New Features in EPC 130100 version of the Framework

This version of the Framework utilizes and showcases the new features in LANSA Version 13, including the DirectX user interface.

Important! See Using your Visual LANSA Framework in Direct-X mode

The Quick Find box is a dialog that appears on the top right of the VLF window.

The current behaviour is to search a list of all business object captions. This can now be overridden so that the user searches a list of values that you control.

And when the user selects one of your values, you control what happens. Typically this would be a switch to a business object, or to an instance list entry in a business object, or a command handler for a business object.

If necessary you can also signal that the list of searched values should be rebuilt.

See Quick Find Override Feature.

If the framework is running in Direct-X mode, it is now possible to show a popup panel when the user hovers over an instance list entry. This panel can be used to give the user a quick overview of the item without opening any of the command handlers for that item.

The end-user can disable the feature by right mouse clicking on the instance list, if popups are not required.

See Popup Panel Hints in the Instance List.

Applications can now be launched directly from the Framework status bar when the Framework is executed using RenderType M.

See Launching Applications from the Status Bar.

A button has been added to allow users with multiple monitors to switch to the other monitor. The button is located on the bottom left of the Framework window.

When a user clicks on a cluster item in a tree view instance list, the Visual ID1 and Visual ID2 are available. Previously, only the items identifying keys were available.

When blank values are added to date instance list columns, the blank is displayed rather than the value of the previous instance list entry.

Improved sort order of business objects when a user selects a command that applies to multiple business objects.