m-Power Manual

Interface and Build Settings Click here to access legacy documentation for this feature The Interface and Build Settings within m-Power allows you to control default application options and settings within your data dictionary. Most importantly, this section allows you to control the Template style (Bootstrap, Sky, or Retro) that is used in your dictionary. Please […]

m-Power Data Views   The m-Power Data View is a feature that allows m-Power administrators as well as developers to pre-define queries at the Data Dictionary level. There are a variety of reasons why one would want to to do this, including: Power users, tired of making the same queries/joins regularly, can setup common queries, […]

Quick Navigation Included in the April 2015 m-Power update is a new enhancement that allows you to quickly access any settings page in m-Power. In the top-right hand corner of the interface, next to the current developer signed in is now a lightning bolt icon. Inside this pop-up window, is all of the pages you […]

Encrypted Password in Datasource File The Datasource file contains the connectivity information between m-Power and the database, including the user name and password.  For your security m-Power encrypts the password for each connection, this adds security to your development platform by not displaying the passwords in clear text when opening the Datasource file. The encryption […]

Embedded m-Power Database Note: Embedded database mode will be required prior to taking the October 2020 update. m-Power ships with the ability to configure an embedded m-Power database. The purpose of the embedded database is to conveniently store all m-Power related meta-data outside of your licensed database. m-Power meta-data consists of all of the specifications […]

Create Your Own m-Power Templates Editor's Note: If you would like to create your own Bootstrap themed template, please contact mrc support. An m-Power template is the building block for all applications. Every application that is compiled has its specifications sent through a specific template group that automatically generates your .HTML, .JAVA, and .XML files […]

Performance Considerations   Jump to: How to Build an Index Retrievals Basic Example Advanced Example Reports Standard Report Templates with Detail Interactive Report Template & Creating Dropdown Lists from the Current Application Standard Report Templates with No Detail / Interactive Report Template Working with Runtime Record Selections Summaries Maintenance Other Things to Consider This document […]

Understanding Runtime Application Settings   Click here to access the legacy version of this documentation. Runtime Application Settings are instrumental in controlling how your run-time applications connect to the correct database. This configuration is data dictionary specific, meaning that it is applicable only within the data dictionary you are currently in. The configuration works in […]

Configuring Tomcat to not Reload for Production Tomcat   Your application server, Tomcat, comes with a feature called "Reload". Reload is a must in a development environment. After you compile an application or save an application, Tomcat reloads your changes, making them available to you for testing purposes. The downside of this is that at […]

Setting Up m-Power Applications to Handle Development & Production Data   Click here to access the legacy version of this documentation. After developing applications, it makes good sense to promote these applications to a production environment. There are many documents that explain how to do that on this site. For example, Set up a production […]