Version History for VA Smalltalk from Instantiations

Development Tools
• Code Assist Improvements
• SUnit Expected Failures
Infrastructure
• Logging Framework Improvements
• Preference Settings Framework Improvements
Graphics and Windowing
• Windows Control for Date and time picking
• Full featured Windows Progress Bar
Web Interface
• Support for Seaside v3.0.6+
Grease 1.0.6+
Platforms
• Fedora Core 16
• Ubuntu 11
• OpenSUSE 12.1
Middleware
• Glorp 0.3.182+
Performance and Scalability
• SST Lightweight Marshaling Improvements
Support
• 60+ bug fixes and minor enhancements

8.5.1 Read Me

Development Tools
• Code Assist (auto-completion)
Infrastructure
•  Logging Framework (based on log4j)
• Preference Settings Framework
• Deprecation Exception
Graphics and Windowing
• Windows Rebar Control
• TIFF CCITT T.4 bi-level encoding
Web Interface
• Support for Seaside v3.0.5+
Grease 1.0.5+
• HTTP Chunked Transfer Encoding
Platforms
• Windows 2000 no longer supported
Support
• 60+ bug fixes and minor enhancements

8.5 Read Me

Web Interface
Support for Seaside v3.0.2
Improved WSDL schema import diagnostic

Graphical User Interface
Added CwMultiLineTexttPrompter

Development Tools
NLS Application Enabler Tool
NLS Catalog (.CAT) Editor
Browser performance improvements

Platform Interface
Added TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime PlatformFunction on Windows
All Windows .EXE and .DLL files have function-specific descriptions
Improved error diagnostics for memory allocation errors (written to log file)

VM Interfaces
EsIsString, EsStringToCString, EsCStringToString APIs

Platforms
Ubuntu 10.10
Fedora Core 14

Documentation
New VA Assist, Widget/Kit Controls, and GF/ST online documentation

Support
40+ bug fixes

8.0.3 Read Me

Support for Seaside v3.0 pre-beta1

All Windows executables are digitally signed to enhance security and meet Windows Logo Certification requirements

GLORP support for reading and writing objects from relational databases (level 0.3.178 + fixes)

Further improvements to HTML documentation

Currency with respect to operating systems and databases; support added for Ubuntu 9 (32/64-bit) and Oracle 11g (compatibility)

Power management events supported on Windows GUI applications

Added support for method pragmas, allowing you to annotate methods with user- defined processing information

Ability to call Oracle functions and Execute anonymous blocks

Instance-based exceptions are now polymorphic with class-based exceptions, providing clearer and more efficient handling of errors

SUnit 4.0, including support for Just-in-Time Resource Management, and other enhancements, supports creating powerful Smalltalk unit tests

8.0.2 Read Me

Support for Seaside 3.0 alpha5

Continued web services enhancements

Additional enhancements for tabbed browsers

Support for Windows 7 (32/64 bit)

Support for cdecl calling convention on Windows

Improved error diagnostics for memory allocation

Enhanced SST resource management for faster execution using less memory

8.0.1 Read Me

Seaside 2.9 alpha3

Enhanced browsers and inspectors

Extensions to web services

Upgraded online documentation

8.0 Read Me

Support Smalltalk on 64-bit systems
(Windows Vista, Linux & Ubuntu)

Support Solaris 10

Transcript Help menu update

Modifiable splash screen

7.5.2 Read Me

Configuration Map Browser enhancements

Quick form support for DateAndTime

7.5.1 Read Me

Tools and frameworks shipped with the product:

• ENVY QA
• Refactoring Browser
• SUnit framework and browser
• Mastering ENVY Developer tools

Support for Windows Vista (32-bit)

Support for SuSE Linux Enterprise 10

Upgrade Oracle support to v10s

Version 7.0.1 (released November 3, 2006)

Support for Red Hat Linux 4.3

7.5 & 7.0.1 Read Me

[ Initial offering from Instantiations ]

Integrated VA Assist to modernize VAST IDE

Included WidgetKit/Controls to allow customers to build more sophisticated UIs

Include GF/ST as a "goodie" to allow customers to build more sophisticated UIs

7.0 Read Me