Product Features

Multi line edit controls allow you to create a multi line representation of a text field. The multi line edit control allows you to specify character wrap, or word wrap to select the best appearance of your application. The multi line edit control supports the standard edit behaviour so you can update data within the large fields.

Text Control Enhancements

The developer can control the style and size of text. You can now assign 3-D effects (Raised/Inset), choose from a variety of colours, select Bold, Italic or Underline characteristics and even change the font height.

Developer Control in GUI Screen

A new logic, WIDGET_MANIPULATE, provides dynamic manipulation of windows controls from within the application. It allows the users to change the Hide/Show and Enable/Disable properties.

Check Boxes

You can now deploy true windows check boxes. These check boxes can be activated by clicking on the text as well as clicking on the check box itself. This is an advancement over PRO-IV version 3.0 check boxes.

Combo Box with Entry for Partial Key Search

Support for windows style Drop Down combo boxes is provided. This enables end-users to select from a list.

DDE Support from PRO-IV

PRO-IV now provides support for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) sessions with other windows applications. This powerful feature will allow you to do things like - Open an Excel spreadsheet and populate its rows and columns with data from the PRO-IV application.

List Box with Single Selection

True windows list boxes are now supported.

Radio (Option) Buttons

Radio Buttons are now supported

Group Box

Group boxes can be drawn around "Groups" of radio buttons and Check boxes.

BLOB Support

Binary Large Objects can now be transferred between an RBDMS and a local file. This can then be used by an editor/viewer supplied by a third party.

Hot Spots

This feature provides the ability to associate text in a display only field, with an input field. Clicking on the display only field will position the cursor in the associated input field.

Chisels and Borders

Box drawing has been enhanced to allow titles to be attached to boxes. The title will share the same line as the top border of the box. Additional functionality allows the developer to define the top of the border at the top of the row, centre of row, or bottom of the row on which it is defined. Boxes can also be drawn with a variety of 3D effects.

Partial Key Selection in a Paging Screen

A new logic "SET_CURR" has been added. This allows the developer to specify the initial cursor position within a paging screen.

Logical Database Name Mapping

PRO-IV now supports a new environment variable "PROTEMP" that contains the path where the database is located.

Local Mapping of Sort Files and Improved Transaction Processing

Used for Novell configurations