FWD

03/01/2019

03:45 PM Database Bug #3934: binary logical expressions in a 4GL WHERE clause are executed left to right

The 4GL executes WHERE clause sub-expressions like @lOp AND rOp@ and @lOp OR rOp@ from left to right. That is, @lOp@ ... Eric Faulhaber

03:29 PM Database Bug #3934 (New): binary logical expressions in a 4GL WHERE clause are executed left to right

Eric Faulhaber

02/27/2019

01:00 PM Database Feature #3872: implement a two stage import process

A customer has posed this question:
> Many customers are on OpenEdge 11.6 while CDC requires 11.7 and it requires ... Greg Shah

02/26/2019

02:46 PM User Interface Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Although virtual desktop mode was initially conceived to be primary for testing purposes, multiple customers have cho... Greg Shah

02:37 PM User Interface Feature #3931 (Closed): single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Greg Shah

01:41 PM Database Feature #3930: allow session level control over the database(s) which are auto-connected

To implement this, we must separate database auto-connect from server startup. Then we must allow auto-connect to be... Greg Shah

01:24 PM Database Feature #3930 (Closed): allow session level control over the database(s) which are auto-connected

Greg Shah

03:58 AM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> The successful approaches in the example Java code above cannot be used to solve the type erasure... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

02/25/2019

04:52 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

I did check to confirm that OO 4GL does implement virtual method dispatching as one would expect. In other words, ca... Greg Shah

04:49 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

+Type Erasure in Java+
Some aspects of compiled type-safe Java code are erased by the compiler. When this happens... Greg Shah

04:46 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

h2. Method Overloading
h3. Introduction
We've written testcases to check the behavior of the remaining issues r... Greg Shah

03:27 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Some notes relates to implementing the 4GL builtin classes in FWD:
* the class needs to be annotated with @LegacyRes... Constantin Asofiei

09:35 AM Database Feature #3500 (Closed): implement CLOB and BLOB support

Greg Shah

09:26 AM Database Feature #3500: implement CLOB and BLOB support

Greg Shah wrote:
> Can I close this task?
Yes. Eric Faulhaber

09:21 AM Database Feature #3500: implement CLOB and BLOB support

> Please note 3750b revision 11370 contains a refactored form of the BUFFER-{COPY|COMPARE} conversion and runtime. Th... Greg Shah

02/19/2019

06:08 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> Good. :) I was worried that I had missed something.
As we are still on the overload subject: I ... Constantin Asofiei

05:53 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Good. :) I was worried that I had missed something. Greg Shah

05:46 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> Do you have a testcase that shows a different result?
No.
Constantin Asofiei

05:42 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> There's another case regarding the parameter modes at the method's signature: the caller... Greg Shah

02:14 PM Database Feature #3758 (Closed): misc database features

Greg Shah

01:14 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Greg Shah wrote:
> Can this task be closed?
RECORD-LENGTH: I think I covered all datatypes which can be serialize... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:44 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Can this task be closed? Greg Shah

12:43 PM Database Feature #3758: misc database features

Code Review 3750b Revision 11340
I'm good with the changes. I like the approach with the BDT @getSize()@. When w... Greg Shah

01:04 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Yes, I think it is safe. Greg Shah

01:00 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Ovidiu Maxiniuc wrote:
> I think it ready for the final regression test. It must be the ETF, the standard tests on d... Eric Faulhaber

12:29 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Greg Shah wrote:
> Does the customer's testcase work properly?
Yes, it did.
> Is there anything more to do on th... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

12:27 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Is there anything more to do on this task?
Does the customer's testcase work properly? Greg Shah

10:46 AM User Interface Feature #3876: add support for "direct font control" at the widget level

I took this issue to resolve custom font assignment to TREEVIEW widget needed in #3750. I did a preliminary work for ... Hynek Cihlar

10:42 AM User Interface Feature #3876 (WIP): add support for "direct font control" at the widget level

Hynek Cihlar

10:35 AM Conversion Tools Feature #3927 (Test): conversion mode that takes a file spec and a file blacklist

Eric Faulhaber

10:04 AM Conversion Tools Feature #3927: conversion mode that takes a file spec and a file blacklist

Code Review Task Branch 3898a Revision 11312
I'm good with the changes. Greg Shah

01:21 AM Conversion Tools Feature #3927: conversion mode that takes a file spec and a file blacklist

Note that the initial implementation of the this feature does not take case-sensitivity into account for name matchin... Eric Faulhaber

01:15 AM Conversion Tools Feature #3927 (Review): conversion mode that takes a file spec and a file blacklist

This feature is added in 3898a/11312. One specifies the @-X@ option to the @ConversionDriver@ and provides a starting... Eric Faulhaber

02/18/2019

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

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> There's another case regarding the parameter modes at the method's signature: the caller... Constantin Asofiei

03:45 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

There's another case regarding the parameter modes at the method's signature: the caller is not required to specify t... Constantin Asofiei

01:04 PM User Interface Feature #3762: misc UI features

> I've been wondering if the core of the implementation is the idea that the query is closed and reopened such that t... Stanislav Lomany

12:29 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3927: conversion mode that takes a file spec and a file blacklist

The current conversion modes supported by @ConversionDriver@/@TransformDriver@ are either a file specification at the... Eric Faulhaber

12:03 PM Conversion Tools Feature #3927 (Closed): conversion mode that takes a file spec and a file blacklist

Eric Faulhaber

02/15/2019

03:05 AM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

Cypress doesn't seem to support shadow DOM. See https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/144. Hynek Cihlar

02/14/2019

05:54 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> But there is no tempidx annotation emitted by the parser, so I don't know the targeted constructor. Greg, can you p... Greg Shah

05:48 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

And something else to mention: after FUNCTION/PROCEDURES and the CALL handle, the 4GL's 'reflection' is the third way... Constantin Asofiei

05:30 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> I understand the need for the modes/signature for proper runtime matching. It does seem like we ... Constantin Asofiei

05:21 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> But there is no tempidx annotation emitted by the parser, so I don't know the targeted constructor. Greg, can you p... Greg Shah

05:15 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

I understand the need for the modes/signature for proper runtime matching. It does seem like we could put all of thi... Greg Shah

05:08 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

The same idea is with the constructors - the 4GL compilers 'hard links' the NEW with the constructor definition. We ... Constantin Asofiei

04:56 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Greg Shah wrote:
> > I solved this by emitting the signature at the Java method or constructor (for OO cases).
> ... Constantin Asofiei

04:50 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

> I solved this by emitting the signature at the Java method or constructor (for OO cases).
Can you clarify this... Greg Shah

04:24 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> FYI, @ClassDefinition.isWideningTypeMatch@ was not extracted correct.
Fixed in 3750b ... Greg Shah

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

FYI, @ClassDefinition.isWideningTypeMatch@ was not extracted correct. Constantin Asofiei

12:46 PM Base Language Feature #3751: implement support for OO 4GL and structured error handling

The constructors referenced by the @NEW@ statement must always be disambiguated by the parser phase. The reason is b... Constantin Asofiei

03:45 PM User Interface Feature #3762: misc UI features

I've been wondering if the core of the implementation is the idea that the query is closed and reopened such that the... Greg Shah

03:43 PM User Interface Feature #3762: misc UI features

Stanislav Lomany wrote:
> FYI, we miss implementation of @QUERY:CREATE-RESULT-LIST-ENTRY@, so it should be implement... Greg Shah

03:41 PM User Interface Feature #3762: misc UI features

FYI, we miss implementation of @QUERY:CREATE-RESULT-LIST-ENTRY@, so it should be implemented for all types of queries... Stanislav Lomany

02:07 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Thanks for fixing this. Please note that @index_selection.rules@ lines 487-512 and lines 594-619 are exact duplicates... Eric Faulhaber

10:03 AM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Ovidiu, I am concerned your changes to @index_selection.rules@ may be too aggressive. Won't ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

09:41 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

Ovidiu, I am concerned your changes to @index_selection.rules@ may be too aggressive. Won't this extract built-in fun... Eric Faulhaber

02/13/2019

02:54 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

The function call seems to be more complicated. In fact, I think that all calls to UDF (ABL internal functions) are e... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

01:29 PM User Interface Feature #3762: misc UI features

I'll be working on @BROWSE:CREATE-RESULT-LIST-ENTRY@ while AWS is not accessible. Stanislav Lomany

02/11/2019

03:39 PM Database Feature #3761: add DYNAMIC-FUNCTION() support to the dynamic database WHERE clause interpreter

I did some tests today in order to understand the exact moment when the evaluation of the @P2JQuery.Parameter@ is nee... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

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

07:03 PM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

In regard to the recording and timemachine support, I agree these are pretty tricky. Greg Shah

07:01 PM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

> If the test is written manually, another tricky part is to uniquely identify a widget - we could use its name (if i... 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

04:52 PM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

Greg Shah wrote:
> Hynek/Constantin: Can you each review the details of the "Cypress":https://cypress.io project an... Constantin Asofiei

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

08:45 AM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Another thing to consider with Cypress: what are the performance implications of maintaining... Greg Shah

09:17 PM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

Another thing to consider with Cypress: what are the performance implications of maintaining a DOM "shadow tree" that... Eric Faulhaber

02/04/2019

06:41 PM Testing Feature #3704: enable automated testing for GUI (Swing and web clients)

Greg Shah wrote:
> Another testing framework is "Cypress":https://cypress.io. A customer mentioned that this is beco... Greg Shah