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ELOQUENCE B.08.30 - patch PE83-1911270
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This patch adds enhancements or fixes defects of the eloqcore language
runtime as released with Eloquence B.08.30-1810. This patch will be
integrated in the Eloquence B.08.30 release.
Eloquence B.08.30-1810 must be installed before applying this patch.
Severity:
PE83-1911270: BUG FIX
Superseded patches:
PE83-1910010: BUG FIX
PE83-1909100: BUG FIX, ENHANCEMENT
PE83-1906060: BUG FIX
PE83-1905030: BUG FIX
PE83-1904160: BUG FIX
Patch PE83-1911270
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Platforms: Windows
* Fixed various problems affecting eloqcore text mode on Windows.
Certain actions could cause inconsistencies in the eloqcore
screen buffer on Windows, leading to unexpected output.
* If present, a user-specific eloq.rc configuration file is now
read from the user's "home directory" on Windows.
The Windows USERPROFILE environment variable is used to locate
the user's home directory, typically C:\Users\USERNAME.
Patch PE83-1910010
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Platforms: All
* Fixed missing timestamp prefix for log messages written to
a log file created with the -log command line option.
* The Eloquence IDE debugger no longer truncates string variable
values to 256 characters in the variables window.
Patch PE83-1909100
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Platforms: All
* Fixed unexpected abort when accessing a TYPE variable after STOP
(#4294). A message like below was issued:
Internal error processing line 0
Assertion failed: (cls->magic == 0x434c5344)
file class.c, line 534 in function get_class_ptr
* Specifying a return variable for a DLG LOAD statement could have
no effect (for example: DLG LOAD Filename$;Status).
On DLG LOAD failure, a runtime error could be issued unexpectedly
instead of assigning the error code to the return variable.
* Fixed wrong character conversion when using an Unicode \u escape
sequence in a DLG file (#4299).
* Improved DLG v2 enhanced diagnostics and error handling (#4298).
DLG GET ".status",Stat
DLG GET ".status_msg",Msg$
DLG GET ".status_seg",Seg$
DLG GET ".status_file",File$
DLG GET ".status_line",Line
These statements now synchronize any DLG calls still pending in
DLG v2 bulk mode. Previously, they could be invoked only after
a DLG status had been issued (for example in an ON ERROR handler).
Now they can be used anytime to make sure any pending DLG calls
have been processed.
Patch PE83-1906060
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Platforms: All
* Fixed DLG GET ComboBox.line[] unexpectedly resulting in ERROR 660,
caused by incomplete attribute cache implementation (#4290).
Please note that this fix requires JDLG version 2.0.3 or newer,
available for download at:
https://eloquence.marxmeier.com/download/jdlg/2.0/
* Fixed IPv6 addresses not recognized in -dlg command line option
and DLG SET ".driver" statement.
IPv6 addresses are now recognized in square brackets, for example:
eloqcore -dlg [fe80::4261:86ff:feee:9437]
DLG SET ".driver","[fe80::4261:86ff:feee:9427]:12345"
Patch PE83-1905030
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Platforms: All
* Fixed a problem where POPUP BOX could unexpectedly return error 870
(Improper POPUP BOX format) if the definition is passed in a string
variable, caused by an incorrect string length calculation.
* Fixed incomplete DLG GET "Tree.udata[I]" result, caused by incorrect
string length calculation if cached attribute values are returned.
* Fixed possible crash when obtaining enhanced DLG v2 diagnostics, for
example DLG GET ".status_msg". A message like below was output:
Assertion failed: (seg->magic == 0x5345474d)
* Fixed unexpected asynchronous execution of certain DLG SET statements.
The statements below are now synchonously executed:
DLG SET "Application.browser"
DLG SET "Application.closeprinter"
DLG SET "Application.openprinter"
DLG SET "Application.print"
DLG SET "Dialog.do"
DLG SET "System.activate"
DLG SET "System.sound"
DLG SET "System.start"
Patch PE83-1904160
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Platforms: All
* Fixed error 653 on DLG SET when using utf-8 encoding.
The DLG functionality may internally use the multi-byte utf-8
encoding where the number of bytes and characters may differ.
The max. length of a text field (.maxchars attribute) was compared
against the number of bytes instead the number of characters.
Installation:
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Please download the patch archive that corresponds with the installed
release. The patch files follow the conventions below:
PE83-1911270-hpux-ia64.tar.gz
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| | Architecture / OS specific build
| Operating system
Patch ID
HP-UX:
In order to install this patch, you need to unpack it with gzip and tar.
Gzip is included with HP-UX. Installation requires root privileges.
cd /opt/eloquence/8.3
gzip -dc /path/to/PE83-1911270-hpux-ia64.tar.gz | tar xf -
Files:
bin/eloqcore
share/doc/PE83-1911270-README
Linux:
In order to install this patch, you need to unpack it with tar.
Installation requires root privileges.
cd /opt/eloquence/8.3
tar xzf /path/to/PE83-1911270-linux-86_64.tar.gz
Files:
bin/eloqcore
share/doc/PE83-1911270-README
Windows:
Two options are available for patch installation. The patch is
available as self extracting archive for automatic installation
and as a zip archive for manual installation. Both patches are
equivalent. Installation requires administrative capabilities.
For automatic installation of this patch, please download the patch
file PE83-1911270-win32.exe. Before installation, please consider
stopping the database server, then execute the patch installation
program. Installation does not require a reboot unless the patched
files were active.
For a manual installation of the patch, please download the patch
file PE83-1911270-win32.zip and unpack its contents. Then perform
the following steps:
* Please copy the eloqcore.exe file into the Eloquence bin directory.
(Default location: C:\Program Files\Eloquence\8.3\bin)
* Please copy the PE83-1911270-README.txt file into the Eloquence
share\doc directory.
(Default location: C:\Program Files\Eloquence\8.3\share\doc)
Files:
eloqcore.exe
PE83-1911270-README.txt