What's new in KCML 6.90

• Language
• Compiler
• Database
• Workbench
• Client
• Forms
• Miscellaneous

Language

• A new symbol table design reduces memory overhead for libraries and removes the 32000 symbol limitation for a library.
• Added a new DEFSTRUCT which is like DEFRECORD except that fields are initialized by type when instantiated.

Compiler

Database

• New functions KI_MOVE_ROWS, KI_SET_ROWS, KI_DELETE_ROWS can be used to perform batch operations on the database server that would previously have been done by the application server.

Workbench

• Profiling uses less memory

Client

• The native code page, Windows 95 compatible, client is no longer available. Only the Unicode client will be distributed.
• Broker functionality is now configured centrally by the connection manager.
• Support for Single Sign On (SSO) authenication against Active directory using GSS.
• Right click copies of grid contents will now copy the whole grid and not just the visible part.
• Now fully compatible with the Aero interface in Windows 7.
• Experimental support for Wine on Linux and Mac OS X.
• Shift JIS-2004 for Japanese is supported.

Forms

• Programmable access to the IME.
• New icon and image manipulation functions.

Miscellaneous

• PANIC files are now customizable and log form events selectively.
• KCML can act as a web server either directly or through a Apache module. The web functionality is exposed through an HTTP server object.
• A new library cache facility can dramatically speed up starting and terminating sessions on AIX application servers.
• Arabic printers using CP864 code page are supported as well as the Windows CP1256 code page.
• Transparent gzip compression in $DECLARE and in SOAP responses.
• New functions to extract information from kconf.xml efficiently.