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
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 project, I found myself repeatedly … Continue reading Fun with Bootstrap
Compile Options- Advanced Search
In templates that support a list view (Multiple Row Data List, Display and Maintain Rows, Grid Update), developers have a few configuration options for how they would like their users at run-time to search and filter application data. When building an application, these options are listed in the Application Settings tab, particularly at the very … Continue reading Compile Options- Advanced Search
Manually Upgrading Tomcat 7 version
By default, new m-Power installations are shipped with the 7.0.24 version of Tomcat 7. While Tomcat is made by Apache and not mrc, users who would like to upgrade their version of Tomcat 7 to the latest version (currently 7.0.85) may follow these steps below. 1) Download the zip files here. 2) Make a copy … Continue reading Manually Upgrading Tomcat 7 version
MSSQL Installation Guide
Microsoft SQL Server customers will need to perform a few additional steps after installing m-Power in order to connect to your SQL database. This post will walk you through the needed steps to finish the installation. First, you will need a JDBC driver file to connect to the database. Additionally, a few SQL Server configuration … Continue reading MSSQL Installation Guide