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Display & Maintain Rows Maintenance Template   Jump to: Template Notes Application Properties Web Parameters The Display & Maintain Rows maintenance template is a full-featured web application that allows users to both view their data, as well as modify it one record at a time. While this template has been designed to resemble its predecessor, Read the rest of this document »

Working with Lengthy Fields   m-Power has always easily handled fields of lengths less than 1000 characters. Beginning with the August 20th, 2012 update, fields of any length can be used within m-Power. When registering tables, simply add them as normal and the proper field lengths will be registered: Calculations also now support large field Read the rest of this document »

Calculation Screen   m-Power’s Calculation screen includes the following features: Calculations as Sequence keys and Record Selection fields — Calculations have been completely redesigned to take full advantage of SQL. Now almost every calculation is available to use as a sequence field or record selection field. Sequence/Record Selection Availability — The Work-with Calculation screen now Read the rest of this document »

Add/Subtract Dates using the Java Date Translator **Note: This Feature Has Been Deprecated. Please use this link to find alternative features: http://www.mrc-productivity.com/techblog/?p=522     The Java Date Translator is a very powerful tool, commonly used to determine the difference between two dates (Most date conversion can now be accomplished with a UDF). However, there is Read the rest of this document »

Conditional Calculations   Conditional Calculations are a great tool to be able to customize your application and take them to the next level. Some examples of conditional calculations could be: To control the color of individual data. For instance, you could divide data output into three different color groups: red (for low performing values), yellow Read the rest of this document »

Displaying System Variables within a Web Application   There are numerous times when a developer needs to display System Variables within a Web Application. This can be done easily through the calculation screen. Simply create a System Variable Calculation. Simply select “System Value” from the “Calc Type” dropdown list. Next, specify a description for this Read the rest of this document »

Parameter Calculations   Parameter calculations are a great technique when you are trying to pass a value between multiple applications. For example, you would like to pass a value from the URL to the output page to determine some conditional calculations. In our case, our calculation would accept a value, then a conditional calculation would Read the rest of this document »

Copy Calculations   This feature allows you to copy preexisting calculations quickly within the same application. Whether you need to copy one or one hundred, this is an easy and effective way to mass produce similar calculations. Copying Calcs in Retrievals, Reports & Graphs, and Maintenance Applications Enter the Calculations screen and create a calculation Read the rest of this document »

Java Date Translator (External Object) **NOTE: This Functionality Has Been Deprecated. Please use this link to see alternative features: http://www.mrc-productivity.com/docs/external-objects-udf/mrc-date-conversion-udfs   mrc supplies a date translator specifically for use with generated Web/Servlet applications. This Java class is named mrc.servlet.MrcDateTranslator and resides in mrcextobj.jar. The object definition is shown below. If this object definition is not Read the rest of this document »