PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web New Features

[Deskin, Bob]

I promised that I would post a list of the PowerHouse and PowerHouse Web
enhancements planned for E.

PowerHouse 4GL

Windows related 
- QKView - QUICK GUI for Windows - like a terminal emulator
- NOCONSOLE option for RUN COMMAND in QUICK suppresses opening another
console window
- QUICK function keys
- TIC and DFK support in QKGO
- Subfile location cleaned up

Relational related
- ITEM OMIT option in QUICK and QTP for read-only columns to handle
databases that don't return this information
- bulkfetch program parameter to provide some tuning for fetch
- autodetach program parameter for Sybase
- Oracle external procedure (user defined function) support

Migration related
- PHTEMPKEEP environment variable to allow temporary subfiles to be kept
for batch compiles
- LOGONID for ASCs in PDL on UNIX
- ETOP utility provides the same functionality as ITOP but for Eloquence
on UNIX and Windows

Additional features
- Reverse read for RMS ISAM on OpenVMS
- QUIZ report line size limit increased to 32,767
- IA64 and PARISC conditional compile parameters
- reuse_screen_buffers program parameter to help performance in some
cases


PowerHouse Web

Administrator
- UI cleanup
- Drag and Drop in Application Properties and on the PHCGI tab
- Ability to write PHCGI configuration files locally for subsequent
copying to the target location

Layout related
- Fields with errors can be identified using a specified character or
string (which can include HTML)
- Error messages can include the field label or heading instead of the
field name
- The remaining embedded text strings can be translated using SET
options
- A default style sheet can be specified as a SET option
- The horizontal line can be suppressed
- The buttons can be positioned above or below the data fields (you can
already turn the buttons off)
- The message line can be positioned above or below the data fields

Processing related
- Multiple error messages can be generated if needed
- A WEBEXIT procedure is available
- A DEFER LINKPAGE can be reset or stopped on an error condition
- The content type header can be specified as a SET option

Dispatcher related
- The Dispatcher restart interval can be set to a specific start time
plus interval
- A new two-way routing Dispatcher provides specific ports into and out
of a firewall

Bob

Bob Deskin
Senior Product Manager
Application Development Tools
Cognos Incorporated
Office: 613-738-1338 ext. 7268
bob.deskin at cognos.com
http://powerhouse.cognos.com
 
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