PROMOTIC 9.0 - Release notes
See also:
PROMOTIC system news.
Version 9.0.10 (from 22.5.2020) - stable version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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Editor of Pmg objects: Added
Drag&Drop functionality in the tree of
Pmg objects.
Selected Pmg object can be easily grabbed by mouse and dragged in order to move/copy it in front or behind another Pmg object.
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Prototypes: Bugfixes and improvements of local and global
Pma and
Pmg prototypes.
- when renaming the prototype it is possible to define whether the name of the prototype is to be changed also in all its instances
- when removing the prototype it is possible to define whether all instances are to be removed together with the removal of the prototype
- in the prototype selection window, it is now possible to create new local/global Pma or Pmg prototype
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PmBuffer.CalcCheckSum method: New method for calculating various checik sums for data contained in the bufferu.
Version 9.0.9 (from 18.3.2020) - stable version
Since this version, the
Promotic9.0 is considered
stable. Only necessary bugfixes and new features not affecting system stability will be added to this version.
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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PmOpcUaClient communication driver:
New driver for communication with
OPC UA servers.
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Pm.CreateView method: New method for opening various viewers (panel =
PmaPanel, report =
PmaReport, form =
PmForm, etc.).
This method replaces the method OpenView and provides simpler and more general approach to opening various types of viewers in the PROMOTIC system.
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PmaGlobal new object: New
Pma object located at the beginning of the application ojects tree named
#Global, where both application (
PmaPrototype object) and graphic (
PmgPrototype object) prototypes can be placed.
The graphic prototypes no longer need to be located only in a single panel, but a single prototype can be used in multiple panel simultaneously.
In this version, the global graphic prototype can only be edited as instance in a panel, but in the following versions there will be a simpler way of editing the global prototype directly.
Version 9.0.8 (from 13.12.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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PmManager:
- In both the
Applications and
PROMOTIC version pages, the layout of control elements was modified and a toolbar was added. The toolbar now contains individual buttons for launching the development environment and the runtime environment.
Version 9.0.7 (from 31.10.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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$.expr macro expression: The
pVar variable can be used in the expression (object of the
PmVar type).
News PmForm
Version 9.0.6 (from 9.10.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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The "Group" page of the PmaAlarmGroup object: New configurators
Allow alarm storage at short application shutdown and
Maximum time of application shutdown for setup of active alarm saving while the application is temporarily shut down.
Version 9.0.5 (from 19.9.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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Pm object:
InfoLogReg and
InfoLogAdd new methods: Methods allow registering a new item into the
INFO system and then adding new entries into item. This is functional extension of the
Pm.Debug method for user defined logging.
Version 9.0.4 (from 25.7.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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PmBuffer object: New object that holds multiple values in a single memory block in binary form. This block can then be saved in the form of a
HexaString (e.g. for drivers
PmChar or
PmCharServer).
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PmForm object: New subobject
PmfTable that can be used to assign a table of values into the form.
- Bugfixes in several communication drivers. In version
Pm9.0.3, the core of all communication drivers was upgraded (in order to add the new
PmCharServer driver) and some other drivers also had to be modified.
Version 9.0.3 (from 1.7.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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PmaPanel object: Panel compilation was removed. All modifications of the graphics content are saved automatically when the complete
PmaPanel object is saved.
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PmCharServer communication driver: New driver of the
Ethernet-Server type. The PROMOTIC application can act as server offering defined data (text or bináry) to other clients.
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MQTT communication protocol: New preconfiguration for the
PmChar communication driver.
The client can be of Subscriber or Publisher type (i.e. the preconfiguration can do both reading and writing).
At this moment the communication does not support encryption.
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PmLicServer license server: Renamed and modified licence server.
In previous versions, the licence server name was PmNetKey.exe and was available as independent program for installation.
Now it is named PmLicServer.exe and is included in the installation of each corresponding PROMOTIC version (it is possible to select only the installation of PmLicServer in the install options).
Version 9.0.2 (from 8.3.2019) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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Runtime PROMOTIC: The PROMOTIC system now supports also
64-bit versions of both runtime and development environments.
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Users and permissions: New
logging-in by names and passwords of Windows users, so the user management is then provided by
Windows resources.
The logged-in user is then a member of PROMOTIC user groups based on his membership in corresponding Windows user groups.
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PmChar communication driver:
Fixed bug: After closing the port the message of the
Slave type was not completed correctly.
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PmaCommGroup.onDataReceive event: New property
pEvent.Attr that can be used to detect whether the message that triggered this event was the first or the last.
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OpenView method: New option
screen,x,y in the
sParams parameter allowing absolute positioning of the window in
Windows grid system.
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Pm.RestartGui method: new method. Executes restart of the application graphic interface.
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Alarm item configurators: Modification in the "
Priority" configurator from three possible values
0,5,10 to a range of values
0-10.
Version 9.0.1 (from 18.12.2018) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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Script editor: The key "tab" no longer adds two spaces but inserts "tab" character into the text that is 4 spaces long.
In the "Size of tab" configurator, it is possible to modify this to 2 spaces but it is not recommended because 4 spaces are considered as standard in scripts.
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Editor of Pmg objects:
- The "Subobjects" page has been removed. Adding, deleting and editing of
Pmg object is now done in the tree of
Pmg objects (the same way as in the tree of
Pma objects).
- in the tree of
Pmg objects, there is a new item
#Prototypes that contains all
PmgPrototype objects in the panel. Managing prototypes (adding, deleting, editing) can now be done easily in this new item. It is no longer needed to do it in the
PmgInstance object.
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PmgRadioButton object:
Fixed bug: Even if the object had control disabled (in the "
Control enabled" configurator), then in the
Web panels it was still possible to change the value by mouseclick.
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PmABradleyDF1 communication driver: Generalization for "
L - Long" type data area.
Version 9.0.0 (from 16.10.2018) - developmental version
NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
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Web panels: Since version
Pm9.0.0 all WEB panels in PROMOTIC are designed only for Web browsers supporting standard
HTML5 technology. It means for
Chrome,
Firefox,
Edge,
Opera,
Safari etc. The
Internet Explorer is supported only since version 11.
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PmgRoot object,
Panel page:
- New configurator
Background color of the panel. Replaces the
BackgroundColor variable of the
PmgRoot object. The variable is removed from the list of variables after the conversion.
- New configurator
Focus frame color. Replaces the
FocusColor variable of the
PmgRoot object. The variable is removed from the list of variables after the conversion.