m-Power's Visual Editor Gets an Overhaul, Delivering a Simpler Application Development Process

September 2017 · Oak Brook, IL

Today, software tool developer michaels, ross & cole, ltd. (mrc) announces an overhaul to m-Painter, the WYSIWYG editor built into m-Power. m-Power is a web application development platform that businesses use across their organizations to create web applications such as report-writing, Business Intelligence, executive dashboards, e-commerce, customer portals, and mobile applications, to name a few.

m-Painter overview

An integral part of m-Power, m-Painter is an open-source WYSIWYG text editor that lets users customize the look and feel of their web applications without any knowledge of HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. m-Painter lets users improve their applications in a number of ways, such as:

• Easily add maps, graphs, charts, images, hover boxes, and more
• Embed other applications within an application to create CRM apps, order entry apps, dashboards, or other complex applications
• Add AJAX helpers, like calendar popups, lookup windows, or dynamic dropdown lists
• Easily create drill-downs to other applications
• Much more

m-Painter's new features

In an effort to further simplify the application development process, mrc recently overhauled m-Painter. The newly rebuilt m-Painter brings many notable improvements, such as:

Improved interface simplifies development. m-Painter's redesigned interface improves usability with a more intuitive layout and a modern look and feel.

New features speed up development. m-Painter now includes new features that improve layout control, form building, and development speed:

• Quick Lists: Lets users create option lists, AJAX lookups, return data lookups, and key/value lookups using database tables or static data.
• Integrated source mode: While m-Painter lets users enhance their applications without any coding, it also lets more technical users access and edit the underlying source code. The new version simplifies this task with a new, integrated source code editor.
• Font Awesome integration: m-Painter now includes a new dialog that lets developers search through the Font Awesome icon pack and insert icons into applications.

New "Grid Mode" offers more control. A new layout option lets users toggle Grid Mode to see page structure and get more control over application layout. This editing mode makes it easy to add rows, content, and buttons into applications.

"This enhancement is a major improvement on several levels," says Tyler Wassell, mrc's Director of Software Development. "Not only does it simplify application development, it also brings some powerful new features that m-Power users of all skill levels are sure to love."

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