Release Notes for OpenLaszlo @VERSIONID@
OpenLaszlo @VERSIONID@ is a bug fix release to OpenLaszlo 4.7.1,
and contains 4 important community bug fixes and a new feature
adding Silence Level and Timeout attributes to microphone (see
the JIRA report 4.7.2
Fixed Bugs for details). In addition, the build system
has been updated for those of you building OpenLaszlo from the
sources.
We strongly suggest that you refer to the Release Notes for OpenLaszlo
4.7.1, which was a significant release preceding OpenLaszlo
@versio...@.
OpenLaszlo Credits
OpenLaszlo continues to be grateful for the significant contributions
by André Bargull and Raju Bitter. You guys are amazing - thank you! In
addition, we want to thank Cem Sonmez for helping us isolate issues on
Linux. Thanks for filing detailed bug reports, creating test apps, and
helping us resolve these important bugs. We would also like to thank
the entire OpenLaszlo community for your support in so many ways, like
submitting bug fixes and participating in discussions to help make OpenLaszlo a better platform.
Build System Changes
In OpenLaszlo @VERSIONID@ and trunk (5.0.x), we have updated our
build tools. If you are building from source, you will need to do the
same. The build system now requires ant 1.7.
The instructions have been updated on the wiki here:
http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/SubversionBuildInstructions
Here is a quick summary of what you will need to do to update an existing build system:
- Update the vendor files (ant and its supporting jars):
(cd $LZ_VENDOR_ROOT; svn update)
- You will have to either install ant 1.7 from the zip file as
described in the wiki, or, if you are on OS X Snow Leopard, simply
set your ANT_HOME to /usr/share/ant (which is ant 1.7 as distributed
in Snow Leopard).
- We recommend that you do not use the install_libs task in vendor as it will install many unnecessary jars. Instead, copy just the ones you need to your
${HOME}/.ant/lib/ directory (you will need to ensure this directory exists):
cp ${LZ_VENDOR_ROOT}/{ant-contrib,catalina-ant,jing,js}.jar ${HOME}/.ant/lib/
is sufficient for basic builds. If you also are building the documentation, you will also need the xalan and serializer jars.
If you are building on Cygwin, note that the .ant/lib must be in your Windows user directory, not your Cygwin directory, so say:
cp ${LZ_VENDOR_ROOT}/{ant-contrib,catalina-ant,jing,js}.jar
"`cygpath -u "$USERPROFILE"`"/.ant/lib
Operating System, Browser, Runtime Compatibility
We have a broad specification that we support browsers that
obey DOM 2 and CSS 2.1 for DHTML and SWF8, SWF9, and SWF10. We are
also actively tracking HTML5 and mobile/touch browsers. These
are some of the active operating systems/browser/runtime platforms on which
we and the community are using this release:
-
Windows XP, Internet Explorer 7 and 8: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10, DHTML
Windows XP, Firefox 3.6: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10, DHTML
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Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10,
DHTML
Windows 7, Firefox 3.6: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10, DHTML
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Linux 2.6 kernel, Firefox 3.6: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10, DHTML
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Mac OS X, Firefox 3.6: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10, DHTML
Mac OS X, Safari 4: SWF8, SWF9, SWF10, DHTML
Please note that although we have also done some testing with
Windows Vista and Windows 7, OpenLaszlo @VERSIONID@ has not been fully
qualified against that operating system at this time. Please see Running OpenLaszlo Server on Windows Vista for more information.
Migrating your Applications to OpenLaszlo @VERSIONID@
For those of you who have already upgraded your applications to
OpenLaszlo 4.2 or higher, no further work is needed. You should just
start using OpenLaszlo @versio...@.
To migrate your 4.0.X or 4.1.1 applications, we strongly suggest that you refer to this wiki page: Runtime_Differences.
This page discusses the changes required by SWF9 and also provides a
methodology for upgrading your application. It is very important that
you run the automated conversion scripts in the recommended order,
should you choose to take advantage of them. To review the changes in
incremental releases, please refer to the OpenLaszlo Archive
Bugs Fixed in OpenLaszlo @VERSIONID@
The @VERSIONID@ release includes 4 bug fixes and 1 new
feature since OpenLaszlo 4.7.1; we have provided links to our JIRA bug tracking system where you can view the details:
Workaround for Input Text Unexpected Behavior with onfocus Handler
In some cases, the onfocus event fires too early, causing
unexpected input text characters to be selected as it does in this
example:
<canvas layout="axis: y">
<inputtext text="abcd" width="100" bgcolor="0xcccccc"/>
<inputtext text="abcd" width="100" bgcolor="0xffcccc" />
</canvas>
To work around this issue, you can create a cover view that handles initial clicks, as shown here for the above example:
<canvas layout="axis: y">
<inputtext text="abcd" width="100" bgcolor="0xcccccc"/>
<view bgcolor="0xffcccc"> <inputtext name="field" text="abcd" width="100">
<handler name="onfocus"<
parent.cover.setVisible(false);
this.setSelection(0, this.getText().length);
</handler>
<handler name="onblur">
parent.cover.setVisible(true);
</handler>
</inputtext>
<view name="cover" width="100%" height="100%" />
</view>
</canvas>
Deprecation Notice: Attribute Values on Data Element Will Be Coerced to String in a Future OpenLaszlo Release
Currently, if you set an attribute value for a data element, the
value is stored as it is set. This will no longer be true in future
OpenLaszlo releases, where the value will be coerced to a String value.
If you need to set non-String values for data elements, you should use
the setUserData method as shown in this example where node is an LzDataElement:
node1.setUserData('key1', val1); assertEquals(val1, node1.getUserData('key1'), 'getUserData key1')
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