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New features for Roundtable 8.1a

1. New Features for Roundtable 8.1a

1.1 Module Load
Module Load took the place of Code Load in UNIX Roundtable
8.0B, and has taken the place of
Code Load in MS-Windows Roundtable 8.1A.

Module Load is a utility program that loads large numbers
of PCODE objects into a workspace
managed by Roundtable. To load the objects, Roundtable
scans a directory specified by a
workspace module for files that have not already been
defined as PCODE objects in your
workspace. By browsing through this table, you can choose
the files needed to create PCODE
objects.

1.2 Schema Loader Enhancements
Roundtable's Load Schema process has in the past been a one
shot deal - it could only be used
once to do an initial load of a database's schema into
Roundtable. The Load Schema function has
been enhanced for 8.1A, so that it can be run at any time
to bring Roundtable in sync with the
physical PROGRESS database. This enhancement has been made
to both UNIX and MS-
Windows Roundtable.

1.3 Subtype Edit Program Hooks
UNIX Roundtable 8.0B introduced a set of hooks that are
controlled from the 'Edit Program' field
of a PCODE Subtype record. This hook has been added to
MS-Windows Roundtable 8.1A.

1.4 Task Notations
UNIX Roundtable has always included a simple screen in
source form (rtb/p/rtb0298.p) for
maintaining additional task information. The table
maintained by this screen is called rtb_tnot. This
table includes a number of free-form fields, and fields for
tracking such things as estimated and
actual hours.

A simple window program has been added in source form
(rtb/w/rtb0298.w) to MS-Windows
Roundtable. It can be run from the Task menu on the
Tabletop, or from the Tools menu on the
Task Maintenance window. You must have a task record
selected to run it. >From the program's
comments:

1.5 _Update.w Added to UNIX Roundtable
Starting with 8.1A, _update.w replaces the _install shell
script that was included with UNIX
Roundtable. The installation instructions for UNIX
Roundtable will not change, except that instead
of running the _install shell script, you will start a
PROGRESS session in the directory where you
installed Roundtable, and run _update.w.

This is the program which Roundtable uses to update a
deployed application at the target site. It
can be used to install a complete, fresh copy of your
PROGRESS application, or it can be used to
update your customer's copy of your application with an
incremental update. It handles schema
updates and application compiles. It can also help you
manage any data massaging that has to be
done with the updates to your application. _Update.w is
provided in source form, so that you can
modify it to fit your application.

1.6 Object Group Lookup Added to UNIX Roundtable
When using the Find Object function in Roundtable, the GET
key from the Group field will no
longer run the Most Recently Used list. Instead, Roundtable
displays a Group Lookup. The Most
Recently Used function is now accessed with the GET key
from the Object field.

1.7 New Xref Level Added
A new Xref level (level 6) has been added to Roundtable.
This level Xref everything except
schema. This will allow you to more easily manage an
application in Roundtable when you do not
want to, or are not able to have Roundtable directly manage
the schema. (For example, if your
application uses dataservers, you can use this new Xref
level in Roundtable to manage your
application code. Roundtable cannot manage schema for
dataservers.)
1.8 Support for New 8.1A Schema Added
The following schema was added to PROGRESS for version 8.1A:
- 'raw' field data-type
- REPLICATION-CREATE table trigger
- REPLICATION-DELETE table trigger
- REPLICATION-WRITE table trigger
- New table attribute: Replication program name
Support for this new schema has been included with
Roundtable 8.1A beta.
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All these new features are documented in the new users
guide (Rtb 8.1), and on-line help. The new table attribute
for storing a table's Replication program name has
been added into Roundtable's schema management. This was a
last minute addition, and did not get included in the
printed manuals or on-line help.
The tutorial now uses the new module load, and schema load.
There were no other significant modifications made to the Tutorial.

The Installation Notes have been totally rewritten (both in
GUI and UNIX platforms).
- GUI 8.1 now uses Install Shield (instead of setup
factory), and comes on a CD (not disk).
- UNIX 8.1 still uses a tape, but now uses _update.w
(instead of _install), to install Roundtable.
In both cases, 8.1 specific release information has been
added (ie: new Roundtable schema has been added to 8.1, and
information regarding this change is provided to the users
for help during install).


Progress Software Technical Support Note # 16546