New Features

This section describes the enhancements to AppBoard that are available in version 2.1.3.

1. Added a new widget called "Comment Widget", under the "System" widget type. It allows end users to enter comments in a list. All other users can see all comments in the list.
2. Enhanced banner branding support to be able to fit in logos that are wider than the previous 120x48 allowed, without rescaling them on display. The width of the image will determine how wide it is in the Appboard banner.
3. Enhanced the Google Map Widget to toggle when clicking the buttons "Map", "Satellite", "Terrain", "Hybrid" found in the upper right hand of the map component.
4. Added support for two logos in the Appboard banner, to better support various OEM and re-branding models.
5. Enhancements to the QuickAction widget
   • Added new skins
   • Reduced the minimum height from 150 to 110 to help streamline the widget.
   • Added dynamic default selection (for example, first, last)
   • Made widget label (above dropdown) optional and use text box rather than column name to label it
   • Reduced amount of extra padding in the widget
6. Added basic validation to a Diagrammer widget when it gets a model. Will now check all referenced paletteItems to see if they exist in the diagramModel.
7. Added option to Bubble Chart widget where y axis can start at minimum y value (auto scale) rather than zero (like in the Area & Line chart).
8. Enhanced Gauge widget to size itself to the size of the widget container.
9. Added support for LDAPSync command to be run from an admin channel in the administrator UI rather than command line.
10. Added new 'Gradient' and 'Cyrendering styles for the following charts:
    • Area
    • Column
    • Bar
    • Bullet
    • Pie
11. Enhanced performance by having Data Collections refresh only if a change in order, length, or references has occured.
12. Added SWF/Bitmap caching that will cache all types with bitmapdata (PNG, GIF, BMP, etc) as well as SWF/FXG vector images. This enhances the performance of the system with regard to processing speed and memory utilization. This update does not require any change to configuration or end-user interaction with AppBoard.

Resolved Issues

This section describes the issues resolved in AppBoard version 2.1.3.

1. Fixed an issue where a Bullet Chart, when first loading Appboard, on the top level of a stack redraws its content numerous times before then drawing the quick filters at the bottom of the widget and stopping.
2. Fixed "String index out of range" errors being returned by the server on certain types of Data Sources.
3. Fixed issue where the tab order of stacks in the viewer for the end-user was not the same as the order in the AppBoard builder for the same role.
4. Fixed issue where an action that sets a URL for a web widget would be ignored on first access and was instead using the default URL for the widget on first access.
5. Fixed issue of bars becoming widened and overlaid for several seconds when re-painting certain bar charts. The repaint is now done in the background to avoid excessive visual distraction.
6. Fixed an issue when configuring "use icon from library" with the Icon Badge option in the Google Map Widget, where none of the icons listed were visible.
7. Fixed issues on some boards with excessive memory footprints and growing memory utilization over time.
8. When using a rule to select a image by URL, fixed to show the default image in the icon renderer rather than the broken image indicator, in the event of a 404 error.
9. Fixed default link shape rendered by Diagrammer to match link shape on the toolbar.
10. Fixed issue where if you have an action that sets a URL for a web widget, it will be ignored on first access and instead use the default URL for the widget on first access.
11. Fixed Gauge widget background to be translucent.
12. Fixed problems on some boards causing uneven layout spacing. Changed Layout code and changed status bar to use a flowlayout so the children will stay within the bounds of the widget container.
13. When a series in the clustered column chart contains NULLs in one of the series, the columns are rendered unevenly. Fixed rendering to use the same width for both series instead.

Known Issues

1. Using an Icon List widget with a coverflow style and a mixture of URLs that are PNG and SWF files can cause version 11,1,102,55 of flash player to crash