RELNOTES for BBj

1. OVERVIEW
2. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS RELEASE
3. KNOWN ISSUES
4. SUPPORT

This maintenance release includes a preview of new BBj 9.00 features, giving the BASIS development community an opportunity to see, use, and comment on upcoming features well in advance of the features becoming a permanent part of the product. This allows the development community to participate in the design and implementation process of their development language.

The latest features under development now and fully supported in BBj 9.00 are available for testing in the nightly builds at https://www.basis.com/products/bbj/download.html Sign up to the bbj-developer list for the latest news on the daily progress of the development team.

For a list of what's new in BBj 9.00, type BBj 9 in the index tab in the online documentation or on the product CD at /Documentation/HTML/index.htm. To review the features and enhancements previously introduced in BBj 8.x, type BBj 8 in the index tab.

This release addresses several reported bugs and suggested enhancements. For a list of resolved QA memos, see the file https://www.basis.com/products/bbj/fixes000.txt.

BBj 9.0 Features

Language/Interpreter

Respects declarations and uses of Java inner classes
Improves activation events in the MDI environment

Database Management System

Improves charset support in the SQL engine

Development Tools

Includes process events support for new AppBuilder projects to deliver more modern and more readable generated code

System Administration

No new features

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