What’s New IN PRO-IV VERSION 4
Product Features

• Client / Server ( Data Base Level)
• Symbolic Debugger
• Callable Functions - Global LScalls from Global Logic
• New Page Mode Report Processor
• Sybase Support

GUI Enhancements

• Multi-Line Edit Controls
• Text display and Box drawing Enhancement
• Developer Controllable GUI Screen
• Check Boxes
• Combo Box with Entry for Partial Key Search
• DDE Support from Pro-IV
• List Box with Single Selections
• Radio Buttons
• Group Box
• Hot Spots

Intrinsic Enhancements

• Partial Key Selection in a Paging Screen
• Logical Database Name Mapping
• Local Mapping of Sort Files
• Large Text Field Support
• New Data Type Support - BLOBS
• Multi Lingual Support
• International Character Set Support
  (UTF-8 & UNICODE)
• Variables in Screen Formats.
• Non Zero Special Check.
• Improved Oracle Performance
• Multiple Collating Sequence Based on
  National Language
• Distinguish between Add and Insert Mode

The database level client server is intended to allow you to deploy an application in distributed computing mode with parts of the application executing on the client, and parts executing on the server. The PRO-IV "Fat Client" mode allows you to access relational data (Oracle data) on the UNIX server through the use of SQL-NET. Through this communications, you can launch and monitor PRO-IV service applications on the UNIX host.

Symbolic Debugger

The addition of the PRO-IV symbolic debugger is a major step forward for PRO-IV technology. For the first time, you the developer can monitor the execution of your functions without making changes to the code itself. No more adding UMSG’s to trace and monitor the execution of the applications code. You can directly set breakpoints and data trace elements to allow you to break the application, examine the data, and see the flow of the logic through the kernel.

Callable Functions Global LScalls from Global Logic

Callable functions are now supported in PRO-IV. These are similar to subroutines as they are external to the calling function and can return to the caller. New GLOBAL_LSCALL logic has been introduced.

Page Mode Report Processor

PRO-IV version 4 now provides a new report facility as an alternative to the existing reports. Specified at the @FUN screen - "R" for standard reports, "D" for new reports.

Sybase Support

Support for the Sybase RDBMS is provided.