• Upgrading m-Power to use log4j 2

    m-Power currently utilizes log4j version 1 for various logging purposes. We at mrc are confident version 1 is not impacted by the log4j 2 vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) discovered in December of 2021. Due to a lack of justifiable benefits, there is no plan to upgrade log4j to log4j 2 at this…

  • Reducing Tomcat 9 Logs

    Many of you who have installed or are using Tomcat 9 may have noticed the size of your Tomcat log files have increased significantly. There are thousands of lines which start with the following: org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanner.processURLs Failed to scan [file:/…/m-power/tomcat/lib/derbyLocale_cs.jar] from classloader hierarchy java.io.FileNotFoundException: …\m-power\tomcat\lib\derbyLocale_cs.jar (The system cannot find the file…

  • Setting Default Relationship Dropdown

    A common question that comes up on the helpdesk and trainings is how to change the default relationship for filter/search inputs. These instructions can be used on any Selections section such as “Selection Dialog Window” (pictured below), “Advanced Search Row”, or the “Display Filters Above Table” option. Open m-Painter and…

  • Rendering BLOB Fields

    Overview BLOB fields are becoming a more relevant and standard method of storing documents. Because of this, the decision was made to implement the ability to render and download files stored in a BLOB field with m-Power. This feature is available as of the December 2018 m-Power update. Implementation First…

  • Fun with Bootstrap

    Recently I was able to use m-Power’s new industry standard Bootstrap templates for a customer project. The goal of the project was to modernize their online shopping portal and make the site mobile friendly. These objectives served as a perfect fit for the new Bootstrap themed templates. While building the…