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02/07/2019

02:36 PM Database Feature #3044: dynamic validation expression support

Most (if not all) of the work on this was already done in #3275 (see #3275-113 and later). Greg Shah

02/06/2019

06:05 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

I added (full) implementation of RECORD-LENGTH to 3750b. Committed revision 11340.
The solution central point is in ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

09:52 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Please see #3549 for my previous research into the layout of a 4GL serialized database record. It has findings that ... Greg Shah

09:16 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

3750b Eric Faulhaber

08:21 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Did you base your implementation on https://documentation.progress.com/output/ua/OpenEdge_la... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

10:40 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Do we need to find the exact formula for RECORD-LENGTH?
> I have implemented a formula tha... Eric Faulhaber

09:23 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Eric,
Do we need to find the exact formula for RECORD-LENGTH?
I have implemented a formula that works well for a sm... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:26 PM User Interface Feature #3908 (Closed): implement browse column VIEW-AS COMBO-BOX

Greg Shah

02/05/2019

11:24 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> I understand. I was just wondering if our BlockManager exception infrastructure (try/catch/final... Constantin Asofiei

11:21 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

From Constantin:
> 4GL has some cases where a builtin ERROR condition gets converted to a SysError OO exception if... Greg Shah

01/31/2019

03:52 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu, about rev 11329:
* there was a merge typo in ObjectOps - I've fixed it in 11330
* you can use @AtomicIntege... Constantin Asofiei

10:41 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> The idea is the @? extends Bar@ - Java doesn't allow accessing a private method from a s... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

08:55 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > Does it compile if you edit the file to look like @((Bar) fo... Constantin Asofiei

08:49 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

The same cast is currently generated for private methods. Ovidiu Maxiniuc

08:45 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Does it compile if you edit the file to look like @((Bar) foo.ref()).myName.assign(p1);@... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

08:14 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> *2*. The destructors are not called for me because for me @ProcedureManager.getStackEntry(0... Constantin Asofiei

07:15 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin,
Three notes after our last conversation:
*1*. I got what you meant. I will add the necessary support f... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

06:26 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

I don't think counting these objects will be the problem. I think this can be easily done by a context-local integer ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01/30/2019

06:31 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > One more thing to add: do not convert to bulk delete a @for ... Constantin Asofiei

06:23 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> One more thing to add: do not convert to bulk delete a @for tt-buffer: delete tt-buffer... Eric Faulhaber

05:59 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> I committed some fixes and a solution for bulk delete. The update contains some optimisatio... Constantin Asofiei

03:32 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> If you specify the @FOR@, then the name of the handle must be an existing variable in the externa... Constantin Asofiei

03:29 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

What a ridiculous undocumented "feature". To be clear: when the @FOR handle@ is present, it seems to map the "proced... Greg Shah

12:48 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> The only way I can make it work is like this:
> [...]
> I think you are correct, the F... Constantin Asofiei

12:42 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

The only way I can make it work is like this:... Constantin Asofiei

12:37 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

There is an undocumented "feature" that allows @TABLE-HANDLE FOR@ to be specified. It was seen in customer code and ... Greg Shah

12:27 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> Constantin: Can you think of any reason I should fix this instead of deleting it?
I think it was... Constantin Asofiei

12:01 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

In @common-progress@ there is this function:... Greg Shah

01:45 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Please focus on finding the hooks for field assignment and record deletion. I'll fix an... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:52 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3337: Source code analytics features

We should simplify the use of the @ReportDriver@. Currently, it is too error prone.
When implementing reporting v3... Eric Faulhaber

01/29/2019

03:55 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > The DESTRUCTOR is called when the object is explicitly delet... Constantin Asofiei

10:25 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> The DESTRUCTOR is called when the object is explicitly deleted (via @DELETE OBJECT@) or ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

11:59 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> 3750b 11320 fixes a conversion problem.
It also converted and compiled fully with the P... Constantin Asofiei

01/28/2019

05:37 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

3750b 11320 fixes a conversion problem. Constantin Asofiei

03:43 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Do we not know which class' objects will be stored in a field at conversion time, and whethe... Constantin Asofiei

03:40 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Let me rephrase this. We wouldn't 'bulk delete' a loop like this, right?
> [...]
Co... Eric Faulhaber

03:35 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> > I think we still could maintain the bulk operations by queryi... Constantin Asofiei

03:25 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> I think we still could maintain the bulk operations by querying the object references first,... Constantin Asofiei

03:20 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Exactly. This is what I meant in note 436. Ovidiu Maxiniuc

03:15 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> > Take for example an EMPTY-TEMP-TABLE statement or a table goi... Eric Faulhaber

03:02 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Take for example an EMPTY-TEMP-TABLE statement or a table going out of scope. We just do an ... Constantin Asofiei

02:56 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> > Are there side effects to an object being gc'd, such that the... Eric Faulhaber

02:55 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> I don't think that this is possible (as you noted also, the bulk delete is the main cause h... Constantin Asofiei

02:41 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> BTW, I see that the destructor is not yet called. Will it be called automatically when the ... Constantin Asofiei

02:36 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Good question. Yes, there is legacy @DESTRUCTOR@ code which needs to be executed on del... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

02:30 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Are there side effects to an object being gc'd, such that the delete/gc has to happen at a v... Constantin Asofiei

02:29 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> How are you doing he reference counting for object references stored in temp-tables?
We are... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

02:24 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Are there side effects to an object being gc'd, such that the delete/gc has to happen at a very specific time/order, ... Eric Faulhaber

02:21 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> How are you doing he reference counting for object references stored in temp-tables?
It doe... Constantin Asofiei

02:20 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> # It is much trickier to know when a record is deleted. We optimize many types of bulk dele... Constantin Asofiei

02:18 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> As far as I can tell, if an object is stored in a TEMP-TABLE, it is not automatically disca... Eric Faulhaber

02:16 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Eric, is there an easy way to track a DMO property setter (when is being invoked, knowin... Eric Faulhaber

01:58 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Simple tests with 3750b rev 11319 are working for static temp-tables, static class initialization, static and instanc... Constantin Asofiei

12:16 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Sorry, my bad, the text capture was done with an object still referred by variable. I rerun the code and the destruct... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:05 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> There are a few interesting notes:
> * the second object created (@C3758Bar_4309@) is drop... Constantin Asofiei

11:54 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Did you find way to track if a field is changed (to unknown or some other ref)?
I start... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

02:47 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

3750b/11317 adds basic runtime support for the {READ|WRITE}-JSON methods. Basic JSON import and export work with some... Eric Faulhaber

01/24/2019

05:35 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> Why do you say "We may need to look here without the arguments"? Do you have reason to believe t... Constantin Asofiei

04:27 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> Are you planning to fix the method erasure where it can override only by parameter mode, not just type?
Yes. Greg Shah

04:27 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

From #3751-353:
> What I think is missing is the parent lookup:
>
> * in ClassDefinition.exactMethodLookup - thi... Greg Shah

01/23/2019

05:34 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> From #3751-346:
>
> > INPUT/OUTPUT/INPUT-OUPTUT for OO argument case.
>
> I assume this is ... Constantin Asofiei

05:11 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

From #3751-346:
> INPUT/OUTPUT/INPUT-OUPTUT for OO argument case.
I assume this is the TODO in @fuzzyMethodLook... Greg Shah

04:43 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> In @ClassDefinition.fuzzyMethodLookup()@ code starting at line 1548:
>
> * Shouldn't the code ... Constantin Asofiei

04:28 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

In @ClassDefinition.fuzzyMethodLookup()@:... Greg Shah

04:04 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Think only in the case of bulk delete when the entire table content is dropped with
Is it... Constantin Asofiei

02:45 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Ovidiu, you can now look into the object reference tracking for the temp-table fields (w... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

02:43 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Greg, have you checked properties defined in an interface or an abstract property (in an... Greg Shah

02:42 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

In @ClassDefinition.fuzzyMethodLookup()@ code starting at line 1548:
* Shouldn't the code at line 1563 be checking... Greg Shah

01:56 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Please don't use the builtin 4GL classes in FWD - these are not implemented yet.
Use an explicitly defined class, ... Constantin Asofiei

01:53 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01:50 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Constantin,
>
> In @ObjectResource.delete()@, a new @ExternalProgramWrapper@ is used fo... Constantin Asofiei

01:47 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin,
In @ObjectResource.delete()@, a new @ExternalProgramWrapper@ is used for some cleanup. I do not think... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01:14 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

3750b rev 11312 contains another batch of mostly conversion changes.
I've fixed review notes 1 to 3; 4 and 5 (comm... Constantin Asofiei

12:44 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg, have you checked properties defined in an interface or an abstract property (in an abstract class)? These don'... Constantin Asofiei

10:57 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin: The changes are very good. I'm excited to see this coming together. Greg Shah

10:37 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Code Review Task Branch 3750b Revision 11311
1. In @ArrayAssigner@, why is @ObjectOps.reRegister(array, copy);@ be... Greg Shah

01/22/2019

04:53 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

3750b rev 11311 contains support for:
* NEW, DYNAMIC-NEW, VALID-OBJECT, CAST, DYNAMIC-CAST, TYPE-OF, DELETE
* DYNAM... Constantin Asofiei

04:16 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

We can have 2 versions of @DYNAMIC-INVOKE@. One that is for a standalone expression and one that is known to be used... Greg Shah

03:50 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

For dynamic method invocation, there is a ERROR condition raised if the method returns void and that method is used i... Constantin Asofiei

03:15 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> > Maybe we should emit something like oo.Bar.__load__().xs.get()?
>
> Instead of emitting this... Constantin Asofiei

03:00 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> Maybe we should emit something like oo.Bar.__load__().xs.get()?
Instead of emitting this everywhere something st... Greg Shah

02:57 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

I've confirmed that the customer code works properly with my recent context-local static data changes. I have been a... Greg Shah

12:18 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > I don't think we can use the JAVA_OBJECT type. If we are st... Constantin Asofiei

12:17 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> I don't think we can use the JAVA_OBJECT type. If we are storing an UUID, we can use VA... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

10:37 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Constantin,
> I added the minimum necessary hibernate mappings so that the server that ru... Constantin Asofiei

10:11 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Ovidiu, please focus on making this test work:
> [...]
> The idea here is that the FWD... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

09:34 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

The static c'tor needs to emulate an external procedure and all static member initialization (like opening temp-table... Constantin Asofiei

03:24 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> > I need a way to intercept in FWD that this is a class reference and force it to load the static... Constantin Asofiei

11:01 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> the get() call is missing, to retrieve the context-local
Fixed in revision 11306. This is only an issue with va... Greg Shah

08:44 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> This method will be emitted as a prefix for any static call (method, property, var, etc)... Constantin Asofiei

08:07 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg, I mean a simple static reference, outside of a 4GL object class, like:... Constantin Asofiei

07:52 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Example:... Greg Shah

12:16 PM Database Feature #3870: enhance conversion and import to make it feasible for multiple OpenEdge databases ...

Another concern is that ABL code may be written to explicitly CONNECT/DISCONNECT with a database that is to be merged... Eric Faulhaber

06:51 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> What is the actual requirement in this regard? When does the transaction id need to be gener... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01/21/2019

06:22 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Ovidiu, please focus on making this test work:... Constantin Asofiei

05:59 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Eric, is there an easy way to track a DMO property setter (when is being invoked, knowing also the old value) and whe... Constantin Asofiei

04:13 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg, how does a simple static member reference get converted?
I ask because something as simple as @oo.Bar:e.@ wi... Constantin Asofiei

04:02 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

In 3750b revision 11305, static variables, properties and events have their backing variable converted as a ContextLo... Greg Shah

12:13 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> I have noticed that when we create a default constructor, it is placed in a strange location in t... Constantin Asofiei

11:42 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

I have noticed that when we create a default constructor, it is placed in a strange location in the AST:... Greg Shah

09:17 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

3750b rev 11302 has the fix for the static issue with events. It also fixes other latent problems with static proces... Greg Shah

07:40 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> BTW, this seems to be related to the use of @static@ for the @define event@. If not defined stat... Constantin Asofiei

02:53 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> The new implementation is largely based on the old code of @TransactionUpdater@, but the da... Eric Faulhaber

01:03 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

3750b was updated. The list of changes in 11303 is the following:
* added support for @CURRENT-CHANGED@, @FIND-CURRE... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:14 PM Database Bug #3896: improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

Greg Shah wrote:
> Also, isn't the @_connect@ user-specific? If I recall, you can't see all the other user's connec... Eric Faulhaber

11:33 AM Database Bug #3896: improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

All of these cases involve resources that only ever exist in limited numbers.
* transactions - one per user that i... Greg Shah

11:08 AM Database Bug #3896: improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

> Can't we just enhance our current lock manager data structures to maintain enough information such that the @_lock@... Eric Faulhaber

10:46 AM Database Bug #3896: improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

Most applications will almost never access the @_lock@ table. When it is used, generally it relates to a custom util... Greg Shah

10:33 AM Database Bug #3896: improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

Another tweak on this idea is periodically (maybe once every minute or few minutes?) to flush the diff data to the da... Eric Faulhaber

10:22 AM Database Bug #3896: improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

FWD's implementation of the @_lock@ metadata is too slow. The current implementation updates an in-memory H2 database... Eric Faulhaber

10:09 AM Database Bug #3896 (Closed): improve performance of the _lock metadata implementation

Eric Faulhaber

10:00 AM Conversion Tools Bug #3892: 3750a core coversion performance regression

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> With 3750a (trunk 11298), core conversion has a performance degradation (time almost dou... Eric Faulhaber

01/20/2019

03:06 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

BTW, this seems to be related to the use of @static@ for the @define event@. If not defined static then the unqualif... Greg Shah

03:01 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

It seems that our parsing of class event @subscribe()@ and @unsubscribe()@ does not work for the "simple" case of pas... Greg Shah

01/18/2019

06:51 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

FYI, the reference counting in the end depends on the variable scopes - a var going out of scope will decrement the c... Constantin Asofiei

11:22 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> > I'm starting to work on the open issues related to methods (see #3751-360).
> I think we should fix the conversi... Greg Shah

11:08 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> I'm starting to work on the open issues related to methods (see #3751-360).
I think we should fi... Constantin Asofiei

11:02 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

I'm starting to work on the open issues related to methods (see #3751-360). Considering the interconnected nature of... Greg Shah

11:00 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> Constantin: What is the status of your current work?
I'm still working on the instantiation and ... Constantin Asofiei

10:50 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin: What is the status of your current work? Greg Shah

09:29 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

> Where should I commit? My update is based on 3750a.
Please use 3750b. It is based on trunk 11298 (which is 3750a). Greg Shah

01/17/2019

03:27 PM Base Language Feature #3855: implement equivalent support for REST (classic appserver, PASOE REST and WEB trans...

There are 2 ways to expose REST web services in the 4GL:
* Nasty Wizard Approach
** A development tool is used to... Greg Shah

08:02 AM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Continuation:
The @DBTASKID@ function is related to @_trans@ VST. However, the relation is not 1:1. If, in a transac... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

04:31 AM Conversion Tools Bug #3892: 3750a core coversion performance regression

With 3750a (trunk 11298), core conversion has a performance degradation (time almost doubled in some projects). Constantin Asofiei

04:30 AM Conversion Tools Bug #3892 (New): 3750a core coversion performance regression

Constantin Asofiei

04:29 AM Conversion Tools Bug #3891: 3750a regression in comment attachment

With 3750a (merged to trunk rev 11298), comments are not attached properly (see Hotel GUI conversion with 11297 and 1... Constantin Asofiei

04:28 AM Conversion Tools Bug #3891 (New): 3750a regression in comment attachment

Constantin Asofiei

01/16/2019

04:04 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Status & notes:
> *BUFFER:FIND-CURRENT Method*
> Needs to be wired to existing, backing support in the persistence ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01:57 PM User Interface Bug #3889: incorrect initial widget and screen values for combo boxes and selection lists

This program should print the following output:... Sergey Ivanovskiy

01:42 PM User Interface Bug #3889 (WIP): incorrect initial widget and screen values for combo boxes and selection lists

Sergey Ivanovskiy

07:42 PM Base Language Feature #3753: I18N additions

The @CURRENT-LANGUAGE@ implementation really should not be needed for the POC, since the default language's string co... Greg Shah

01/15/2019

04:52 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3883: eclipse plug for developing 4GL code using FWD including editing, syntax checks, r...

Eclipse plugin for integration with syntax check and running conversion (et al). This must also provide the regular E... Greg Shah

04:52 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3883 (Pending): eclipse plug for developing 4GL code using FWD including editing, syntax...

Greg Shah

04:50 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3882: changes to allow the front-end to be used for 4GL syntax checking

The existing front end is written with the assumption that all 4GL code is valid on input. Customers that switch to ... Greg Shah

04:48 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3882 (New): changes to allow the front-end to be used for 4GL syntax checking

Greg Shah

04:47 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3881: output actual file and line/column for all outputs in conversion/analytics

In conversion and analytics, where we report line/column from cache file we also should report the original unpreproc... Greg Shah

04:47 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3881 (WIP): output actual file and line/column for all outputs in conversion/analytics

Greg Shah

04:40 PM User Interface Feature #3880: enhanced browse 3rd phase of improvements

The first two phases of effort are documented in #3261 and #3706.
The following items need to be resolved/added/... Greg Shah

04:30 PM User Interface Feature #3880 (WIP): enhanced browse 3rd phase of improvements

Greg Shah

12:45 PM Database Feature #3757: add metadata support

The attached code was delayed and dropped from working branch as @_ActLock@ is not needed for the current deadline. Ovidiu Maxiniuc

07:23 AM Database Bug #3651: regression in server startup when _connect metadata is active and a database is loaded...

Yes, it was the cumulative content of 3791b plus stable parts that I was intending to commit there. Since that branch... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01/14/2019

06:11 PM User Interface Feature #3858: implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ProgressBar OCX (VB 6.0 common cont...

From Hynek:
> While the progress bar control is indeed primitive, the actual effort may depend on the visual style... Greg Shah

03:21 PM Database Bug #3651: regression in server startup when _connect metadata is active and a database is loaded...

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> The changes from 3791b were copied to 3791c as r11309. 3791b can be dropped.
There are a... Eric Faulhaber

03:10 PM Database Bug #3651: regression in server startup when _connect metadata is active and a database is loaded...

The changes from 3791b were copied to 3791c as r11309. 3791b can be dropped. Ovidiu Maxiniuc

02:12 PM Database Bug #3651: regression in server startup when _connect metadata is active and a database is loaded...

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> The fix for this issue was committed in 3791b, r11299.
Thanks for fixing this. Please mo... Eric Faulhaber

02:07 PM Database Bug #3651 (Feedback): regression in server startup when _connect metadata is active and a databas...

The fix for this issue was committed in 3791b, r11299. @BufferManager@ and @ConnectionManager@ are initialized in 2-s... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:42 PM User Interface Feature #3811: more misc UI features

> From Constantin:
>
> the browse COMBO-BOX column might be a little tricky to add
Since combo-box has a child w... Greg Shah

12:40 PM User Interface Feature #3811: more misc UI features

The browse cell support for combo-box is discussed (briefly) in #2628-5. Greg Shah

12:28 PM Database Feature #3757: add metadata support

Most (if not all) of these missing metadata items seem to be for admin/monitoring/debugging/profiling purposes. I do... Greg Shah

08:31 AM Database Feature #3757: add metadata support

At the end of last week, I found the runtime support for following VST is currently missing from FWD:
* @_ActIndex@ ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

10:20 AM Database Support #3871: determine how to change codepages/locales during import

Greg Shah wrote:
> Questions:
> 1. How do we control the encoding when we read the .d inputs? Do we have work here... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

07:40 AM User Interface Feature #3876: add support for "direct font control" at the widget level

@GuiFontResolver@ should be changed to consider the @FONT-NAME@ and @FONT-SIZE@ (and any other font settings), to res... Constantin Asofiei

01/13/2019

09:17 AM User Interface Feature #3876: add support for "direct font control" at the widget level

Note to the implementor. There is already some support implemented in @TREEVIEW@ widget, see its @FONT-NAME@ and @FON... Hynek Cihlar

01/11/2019

04:24 PM User Interface Feature #3876: add support for "direct font control" at the widget level

The idea is to implement FWD extension attributes which allow arbitrary fonts to be used based on common font names/f... Greg Shah

04:21 PM User Interface Feature #3876 (Closed): add support for "direct font control" at the widget level

Greg Shah

04:18 PM User Interface Feature #3875: complete dynamic layout support for remaining 4GL widgets (and OCX controls)

In #3269, the foundation for dynamic layout was implemented and both Window and Browse were enabled. See that task f... Greg Shah

04:12 PM User Interface Feature #3875 (New): complete dynamic layout support for remaining 4GL widgets (and OCX controls)

Greg Shah

02:57 PM Database Feature #3872: implement a two stage import process

Users with very large databases might have import times that are longer than the outage window which can be arranged.... Greg Shah

02:37 PM Database Feature #3872 (New): implement a two stage import process

Greg Shah

12:54 PM Database Support #3871: determine how to change codepages/locales during import

> Regarding the import as UTF-8. Do we need special care for this? Don't we keep character data as Java Strings in me... Greg Shah

12:50 PM Database Support #3871: determine how to change codepages/locales during import

I am placing previous email discussions here.
From Greg:
> How much development is needed for FWD to support co... Greg Shah

12:45 PM Database Support #3871 (Closed): determine how to change codepages/locales during import

Greg Shah

12:42 PM Database Feature #3870: enhance conversion and import to make it feasible for multiple OpenEdge databases ...

Customers often have artificially split their single logical database into multiple physical database instances. Thi... Greg Shah

12:27 PM Database Feature #3870 (New): enhance conversion and import to make it feasible for multiple OpenEdge data...

Greg Shah

12:04 PM Base Language Feature #3869: enhance JasperReports support with sub-reports and ProDataSets

For sub-reports see the discussion starting at #3342-77.
ProDataSet support seems like a natural enhancement. The... Greg Shah

11:58 AM Base Language Feature #3869 (New): enhance JasperReports support with sub-reports and ProDataSets

Greg Shah

10:52 AM Base Language Feature #3868: customer servlet integration/support

A customer has multiple OpenEdge applications which have custom written servlets that use the Java open client to cal... Greg Shah

10:43 AM Base Language Feature #3868 (Closed): customer servlet integration/support

Greg Shah

10:39 AM Database Feature #3757: add metadata support

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> The current implementation causes a regression, in that the server will fail to start for an... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

09:40 AM Database Feature #3757: add metadata support

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> > I think the @_database-feature@ and @_startup._startup-locktable... Eric Faulhaber

10:29 AM Base Language Feature #3867: direct java class access from 4GL code

Does anyone see any additional problems or effort needed that I missed above? Greg Shah

10:28 AM Base Language Feature #3867: direct java class access from 4GL code

Once OO 4GL features are available, it is a natural extension to use the same syntax for Java class access. For exam... Greg Shah

10:14 AM Base Language Feature #3867 (Closed): direct java class access from 4GL code

Greg Shah

01/10/2019

04:58 PM User Interface Feature #3866: finish TreeView widget

#3764 implemented enough of the TreeView widget to handle a fairly complex POC. But the result is not yet a complete... Greg Shah

04:57 PM User Interface Feature #3866 (Closed): finish TreeView widget

Greg Shah

12:38 PM User Interface Feature #1821: implement a tab control widget to replace the TabControl OCX

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/controls/tab-control-reference for documentation. Greg Shah

12:34 PM User Interface Feature #3858: implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ProgressBar OCX (VB 6.0 common cont...

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/controls/progress-bar-control-reference for documentation. This... Greg Shah

12:21 PM User Interface Feature #3858 (Closed): implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ProgressBar OCX (VB 6.0 co...

Greg Shah

12:32 PM User Interface Feature #3857: implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ListView OCX (VB 6.0 common control)

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/controls/list-view-control-reference for documentation.
This ... Greg Shah

12:20 PM User Interface Feature #3857 (New): implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ListView OCX (VB 6.0 common ...

Greg Shah

12:28 PM User Interface Feature #3856: implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ImageList OCX (VB 6.0 common control)

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/controls/image-lists for documentation about the control. Greg Shah

12:19 PM User Interface Feature #3856 (Closed): implement a widget that replaces the Microsoft ImageList OCX (VB 6.0 com...

Greg Shah

10:26 AM Base Language Feature #3855 (New): implement equivalent support for REST (classic appserver, PASOE REST and WEB...

Greg Shah

09:51 AM Base Language Feature #3310: add support for the equivalent of the OpenEdge Web Services Adapter (and ProxyGen)...

We need to include the equivalent of SOAP transport for PASOE mode. I believe this is no different from the WSA in c... Greg Shah

09:43 AM Base Language Feature #2078 (Hold): provide support for malformed label names

Greg Shah

09:31 AM Base Language Feature #2078: provide support for malformed label names

The parser now handles a wide range of malformed symbols. These are marked with the "malformed" boolean annotation.
... Greg Shah