Application Builder

Code On Time release 8.6.8.0 introduces ability to test user roles in SQL Business Rules and fixes several remaining issues related to the recent change to the folder structure of projects in the preparation to the Native App generation.

Testing Roles in SQL Business Rules

Developers can now access parameter @BusinessRules_UserRoles in the code of SQL Business Rules and test user roles for conditional processing.

For example, create a Transact-SQL business rule in Products data controller may look as follows:

if @UnitPrice > 30 AND CHARINDEX('Administrators', @BusinessRules_UserRoles) = 0
    set @Result_Error = 'Only admin can set a high price!'

Set Command Name of the rule to Insert|Update and Phase to Before. Run the app, login with a non-administrative account, and try to update a product with a price higher than $30.

Use the corresponding “contains” function and parameter marker in front of “BusinessRules_UserRoles” when working with the database engines other than Microsoft SQL Server.

Bug Fixes

The following fixes are also included in the project.

• Project Builder removes resources under bin folder.
• Web App Factory marks js, css files as content.
• File  ~/js/_ignore.txt is now marked as embeddedResource to allow compiler to build Visual Basic projects.
• Removed "ToUniversalTime" in value converter to fix datetime shifting issue in ASPX apps.
  

Release 8.6.7.0 introduces automatic capturing of user profile picture for Facebook, Google, and SharePoint accounts when configured for Single Sign-On with OAuth. The user picture is captured directly from the identity provide and stored in the CMS of the app.

We have corrected the latest iteration of themes to re-enable conditional styling rules. Just make sure to place your CSS rules into ~/css folder instead of ~/touch.

The release aslo corrects muscellaneous issues related to the introduction of the new file structure compatible with the upcoming native apps. See the details below.

• Restored modal-never tag function to force fullscreen presentation even when modal forms are allowed by the screen size.
• Summary in the sidebar does not display NULL values anymore.
• Fixed. If Int field has Text values in Items then advanced search must be configured as text. Previously the lookups were displayed as simple “numeric” values.
• Lookups with static context field values (e.g. "CategoryName='Condiments'" or "CategoryID=1, CategoryID=5") do not expose them in the filter that can be cleared. Also the specified fields are hidden in the filtered view. This reproduces the behavior of the Classic UI.
• Static lookup fields with Context dependencies will first cause Calculate if defined and then popuplate the list of values. Previously items stopped being populated.
• Actions in "Custom" group are rendered as "hidden" if defined in the view layout but not available in the controller in Touch UI apps.
• Automatically created row of "Custom" actions is removed when there are no "visible" custom actions in Touch UI apps.
• “Form Layout” feature in Developer Toolbar of Touch UI apps correctly pre-selects the current page size for the layouts available for download.
• Calendar view style correctly displays tabs making possible interactive selection of Day/Week/Months/Year/Agenda mode.
• Resolved the bug with “Controller not found.” when ~/controllers folder is spelled in camel notation.
• SharePoint OAuth now downloads user profile photo if supported.
• Fixed - Blob fields marked as "required" will allow submitting a form. Physical BLOB  columns in tables must allow NULL values for apps to allow uploading of large content. Developers can mark BLOB fields are required to force a submition when the record is created.
• Facebook OAuth now supports download of profile picture.
• Fixed issue with "Sync Roles" showing true in oauth wizard.
• Google OAuth provider now downloads user avatar.
• Fixed issues with Web App Factory publishing.
• Files daf-resources.js and daf-resources.min.js are now removed from ~/js/sys folder, since these files are not needed for an application to execute correctly. Only the localized versions of these files will remain in the project.
  
• Fixed issue where ASPX projects adding an account would navigate to "login" instead of "login.aspx".
• Removed "Sign Up" and "Forgot Password" if Active Directory is enabled in Membership and Autentication Settings.
• Included images & fonts in Web App Factory. Fixed regression when js folder does not exist.
• Toolbar located at the bottom of the sidebar will become hidden if there are no icons displayed in it.
• Model Builder - Duplicate model field names are not created when columns are borrowed from the master tables joined in the model query.
• Ensured duplicate site content is not created if model exists with name "SiteContent".
• Removed legacy rules app-icon-check to prevent interferance with the ui-btn::after in the grid/list/cards.
• Ensured bootstrap CSS link in Classic projects is formed correctly.
• Disabled Native App SUpport for ASPX projects.
• Removed unused references to AJAX framework script resolution.
• Fixed issue with OAuth registration - adding system identity no longer sets content type to "application/octet-stream".
• Ensured that Active Directory authentication configuration will cause the login button to display.
• Fixed issue with Web App VB not including culture JS files in assembly.
• Fixed compilation issues of GetManifestFileServiceRequestHandler when implemented in Visual Basic.
• Removes remaining references to Sandbox project created in WebApp Factory projects.
• Fixed issue with Localizer JavaScript encoding values in controls.