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Known bugs, errors and missing functions
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Installation’s guide for webAPX
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Administrator’s guide for webAPX
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Frequently asked questions for webAPX
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Play
a wave or song when a RCS is down.
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Play
a wave or song when a task in the production is in cancel.
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Test
webAPX running on a 64bits server under Windows and Linux.
All file-references in this document are relative to the installation
directory of webAPX.
All references to the webAPX System Configuration File refer to
the file ‘./system/system.xml’ contained in the installation directory of the software.
Refer to the system configuration file contents to get detail
information about the different elements.
The updated system parameters will be actualized after you restart your webAPX
session.
Questions about the installation of webAPX
General questions about the configuration of
webAPX
Questions about the Index page
Questions about the RCS’s page
Questions about the Production page
Questions about the Events page
Questions about the Resources page
Questions about the Profiles page
Questions about the Monthly Forecast page
Questions about the Spool page
Questions about the Graphs page
Questions about the APX-Protocol page
Questions about the Feedback page
Questions about Site specific pages
Questions about the Properties pages
Questions about the
installation of webAPX
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Can I run 2 versions of webAPX on the same web-server?
Yes, you just have to install and customize each instance in a different
directory of the web-server. These instances can run the same or different
versions and connect to the same or different Production Databases. Please note
that the Setup program cannot install the second instance. It is the user
responsibility to copy the directory and customize the web-server configuration
accordingly.
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I cannot run the post-installation procedure:
Restart your browser and connect to the address: http://<web server>/index.html?debug=yes and contact your webAPX
representative. The web-server error log file or the Windows Event Viewer could
give you more information about the cause of the error. Be sure you customized
you PHP installation in order to use the XSL-extension. See details in the installation guide.
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The pages displayed contain invalid characters:
If in case of an Oracle database and an Apache server running under Linux the
French and German accents (ä,è,ô,…) are displayed incorrectly, add the
environment variables ‘NLS_LANG’ and ‘TNS_ADMIN’ into the Apache configuration file ‘<Apache directory>/envvars’. A sample of this file can be
found in the directory ‘tools/oracle’ contained in the webAPX installation directory.
If in case of an Informix database and an Apache server running under Linux the
customization must apply in the ‘odbc.ini’ member.
General questions
about the configuration of webAPX
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How can I display a specific page without to key the login parameters?
The link to the webAPX must contain the full connection parameters as presented
in the following sample:
http://server/webAPX/index.html?dsn=APXxe15&user=web&pwd=secret&page=page08.html
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How can I change the default DSN used by webAPX to connect to the
Production Database?
The element ‘dsnAPX’ must be changed in the webAPX System Configuration File to a valid DSN (Data
Source Name) defined on the server machine webAPX is running on.
If authorized in the system configuration file, the user can change the default
DSN presented in the Login page. If allowed by the site security policy the
given DSN is stored in cookies and will be presented
during the next connections to webAPX.
A comma separated list of DSN’s can be given in order to present a combo-box
the user will select in.
Multiple data sources can be defined on the server in order to access different
Production Databases. Each data source definition defines the database to
connect to.
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How can I present a selection-list of possible DSN’s to connect to the
Production Database?
The element ‘dsnAPX’ must be changed in the webAPX System Configuration File to a coma separated
list of valid DSN (Data Source Name) defined on the server machine webAPX is
running on.
The list will be automatically presented in a selection box.
Additionally the element ‘dsnBoxHeight’ can be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File to customize the height of that selection box.
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How can I change the default user code used by webAPX to connect to the
Production Database?
The element ‘userAPX’ must be changed in the webAPX System Configuration File.
If authorized in the system configuration file, the user can change the default
user code presented in the Login page. If allowed by the site security policy
the given user code is stored in cookies and will be presented during the next
connections to webAPX.
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How can I change the default start page when connecting to webAPX?
The element ‘defaultStartpage’ must be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File. This value is valid for every user.
The user can change the default start page presented in the Login page. Please
note that due to technical constrains when changing the start page you must
click twice on the ‘Login’ button. If allowed by the site
security policy the given start page is stored in cookies and will be presented
during the next connections to webAPX.
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How can I change the default selection on each webAPX page?
The sub-elements of ‘page02’, ‘page03’, ‘page04’, ‘page07’ and ‘page08’ must be changed in the webAPX
System Configuration File.
See the documentation contained in the configuration file.
The user can change the default selection presented. If allowed by the site
security policy the given selection is stored in cookies and will be presented
the next time the page is displayed.
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How can I change the default sort order on each webAPX page?
The sub-element ‘sortOrder’ of ‘page02’, ‘page03’, ‘page04’, ‘page07’ and ‘page08’ must be changed in the webAPX
System Configuration File.
See the documentation contained in the configuration file.
The user can change the default sort criteria. If allowed by the site security
policy the given criteria are stored in cookies and will apply the next time
the page is displayed.
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How can I change the default maximum of objects displayed on each webAPX
page?
The sub-element ‘maxiPerPage’ of ‘page02’, ‘page03’, ‘page04’, ‘page07’ and ‘page08’ must be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File.
See the documentation contained in the configuration file.
The user can change the default number of objects presented. If allowed by the
site security policy the given maximum is stored in cookies and will be
presented the next time the page is displayed.
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How can I change the default delay between the automatic redisplay of
the pages?
The sub-element ‘waitRedisplay’ of ‘page02’, ‘page03’ and ‘page04’ must be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File.
See the documentation contained in the configuration file.
The user can change the default delay presented. If allowed by the site
security policy the given delay is stored in cookies and will be used the next
time the page is displayed.
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How can I change the character size of the displayed webAPX pages?
1. The standard CSS works with keyword based font-size definitions. This means
that you can change the site Style Sheet to meet your requirement: ‘./css/siteScreen.css’. The user style sheets can also be
customized to fulfil special needs:
‘./css/userScreen_<Username>.css’.
2- The character size of the currently logged in user can be changed in the
‘Properties’ page. These information are stored in the cookies for the next
sessions.
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How can I disable the cookies for all users?
The element ‘cookies/allowCookies’ must be set to ‘no’ in the webAPX System Configuration
File.
See the documentation contained in the configuration file.
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How can I change the time to live of the cookies?
The element ‘cookies/duration’ must be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File.
See the documentation contained in the configuration file.
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How can I remove all webAPX cookies stored in my browser?
To suppress all webAPX cookies currently stored in your browser:
1. Log into webAPX
2. Add the parameter ‘&cookies=remove’ at the end of the URL displayed in the
address bar of your browser
3. Press the <Enter> key
4. A success message is presented and you can follow the given link to start a
new webAPX session.
When you restart your webAPX session, the values given in the webAPX Site
Configuration file are back in use.
An other way is to remove all cookies with the standard menus of
your browser.
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When starting webAPX only an empty page is presented:
This happens generally after updating the webAPX System Configuration File or
the messages file ‘./system/messages.xml’. The structure of the XML file is not correct.
To find the line in error double click on the file, this will open your browser
and it will explain the syntax error.
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When starting webAPX the Login page contains only error messages:
This happens generally after updating the webAPX System Configuration File or
the messages file ‘./system/messages.xml’. The structure of the XML file is not correct.
To find the line in error double click on the file, this will open your browser
and it will explain the syntax error.
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My browser says I have no right to access the webAPX page:
This error occurs generally due to a routing problem or an invalid proxy
definition in the browser. Another reason could be that you misspelled the URL
or the port to access webAPX on your web-server.
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I cannot get a valid web page but I already checked every thing:
Have a look into the log file of Apache located in:
‘<Apache directory>/logs/error.log’, the corresponding log file of IIS or the
Windows Event Viewer.
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After updating the configuration file, the changes are not active:
You must close all browser windows and restart the browser after an update of
the webAPX System Configuration File. This is done this way for performance reasons
on the server side.
Do not forget that a lot of parameters are stored in cookies. You must perhaps
remove all your webAPX-cookies too as described in a previous question.
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I cannot connect to my DB, each time I get an ODBC error:
If you are sure the Data Source Name, user-id and password are correct, check
that the ODBC configured on the web-server webAPX is running on, is a ‘SYSTEM’
Data Source and not a ‘USER’ data source.
PCC.EXE can deal with a user-DSN but Apache and IIS can’t.
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I cannot connect to my Oracle DB with ODBC Instant Client version 10.2.:
As you can read in many forums on Internet this ODBC driver seems to be broken.
Please install the version 11.1 of the driver which seems to be more stable.
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Can I run SSL/TLS on the Apache server?
The Apache server hosting webAPX can be configured with SSL/TLS support without
additional customization in webAPX. The users have to use the HTTPS protocol in
place of HTTP. A sample script to create the requested certificates is
installed under Windows: ‘.\bin\createSSLcert.cmd’.
It is the site responsibility to properly install the SSL option on the
web-server.
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My chief security officer is worried about cookies:
The default installation of webAPX encrypts the cookies before to send them to
the user’s browser.
The element ‘encryptCookies’ of the webAPX System Configuration File can
be changed to ‘no’ in order to do not encrypt the cookies. The utilisation of
this feature requires the ‘php_openssl‘ extension and library to be
activated in the PHP configuration as described in the installation’s guide.
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When does webAPX checks for a new version of the software?
webAPX checks at session start if a new version of the software is available
for download from the Internet. By default the check is started 15 seconds
after the page is presented. This means, that if the user quickly enters the
login information, the check is skipped. The developers of webAPX preferred to
work with some delay in order to overcome the possible Internet-breakdowns
without disrupting the user’s work.
The delay to check for an update can be customized with the element ‘delayCheckVersion’ of the webAPX System Configuration
File.
The check for an update can be suppressed with the element ‘checkNewVersion’ set to ‘no’ in the webAPX System Configuration
File.
Please note:
1. This test can take a few minutes if no Internet connection is available,
2. During that time the ‘Connect’ button in the Login page is disabled.
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In the documentation area of the Login page the message ‘Cannot check
for new version!’ appears:
webAPX checks at session start if a new version of the software is available
for download from the Internet. If for any reason the Internet site ‘www.unisoftware.ch/webapx’
cannot be reached then the above message is displayed. The check on new version
can be disabled with the element ‘checkNewVersion’ of the webAPX System Configuration
File.
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My chief security officer does not like that every one can see the
administrator’s documentation:
The name of the help files presented in the Login page are stored in the webAPX
System Configuration File into the sub-elements of ‘helPages’. These names can be customized to
point to a Site specific page or multiple pages. A sample wrapper called ‘./doc/wrapperWebAPX.html’ is created during the
installation. Please use it as an example in order to create your own page
because it will be overwritten during an upgrade of the software.
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My security officer does not like the ‘safe_mode=off’ option:
This option must be set in order to install and run webAPX. The easiest way is
to set this option in the ‘PHP.INI’ file. Another way is to set this option in the Apache configuration
file ‘httpd.conf’
only at the level of the virtual server of webAPX. See the PHP and Apache
documentation to set this option.
Questions about the
Index page
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The file pointed by the APX/PCC help is only partly displayed:
This is a security option of Microsoft. The ‘.chm’ help files cannot be displayed
directly from a server or from a network drive. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054/ for more information. The following sample
Registry-commands can be used to enable the display of help files in your
browser.
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000003
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How can I suppress the link to the APX/PCC help?
The element ‘helpPCC’ can be changed in the webAPX System Configuration File to ‘disable’. In this case the link will not be
displayed.
The element can be changed to another URL in order to display another page.
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How can I display the APX/PCC help file under Firefox?
Under Firefox an Add-on must be installed to be able to display a ‘.chm’ (Compiled help) file.
The Add-on can be downloaded at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3235.
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How can I suppress access to some pages?
To suppress the access to a specific page the corresponding element ’pageNN/enablePage’ of the webAPX System Configuration
File must be set to ’false’ The corresponding button in the
navigation bar will be automatically removed.
Questions about the RCS’s page
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The RCS’s-description field displayed is too long for my page size:
You can update the element ’page02/descriptionLineLength’ of the webAPX System Configuration File in order to adjust the length of
this field on the page. If the description length is adjusted, the full
description is displayed into a tooltip when the cursor stays for a moment on
the field.
Questions about the
Production page
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How can I can I change the default presentation of the Production page
You can update the element ’page03/show Hierarchy’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to
change the default presentation.
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Can I choose task-names versus full path names in the Production page?
You can update the element ’page03/displayShortName’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to ‘yes’ to display the tasks-names or to ‘no’ to display the full path names.
The other information is presented into a tooltip when the cursor stays for a
moment on the field.
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Can I present the Job numbers in the Production page?
You can update the element ’page03/displayJobNumber’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to ‘yes’ to display the job numbers.
Additionally the activation of this option allows to sort on that column.
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The Tasks and Networks-description field displayed is too long for my
page size:
You can update the element ’page03/descriptionLineLength’ of the webAPX System Configuration File in order to adjust the length of
this field on the page. If the description length is adjusted, the full
description is displayed into a tooltip when the cursor stays for a moment on
the field.
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How can I do multiple selections in a selection box?
Keep the key ‘Control’ down when selecting multiple choices from a selection
box.
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The height of selection boxes does not fit my requirements:
You can update the element ’page03/selectBoxHeight’ of the webAPX System Configuration File in order to adjust the size of the
selection box.
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The context menu does not present a link to the Production graph for
some tasks:
The link is not presented if not enough execution statistics are available.
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How can I suppress the display of the ‘Severity’ column?
The element ‘page03/displaySeverity’ can be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File to ‘no’. In this case the column will not be displayed.
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How can I suppress the display of the User Code/Name column?
The element ‘page03/displayUserCode’ can be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File to ‘no’. In this case the column will not be displayed.
Questions about the
Events page
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The ‘Events’ button is not presented:
The button is presented only if your database version is
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I do not want to see the Tasks numbers:
The element ‘page09/displayJobNumber’ can be changed in the webAPX System Configuration
File to ‘no’.
Questions about the
Resources page
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I do not want to see the Tasks numbers:
The element ‘page09/displayJobNumber’ can be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File to ‘no’.
Questions about the
Profiles page
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How can I can I change the default presentation of the Profiles page
You can update the element ’page07/show Hierarchy’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to
change the default presentation.
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How can I can I select on full path names in the Profiles page
Samples of full path name selections:
client:% Selects all projects and jobs of a
Client
client:/project/% Selects all sub-projects and jobs of a Client
and its project
%/project/% Selects all sub-projects and jobs
of a project
%name% Selects all clients,
projects or jobs containing ‘name’ in there names.
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Can I choose to select on the
task name only in the Profiles page
You can update the element ’page07/selectFullPath’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to ‘no’ to select on tasks-names only.
The default is to select on the full path-name.
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Can I choose task-names versus
full path names in the Profiles page
You can update the element ’page07/displayShortName’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to ‘yes’ to display the tasks-names or to ‘no’ to display the full path names.
The other information is presented into a tooltip when the cursor stays for a
moment on the field.
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How do I get the external documentation displayed?
First check the URL
you gave for the external documentation in the profiles. The URL can be:
file:\\server\resource\filename or http://server/webpagename
Due to security restrictions a local or network drive cannot be used.
Please check the authorization to access the file on the server, an error could
be displayed in the status line of the MS-Internet Explorer or in the ‘Error
Console’ of Firefox.
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The context menu does not present a link to the Production graph for
some tasks:
The link is not presented if not enough execution statistics are available.
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How can I suppress the display of the ‘Severity’ column?
The element ‘page07/displaySeverity’ can be changed in the webAPX System
Configuration File to ‘no’. In this case the column will not be displayed.
Questions about the
Monthly Forecast page
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Can I choose task-names versus
full path names in the Forecast page
You can update the element ’page03/displayShortName’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to ‘yes’ to display the tasks-names or to ‘no’ to display the full path names.
The other information is presented into a tooltip when the cursor stays for a
moment on the field.
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How can I generate a monthly forecast?
You generate the monthly forecast by given the month and year to generate in
the field ‘Forecast month.year’, select the radio button ‘Generate the
forecast’ and finally click the button ‘Apply the selection’.
A ‘Please wait’ window is presented until the forecast is generated. Depending
on the size of your schedule, the process can take some time.
When done, the log of the monthly forecast generation is presented.
Click the button ‘Apply the selection’ to display the monthly forecast.
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How can I remove the data of the previously generated monthly forecasts?
The generated forecasts will never be automatically deleted. Each site can
implement its own procedure to remove the previous forecasts from the
directory: ’.\cache’. The
suffix ‘_YYYYMM.XML’
corresponds to the forecast itself. The suffixes ‘_convert.XML’, ‘_YMTV.XML’, ‘.log’and ‘.state’ correspond to work files.
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My security officer does not like that a user can see the entire
forecast:
You can update the element ’page08/checkAuthorizations’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to restrain the view of each user to
his/her own production.
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The context menu does not present a link to the Production graph for
some tasks:
The link is not presented if not enough execution statistics are available.
Questions about the
APX-Protocol page
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My security officer does not like that a user can see the entire
APX-Protocol:
You can update the element ’page04/forceUser’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to restrain the view of each user to
his/her own production protocol messages. The user PCCDBA will view every
message anyway.
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The message field displayed is too long for my page size:
You can update the element ’page04/messageLineLength’ of the webAPX System Configuration File in
order to adjust the length of this field on the page. If the message length is
adjusted, the full message is displayed into a tooltip when the cursor stays
for a moment on the field.
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The user name displayed should contain her/his IP-address:
You can update the element ’page04/stripIpFromUser’ of the webAPX System Configuration File in
order to suppress the automatic stripping of the IP-address in this field.
Starting with version 1.5.2 (245) of APX-Control, the IP address of the user is
saved in addition to the username.
Questions about the
Spool page
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The size of the area displaying the spools content does not match my
needs:
You can update the element ’page05/defaultLines’ of the webAPX System Configuration File in order to adjust the height of the
text area.
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How do I get the spools displayed under IIS-server?
1. The IIS administrator must create a new Virtual Directory in order to gain
the authorization to access the production spools from their physical
directory.
2. You must adapt the parameter spoolNameRename in the webAPX System Configuration File to
access this Virtual Directory. For more details see the ‘Installation guide’.
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How do I get the very large spools displayed?
Generally the browsers do not accept very large spools.
webAPX has the option to download the large spools in place of displaying them
directly in the browser. The spools larger than a user given size will be
downloaded from the directory they are stored in i.e.: C:\Program Files\APX-PCC15\Joblog.
You must adapt the elements bigSpoolSize and spoolNameRename in the webAPX System Configuration File. See
the information contained in the System Configuration File to get the details
about these elements. For more details see the ‘Installation guide’.
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The downloaded large spools are not displayed by the browser:
If the downloaded large spool file is not presenting the information as expected,
you must delete the current program linked to the extension ‘.SPL’ in the
Windows Explorer suffix definitions. If the ‘Delete’ button is disabled, you
must first use the ‘Reset’ button and then you can delete the link. A new trial
to download a large spool file will ask for the program to use to display the
APX-spools and save that setting for the future downloads.
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The processing of the large spools is blocked as a Popup:
This is the way the
files are downloaded. You must configure your browser to authorize the Popup
windows, at least for webAPX.
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How do I access the spool directory directly from Apache?
To access the APX-Spool directory directly from Apache, its configuration file
must be updated with an ALIAS and a DIRECTORY instruction pointing to the
APX-Spool directory.
The ALIAS name must be stored into the spoolNameRename element in the webAPX System
Configuration File.
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How can I get the spools from another web server?
If the spools are managed by another web server you must adapt the parameters:
set bigSpoolSize to 1, this means rename the spool index
for every spool,
set spoolNameRename
to i.e. HTTP://myServer/myJoblogs
in the webAPX System Configuration File. See the information contained in the
System Configuration File to get details about these elements.
With these definitions the spools will be downloaded from the server and not
displayed in the webAPX page. For more details see the ‘Installation guide’.
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How can I get the spools from an FTP server?
If the spools are stored on a FTP server you must adapt the parameters:
set bigSpoolSize to 1, this means rename the spool index
for every spool
set spoolNameRename
to i.e. FTP://myServer/myJoblogs
in the webAPX System Configuration File. See the information contained in the
System Configuration File to get details about these elements.
With these definitions the spools will be downloaded from the server and not
displayed in the webAPX page. For more details see the ‘Installation guide’.
Questions about the Feedback page
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When sending my feedback I cannot connect to the mail server:
The element ’eMailServer’ of the webAPX system configuration file contains the name of the SMTP mail
server webAPX tries to connect to. To correct the error either change the
server name with your own SMTP server or check the firewall parameters with your network administrator. The SMTP
server name can be given directly in the feedback page too.
Depending on the installation of the web-server the error messages are either
displayed directly in the user-browser, stored into the Apache server log file:
‘<Apache
directory>/logs/error.log’, in the corresponding IIS log file or in the Windows Event Viewer.
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Why webAPX is caching the graphs?
The graphs are cached during the user session to reduce the resources
utilisation of the server webAPX is running on.
Each user has different cache files which expire at the end of the session. You
can remove your own cache files without impact on the other users of webAPX as
described in the answer to a further question.
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The time the graphs are kept in cache does not match my needs:
You can update the element ’page06/durationCache’ of the webAPX system configuration file in order to adjust the delay the
graphs are cached.
A duration of zero in the element will suppress caching for all graphs and
increase the resources utilization on the server webAPX is running on.
The element ’page03/durationCache’ of the webAPX system configuration file can be used to adjust the delay the
graphs produced in the Production page are cached.
Please note that the graphs presenting information about the current production
are not cached.
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How can I remove the graphs of my current session from the cache?
Use the corresponding check-box in the selection part of the Graph page and
click the ‘Apply the selection’ button.
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How can I remove all files from the cache?
Suppress all ‘*.pgn’ files contained in the directory: ‘./cache’.
All cache files for all users will be removed.
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How can I set a default size of the graphs displayed in the Graphs page?
You can update the element ’page06/graphUserSize’ of the webAPX system configuration file in order to set a default size for
the graphs.
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How can I change the default size of the graphs displayed in the
Production page?
You can update the element ’page03/graphSize’ of the webAPX system configuration file in order to adjust the size the
graphs.
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How can I change the default size of the graphs displayed in the
Forecast page?
You can update the element ’page03/graphSize’ of the webAPX system configuration file in order to adjust the size the
graphs.
Questions about
Site specific pages
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How can I link my own pages to webAPX (Site Specific Pages)?
The option must be activated with the element ’sitePage’ of the webAPX System Configuration
File. Additionally the element ’sitePageURL’ must define the link to the first Site specific page. The URL can be relative
to the webAPX-Server i.e. ‘./page90.html’ or an absolute address i.e. ‘http://www.unisoftware.ch’. The page ‘page90.html’ can be
used as sample to create your own pages.
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How can I disable the RSS feeds in my site?
The element ’rssAPX/enableRSS’ of the webAPX System Configuration File must
be set to ‘no’.
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How can I change the TTL element in the channels webAPX generates?
The element ’rssAPX02/waitRedisplay’ and ’rssAPX03/waitRedisplay’ of the webAPX System Configuration
File must be set to the required delay in minutes.
Questions
about the Properties page
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How can I disable the presentation of this page?
Set the element ’propertiesPage’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to
‘no’.
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How can I disable the update of the password in this page?
Set the element ’propertiesPagePwd’ of the webAPX System Configuration File to
‘no’.
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How can I change the TTL element in the channels webAPX generates?
The element ’rssAPX02/waitRedisplay’ and ’rssAPX03/waitRedisplay’ of the webAPX System Configuration
File must be set to the required delay in minutes.
Version 1.0.0
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September
2005
Basic version of webAPX.
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October
23. 2005
Add the display of the APX-protocol.
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October
26. 2005
Start working with cookies.
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Create the French version
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Makes user dependent CSS.
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November
4. 2005
Allow a user defined maxi length for the descriptions and messages to display.
Store the full descriptions and messages in tool tips attached to these fields.
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November
8. 2005
Check compatibility and customize connection to Oracle.
check the APXDB version number.
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November
9. 2005
Restart Apache in the ‘setup’ procedure.
Check if the external documentation column is set in APXDB.
Make the display of the external documentation a site option.
Version 1.0.1
·
November
10. 2005
Add a site option to enable or not the update of the DSN in the Login page.
Add a site option to enable or not the update of the user name in the Login
page.
Correct some bugs with ‘cookies’ processing.
Rewrite of the default CSS to use keyword based font-sizes.
Version 1.0.2
·
January
9. 2006 – January 11. 2006
Display the name of the currently logged user in the header.
Display the Version of the database in the footer.
Allow to customize the default start page for every user.
Allow to customize the default start page at user level. This option requires
the cookies authorization.
Create a CSS-class for the icons.
Better presentation of the icons.
Create a CSS-class for the empty lines.
Check authorisations at group as well as user level.
In some cases the first RCS or task was displayed twice on the top line.
The backwards scrolling was not correctly handled when the first page was
reached.
Empty pages were printed when selection on user.
Change the position of the ‘nextPage’ and ‘previousPage’ buttons on the page.
Disable the ‘nextPage’ button at the end of the selection to display; only
possible in the tasks list.
Disable the ‘previousPage’ button at the top of the selection to display.
Version 1.0.3
·
January
18. 2006 – January 19. 2006
Rewrite the XSL’s used during the installation of webAPX.
Update the save and setup procedure to use the new XSL.
Add a new option in the system.xml file to exclude the projects from the list of the tasks displayed.
Production page: add a new selection box to exclude the projects.
Production page: display the description of the RCS in a pop-up text when the
cursor stays a few seconds on the field.
Production page: read only once, at session start, the list of the RCS and
their description (Performance reason).
Production page: read only once, at session start, the user’s authorizations
(Performance reason).
Better handling in case of invalid language code.
Version 1.0.4
·
May
2006
Add a context menu on the headers of each page to choose the sort field and
mode.
Allow ascending and descending sort modes.
The default sort mode for each page is stored in the webAPX System
Configuration File.
Sort field and sort mode for each page are saved in the cookies. These settings
are kept over the sessions of each user.
Add a context menu on each task to send commands to APX-Control. This option
can be disabled in the webAPX System Configuration File.
Split the long text fields, descriptions and message texts, in user defined
line length. The default length for each page is stored in the System
Configuration File.
Add a continuation sign ‘../..’ if only a part of the description or message is
displayed. The maximum length displayed is defined in the configuration file.
Add a ‘tooltip’ to display the full description only if the description or
message is not entirely displayed.
When installing a new version, the cookies are automatically removed and
ignored only if there structures have changed. This means, the previous user
settings are removed and the site default values are reset. This is the case
with the version 1.0.4.
Display the spool output from the jobs contained in the current schedule.
Version 1.0.5 / June 2006
·
Add
a feedback page to send a mail to UNISOFTWARE. The mail can contain the webAPX
System Configuration File and other debugging information.
·
Add
a sort selection menu to the RCS’s displayed in the Production page.
·
Suppress
the tasks / Networks with Status ‘W’ from the selection.
Version 1.0.6 / July 2006
·
Display
the version of Apache and PHP in the footer.
·
Suppress
following error message in Apache log: Initialized string in ‘page03_01.php’.
·
Suppress
following error message in Apache log: Undefined index in ‘page03_01.php’.
·
Suppress
following error messages in Apache log: Undefined index in ‘start_01.php’.
·
Suppress
following error messages in Apache log: Undefined index in ‘footer_01.html’.
·
Display
the DB-server type, mssql or oracle, in the footers.
·
Change
the font and colour of the login button.
·
Command
to APX was erroneous when send to an oracle DB.
·
Sort
on description by RCS and Tasks was erroneous when accessing an oracle DB.
·
Suppress
warning messages in Apache log when a feedback is sent.
·
If
invalid User/password or ODBC connect error, the language code was lost.
·
Wrong
selection on Tasks without state when using an Oracle Database.
Version 1.0.7 / July 14. 2006
·
Tasks
selection based on username was erroneous when accessing an Oracle database.
Version 1.0.8 / August 07-09. 2006
·
Better
CSS support with less tables.
·
Translation
of the texts in German.
·
Smaller
liner between RCS’s and jobs when using Firefox.
·
Suppress
margins around icons in RCS and production pages.
·
Add
a context menu to send pre-defined commands to APX-Control.
·
An
icon and a context dependent ‘title’ are displayed when a task is awaiting for
dependencies.
·
An
icon and a context dependent ‘title’ are displayed when a task is awaiting for
resources.
·
An
icon and a context dependent ‘title’ are displayed when a task is awaiting for
dataset.
·
An
icon and a context dependent ‘title’ are displayed when a task is awaiting for
its earliest start time.
·
Option
‘cookies=remove’:
The function has been corrected in order to really remove every cookie.
·
Page
‘Feedback’:
Display the mail server name and allow the user to overwrite it.
·
The
refresh function is processed with the tag <META HTTP-EQUIV> in place of
a JavaScript.
·
New
defaults for the elements ‘dsnAPX’ and ‘userAPX’ in the webAPX System Configuration File.
·
Suppress
the blue box around the XMTL-strict logo.
·
In
case of error during the connection to the database, the password is not
displayed any more except if the debugging mode is activated.
·
Check
if the product license is OK. If not the user gets a message but can view up to
20 pages and then webAPX cancels the session.
·
Read
the ‘messages.xml’
file only once per session to speedup the generation of the pages.
Version 1.0.9 / August – September - October 2008
Changes and corrections:
·
Nicer
display of the spool page with Firefox.
·
Better
use of the CSS properties.
·
Better
handling of the changes in the CSS-files.
·
Procedure
Setup.cmd: The link created on the desktop is now context dependent.
·
Make
the buttons ‘Light grey’ when disabled for a better look with Firefox.
·
Disable
the ‘Login’ button during the check for a new version.
·
Suppress
the 1/1000th of seconds when displaying the APX-Control last action
date/time.
·
The
state WAIT in the APX-Control status is now customizable with the CSS.
·
The
spool screen is scrambled if the displayed spool contains non-ASCII characters.
·
Force
the reload of the CSS files into the cache after installing a new version and
at each session start.
·
Suppress
the not pure XTHML attribute: ‘target=’.
·
Change
the character set of ‘messages.xml’ to ISO-8859-1. It is easier to update.
·
The
vertical alignment of the texts displayed in the ‘dataTable’ is now in the
middle of the row.
·
Set
the focus on the password field in the Login page.
·
Set
focus on the command field in the APX-Command menu.
·
Set
the state of APX-Control to DOWN when the ‘last action’ time does not change.
New functions and features:
·
Saved
passwords in the cookies can be encrypted. Option positioned via the system.xml configuration file.
·
In
the Production page a context menu gives access to: Profile display, Spool
display, Task history graph, Change Status and Send a command to APX-Control.
The menu is opened when the user clicks anywhere in the line containing the
task to select.
A second click on the task will close the opened menu.
A second click on the task’s line will close the information area.
·
The
Production page can display the profile of the task in the current production.
·
The
Production page can display the spool of the current job.
·
The
Production page can display the graph of the runtime history for any task.
·
Each
customer can create Site specific pages and link them with webAPX. The system
parameters ‘sitePage’ and ‘sitePageURL’ were added to parameterize this option.
·
Total
re-looking of the webAPX pages.
·
Integrate
the license check with the APX database. Use the ‘checklic.exe’ program.
·
Check
for ’lite’ license.
·
Automatic
check for new version of webAPX on Internet. Can be disabled for the site.
Delay before to check can be customized.
·
An
icon is displayed in the title lines indicating the sort field and order
currently used.
Version 1.1.0 / November 2006 – January 2007
Changes and corrections:
·
Suppress
the check for new version in internet as
soon as the ‘Connect’ button is pressed.
·
More
links to select a spool in the spool index.
·
Set
the html-content type to work only with iso-8859-1 character set in every
pages.
New functions and features:
·
The
new graph function needs some changes in your PHP-configuration file.
Check with the Installation’s guide for
webAPX.
·
Graphs:
Allow user defined cache duration.
·
Graphs:
Allow to manually remove the cache files of the current session.
·
Support
of the Informix database.
Version 1.1.1 / February 2007 – March 2007
Changes and corrections:
·
Check
if the PHP-module gd2 is loaded from the PHP.INI file and send an error message
if not.
New functions and features:
·
webAPX
can be installed on a Linux server running Apache and PHP and access an Oracle
Production Database. See the installation guide
for more information about the installation of the server. The current version
of webAPX cannot access the spool files if they are not stored in an SMB shared
directory and the Linux server cannot access this directory.
·
webAPX
can be installed on a Linux server running Apache and PHP and access an
Informix Production Database. See the installation
guide for more information about the installation of the server. The current
version of webAPX cannot access the spool files if they are not stored in an
SMB shared directory and the Linux server cannot access this directory.
·
The
installation or upgrade of webAPX is now done in two steps:
1. Prepare the installation with the ‘setup.cmd’ or ‘setup.sh’ scripts
2. Post-installation process during the first connection to webAPX.
·
This
new version of webAPX requires the XSL-extension of PHP.
Please install it before to upgrade to this version.
Version 1.1.2 / March – April 2007
Changes and corrections:
·
Check
if the PHP-option ‘safe_mode = off’ is set. Mandatory for the installation and
utilisation of webAPX.
New functions and features:
·
The
production spools can be retrieved from a UNIX/RCS where they are saved.
New parameter spoolDirectory in the webAPX System Configuration File.
·
Better
license check.
Version 1.1.3 / June 2007
Changes and corrections:
·
Better
handling of the XML-Ajax files
·
When
opening the External Documentation the contextual menu is not opened an more.
New functions and features:
·
The
External Documentation for a Network or a job is opened in a new windows.
One windows for each different Job or project.
Version 1.1.4 / November 2007
Corrections:
·
Tipping
errors in the SYSTEM.XML file.
·
Message
‘Invalid variable’ displayed during the upgrade.
·
Login
pages:
When changing the language or the first page to display the same login page is
redisplayed once.
·
Production
page:
The HOLD tasks are not selected when asking for ‘Tasks in any state (not
blank)’.
·
Production
page:
The REDO command is not allowed for Tasks in ‘F’ state any more.
·
Production
page:
Display a red-hand icon if the RCS defined in a job is undefined in APX/PCC.
·
Graphs
page:
The graph in cache is not removed when the selection criteria are changed.
·
Graphs
page:
The message ‘No license’ is displayed when it shouldn’t.
·
All
pages:
The DOWN status is displayed when it shouldn’t.
·
All
pages:
Finer test of the authorizations.
·
All
pages:
Better handling of the CSS files.
New functions and features:
·
Production
page:
New system option to automatically append or not the parameter ‘O=NH’ to a REDO
command sent.
·
Production
page:
The option remove of a job has been suppressed. It is not PCC.EXE conform any
more
·
Production
page:
New system option to customize the command sent when loading a job or project:
LOAD_JOB or ADD_JOB can be used.
·
Production
page:
New system option to automatically append or not the parameter ‘O=NH’ to a
LOAD_JOB / ADD_JOB command sent.
·
Production
page:
The sort order ‘tasks names’ has been expended to occur on the full name,
Mandant (Client) + Network(s) + Job.
·
Production
page:
The title (tooltip) associated to the task name now contains the full name of
the task.
·
Production
page / Command to APX-Control:
The command text is displayed in ‘Courier new’ in place of arial.
·
Production
page:
Underline the Links for the External Documentation.
·
Graph
page:
In addition to the default values, the size of the graphs can be user-defined.
·
Profiles
page:
This new page allow to display the authorized profiles and to load these tasks
in production-
New options in the webAPX System Configuration
file:
·
Production
page:
<commandRedoNohold> yes / no
<commandLoad> ADD_JOB
<commandLoadNohold> yes / no
·
Graphs
page:
< graphUserSize> 600x600
·
Profiles
page:
<selectTexte> %
<sortOrder> name
<sortMode> asc
<maxiPerPage> 30
<displayShortName> no
<waitRedisplay> 120
<descriptionLength> 100
<descriptionLineLength> 50
<extendedDescription> yes / no
<excludeNetworks> no / yes
<allowCommand> yes / no
<commandLoad> ADD_JOB
<commandLoadNohold> yes / no
Version 1.1.5 / November 2007
Corrections:
·
Login
page:
The check for a new version of webAPX with the MS-Internet Explorer is active
again.
·
Login
page:
Force reload of the entire page.
·
Production
page:
Better processing when presenting the external documentation.
·
Profiles
page:
Better processing when presenting the external documentation.
New functions and features:
·
Installation:
The Windows version of webAPX is now delivered with a setup program called:
‘webAPXsetup.exe.
In order to install webAPX, you just have to execute the program either
directly from Internet or locally after you downloaded it.
·
Every
page:
The delay between two refreshes of the APX-Control status is given in the
webAPX System Configuration File.
·
Profiles
page:
The projects and their related jobs are presented with a kind of hierarchy. The
jobs belonging to the above displayed project are shifted to the right.
·
Spool
page:
Add a ‘Return’ button.
New options in the webAPX System Configuration
file:
·
Every
page:
< delayCheckAPXcontrol> 60
Version 1.1.6 / December 2007
Corrections:
·
New functions and features:
·
Profiles
page:
When displaying the profile of a particular task its dependencies are shown.
Version 1.1.7 / January – February 2008
Corrections:
·
Display
the ‘phpinfo()’ page in case of error during the initial installation or the
upgrade to a new version.
·
Automatic
refresh of the ‘index’ page after the installation of a new version.
·
The
graph modules were missing in the Windows installation package.
·
Empty
Production and Profile pages were presented if the case of the UserId was not
respected.
·
The
Apache server and the PHP package can be install with the webToolsAPX setup
program
·
The
Setup program is renamed to ‘webToolsAPX_setup.exe’.
·
The
Apache server is stopped and started only if installed with
webToolsAPX_setup.exe.
New functions and features:
·
A
standard bundled ‘apache’ and PHP server can be selected for installation in
the setup program.
·
webAPX has
been extended to run under an IIS Server ‘Internet Information Service’.
·
New
option in the webAPX System Configuration File: spoolNameRename, used to gain access to the
production spools under IIS.
Programme webToolsAPX_setup.exe:
·
Suppress
an extraneous debugging message box.
·
When
the Installation Directory is chosen by the user, do not append it with
webToolsAPX.
·
If
Apache is not installed assume ‘webapx’ as website name in shortcuts generated.
Version 1.1.8 / March – April 2008
Corrections:
·
Change
the way the license is checked. The external program is suppressed.
·
Generate
the web pages with the parameter ‘no-cache’.
New functions and features:
·
Programme webToolsAPX_setup.exe:
·
Suppress
old logs at the end of the Apache installation.
·
Install
the versioning tool ‘subversion’ during a new installation of Apache.
Version 1.1.9 / July - September 2008
Corrections:
·
Change
the way the user is checked.
Empty replies where returned if the ODBC definition was erroneous (Windows
authorisation checked) or the user not OK or empty.
·
Better
selection on inactive RCS's.
·
Do
not display the 'Check for new version' message in the login screen, if no
check is required.
·
The
Information box about APX-Control contains only the machine name. The operating
system and version information were moved to the footers.
·
In
order to be XHTML-compatible, the special characters contained in every
description are replaced with HTML-entities.
New functions and features:
·
Add
the APX-Icon on the browser address line.
·
The
machine name, operating system and version are presented in the footer lines of
each page.
·
The
large spool files can be downloaded in place of displaying them in the browser.
Version 1.2.0 / September - October 2008
Corrections:
·
Install
PHP 5.2.6 in order to have a better compatibility with Windows XP.
·
Install
the need icons with the setup program.
·
Minor
corrections in the default style sheet of webAPX to better support different
character sizes.
·
Suppress
the error message in the Apache log if no spool exists for a task.
New functions and features:
·
webAPX
generates an RSS-Feed for the status of the RCS’s and the current production.
·
The
RSS-Feed function can be disabled in the webAPX System Configuration File.
·
The
computer name displayed in the APX-Control status window was truncated.
·
Complete
rewrite of the SQL statements to speed-up the login of a new user and the
display of the profiles and production tasks.
Version 1.2.1 / November 2008
Corrections:
·
The
context menus were not placed where they should when using MS-Explorer.
·
Some
minor corrections in the German translations.
New functions and features:
·
Create
a script '\Install Dir\bin\createSSLcert.cmd' to actualize the SSL certificate
for Apache. Just run this script, reply to some questions and restart Apache.
The port Number for SSL connections is: 5181.
·
In
the production page all spools of a task can be displayed. Previously the task
had to be in status 'F' or 'C' or be a periodic task to get the spool.
Version 1.2.2 / December 2008 - January 2009
Corrections:
·
The
title 'DataSourceName' is missing in the login page.
·
Modification
some icons to make then easier to read.
·
A
lot of mandants, projects and jobs are missing in the Profiles page.
·
Get
the spools of a task also if the job / project was renamed.
·
Show
the Status 2 and the Return codes in the Production RSS-feed.
·
Correct
minor bugs in the Unix installation procedure.
·
Recheck
the Oracle compatibility and make modifications as required.
·
Clean-up
some inconsistencies in the presentation of the redisplay mode.
·
Better
handling of the download for big spools.
·
Rewrite
the context menu processing. Exact positioning of the menu under the cursor
with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Less data will be transferred from the
server to the user browser.
·
Almost
every javascripts are stored in the ‘./js/webapx_01.js’ member. The scripts
will be cached in the user browser and therefore the response time will be
enhanced.
·
Rewrite
the HTML and CSS code for the control and selection blocks.
·
Recheck
the validity of every page with XHTML.
·
New
presentation of the RSS-feed page.
New functions and features:
·
On
the header of each page, except the login page, the following information from
the database are presented:
Company name, ODBC data source name, Database name and User account.
To suppress this new default information add the following line in the site
style sheet file ‘./css/siteScreen.css’:
.titleBlock li p { display: none; }
·
Present
the Data Source Name and the Username used by the current connection to the DB
in the footer of each page.
·
The
webAPX System Configuration File
can contain a list of multiple DSN’s. In that case webAPX will present a
combo-box the users can select the needed DSN in.
·
In
order to make it clearer some texts are changed in the selection part of the
Production page.
·
The
way tasks are selected of the Production page has been enhanced in order to
make it easier and simpler to use.
·
In
the Production page the State1/State2 column shows 'H' if the task is in hold
but has no special state.
·
In
the Production RSS-feed the State shows 'H' if the task is in hold but has no
special state.
·
The
background colour of every page, except the login page, is taken from the
Global Option ‘COMMON/EnvironmentStyle’ in the APX-database accessed by the
current webAPX session. If no information is stored in APXDB, the values
from the Style sheets are used.
·
The
user level CSS style sheet has been reactivated.
·
The
print CSS style sheet has been improved.
·
The
CSS screen definition has been made simpler. With one instruction in the site
style sheet the character size of every page can be modified.
i.e.: html, body
{font-size: 10px;}
·
Add
the standard navigation buttons in the RSS-feed selection page and make the
look webAPX conform.
·
Extend
webAPX with the new features of APX DB version 1.5.2.0.
·
The
time zone codes can be displayed with the dates and times in the profiles. The
display can be activated or suppressed with the options 'page03 / timeZoneCode'
and 'page07 / timeZoneCode' in the webAPX System Configuration File. The
installation default is not to show them.
·
The
events are presented in the profiles when displayed from the Profiles page or
from the Production page.
·
The
name of the help files presented in the Login page are stored in the webAPX
System Configuration File. These names can be customized to point to a site
specific page or multiple pages. A wrapper called ‘./doc/wrapperWebAPX.css’ is created during the
installation. Please use it as a sample only because it will be overwritten
during an update.
Version 1.2.3 / February 2009 (First 2 weeks)
Corrections:
·
In
order to make it easier to read, the default font-size to display the spools is
set to 100% in the stylesheet ‘webapxScreen.css’. The element ‘font-size’ has been removed.
·
Suppress
the erroneous message ‘page07_selectStati invalid index’.
·
Create
a complete list of the predecessors and successors; the dependency was missing
if the predecessor or successor had a run number not equal to 1.
·
Note: With
Firefox, the version 3.0 is required to get a nice positioning of the context
menus.
·
Once
more we tried make the selection block in the Production page easier to
understand.
·
Suppress
javascript error messages in the RSS page.
·
In
the profile displays suppress the unneeded information about computer / queues
for a project.
·
Better
presentation of the data sent in the feedback mail.
New functions and features:
·
The
new default in the webAPX System Configuration File for a new
installation is to encrypt the passwords stored in the cookies. Passwords will
be encrypted too if the element ‘encryptPassword’ is missing in the System Configuration File.
·
The
profiles presented in the Production and Profiles pages contain the detail of
the awaited datasets and resources.
·
For
customers working with a database at least at version 1.5.2.0 the Production
page presents a specific icon if a task is waiting for an event.
·
The
new element ‘page01/cookies/encryptCookies’ in the webAPX System Configuration
File allows to encrypt all cookies generated by webAPX. This is the default
option. A site can turn this option off.
·
The
new element ‘page01/disableLoginButton’ in the webAPX System Configuration File
allows to disable the login button.
·
Suppress
the clear text passwords from the debugging information.
·
Suppress
the clear text passwords from the feedback data.
·
The
commands are presented in the profiles from the Production and Profiles pages.
Following operating system are supported: APX-Control, Mainframe, Windows,
Unix, SAP/R3 and SAP/BW.
·
Make
webAPX compatible with SQL Server 2000.
·
Better
presentation of the messages after sending a feedback mail.
Version 1.2.4 / February 2009 (Last 2 weeks)
Corrections:
·
Server
name in the Control-box is truncated if it contains a zero.
·
Error
in the 'message.xml' file in German.
·
Load
a job or a project with the context menu in the Profiles page is incorrect with
some Oracle versions.
·
The
command in a SAP/BW Profile is now correctly presented.
·
Better
XHTML support for the replies of the
·
In
the Production page the height of the selection box for the status is defined
in the stylesheet 'webapxScreen.CSS'.
·
The
display area for profiles and graphs were not correctly cleared.
·
Reload
of a task with some versions of Oracle were not OK.
·
Better
handling of the special characters in the descriptions sent to RSS-Feeds.
·
The
element 'page03/selectBase' in the webAPX System Configuration File has been
renamed to 'page03/selectBaseStati'.
·
With
the new version of PHP, the encrypting procedure returns an error message if no
data to encrypt.
·
The
spool stored in a virtual directory of the IIS server is not displayed.
·
A
spool filename containing blanks is not displayed under certain systems.
New functions and features:
·
Add
a context menu in the RCS's page to check the computer state. The command
'COMP_STATE' is sent to APX.
·
New
element 'page02/allowCommand' in the webAPX System Configuration File to check if
sending a COMP_STATE command is allowed by the site.
·
The
data of the profiles are presented with the font 'system,monospace' in place of
'Arial' to obtain a clearer presentation of the information.
·
The
ENVIRONMENT information are now presented in the profiles.
·
A
new element 'page01/sitePageNewTab' in the webAPX System Configuration File
force the opening of the Site specific page into a new browser window or Tab.
·
The
Production page contains a new select: Selection on RCS's and/or on Operating
system.
·
New
elements 'page03/selectBaseRcs' and 'page03/selectRcs' are added in the webAPX
System Configuration File to handle the selection on RCS's.
Version 1.3.0 / March - July 2009
Corrections:
·
Suppress
from the cookies the information which is not needed any more.
·
The
'Return' button in the Spool page does not ask for confirmation any more.
·
In
the context menus the link to the historic graph is not presented any more if
not enough statistics are available.
·
The
buttons in the navigation bar have been changed from images to standard DIV
elements allowing a better site customization.
·
The
authorization check in the Production page at group level is now correct.
·
The
authorization check in the Profiles page at group level is now correct.
New functions and features:
·
We
are proud to present you the new page allowing to generate and display the monthly
forecasts.
·
The
User’s authorizations are controlled during each query. This means that the
changes of authorizations in the database are used by webAPX without delay. A restart
of the session is not required any more.
·
New
URL command: 'trace=yes' to start a debugging trace in the apache/IIS log file.
·
The
profiles display in the Profile page now contain its calendar, frequency codes and
dates. If no frequency information is defined the entire line will be skipped.
·
The
debugging information is now presented into text areas. One for the
SQL-Statements and one for the general debugging data. This presentation
facilitates the reading of the information.
The debugging data from the $_SESSION array are sorted.
·
The
paging thru data in every function can be achieved with the key combination:
CTL+Arrows' in addition to the current buttons. 'CTRL+Left arrow' will navigate
to the previous page and 'CTRL+Right arrow' will navigate to the next page.
·
The
new global setting 'phpTimeLimit' in the webAPX System Configuration File can modify the default timeout
where running a PHP program.
·
The
new element 'page03/displayShortName' in the webAPX System Configuration File
allows to display the task name in place of the task name with its full path in
the Production page. The tooltip will present the full path.
· Change webAPX to be compatible with Internet Explorer 8.0
· As in the PCC status line, the 'INACTIVE' status of APX-Control is displayed.
Version 1.3.1 / July 2009
Corrections:
·
Wrong
text displayed by the tooltip of the Previous page button in the Forecast page.
·
The
next page button in the Forecast page is not working as expected.
·
Generic
selection on jobname in the Forecast page is not completely SQL-like.
Version 1.3.2 / July 2009
Corrections:
·
Wrong
setting of the last page button on the RCS's page.
·
The
next page button in the Forecast page is not working as expected. Second trial
to correct it...
·
Generic
selection on jobname in the Forecast page is not completely SQL-like. Second
trial to correct it...
·
Correction
of some German texts.
·
The
commands, description and environment fields presented in the profiles were
unreadable with the new database.
Version 1.3.3 / August 2009
Corrections:
·
Context
menus are not presented at the cursor position with Firefox.
New functions and features:
·
The
Production Page can display a new column containing the Job-Number. A sort on
that column is allowed.
The new parameter 'page03/displayJobNumber' in the System Configuration file
activates this feature.
Version 1.3.4 / August 2009
Corrections:
·
The
profiles for SAP jobs are presented without error message.
·
The
opening and closing of the sort menus has been improved.
·
Some
information messages in the Forecast page have been translated from English to
the user language.
·
The
APX-Control status is incorrect with the new version of the Production
database.
·
The
time of the last APX-Control action is wrong too.
·
The
last selection in the Forecast page is now saved in the cookies
New functions and features:
·
In
the Forecast page a small information window is presented when webAPX is
loading a new page.
·
The
selection of the tasks presented in the Profiles page can now apply on the full
path name. See above for details. This is the new
default.
·
There
are 2 presentation modes of the Profiles page:
- Hierarchical presentation the new default one,
- Flat presentation, as in before.
The new parameter 'page04/showHierarchy' in the System Configuration file
activates can change the default presentation.
Version 1.3.5 / September 2009
Corrections:
·
The
sort of the first level hierarchical presentation of the Profile page is now:
Client and then Project.
·
The
performances of the Production page have been enhanced with a rewrite of the
SQL-statements.
·
The
performances of the flat presentation of the Profiles page have been enhanced with
a rewrite of the SQL-statements.
·
The
selection with or without projects is now working as expected.
New functions and features:
·
The
Projects history graph of can be displayed in the Production page.
·
The
history graphs can be displayed in the Profile page.
·
A
link in the Index page has been added pointing to the APX/PCC help file.
The element ‘helpPCC’ can be changed in the webAPX System Configuration File to disable this
link or change the name of the file pointed by this links.
Please read the note above about the authorization to
display this kind of file.
Version 1.3.6 / September – October 2009
Corrections:
·
In
the Production page the restrictions applied on commands sent to APX-Control
were not always correct.
·
In
the Protocol page the messages contain some html-entities. The text was not
easy to read.
New functions and features:
·
The
Production page can be presented with the projects hierarchy. The selected
projects can be opened wit a simple click.
·
A
new page was created: Properties page.
The passwords and the font size can be changed in this page.
Version 1.3.6 / October and November 2009
Corrections:
·
In
the Production page an error occurred when working with an Oracle database.
·
In
the Production page the icons of the RCS's Operating system was wrong.
·
In
the spool page an unexpected character ‘\n’ appeared.
·
The
Change state Menu was not displayed in the Production page.
·
The
Sql statements of the Protocol page have been enhanced for Oracle and SQL 2005.
·
The
date and time presented in the Protocol page is expressed in the local time of
the webAPX server and not in UTC.
·
Many
enhancement where applied to try to speed up the replies in the different
pages.
New functions and features:
·
The
selection in the Protocol page can now be based on a time delay, for example,
all messages produced during the last 30 minutes. The delay can be given in
days and minutes.
·
The
selection in the Protocol page can now be based on a date/time from and/or
date/time to.
·
The
Production page presents the ‘Severity’ code of the tasks. This column can be
suppressed via the System Configuration File.
·
The
Profiles page presents the ‘Severity’ code of the tasks. This column can be
suppressed via the System Configuration File.
·
The
Production page presents the ‘User code’ and ‘User name’ affected to tasks.
This column can be suppressed via the System Configuration File.
Version 1.3.7 / December 2009 - March 2010
Important notice:
·
The
version 1.3.7 prefers to work with PHP version 5.2.0 or higher.
Please upgrade your PHP server if required; otherwise some options will not be
available.
Corrections:
·
The
spools are now displayed even though if the filename contains a space.
·
The
RSS feeds are working as expected now.
·
The
times presented in the lists of the spools for a task are shown in local time
in place of UTC.
·
The
times presented in the graphs are shown in local time in place of UTC.
·
In
case of error when connecting to the DB, the webAPX version number and date and
time of the last updates are presented in the error page.
·
Better
fields checking and handling in the feedback page.
·
The
history graphs where not always displayed.
New functions and features:
·
The
Events presented in the production profiles now contain the resolved value of its
parameter.
·
The
Events presented in the production profiles can be raised via a link. This
option is only possible if commands to APX-Control are authorized in the System
Configuration File.
Version 1.3.7 / March 2010 - June 2010
Corrections:
·
The
menus handling in the Production Page has been improved.
·
Production
page: the times presented in the profiles are local times.
·
The
earliest start time presented in the Tultips is local time.
·
The
menu ‘
·
In
the Protocol page, the selection on the last 'x' minutes is now correct.
·
By
returning to the Login page from the Protocol page error messages are
displayed.
New functions and features:
·
webAPX
stops if the connection to the web server is not possible during the update of
APX-Control state.
·
A
new selection was added to the RCS's page: Exclude the disabled machines.
·
A
new selection was added to the RSS-feeds: Exclude the disabled machines.
·
A
new option was added to restrict the presented messages from the APX-Protocol
to the one of the current user.
·
A
new option was added to strip the IP-address from the username presented in the
protocol page. This is the new default.
·
In
the Production page an additional icon is presented when a task is 'Dummy'.
·
A
new button in the navigation bar allows to display a help selection menu.
Version 1.3.8 / July 2010
Corrections:
·
In
the Profiles page the entry for displaying the graph is in some cases missing.
·
In
the Profiles page the next/previous buttons are missing.
·
In
the Events page the next/previous buttons are missing.
·
Many
small changes in the Events page.
·
The
descriptions presented in the Tultips are HTML-conform.
New functions and features:
·
Every
menu contains a new 'X' exit button.
·
The
Production page can present the Queue in addition to the RCS the current task
belongs to. If requested, this option must be activated in the System
Configuration File via the element ‘page03/displayQueue’.
·
webAPX
and its components has been upgraded PH 5.3.2.
·
A
new page ‘Resources page’ has been created to present the status of the
resources and the tasks using and waiting for that resources.
Version 1.3.8 Rel. 2 / August 2010
Corrections:
·
The
presentation of the feedback page has been improved.
·
In
the feedback page the port number of the mail server is presented and can be
updated.
·
The
feedback mails are now sent to the email address defined in the system
configuration file and not to an address wired in the program.
·
The
History graphs are correctly presented.
New functions and features:
·
A
click on the lighthouse, at the top left of the screen, switches webAPX
in fullscreen display on and off. Note: Unfortunately the resent
browsers do not allow closing the original window automatically. We have to run
it that way...
Version 1.4.0 / August – November 2010
Corrections:
·
The
Exit button has been added to quit the history graph.
·
The
help menu is closed automatically when a help file is selected.
·
SQL-query
error when sorting on status in the production page.
·
SQL-query
error when sorting on message in the protocol page.
·
Better
positioning of the sort context menus and nicer Option-boxes when using a
Safari browser.
·
Better
presentation of the hierarchy in the Production page.
·
Some
jobs were presented twice in the Production page.
·
The
selection on date(s) in the Forecast page works correctly.
·
The
columns in the flat presentation of the Production page were not correctly
labeled.
New functions and features:
·
The
context menu of the Forecast page has a new option which presents the list of all
children projects and tasks of the selected object.
·
The
context menu of the Profiles page has a new option which presents the list of
all children projects and tasks of the selected object.
·
The
context menu of the Tasks page has a new option which presents the list of all
children projects and tasks of the selected object.
·
A
new options 'eMailEnvironment' in the system configuration file, defines the
default settings in the Feedback page: Include or not the environment
information into the email.
·
A
new icon has been added to the profile, spool, children tasks and history
graphs display to open a pop-up window presenting the corresponding
information. The number of pop-up windows is not limited by webAPX. These
pop-ups can be kept to display multiple profiles or to print the selected
information.
·
The
text of the navigation button changes to white when the mouse flies over. This
new default or the colour can be customized in the 'siteScreen.css' file.
·
The
text of the navigation button corresponding to the current page is white. This
new default or the colour can be customized in the 'siteScreen.css' file.
·
A
new item in the context menu of the Production, Profiles and Forecast pages has
been added to display the run statistics of the task.
·
A
new option 'sitePageText' in the System Configuration File allows to display a
user defined button name to access the site specific page.
·
A
user Cascading Style Sheet can be selected in the Properties page. The selected
CSS is kept in the user cookies to be applied in the future sessions.
·
The
generated HTML has been improved to better use the CSS standard.
·
The
default and site Style Sheets have been reorganized and improved.
·
New
sample CSS files are delivered with webAPX.
·
The
control and selection block on every page can now been pinned to scroll up and
down with the rest of the screen.
·
When
applicable, the 'Enter' key on any page will simulate a click on the 'Apply the
selection' button.
The 'Enter' key on the Feedback page will send the mail.
·
New
exclusion in the Production page: user assigned tasks.
Version 1.4.1 / March 2011
Corrections:
·
The
run statistics displayed are not accurate. The scheduled runtime was presented
in place of the runtime.
New functions and features:
·
The
run statistics present the correct runtime as well as the scheduled runtime.
Version 1.4.2 / April - August 2011
Corrections:
·
A
second light-tower was displayed.
·
The
dropdown box for the selection of the graphs now contains the number of jobs
for each day.
·
Depending
on the context the dropdown box for the selection of the graphs will contain a
list of days from the current production or a list of days out of the historic
information.
·
Better
handling of the Windows file names contained in the links for the external
documentation.
Please note that the link must be in the form : 'file:\\server\share\file'; the
prefix 'file:\\' is mandatory and no device name is allowed.
·
The
default CSS has been enhanced in order to give more volume to the pages
presented.
·
The
last selections set by the user are now taken into account when starting the
automatic redisplay.
·
The
description for the children of a tasks were not always correctly presented.
New functions and features:
·
The
graphs have been revamped and at least the version 1.5.2.3 of the
database is now required for some graphs.
·
The
size of the pie graphs is dynamically calculated based on the data to display.
·
The
graphs can now select on all jobs in production or only for selected days in
the production.§
·
The
pie graphs about RCS's are based on the current production and not on the
history any more.
·
webAPX
has a new selection criteria for the production page based on the 'Jobdates'.
The Jobdate is the date a task was scheduled on or the date a task was loaded
into the production.
The entire production or only the production belonging to a specific Jobdate
can be presented.
Keep in mind that after a 'CLEAN_UP' command the finished tasks are removed
from the current production and stored into the history.
Please note that customers running a database version prior to 1.5.2.3 can only
view the full production. No selection is possible.
·
The
selection for finished, cancelled and problem tasks in the production page,
applies now from the history information and not from the current production
anymore.
With this enhancement each execution of cycle tasks as well as the finished
tasks after the execution of a CLEAN-UP command will be presented.
·
The
selection for finished, cancelled and problem tasks can be based on any date
contained in the history information.
·
The
selection for cancelled and problem tasks can include or exclude a list of
return codes.
·
If
applicable with the browser you are using, the opacity of the data area will be
changed when a menu is presented.
·
The
graphs based on RCS's or OS's can select the data to present based on their
weights (percentage) in the selection.
For example, present only the RCS's which count for more than 30 percent of the
production.
·
In
order to increase the readability of the pie graphs they are now presented in
3D.
·
To
improve the performances of webAPX the network traffic is zipped.
Version 1.4.3 / August - September 2011
Corrections:
·
The
RSS selection page has been actualized to look as the other pages and contain
the newly created options.
·
All
known issues during the automatic redisplay of pages haven been corrected.
·
In
order to reduce the network traffic the query about the status of APX-Control
is done in only
·
The
icons have been enhanced to support any background colour.
New functions and features:
·
This
version of webAPX makes use of the CSS3 Style Sheet and transparencies
therefore you must use a compatible browser either Firefox (version 3.6 or
higher) or Internet Explorer (from version 8 on).
·
WebAPX
now better uses the title area of the screen. Information about the status of
APX-Control, the connection to the DB, the current function and a selection
button are now presented.
·
Using
the CSS3 functionalities, webAPX automatically changes the transparency of the
displayed data when a menu or selection block is presented. This function
dramatically improves the ease of use of webAPX.
·
The
cursor flying over the information presented in the data block changes the
background colour of the current line. Additionally the cursor icon has been
modified.
·
In
order to improve the presentation of important information the APX-control
status block has been moved from the right of the presented data to the title
block.
·
The
company, connection and user information have been moved to the top right
corner of the title block.
·
The
selection block formerly positioned at the right of each presented page has
been moved behind a button placed in the title block of each page. A click on
this button will open the selection block related to the current page. The
previous placement, at the right of the data, can be selected via the system.xml configuration file.
·
The
‘pin’ placed at the to right corner of the selection blocks can be used to
place the selection block either to the right of the data or behind a button on
the title line.
·
The
presentation of list of the possible graphs has been improved.
·
The
pie graphs are now presented in 3D.
·
New
graphs have been added to present the problem tasks in production and for
previous any date contained in the run history.
·
The
data contained in some pie graphs can be selected based on their weight
compared to the entire production. For example, present only those RCS’s having
between 10 and 20% of the problem tasks.
·
A
new option in the properties page allows each user to set his/her own font.
Version 1.4.4 / March - April - May 2012
Corrections:
·
Change
the 'ereg' and 'split' calls in jpGraph to be fully PHP 5.3.2 compatible.
·
Change
the wording for the Properties page.
·
Set
the 'Apply changes' button at the top of the Properties page.
·
When
using IE 8.0 the selection boxes now presents the selected option.
·
Better
presentation of the title blocks if the browser's windows is small.
·
The
size of the tasks history graph presented in the production and in the profiles
can be customized in the Properties page.
·
Stop
displaying the passwords stored in the environment tab of the profiles.
New functions and features:
·
The
user can now re-display the last schedule generation log.
·
After
generating a new schedule, if the return code is 0, then the display of the
generation log is skipped. The data are immediately presented.
Version 1.4.5 / May / June / July 2014
Corrections:
·
Correction
of some SQL statements for a better Oracle support.
·
Changes
of some SQL statements to increase the performances.
·
Better
handling of the Wait cursor when a task or network information are presented.
New functions and features:
·
Each
button in the left navigation bar can be disabled. The corresponding page will
not be accessible any more by the webAPX users. the new element ‘pageNN/enablePage’ of the System Configuration file
will set the option needed in your site.
·
A
webAPX installed under Windows can access via 'SAMBA' the spool of the
production jobs stored on a Unix server.
·
The
hierarchical presentation of the Production page sorts the reply first the
Networks and then the jobs.
·
The
hierarchical presentation of the Profiles page sorts the reply first the Networks
and then the jobs.
·
The
title line of the Production page displays, under the schedule date, the origin
of the presented data:
Current Production or History.
Version 1.4.6 / October 2014
Corrections:
·
Correction
in the Production page for a better APXDB 2.0 support.
·
Correction
in the Graphs pages for a better APXDB 2.0 support.
Version 1.4.7 / January 2015
Corrections:
·
Enhance
compatibility with PHP 5.6.1.
Version 1.4.8 / July 2017
Corrections:
·
Save
the APXDB version 2.0 environment during the first connexion of PCCDBA in
webAPX.
New functions and features:
·
User
API to log the connexions to webAPX. See the description in the installation page.
Version 2.0.0 / March 2020
Corrections:
·
Encoding
the help files to UTF-8.
·
Change
encrypting method to openssl in order to keep in path with PHP 7.
New functions and features:
·
The
Windows version of Apache2 installed via webAPX is 2.4 64bits.
The ODBC to connect the APX database must be 64 bits too.
·
The
Windows version of PHP installed via webAPX is 7.0 64bits.
·
The
current cookies are removed due to the utilization of a new encrypting method.
·
A
new entry in the ‘SYSTEM.XML’ file defines the Data Source to use when generating the forecast. This
DSN must be a 32 bits one.
·
The
Data Source name used to generate the forecast can be defined selection menu of
the forecast page.
Version 2.0.1 / November 2020
Corrections:
·
Better handling of the cursor in the navigation bar.
New functions and features:
·
The forecast generation program in the Unix environment uses the 64 version.
·
Addition of a LOGOFF button.
·
New property option: Suppress the cookies.
Last update: 23
November 2020