What’s New in 3.8.0

SBS-CASE Tools 3.8™ contains the following enhancements and fixes.  The main thrust of 3.8.0 is that it is the first release that supports an Android operating system and a Android TIP Driver. 

Enhancements

SBS-CASE Tools™ 3.8.0

  • The following changes were made to accommodate the Android TIP Driver
  • The programmer can now choose the type of database that they would like to store the projects data in that resides in the data collection terminal.  The choices for the db’s type are CODEBASE or SQLite.  Depending on the type of data collection device you are using, you may or may not have a choice of the db type.
  • The programmer can now choose and Android operating system device as the destination of the data collection terminal.
  • Android screen presentations are different than Windows presentations, so full use of proportional options are now available on all widgets that can be defined on a panel.
  • The programmer can now select a custom panel size for a mobile data collection terminal.  Prior to this release, that option was only available on a Windows PC project.
  • A new panel option (available on the panel menu pull down) will convert the layout tabs of a Microsoft panel to an Android panel format.  Caution should be used when performing the convert because an un-do is not available in this release.
  • Native SQLite databases do NOT support indexing of a portion of a column.  Therefore if the programmer has selected SQLite as the file repository, partial indexes will not be supported for that table as they were in prior releases using CODEBASE.
  • An Android font is available for use with the panel designer and debugger.
  • Customers that choose to upgrade to 3.8 will be allowed to have both CASE Tools versions 3.7 and 3.8 on the same box.
  • The compiler was enhanced to generate Android TIP’s.
  • CASE Tools was migrated to .Net version 4.0.  In prior releases of CASE Tools, .Net 3.5 had to be downloaded and installed independently of the CASE Tools install.
  • CASE Tools now supports certain event handling gestures for Android devices.  You can now have the operator release a panel by swiping up, down, left or right.  The operator can    also release the panel by depressing the “back” button.  All the function keys that were supported in prior releases are now also supported on Android.
  • The emulator/debugger now has support for 12 function keys and all 5 events (swipe up, down, left, right and back key) by use of a simple pull-down menu.
  • The groundwork has been created to support the new Loftware/Niceware label printing solution.
  • The groundwork has been created to support both a SQLite buffer area as well as a cursor area for each table created.  
  • The user can now choose the type of database that they would like to store the projects data in that resides in the data collection terminal.  The choices for the db’s type are CODEBASE or SQLite.  Depending on the type of data collection device you are using, you may or may not have a choice of the db type.
  • The user can now choose and Android operating system device as the destination for the data collection terminal.
  • Android screen presentations are different than Windows presentations, so full use of proportional options are now available on all widgets that can be defined on a panel.
  • The programmer can now select a custom panel size for a mobile data collection terminal.  Prior to this release, that option was only available on a Windows PC project.
  • A new panel option (available on the panel menu pull down) will convert the layout tabs of a Microsoft panel to an Android panel format.  Caution should be used when performing the convert because an un-do is not available in this release.
  • Native SQLite databases do NOT support indexing of a portion of a column.  Therefore if the programmer has selected SQLite as the file repository, partial indexes will not be supported for that table as they were in prior releases using CODEBASE.
  • An Android font is available for use with the panel designer and debugger.
  • Customers that choose to upgrade to 3.8 will be allowed to have versions 3.7 and 3.8 on the same box.
  • The compiler was enhanced to generate Android TIP’s.
  • CASE Tools was migrated to .Net version 4.0.  In prior releases of CASE Tools, .Net 3.5 had to be downloaded and installed independently of the CASE Tools install.
  • CASE Tools now supports certain event handling gestures for Android devices.  You can now have the operator release a panel by swiping up, down, left or right.  The operator can also release the panel by depressing the “back” button.  All the function keys that were supported in prior releases are now also supported on Android.

       TIP Drivers 3.8.0

  • A new Android TIP driver was written.  It makes use of Microsoft’s Xamerion product.  The configuration and the interface to the new 3.8.0 TIP driver is entirely different than the prior 3.7.x TIP drivers. 
  • To install the Android TIP driver, follow the instructions found at https://www.sentinelbusinessservices.com/index.php/tips-tricks/tip-drivers/android-td-install-2.
  • To use the Android TIP driver interface to configure, download or run TIPS follow the instruction found at https://www.sentinelbusinessservices.com/index.php/tips-tricks/tip-drivers/android-td-config.
  • A new Windows PC Tip Driver was created that supports SQLite db’s.
  • Android devices to support SQLite db
  • New Pathfinder interface to support Android functionality
  • Multiple application TIPS that are used on the same data collection device no longer require a separate seat for each application.  Seats are now allocated by each data collection device regardless of the number of application TIPS that are present on it.
  • The TIP running on an Android device will now require a Pathfinder Android seat.
  • Support for SLOG (step logging) for TIP driver debugging
  • TIP Driver boot menu can create desktop shortcut if desired.
  • The view of text on a panel can be made smaller or larger (text ratio) based upon a configuration parameter
  • The Android TIP Driver now supports certain event handling gestures for Android devices.  You can now have the operator release a panel by swiping up, down, left or right.  The operator can also release the panel by depressing the “back” button.  All the function keys that were supported in prior releases are now also supported on Android.
  • The TIP Driver boot menu can now point to a start up TIP.  This allows the operator to start the TIP application without any user intervention.

Product Fixes

 SBS-CASE Tools™ 3.8.0

  • The panel designer would allow a user to have more than 9,999 widgets defined in a single project.  At execution time it would abend with a Run Time Error.
  • The label printing interface would allow the user to enter a printer name of more than 25 characters, but at print time the name was truncated to 25 positions. The product now checks for a maximum of 25 characters for a printer name.
  • The label printing interface would allow the user to send more than 3000 characters to the label but the label would not print properly.  The product now checks for a maximum of 3,000 characters to be sent to the label.

TIP Drivers 3.8.0

  • The closing  of a COM port when using the Windows PC TIP driver.

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