194: Build 21.3.8 released
Dave Nichols, 04/10/2007

Build 21.3.8 has now been released (04/10/07).

This build has been tested in-house, however we cannot guarantee it to be problem free.

The changes in this release fall into two categories:

• The usual tweaks and twiddles
• Internal changes to facilitate use under Windows Vista

The bulk of the changes are internal and to do with Windows Vista compatibility. The main changes here are:

• Upgrading to the latest List & Label version (now at version 12)
• Switching to HTML help
• Providing a 'manifest' to enable windows Themes to be used
• Digitally code signing all executables
• Upgrading to the newer Clarion 6 platform

The latter has proved very problematic (we've been putting it off for 4 years!) and required some compromises. Unfortunately, one compromise was to turn off the vertical scroll bars on many of the browses. Leaving them on could result in random crashes from the Clarion 6 library, we have no control over this so the only reliable resolution was to turn off the scroll bars. However, you can achieve the same vertical scrolling effect using the 'vcr' buttons (the small buttons in the bottom left corner of browses).

This is a summary of some of the more significant changes:

• [-----] 17/07/07 Provide a 'to-file' print option via the print Q (and fix 'already printing' error) [r1029]
• [-----] 17/07/07 Turn off vertical scroll bars (and related UI stuff) [r1024]
• [-----] 24/07/07 Introduce the ability to define and edit an L&L 'template' [r1049]
• [-----] 27/07/07 Use a .manifest in CW6 builds [r1063]
• [-----] 31/07/07 Add a TXT format option to printing [r1075]
• [-----] 03/08/07 Add code signing to WISE scripts [r1124]
• [-----] 09/08/07 Provide a tool to assist in installing new papers [r1147]
• [-----] 23/08/07 Provide facility to auto set quote prices/dates via the scheduler [r1188]
• [-----] 25/09/07 Add file access right checking to Lua scripts [r1271]
• [-----] 27/09/07 Provide defaults to give more control over the auto-backup and checking process [r1288]
• [12821] 19/09/07 Force other sessions to log-out when apply a licence [r1261]
• [12821] 19/09/07 re-arrange auto backup to allow 'hot' backups [r1263]
• [12821] 20/09/07 Change house-keeping functions to allow for M-IT running 24/7 [r1265]
• [12821] 24/09/07 Implement a watch-dog system for the service and the agent and allow the agent to run 24/7 [r1269]
• [16836] 17/09/07 Provide a threading facility in Lua [r1252]
• [17005] 29/06/07 Add a preview only option to opConfirm [r897]
• [17053] 03/07/07 Commit to L&L v12 [r916]
• [17080] 30/08/07 Complete switch to HTML Help [r1200]
• [17106] 11/07/07 Provide an 'n-up' facility for part quantities [r992]
• [17186] 13/07/07 Provide a means of applying a global PART reject rate for a material [r1010]
• [17221] 18/09/07 Always issue whole items from a container [r1255]
• [17644] 13/09/07 Provide a means of over-allocating a PART by fixed quantity [r1249]
• [17737] 12/09/07 Provide an auto obsoletion facility [r1247]

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