VisionX 5.11.615 is out

We’re happy to announce VisionX 5.11.615

The new version is fully backwards compatible and contains many improvements. It also fixes some reported problems and brings new features. This version is the last version of series 5 and we didn’t change bigger blocks. The 5.11.615 should be a great final version of VisionX 5. We already started development of VisionX 6 and it will bring some bigger changes because we’ll update to Java 21. We also will update our embedded postgresql database. We’ll update to our latest react based UI and also to latest mobile app. We have some great features in the pipeline for all of you.

What’s new?

• • NEW calculated field

    

  • Use this field for sum, average, min, max calculation or simple record counts. The calculated value can be changed after calculation or you can define custom formulas. It’s on you. It’s super easy to use and you can access the calculated fields in any action.

• • Actions and Functions
    Our new actions are:
    • • Perform searchIf you have a “manual” Search button in your screen, automatic search is disable automatically. With this action it’s possible to force search)
      • Download URLSave data from an URL.
      • Contains (value, search, case_sensitive)Checks if a search value is part of a specific value. case_sensitive means (B is not the same as b; but case insensitive means B is the same as b)
      • Starts with (value, search, case_sensitive)Checks if a value starts with a specific search value
      • Ends with (value, search, case_sensitive)
      • for loop with fixed number of iterations

    Checks if a value ends with a specific search value

    Changed actions:

    • E-Mail
      It’s now possible to set dynamic text as subject instead of fixed text.

    We have some totally useful new functions for you:

    • length (text)Counts the number of characters
    • substring (text, start)Creates a sub string from start to the end
    • substring (text, start, count)Creates a sub string from start and maximum count characters
    • countAll (column)Counts all records. Compared to count(column) which counts all records where the value is not empty.

    The description of an action shows possible functions as well:

    

• • Improved field selection

    

• Messages now support feedback input

  

• Configure a home screen for your application
  The home screen is always shown if no other screen is open.
• Export a Docker definition
  for the application without database container
  .
• Changing license is now possible without “invalid license” warning
• Changed some icons in elements area of visual designer
• Creation of XML reports fixed

Starting with VisionX 5.11.615 it will be possible to use updates of following AddOns:

• Embedding 1.8-4
• Audit Log 1.2-11
• REST 1.14-ea10
• Query Editor 1.4.6