Release 2021-Q2
The most important changes made in the second quarter of 2021 are described below.
Convenient mechanism for updating developer licenses
The platform has gained a convenient mechanism of automatic renewal of development licenses.
All you need to do is enter your personal license key in the VSoft archITekt Launcher application and be connected to the Internet, and the application will automatically update our license.
New mode of operation of the User Interface - GUI (BETA)
We have modernized the way the User Interface (forms mechanism) works by introducing a new mode of its operation.
Thanks to the use of the mechanism of plastic data structures known from the Data processing, it allows you to build forms based on any structures - containing both database objects, as well as additional fields and substructures created and calculated "on the go".
UX Improvements in the User Interface
GUI
In the designers of forms and lists, the functionality of action management has been rebuilt, making its use more pleasant for the user creating the application.
The ability to reconfigure the environment directly from the Launcher
Starting from this Release, you can change the configuration of our environments directly from Launcher. In addition to changing the basic parameters, the technical configuration can also be changed from the GUI level, as well as an emergency reset of user passwords in the integrated user management application (VIP).
Containers: all-in-one container and archITekt Studio automatic publishing
We have expanded the VSoft archITekt platform's range of containers with a new type of container: "all-in-one", which has all engines installed and can be used in implementations where the simplicity of configuration is key and advanced scaling of the environment is not required.
The prepared solution enables the alternative launch of the application on an all-in-one container as well as on a set of separate containers. This allows for the fastest possible implementation of the application with a minimum number of configurations, and the subsequent activation of the scaling mechanism when it is required.
From the current release, each time during the installation and update of an application operating in a containerized environment, a directory is automatically created in the project directory containing a zip archive from ArchITekt Studio, used to connect to a given environment.
Possibility to configure conversion parameters to PDF in the Documents generation
Starting from the latest edition, it is possible to configure the parameters controlling the conversion of created documents to PDF format in case it is necessary to change the default values.
Details on the configuration are described in the technical configuration.
Upgrade of External Components
Telerik UI for WPF and Kendo UI libraries have been updated to version 2021 R2 SP1.