2023.12

Release Notes

2023.12.2

This release has a security fix, its recommended to upgrade to this release as soon as possible. (or 1 of the LTS releases) Also upgrade the bootstrap and/or servoy extra package, they have changes that where needed in components for this fix.

also some other fixes that are mentioned below in the the case list.

2023.12.1

This release has a security fix, its recommended to upgrade to this release as soon as possible. (or 1 of the LTS releases)

also some other small fixes that are mentioned below in the the case list.

2023.12

Enhancements

The following are key enhancments in Servoy version 2023.12

Stateless Login Form improvements

The stateless login form got improvements where the user/password is validated against. And also the login forms html can now be adjusted. See here for more info.

ECMAScript Parser

Many general improvements to parse existing code, but also added some small features like the shorthand notation

const x = 1920, y = 1080;
const obj = { x:x, y:y };

// can be

const x = 1920, y = 1080;
const obj = { x, y };

Developer

Script editor has now a AIBrige menu item for code selection -> Explain, Inline Comments, Debug options (experimental)

Core (Api) improvements

QBSelect can now be used more fluently by directly getting a foundset (getFoundset()) or a dataset (getDataset())

databaseManager.disableRelatedSiblingsPrefetch is now by default true (so prefetch disabled) for all server based clients (like NGClient or HeadlessClient)

servoyApi.getFoundset(qbselect) added (purely for component developement, serverside scripting)

Plugin api improvements

HTTPClient plugin: config object has now support for maxTotalConnections/maxTotalConnectionsPerRoute to control the number of connections

PDF plugin: Support for partial flattening of PDFForms.

TiNGClient extension

Font Awesome Pro can now be supported by clone/fork this blueprint project

Lib upgrades

Upgraded the shipped java from Java 17 to 21

Updated embedded tomcat to 9.0.83

Lot of updates to 3rd party libs (Eclipse 4.29 (2023.09), plugins jars)

Angular still on 16 but to the 16.2.12 (Angular 17 upgrade planned for 2024.03)

miscellaneous

small utility added crypt en decrypt passwords stored in the servoy properties file:

java -cp 'servoy_shared_2023.12.0.3920_rc.jar;org.apache.commons.codec_1.14.0.v20221112-0806.jar' com.servoy.j2db.util.SecuritySupport encrypt

Note

As a heads up, The majore release after this one so 2024.03 will be te last release that will include SmartClient,WebClient and the NGClient (angularjs).

Case List

Below is a comprehensive list of cases associated with each release (candidate)

2023.12.2

Components	Key	Summary
Extensions	SVY-18924	[jwt plugin] nested object is not supported in payload
NGClient	SVY-18904	oauth plugin issue on mobile
Runtime	SVY-18874	Exception loading foundsets via QueryBuilder fails when using foundset.loadRecords(query) in 2023.12
Server	SVY-18840	deadlock can happen when import and load happens at the same time

2023.12.1

Components	Key	Summary
Developer	SVY-18865	http client classes not found when exporting with "rmi" (or without http plugin)
NGClient	SVY-18858	TiNG Issue with additional params optionally used in event functions
Documentation	SVY-18832	JSDoc of controller.loadRecords(...) incorrectly states that a .loadAllRecords() reverts the forms' foundset back to the default

2023.12.0-RC2

Components	Key	Summary
Developer	SVY-18773	Cannot change CSS Position of inherited elements
Developer	SVY-18770	Solutionmodel: changing cssPosition of element changes the property in the editor
Developer	SVY-18726	Welcome dialog is modal again-Dev freeze
Developer	SVY-18800	Servoy 2023.12 is missing Header / Footer parts in de Designer
Developer	SVY-18794	Invalid warnings with 2023.12.0_rc1
NGClient	SVY-18774	Browsercache index file
NGClient	SVY-18809	Decimal Separator Issue in German Locale on DataGrid.
Runtime	SVY-18728	SQL is generated wrong
Server	SVY-18768	Linebreaks don't work anymore in client message

2023.12.0-RC1

Components	Key	Summary
API, Extensions	SVY-18213	New method for pdf_output that doesn't flatten PDF
API	SVY-18603	utils.stringMD5HashBase16 not always return 32 bytes string
API, Runtime	SVY-18666	deprecated getUserGroups works now as getPermissions instead of getUserPermissions()
API	SVY-18623	Multipart-Upload: additional informations for the header of datapart
API	SVY-18652	Enhance query API a bit to make it more fluent
API, Runtime	SVY-18743	QueryBuilder error getting joins by name
Developer	SVY-18431	Constants missing from SolEx
Developer	SVY-18488	Entity methods not shown in autocomplete.
Developer	SVY-18491	"doc" property not allowed on internalApi method or it's parameters in Web Component spec
Developer, NGClient	SVY-18567	Cannot add attribute to own component in developer
Developer, NGClient	SVY-18590	API calls to NG2 components that are not visible result in an error that hangs the client session.
Developer, Runtime	SVY-18355	Replace 'body' of forms and add width property to form properties
Developer	SVY-18571	don't popup the dataprovider selection dialog for FormComponents
Developer	SVY-18553	Dragging a label in a form shows styleclassexpression wizard
Developer, DLTK	SVY-18617	ES Parser: trailing comma's in Object and Array literals cause ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, breaking solution
Developer	SVY-18186	Copy pasting elements should keep their names on new forms
Developer	SVY-18646	Quickfix not working
Developer	SVY-18618	On startup 2023.09 RC2 keeps showing the 'Welcome to Servoy dialog', eventhough the checkbox to NOT show is anymore has been checked
Developer	SVY-18643	Dataprovider problem on valuelists
Developer	SVY-18353	Changing the configuration adding fields to a form changes the components
Developer	SVY-18708	Can't use Responsive Container
Developer, DLTK	SVY-18634	Object.getOwnPropertySymbols() not recognized, while supported by Rhino
Developer	SVY-18665	update eclipse and other 3rd party libs (java,node, jars)
Developer, DLTK	SVY-18352	Support EcmaScript shorthand object properties
Developer	SVY-18689	Undo on column resize doesn't work the first time
Developer, DLTK	SVY-18626	ES Parser: issue with multiline strings and certain line terminators
Developer	SVY-18645	formcontainer on formcontainer on form shows up double in developer
Developer	SVY-18558	Typeahead without value list strange behavior
Developer, DLTK	SVY-18628	ES Parser: new parser completely breaks solution, without any errors
Developer, DLTK	SVY-18629	ES Parser: invalid error markers
Developer	SVY-18630	Dark theme - some text in git revision history is not visible + git merge conflicts are not red
Developer	SVY-18560	Tooltip has white background in dark theme
Developer	SVY-18527	Text is hard to read in outline-view in dark theme
Developer	SVY-18535	Column headers not visible in SPM in dark mode
Developer	SVY-18690	Filter dialog in problems view - dark theme - needs some color adjustments
Developer	SVY-18741	Selected dp in dark theme is not visible
Developer	SVY-18559	Redo on aggrid column add is buggy
DLTK	SVY-18017	Invalid warning markers related to missing @return JSDoc tag
DLTK	SVY-18182	syntax coloring for template literals and arrow functions
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18575	Input Group (Bootstrap Extra): add on button border radius
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18561	keylistner returns <null> on HtmlArea
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18569	Bootstrap Calendar displaying full calendar instead of year only
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18657	Incorrect spelling on the sideNav servoy extra component
Extensions, Server	SVY-18247	flushAllClientsCache change request
Extensions	SVY-18522	[TiNG only] Cannot navigate and activate Navbar items with keyboard
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18532	Add a "(de)select all" functionality to all grids
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18670	Cannot change style of the header tooltip in Data grid (aggrid)
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18715	WebClient Label causes a warning when clicked on while enabled property is false
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18698	Input Group (Bootstrap Extra): Format not being applied
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18713	Tab sequence Html Area not working in TI
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18661	Tooltip in button not visible when element is not enabled
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18198	TinG: onFocusGained method not called of a not editable servoy default text field
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18714	Fileupload component has issues with accept property and not working on different OS
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18648	isEditable on grids not always working with form variables
Extensions	SVY-18676	SVY-17124 followup: expose maxConnectionsPerRoute / maxTotalConnections
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18729	Errors removeFoundSetFilterParam and animate
Extensions, NGClient	SVY-18649	time edit on grids not nice
NGClient	SVY-18545	buttons in dialog do not execute method
NGClient	SVY-18550	Internal Server error
NGClient	SVY-14814	values retrieved properties of WebComponents that are types as array return some non-JavaScript Array-like value
NGClient	SVY-18483	Missing option group checkbox in ag-grid
NGClient	SVY-18551	tab Focus behaves differently from NGclient 1 to Titanium
NGClient	SVY-18520	servoyApi.getFoundSet(QBSelect) in web components
NGClient	SVY-18564	NG Find & Search doesn't work with Check Group
NGClient	SVY-18517	TiNG ngclientutils.printDocument throws an error
NGClient	SVY-18512	Order group headers
NGClient	SVY-18621	Error when adding styling classes on Floatlabel Combobox
NGClient	SVY-18720	data grid with dynamic tooltip visually refreshes itself and causes a flickering visual bug in the grid
NGClient	SVY-18710	Servoy 2023.3.3.3845_LTS bug for calendar/date field Search on hitting Enter key
NGClient, NGDesktop	SVY-18691	Input Dialog - initialValue cut after one letter
NGClient	SVY-18705	Listform component removes updated record
NGClient	SVY-18671	TiNG Theme issue with margin reset
NGClient	SVY-18668	Radio button stays selected
NGClient	SVY-18716	Combination of modal dialogs and plugins.svyBlockUI doesn't work properly
NGClient	SVY-18499	Advanced Renderers Custom List - data
NGClient	SVY-18673	All fields should be editable in find mode
NGClient	SVY-18717	pdfJsViewer: setToolbarControlsVisibility() doesn't work
NGClient	SVY-18766	%%selectedIndex%% does not work with relationship
Runtime	SVY-18521	org.mozilla.javascript.WrappedException: Wrapped java.lang.ArrayStoreException: arraycopy: element type mismatch: can not cast one of the elements of java.lang.Object[] to the type of the destination array, java.lang.String
Runtime	SVY-18542	omit clause not removed from query after delete/rollback
Runtime	SVY-18515	Improve 'Stale form' errors logged by Servoy
Runtime, Server	SVY-18538	Progress OpenEdge TRIM Function
Runtime	SVY-18102	support for QBSelect.result.addAll([join]) to generate a select */select tableAlias.*
Runtime	SVY-18662	Calling foundset.loadRecords() mutliple times with the same filtered foundset adds the foundset filter duplicate
Runtime	SVY-18537	databaseManager.createDataSourceByQuery() deletes existing records in named datasource, even if there are already foundsets with edited records on the datasource
Runtime	SVY-18625	Component.putDesignTimeProperty(name, value) suggests it can take an Object as value parameter, but it doesn't
Runtime	SVY-18655	Eagerly set Form Context when form is being shown through the UI
Runtime	SVY-18745	disabled prefetch of related siblings for relations by default for server based clients
Runtime	SVY-18706	Can't execute inline JS on trusted html
Server	SVY-18684	When saving a record some value_lists are 92 times updated
Advanced Renderers	SVYX-721	Right Click and Double Click for Advanced Renderer
Advanced Renderers	SVYX-744	Datetime field isn't pushed to a foundset dataprovider
Bootstrap Components	SVYX-756	TiNG choicegroup broken with onAction
NG Grids	SVYX-710	NG1 Data Grid Find & Search in related table
NG Grids	SVYX-607	NG Grid continuousColumnsAutoSizing broken in TiNG
NG Grids	SVYX-730	cannot tab and focus into a combobox when editing grid fields
NG Grids	SVYX-726	onColumnDataChange in NG Grid returns the display value instead of the real value from a combobx in some cases
NG Grids	SVYX-715	add value list support for columns in powergrid
NG Grids	SVYX-720	When dragging into an empty grid, we get an error instead of the drop event
NG Grids	SVYX-749	When using a format in a column you can't edit the field in TiNG
NG Grids	SVYX-747	Power Grid Pivot Row Total Columns Header
NG Grids	SVYX-751	add an API to get the current data of the grid, in a dataset format
Servoy Extra Components	SVYX-731	TiNG Table Extra error in Responsive
Servoy Extra Components	SVYX-729	Split divLocation returns absolute value, but accepts relative
Web Notifications	SVYX-737	Extra action for the toastr Notification
Web Notifications	SVYX-750	Toastr in TiNG does not allow all possible options of ngx-toastr