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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I promised that I would post a list of the PowerHouse and PowerHouse Web enhancements planned for E.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PowerHouse 4GL</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Windows related </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- QKView - QUICK GUI for Windows - like a terminal emulator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- NOCONSOLE option for RUN COMMAND in QUICK suppresses opening another console window</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- QUICK function keys</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- TIC and DFK support in QKGO</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Subfile location cleaned up</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Relational related</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- ITEM OMIT option in QUICK and QTP for read-only columns to handle databases that don't return this information</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- bulkfetch program parameter to provide some tuning for fetch</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- autodetach program parameter for Sybase</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Oracle external procedure (user defined function) support</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Migration related</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- PHTEMPKEEP environment variable to allow temporary subfiles to be kept for batch compiles</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- LOGONID for ASCs in PDL on UNIX</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- ETOP utility provides the same functionality as ITOP but for Eloquence on UNIX and Windows</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Additional features</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Reverse read for RMS ISAM on OpenVMS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- QUIZ report line size limit increased to 32,767</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- IA64 and PARISC conditional compile parameters</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- reuse_screen_buffers program parameter to help performance in some cases</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PowerHouse Web</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Administrator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- UI cleanup</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Drag and Drop in Application Properties and on the PHCGI tab</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Ability to write PHCGI configuration files locally for subsequent copying to the target location</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Layout related</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Fields with errors can be identified using a specified character or string (which can include HTML)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Error messages can include the field label or heading instead of the field name</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- The remaining embedded text strings can be translated using SET options</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A default style sheet can be specified as a SET option</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- The horizontal line can be suppressed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- The buttons can be positioned above or below the data fields (you can already turn the buttons off)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- The message line can be positioned above or below the data fields</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Processing related</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Multiple error messages can be generated if needed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A WEBEXIT procedure is available</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A DEFER LINKPAGE can be reset or stopped on an error condition</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- The content type header can be specified as a SET option</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dispatcher related</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- The Dispatcher restart interval can be set to a specific start time plus interval</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- A new two-way routing Dispatcher provides specific ports into and out of a firewall</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bob</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bob Deskin</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Senior Product Manager</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Application Development Tools</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cognos Incorporated</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Office: 613-738-1338 ext. 7268</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bob.deskin@cognos.com</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://powerhouse.cognos.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://powerhouse.cognos.com</FONT></U></A>
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