BBj 7.21 Now Available

*Date:*	February 25, 2008
*Subject:*	BBj 7.21 Now Available
*Number:*	TC-08001

BASIS International Ltd. announces the release of version 7.21 for BBj®, the newest generation
of BBx®.

This release resolves several bugs and provides limited enhancements listed in the Fixed Issues
file. This release also includes additional optimization to the SQL Engine and introduces support
for the HP Integrity (Itanium) platform.

In addition, 7.21 previews many of the features currently under development and fully supported
in BBj 8.0 scheduled for release at the end of March. To review these new features in their most advanced state of development, download the Development Build and start developing with them
today! For the latest news on the daily progress of the BASIS development team, subscribe to the
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BBj 8.0 Preview Features (features added since 7.20 appear in italics)

Language/Interpreter

· Adds a new SETTRACE mode to change the default precision of the timestamp from 2 decimal places to a maximum of 6

· Introduces ClientObjects that run third party and custom Java code on the client; enables such enhancements to BBj applications as embedding a Web browser, adding layout managers and splitter panes

· getControl() facilitates the use of control names rather than IDs

· Specifies that PDF documents render using images instead of fonts

· BBjChart enhancement specifies the size of the image to be written out to the server when saving
an image of a BBjChart

Database Management System

· Introduces Mapped RecordSets to present human-readable data rather than the code format
of the underlying database

· Adds optimizations to the SQL Engine resulting in significantly faster queries in some circumstances

· Programmatically retrieves and optionally closes the active BBj ODBC/JDBC connections

· Supports all available file types to SQL "CREATE DATABASE" and "CREATE TABLE"

· BBjTriggerData::getKeyDescriptions() returns the key information from the FIN(86) on the
underlying data file

· SQL enhancement

- Adds REGEXP (regular expression) support to the SQL engine; similar to LIKE except that the provided string is a regular expression pattern

- Expands scalar functions to include MEDIAN and STDDEV (standard deviation)

Development Tools

· New Enterprise Manager module in the BASIS IDE

- Replaces previous Data Dictionary modules with a complete Enterprise Manager

- Provides database functionality

- Adds the rest of the Enterprise Manager functionality such as managing triggers and stored procedures, executing SQL statements, configuring BBj Services, managing user accounts,
and much more

· FormBuilder enhancement allows selection of multiple controls on a form

System Administration

· Supports the HP Integrity (Itanium) platform, port number 6173

· Exports the lists of processes, open files, and ODBC/JDBC connections from the Enterprise Manager in the IDE

Read more details about this maintenance release in the BBj Readme, Relnotes. Download this 7.21 product today.

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