As developers create applications in m-Power, metadata (data about their applications) are stored in a database. Since 2013, new installs of m-Power store this data in an embedded derby database that is installed on the m-Power server. Prior to 2013, this information was stored on the m-Power database to which you were licensed. Developers can … Continue reading Using the m-Power Embedded Database →

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. First you will need to create a Single … Continue reading Rendering BLOB Fields →

Earlier this week, one of our customers reached out to me and wanted to know how to conditionally control the color of events on their Bootstrap calendar. I thought the approach to achieve this could be useful to other clients so it seemed like a perfect topic for a tech blog post. To start, see … Continue reading Color Coding in a Bootstrap Calendar →

Occasionally when working with multiple dependent Cascading Dropdowns, there may be instances where you need to pass multiple values to a subsequent drop-down. Remember that AJAX cascading dropdowns by default only look at the dependent field from the previous dropdown to populate the valid values. Take for example a Report with three cascading drop-downs. One … Continue reading Multi-value AJAX Cascading Dropdowns →