains.  This permits filtering at a given level of multi-component keys.

Enhanced conditional browse totaling

Enahnced Print Preview control in the Clarion chain

Reports now have a data source option; print from File, Queue or Memory!

A completely new interface for BIND support is now available for all templates.  Expressions and Procedures are now supported

Listbox style support has been added for each window in the ABC and Clarion chains

Styles and Tips tab added to the Drop list and Combo controls in the Clarion chain

Easy to implement color rows and columns for a Browsebox, Drop and Combo listbox controls in the ABC and Clarion chains.

Greenbar coloring effect is supported on Browse, Drop and Combo controls in the ABC and Clarion chains.

A report definition is now supported on any procedure in the ABC and Clarion chains

Added a %LocalDataDescription symbol as a comment for %LocalData definitions

Lookups now support SPIN controls in the ABC and Clarion chains

Some ABC classes are now directly supported in the Clarion chain

New default WINDOW types have been added

Parameter passing now supported from the Browse Update Buttons on the Clarion chain.

Parameter passing from a Lookup field prompt to the lookup procedure in the ABC and Clarion chains

Added the Additional Field Assignments options for Lookups in the Clarion chain

"!variableName" format is now supported in the Report, Process, Browse, Drop and Combo filter entry prompts in the ABC Clarion chains.

Significantly enhanced Sort Order features for the Browse, Process, and Reports procedures

"Assisted" option for building Browse, Report and Process sort orders in the ABC and Clarion chains.

A List Line Height property

"Conditional Assisted" option for building Report and Process sort orders in the ABC and Clarion chains.

"Dynamic Named" option for enhanced runtime Report  and Process sort order selection in the ABC and Clarion chains.