mrc Recent Enhancements

m-Power Plugin: Tasks & Messaging

5, 21 Feb 2,013 12:00:00 GMT

02/21/2013 -- This highly anticipated feature includes the ability for m-Power developers to schedule tasks to run regularly directly through the m-Power interface. Additionally, this plugin allows developers to send E-mail or SMS notifications immediately after a user completes an action. Finally, this plug-in gives developers the chance to set up database-driven address lists, making contacting large groups of users simple and scalable.

m-Power Plugin: Promote to Production

5, 21 Feb 2,013 12:00:00 GMT

02/21/2013 -- This plugin gives developers a comprehensive GUI interface to promote their applications directly within the m-Power interface. One notable feature of this plugin is that it will automatically scour the code of any application that has been added to check to see if any dependents are used. If they are, the dependent application is automatically added. Another useful feature is the ability to promote to a specific folder or to a project .zip file. The .zip file allows clients to track snap shots of what files have been promoted, as well as gives them a highly portable file, making remote production installations simple.

m-Power Plugin: Documentation

5, 21 Feb 2,013 12:00:00 GMT

02/21/2013 -- Ever which you could add some notes about an application you are working on for future use? Or, are you working on an application collaboratively and need to make sure that you and your partner are on the same page? Enter the Documentation Plug-in. This plugin allows you to add running comments on any appliction, as well as upload additional files to augment your documentation. In addition, the plugin has a built-in tagging feature to allow you to set the status of your apps. Finally, use this plugin to print documentation, modify predefined categories, run pre-built reports, and more!

m-Power Plugin: Theming

5, 21 Feb 2,013 12:00:00 GMT

02/21/2013 -- Have you ever wanted to tweak the look of your applications but don't know where to get started? This plugin will be a lifesaver! Simply use our intuitive GUI to select colors, modify fonts, and otherwise fine tune your style. As you make changes, you will be able to immediately see your changes. Once completed, you can save and load your new theme and immediately reap the rewards of a job well done!

Tomcat 7

5, 21 Feb 2,013 12:00:00 GMT

02/21/2013 -- m-Power now officially supports Tomcat 7. Tomcat 7 offers improved stability and performance over its predecessors. Users who install a full version of m-Power will automatically have Tomcat 7 installed on their behalf. Existing customers will not be affected, but our encouraged to check out this documentation to upgrade.

Updated Default StyleSheet

5, 21 Feb 2,013 12:00:00 GMT

02/21/2013 -- Users who create a new data dictionary will notice a new, fresh, clean, and otherwise updated Style Sheet. This style sheet replaces the default m-Power "blues" with a more modern "white." The "blue" stylesheet will continue to be shipped with m-Power for users who would like to revert back to the original look.

New m-Power Maintenance Templates

5, 20 Dec 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

12/20/2012 -- This release contains new versions of two existing templates: The Single Row Maintainer & the Display and Maintain Rows Maintainer Template. These templates share numerous "look and feel" qualities of the Single Record Maintainer & the Work-With Maintainer, ensuring that end-users will experience a seamless transition. However, these templates include numerous improvements. Including allowing developers:

Ability to utilize database calculations
Option of having run record selections from fields located in secondary tables
Specify URL redirection locations directly in Application Properties
A feature that can skip all DB commits for an application
Ability to upload files in Add or Update mode
Improved URL parameters

Improved Menuing

5, 20 Dec 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

12/20/2012 -- This enhancement allows developers the option of creating their default mrcMenu as a dynamic Menu bar, accessible in every application. This functionality utilizes CSS dropdown and fly-over menuing for easy navigation.

Enhanced Login Screen

5, 20 Dec 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

12/20/2012 -- m-Power has been enhanced to allow end-users the ability to bookmark their Data Dictionary's Sign-On screen. Users who take advantage of this feature will then automatically be redirected, upon successful login, to a developer controlled, pre-configured location. To implement this feature, please read the accompanying documentation found on this enhancement note.

m-Power General Enhancements

5, 20 Dec 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

12/20/2012 -- Numerous custom requested enhancements can be found in this update, including:

Developers can now copy record selections directly via the Manage Record Selections Screen, greatly reducing the work load of creating numerous similar WHERE statements.
The ability to reorder sequence keys in Retrievals and Maintainers has been activated, further enhancing the ability to customize the look and feel of your generated applications.
Developers who take advantage of External Option Lists now have the ability to pass additional parameters to their external applications, thus making their m-Power Option Lists much more flexible and reusable.
m-Power developers will have the ability with every new application to automatically hide the header and footer of the application via an Application Property.

AJAX Form submission

5, 4 Oct 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

10/04/2012 -- This enhancement allows users to submit forms through AJAX technology rather than through a traditional form submission. The primary benefit to this feature is that it does not require the main page to refresh with every interaction with the database. Developers will be able to create better dashboarding, allowing users to interact with each dashboard pane independently.

Advanced Selection Dialogs

5, 4 Oct 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

10/04/2012 -- m-Power now ships with a new User Interface for selecting run-time record selections: Dialog Box Selections. This data dictionary configurable option allows end users to view their selections in a top-down view on a separate dialog, rather than the traditional row-based layout. Utilizing a Dialog Window allows for better use of screen real estate, which in-turn means more customization options for developers and easier useability for end-users.

Grid Add Maintenance Template

5, 4 Oct 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

10/04/2012 -- mrc is excited to announce the release of a new maintenance template: The Grid Add Maintainer. The purpose of this template is to allow end users to quickly and easily add multiple records to a table. End users will love this template as it will greatly reduce the time and effort needed to record numerous rows of data into a table. A few examples of this template include Order Entry applications and Shopping Carts.

Total Level Calculations within Pivot tables

2, 20 Aug 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

08/20/2012 -- Pivot Tables have been enhanced to now allow Margin calculations. This feature is a game changer for m-Power users who heavily utilize the OLAP Pivot Table template. Developers can utilize this functionality when creating common expressions such as margin and average calculations.

m-Power Update .EXE

2, 20 Aug 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

08/20/2012 -- mrc is excited to announce the new m-Power update.exe utility. Developers and system administrators will love having this utility, as it will greatly simply the updating process. For Windows based customers, simply download and run this .exe file. The update utility will handle the majority of the upgrade process for you. Taking a software update has never been easier!

Increased Field Lengths throughout m-Power

2, 20 Aug 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

08/20/2012 -- This release of m-Power supports improved handling of lengthy fields throughout m-Power. Developers can now register fields of any length. In addition, the limit of the calculation expression has been greatly increased. Finally, m-Power now supports significantly longer application titles/descriptions.

Optimized HTML Templates

2, 20 Aug 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

08/20/2012 -- m-Power templates have been redesigned to now fully utilize <div> tags to organize elements within web applications. In addition, run-time applications will now utilize a compressed (packed) JavaScript file to ensure optimal load and response time. Finally, references to external .css files now utilize industry standard syntax to seamlessly reference content at run-time.

Export to Excel from Interactive and Pivot Reports

2, 20 Aug 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

08/20/2012 -- Implemented by popular demand: End users now have the ability to Export to Excel from the Interactive and OLAP Pivot Table Templates! Users simply load the screen to their exact specifications, then click the "Export" icon. The data as it has been rendered on screen will be loaded into your Excel spreadsheet.

Sign on Auditing Logic Improved

2, 20 Aug 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

08/20/2012 -- Developers who desire to log/audit end-user activity will be pleased with this enhancements. Developers can now call external procedures automatically when a user signs into an application. Moreover, the developer can now pass a wide variety of parameters directly to their external logic.

Tomcat 7 support

5, 21 Jun 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

06/21/2012 -- m-Power has been enhanced to support Tomcat 7. For m-Power customers, this means:Improved Security, Improved Stability and memory handling, Access to Servlet-API 3.0 that will allow us to take advantage of new java servlet technologies. Please see the associated link to learn more about upgrading to Tomcat 7.

Improved Email Functionality

5, 21 Jun 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

06/21/2012 -- m-Power reports are enhanced to support Authenticated addresses. Developers will have the ability to now configure user, password, and email server directly within their Data Dictionaries configuration. Additionally, users will be able to send multiple TO: and CC: addresses within a Report prompt.

Enhanced Data Listing Option

5, 21 Jun 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

06/21/2012 -- A highly requested feature by many customers: The ability to stop an application from automatically returning data as soon as the page loads. Some customers prefer for their web application to not return a data set until a user has searched for a value. This functionality will greatly reduce the need for Prompt Maintainers.

Suppress Calculation Errors

5, 21 Jun 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

06/21/2012 -- This feature allows developers the ability to customize their m-Power experience by explicitly configuring m-Power to ignore certain DB error messages that are "false positives." While most developers appreciate catching potential calculation syntax errors within the interface, advanced developers report that they would like the ability to bypass certain error messages within the m-Power interface that they will manually catch for at run-time. This enhancement allows developers this flexibility.

m-Painter Upgrade

4, 16 May 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

05/16/2012 -- m-Painter improvements include:The new interface is cleaner, easier to use, and make it more intuitive to find and do things.HTML5 means you can use the latest and greatest HTML constructs.You control which browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) you use.Undo/Redo improvements make it easier for you to try new things.Preview in the editor without saving your painting or reloading your http server.Expand/Collapse any HTML construct to improve readability.Color coded source mode improves readability.The history feature tracks all your changes to code from the time the application was developed.The new revert button lets you go back to previous versions of an application.Manual Editing in WYSIWYG mode lets you see and modify snippets of HTML while in WYSIWYG mode.

Mobile Templates Upgrade

4, 16 May 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

05/16/2012 -- Mobile templates updated to use HTML5.Where ever possible, our mobile templates use HTML5 constructs allowing you to take advantage of the mobile browser's use of HTML5.This means number inputs can automatically open the number keyboard on mobile devices saving users keystrokes.It means that m-Painter gives you the option of upgrading your presentation layer to use HTML5 constructs.You will need to be sure the ultimate user's browser supports the constructs you choose.

Improved Data Dictionary Reports

1, 1 Apr 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2012 -- Data Dictionary Reporting has been improved to be more complete and informative than ever. Several reports have been added, giving developers more details about their Data Dictionary, and existing reports have been improved to provide more information as well. Highlights of the improved Data Dictionary Reporting include a Dashboard report that includes a high level snapshot of the current Dictionary, functionality to locate where numerous objects are used throughout the Dictionary, and the ability to view the syntax of automatically generated stored procedures for custom external objects. Each Data Dictionary report generated will automatically generate to PDF for ease of saving, printing, or sending to mrc technical support.

Row Level Security Template

5, 1 Mar 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

03/01/2012 -- m-Power ships with a dedicated template for Row Level Security.Use this template to create security objects that can used by other apps for securing data.Then these apps can return different data sets to different users based on key values. Use this template to make B2B apps, to create sophisticated multi-tenant apps, or for reporting over sensitive data for various users.

Custom Parameters

5, 1 Mar 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

03/01/2012 -- This new feature makes it possible to add custom parameters to any generated app.Pass values to the server program like any other parameter, and then you can access them in your FreeMarker and JavaScript code.This is particularly useful when creating custom templates and avoids the need for creating Parameter Calculations.

Cross Tab Report Template

5, 1 Mar 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

03/01/2012 -- This report template summarizes measure values into separate columns/buckets across the page, one for each unique value of a dimension.Like the Pivot Table Report Template, this template allows user-controlled columns.Like the standard Report Template, this template allows for a highly-customizable HTML layer, can be output to PDF/Microsoft Excel, and run in a batch process.Use this template, for example, to group sales history data by sales region or by customer across the page.

Data Upload Maintenance Template

5, 1 Mar 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

03/01/2012 -- Allow end users to upload data sets into DB tables.End users can choose a local file (XLS, XLSX) to upload or copy/paste a data set into a Web form.This template would be useful for allowing end users to upload batches of data that come from another system, like uploading a batch of sales orders.

Multiple Language Support

1, 1 Jan 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2012 -- Multiple languages are now supported, making it easier than ever to do business in foreign markets.Define the languages you would like to support, and every application will be created with a presentation layer for each language.The appropriate language layer is presented automatically for each end user, based on browser settings, or can be selected by the end user.Making truly internationalized applications is now a snap, thanks to m-Power!

Application Preview

1, 1 Jan 2,012 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2012 -- As you make changes to the app specifications in the interface, you will see a preview of the app.With each change made, you see the results change immediately in the interface.This means even less time spent building, compiling, and testing each application.

Flexible Format Date Fields

5, 1 Dec 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2011 -- Using true date and timestamp fields in m-Power is now easier than ever.This enhancement makes it easy to show true date and timestamp database fields in a user-friendly screen format, perhaps different from the database format.You can define the desired screen format for each date and timestamp field.Any use of that field in making further apps, and the translation from DB format to screen format and back again is handled automatically.

Improved User Interface for Selecting Multiple Values from a List

5, 1 Sep 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2011 -- Reports have an improved user interface for selecting multiple values from a list of options.This interface for reports now matches the interface already used by the Interactive Report and Pivot Table Templates.This is a more intuitive interface for end users.

Saved Searches

5, 1 Sep 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2011 -- This feature allows end users to easily save their search criteria at run-time to be reused in the future.Enter record selections and sort the data to get the exact results you need.Then name and save your search.All that effort is retained for future uses of the current app.End users are sure to appreciate the time savings this feature offers.

One-Click Data View

5, 1 Sep 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2011 -- When tables are presented in the interface, now just click a button to view the data in tables.If you are uncertain about which table or column to select, now you can can see the data in the interface, saving you time and effort.

Substitutions, Logic, and Imports in Insert Files

5, 1 Sep 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2011 -- Insert HTML files can now include FreeMarker substitutions and logic and import other applications.For example, you can now display the end user name or import a user-dependent option menu in the header, footer, or any other inserted section of your page.

Progress Database Support

1, 1 May 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

05/01/2011 -- m-Power can be used to create apps over the Progress (OpenEdge) database.

Mobile Applications

1, 1 May 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

05/01/2011 -- From one application specification, generate apps specifically for a PC browser, tablet, and/or smartphone.You can create apps for touch-capable tablet and smartphone devices that feel like installed/native apps.For end users, they can access the same app on theirPC, tablet, and smartphone and see a different output on each that has been tailor-made for that device.

PostgreSQL Support

7, 1 Jan 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2011 -- m-Power now supports the popular PostgreSQL database.

Improved m-Painter Graph Panel

7, 1 Jan 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2011 -- The m-Painter Graph Panel now has a wizard-like interface that guides you through the steps to define a graph/chart.It's now faster and easier than ever to create graphs/charts.

Improved Microsoft Excel Output

7, 1 Jan 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2011 -- Microsoft Excel output now handles larger file sizes, opens faster, and opens without any browser warning messages.

Microsoft Active Directory (LDAP) Authentication

7, 1 Jan 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2011 -- Applications generated with m-Power now support authentication against Microsoft's Active Directory (LDAP.)

Field Conversion

7, 1 Jan 2,011 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2011 -- The Field Conversion feature solves a common problem: data is sometimes stored in the database in one format, but should be shown to end users in a different format.Numeric values representing dates stored as YYYYMMDD is a common example.This feature enables you to define, for each field, logic to convert that field's value from the database format to the screen format and back again.Then, all m-Power generated apps will use that logic to swap the format automatically as needed, eliminating the need for conversions in each app.This ensures that end users see their data as expected, application database access is as fast as possible, and even end users can make user-friendly applications over data stored in user-unfriendly formats.

Database Performance Feature

6, 1 Oct 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

10/01/2010 -- This enhancement gives m-Power developers the ability to create SQL database indexes directly through the m-Power interface. m-Power automatically decides how to construct indexes for maximum performance as well as maximum re-usability.

Improved Graphing

6, 1 Oct 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

10/01/2010 -- m-Power graphs have been enhanced to use the latest release jFreeChart plug-in. Developers now have access to create meter graphs as well as dial graphs. This enhancement paves the way for more customizable graphs as well as future enhancements to our graphing functionality.

Register SQL Views

4, 1 Sep 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2010 -- This enhancement enables m-Power developers to directly register SQL Views into their Data Dictionary and create applications over them as if they were true DB tables.

Improved Application Reload

4, 1 Sep 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2010 -- This enhancement will be noticed immediately by all m-Power developers. m-Power has been improved to no longer cause your Application Server to reload changes after modifing your Presentation Layer or Properties file. What does this mean to you? Immediate reloads for faster developing and an even more stable Application Server!

Enhanced m-Painter Import Panel

4, 1 Sep 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2010 -- This enhancement allows m-Power developers to quickly create dashboard-type applications by allowing developers to easily add multiple applications to a single screen. Developers can now easily link applications, preview their dashboard, control the output sections, and even edit their imported application!

Widget Panel

4, 1 Sep 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2010 -- This enhancement allows m-Power developers to add additional structure and organization to their applications with a click of a button! Developers can easily add beautiful Grid layouts, easy-to-navigate Tabbed layouts, and even the animated Accordion layout. This type of enhancement makes rolling out a powerful, customizable dashboard a piece of cake!

PopUp Dialog

5, 1 Jul 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2010 -- This enhancement gives developers yet another way to call secondary windows from their web applications. The most common use for this feature is to call this modal window to modify a given record. When completed, the developer has full control to decide if the original page should refresh or redirect elsewhere.

m-Painter AJAX Helpers

5, 1 Jul 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2010 -- This very exciting enhancement allows you to easily add your own AJAX functionality into any web application. AJAX allows your end-user to interact with the database server without refreshing the page. This behavior allows for a much more seamless experience. Available AJAX helper are: AJAX Suggest, AJAX validation, and AJAX Drop-downs.

Make Field Required & Hide Table Functionality

5, 1 Jul 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2010 -- This m-Painter enhancement allows m-Power developers direct control over two key web application objects (tables and forms) directly through the m-Painter WYSIWYG interface. Specifically, developers can now hide tables and require fields via new m-Painter options.

Alter Table

7, 1 May 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

05/01/2010 -- mrc is excited to announce the ability for developers to alter tables directly within the m-Power interface!Developers are authorized to modify any table that was created within m-Power. To access this feature, click Admin -> Registered Tables -> and click the "Alter Table" icon.

OLAP Pivot Table Report Template

7, 1 May 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

05/01/2010 -- mrc is thrilled to announce the latest m-Power template, the OLAP Pivot Report. Developers and users will love the ability to total columns and rows, all the while having the additional functionality to choose row and column dimensions on the fly and drilling down to explore more detail. Even graphing as turned ad-hoc as users can select their graph options at runtime!

New Look for Generated Applications

7, 1 May 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

05/01/2010 -- m-Power now ships with a new and improved look and feel for generated applications. The new look now ships with gradient backgrounds to make your web applications stand out even more. Additionally, standard images have been improved as has cross browser compatibility.

SmartLinks in Reports

5, 1 Apr 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2010 -- mrc is excited to announce that developers are now able to SmartLink to and from Reports. This enhancement gives developers even more power and control of their application linking.

Improved Record Selection Screen

5, 1 Apr 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2010 -- m-Power now ships with an improved Record Selection screen. Developers can now enter an unlimited number of items for "In the List" values, better handling of "Range" values, and overall improved design for controlling user input.

Probe Analysis Tool

5, 1 Apr 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2010 -- m-Power now ships with a 3rd Party Analysis tool. This tool will help developers better understand memory usage, system performance, and give them easy access to log files.

Register Tables

5, 1 Apr 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2010 -- This enhancement allows m-Power users to quickly see all tables of a given library when registering to the Data Dictionary. This feature now allows developers to sort through their tables to easily find necessary tables.

Field Selection

5, 1 Apr 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2010 -- mrc is excited to unveil the latest enhancement -- Improved Field Selection. All Field Selection screens have been enhanced to now add fields to the application in the order they are selected.

Managing Synonyms

5, 1 Apr 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2010 -- This feature significantly improves the Synonym creation process. Now developers can easily create numerous Synonym links quickly and easily. Developers can also now see which Tables their Synonyms will relate to when managing their synonyms from the Data Dictionary level.

Interactive Report Template

2, 1 Feb 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2010 -- mrc is excited to announce the Interactive Report Template. This template is full of new features that will allow both you and your users greater flexibility in accessing your data. Of note, this template features: The ability to drill-down into lower layers of data, Smart record selections that may know your data better than you, and record selections and report data on a single page for simplified analysis. Please see the documentation for a full list of features and instructions.

Create Calendar Helper in m-Painter

2, 1 Feb 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2010 -- This enhancement allows you to quickly and easily create calendar helpers through m-Painter on input capable fields.

Create Lookup Window in m-Painter

2, 1 Feb 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2010 -- With this exciting enhancement, you can now create Lookup Windows through m-Painter. This new feature is useful for allowing users to pull up a list of records so they can choose one, which is returned into their original form.

Create Dropdowns in m-Painter

2, 1 Feb 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2010 -- mrc is proud to announce the ability to create drop-down lists through m-Painter. This feature allows developers a much simpler approach to creating a variety of drop-down lists, including: Current Applications, External Table, Drop-drop lists, radio buttons, check box lists, and button lists.

m-Painter AJAX Save

2, 1 Feb 2,010 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2010 -- This enhancement allows m-Painter to save via AJAX. This is a significant improvement over the previous method of "Pop-Up" window save. This method allows for less browser interruptions over potentially blocked "Pop-Up" windows.

SQL Group By in Reports

1, 1 Nov 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

11/01/2009 -- mrc is proud to announce the latest m-Power feature: the ability to enable a GROUP BY option to mrc Reports by default. This feature greatly improves the speed of running large reports.

Sequence Keys as Parameters in Reports

1, 1 Nov 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

11/01/2009 -- This feature greatly simplifies the process to hyperlink two reports together. Developers will now be able to create Drill-Down & Business Intelligence reports with even greater ease.

m-Painter Improved Support for Field Substitutions

3, 1 Sep 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2009 -- This provides the developer greater flexibility when working with field substitutions within m-Painter's WYSIWYG mode. Developers can now add field substitutions to all inline styles enhancing the ability to conditionally style an application's HTML output. Please see the documentation for details.

New m-Power Interface design

7, 1 Aug 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

08/01/2009 -- mrc is proud to announce the release of our updated m-Power interface. The redesign of our m-Power tool will allow developers not only additional features and functionality but allows them to easily navigate within the interface. Please see the documentation provided for a more comprehensive list of new functionality.

New Standard Numeric Formats with Parentheses

7, 1 Aug 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

08/01/2009 -- Two new standard Numeric Format codes have been added to the m-Power interface. The new codes display parentheses around negative numbers, with either blanks or zeroes displayed for zero values. These new Numeric Formats have been added to all format code dropdown selections.

Ranking Report Template

4, 1 Jul 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2009 -- This new reporting template is specialized for creating Business Intelligence Reporting. It provides a flexible structure for ranking the top and bottom dimensions based on a single measure. For example, a report can easily display the top 20 customers based on total sales volumes.

Google Maps Feature

4, 1 Jul 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2009 -- Using m-Painter's new Insert Map icon, you can display any address data using the Google Maps Service. The Maps Panel walks you through setting the parameters (center point, zoom level, address field, hover data, etc.) This is useful in a variety of applications, including displaying a map of retail stores where your company's products can be purchased.

m-Painter support for Mozilla Firefox

2, 1 Jun 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2009 -- Users of the popular Firefox browser can now use m-Painter too.There are some differences in how m-Painter behaves in Firefox versus Internet Explorer.Please see the documentation for details.

m-Painter Runtime Calculation Panel

2, 1 Jun 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2009 -- This simplifies the process of adding/editing calculated fields within the HTML screen painting. End users can position their cursor for the new calc, click the Runtime Calculation toolbar icon, and point-and-click their calculation attributes in place.

m-Painter Application Import Panel

2, 1 Jun 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2009 -- This simplifies the process of adding/editing imported applications in the HTML screen painting. End users can position their cursor for the imported app, click the Import Panel toolbar icon, and point-and-click their import application info into a simple form.

Grid Update Maintenance Template

2, 1 Jun 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2009 -- As it sounds, it allows maintenance directly on a grid of records with the ability to edit multiple records at once. It has all of the features of the Work-With Maintainer you'd expect (except the ability to insert records.) This template makes it a simple to create powerful, user-friendly interfaces for maintaining data.

Reorder Maintenance Template

2, 1 Jun 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2009 -- This new template allows end users to re-order/re-sequence records using the intuitive drag-and-drop technique.

Improved Calculations Screen

1, 1 Feb 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2009 -- m-Power's Calculation screen improvements: clear calculation type options, easy access to SQL functions, improved edit checking, and clear error messages.

Numeric Pattern Design

1, 1 Feb 2,009 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2009 -- The Edit Code is replaced with more intuitive Numeric Pattern for the formatting of numeric fields. The drop-down list now shows an example of the field rendered. For an even more precise display, use the hover feature which displays an exact rendering of the current field using the accurate field length and decimal positions to see how the value will be displayed as a positive value, as a negative value, and as zero.

New Search Options in Templates

2, 1 Dec 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2008 -- Two new search relationships are available for the Multiple Record Inquiry and Work-with Maintenance templates. These two options are Contains All and Contains Or. This functionality allows end-users to search for non-adjoining keywords.

Improved Batch Options for Summaries & Reports Job Streams

2, 1 Dec 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows developers greater flexibility to schedule summaries & reports. The jobs can be run on demand or scheduled with the built-in scheduler or third-party scheduler. The reports can be sent to a directory for Web serving/archiving or emailed to recipients in various Web formats. Additionally, this enhancement allows you to specify the run order of applications. Note: This feature requires JDK 1.6

m-Power Enables Database User Defined Functions

4, 1 Oct 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

10/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows m-Power users to create and utilize User Defined Functions (UDFs). UDFs are a powerful yet simple way to perform routine data transformations like date conversions, calculations, and complex SQL logic. For DB2/AS400 users, m-Power is even shipped with a few UDFs to get you up and running and harnessing the fantastic possibilities of UDFs.

Upgrade your Application Server to Tomcat 6!

2, 1 Sep 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2008 -- mrc is proud to announce the use of Tomcat 6 for m-Power users. Tomcat 6 will provide an Application Server that is quicker and more stable than previous versions. Click the binoculars to learn how to upgrade to Tomcat 6.

Interface Upgrade: See your Template Before you Choose It!

6, 1 Aug 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

08/01/2008 -- This enhancement now allows developers to see templates before they choose them. Developers can also customize the images that are displayed. Additionally, developers can now pick their template from the onset of their application design, rather than at the end.

Upload Files to Server via Maintenance Applications

3, 1 Jul 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows your users the ability to automatically upload files to a pre-determined location on your server.

Interface Upgrade: Watch your Build Process Live!

3, 1 Jul 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows you to see, step by step, how the code generator is creating your Java Web Application.

Improved Data Dictionary Reports

1, 1 Jun 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2008 -- The Data Dictionary Report section has been enhanced to provide you detailed information about your applications. Reports include finding where certain fields, files, and external objects are utilized.

Faster Summaries

1, 1 Jun 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2008 -- Summaries have been enhanced to batch the writing of records. This means that a summary with many records to write will complete much faster.

Application Level Security

5, 1 May 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

05/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows you to specify which users can see which specific applications based on a role basis. This feature can be used in conjunction with the mrc Menuing and is able to be activated and deactivated at the click of a button. Use this feature if you need to control which users can see which applications.

Run Summaries from Batch

3, 1 Apr 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows you to call summaries created with m-Power from a command line, allowing for true batch processing and fully autonomous scheduling.

Built-In Menu System

3, 1 Apr 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2008 -- This enhancement allows you to implement a Menuing System for your Generated applications. Simply specify a list of users and applications,and a dynamic menu is created for users of generated applications.

New Template Web 2.0 Summary

7, 1 Mar 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

03/01/2008 -- This new Java template retains all of the features of 5250 summaries, including the ability to handle millions of records adeptly and to be scheduled to run on a regular basis in a batch server process. This template is especially useful for creating a data warehouse for streamlined reporting purposes.

Copy Calculations

6, 1 Feb 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2008 -- Web Interface is improved to allow users to copy calculations within an individual application. This feature greatly reduces the time it taken to build an application with multiple, similar calculations.

Copy Applications to Different Data Dictionaries

6, 1 Feb 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2008 -- This highly anticipated feature allows users to copy their application to different data dictionaries for even quicker application development.

Generating RSS content with mrc Reports

6, 1 Feb 2,008 12:00:00 GMT

02/01/2008 -- Learn how to generate .XML files for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) using mrc Reports.

Variable Data Source

5, 1 Nov 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

11/01/2007 -- This new feature allows the end user to select from a list of choices that correspond to a JDBC DB connection.This is helpful if you must support multiple backend companies and allow users to work in one company at once, for example.

Report PDF Output is based on HTML Output

2, 1 Oct 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

10/01/2007 -- Report PDF output comes directly from the HTML presentation layer.HTML and PDF are no longer edited/painted as separate files.This makes it easier to get content into PDF, not requiring any special skills beyond using the WYSIWYG m-Painter editor.

Hover SmartLink

7, 1 Sep 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2007 -- Hover SmartLinks is the newest feature that helps deliver a rich Web 2.0 experience to users. When a user moves her mouse over a screen element like text or an image, a panel hovers over the existing Web page and runs an independent application. Users can also drill to view more information by repeatedly executing Hover SmartLinks. This technique makes it easier for the user to view more information without losing her browser original context.

Cascading Dropdown Lists for Report Prompting

4, 1 Aug 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

08/01/2007 -- Dropdown lists in reports can be dependent on one another. Selections from one dropdown list affect the values in a second dropdown list.For example, choose a one value from a list of countries to shorten the list of values in a dropdown list of cities.

Email Reports

1, 1 Jul 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2007 -- Reports are enabled to allow to allow emailing reports from the browser or in a batch process.The report content can be an email attachment or embedded inside the email body.

Top-Ten-Style Reporting

1, 1 Jul 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2007 -- Reports offer the ability to create fully functional Top-Ten-Style lists which will restrict the output to a specified number of records and sort by a sequence field. This is perfect for creating simple reports where you only wish to show a certain set of records, for instance, the top highest sales regions. This feature works for both detail and subtotal reports.

Customizable Splash Page

1, 1 Jul 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2007 -- This new feature for reports allows report designers to create a simple, customizable splash page for long running reports.

Subtotal Headers

1, 1 Jul 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

07/01/2007 -- Subtotal lines have long been a feature of m-Power reports.With this update, you can also include subtotal heading lines and show values from the detail, subtotal, or grand total levels.

Right Justify Fields

6, 1 Jun 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

06/01/2007 -- This enhancement greatly simplifies the effort required when building applications over right-justified alphanumeric data, as stored in various third-party databases like JD Edwards, for example.

Create Table from Spreadsheet Data

2, 1 Jan 2,007 12:00:00 GMT

01/01/2007 -- A new option in the Web interface allows users to create a new database table from spreadsheet data or simply by specifying the table attributes.

Web 2.0 Templates

6, 1 Dec 2,006 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2006 -- These new Java servlet templates are architectural gems employing the most advanced Object Oriented Programming techniques, the best features of the well-respected Springs Framework, Java code that is J2EE-compliant, HTML code that approaches XHMTL standards, and an open-source templating language (FreeMarker) that supplants the original proprietary TPL. All of these architectural improvements result in generated programs that execute significantly faster than first-generation apps, scale elegantly to handle many simultaneous users, and enable some truly powerful new features.

Override Default SQL

6, 1 Dec 2,006 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2006 -- Retrievals and reports allow the application designer total control over the defaulted SQL statement, enabling more sophisticated SQL logic such as UNION, GROUP BY, and table JOIN control.

Improved Importing Technique

6, 1 Dec 2,006 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2006 -- Imports are easier to specify and faster to execute, thanks to this import enhancement.Dashboard-style applications are now simple to make and run quicker.

Java Copy File Command

6, 1 Sep 2,006 12:00:00 GMT

09/01/2006 -- This new feature allows batch copy of data from one DB to another, especially helpful if you want to aggregate data from different databases and report over them together.

Web Retrieval Calculation Sorting and Selecting

7, 1 Apr 2,006 12:00:00 GMT

04/01/2006 -- Retrievals are improved to allow sorting and selecting with most calculations.

m-Painter

4, 1 Mar 2,006 12:00:00 GMT

03/01/2006 -- The Web interface is improved to include m-Painter, the WYSIWYG editor for the HTML presentation layer of generated applications.

Built-in Ajax Suggest

5, 1 Dec 2,005 12:00:00 GMT

12/01/2005 -- Retrievals automatically suggest matching values for filter input fields.