CHT Changes Posted To WEBUPDATER July 1, 2008

We've posted another update on the road to Build 12C1.00 at the end of July, 2008.

This adds another new locator: HandyMarkerBrowseLocatorControlEx which has the same features for HandyMarkerBrowse that we introduced last time for ExplorerBrowse. There are also two new demo applications that apply these locators. They are HNDSQL7.APP - illustrating ExplorerBrowseLocatorControlEX - and HNDSQL8.APP - illustrating HandyMarkerBrowseLocatorControlEX.

The new demo applications implement an optional new feature available on the "Use SQL" tab of the two templates, ExplorerBrowse and HandyMarkerBrowse. This feature optimizes the SQL select statement and cuts down the chatter. Use HNDSQLTRACE.APP on the two demo apps and you'll see the difference when you run the trace first with the "Optimize For SQL?" switch on and then recompile and trace with the switch off. Let us know what you think, this totally eliminates the secondary selects that Clarion browses normally perform as they try and backfill to the currently selected record.

HNDSQLTRACE.APP has been changed. Compile and use HNDSQLTRACE.APP to test the two new apps by setting HNDSQLTRACE so that "Direct Trace On/Off" is checked.

This new feature lets you drop a HandyQueryTracingButton_EXPB or HandyQueryTracingButton_HNDMB directly on your browse, as we have in HNDSQL7.APP and HNDSQL8.APP, respectively. These button templates cause the procedure on which they're applied to communicate directly with HNDSQLTRACE.APP.

Cheers...
Gus M. Creces
The Clarion Handy Tools Page
gcreces@cwhandy.com