Version Information

Security Bulletin - log4j CVE-2021-44228

Further details: log4j CVE-2021-44228

OpenEdge 12.7 support!

We are pleased to announce that we are not aware of any issues using the SmartComponent Library on OpenEdge 12.7. We hereby declare OpenEdge 12.7 fully supported for the SmartComponent Library as of the release of  May 10th 2023.

OpenEdge 12.6 support!

We are pleased to announce that we are not aware of any issues using the SmartComponent Library on OpenEdge 12.6. We hereby declare OpenEdge 12.6 fully supported for the SmartComponent Library as of the release of  October 4th 2022.

OpenEdge 12.2 support!

We are pleased to announce that we are not aware of any issues using the SmartComponent Library on OpenEdge 12.2. We hereby declare OpenEdge 12.2 fully supported for the SmartComponent Library as of the release of April 09th 2020.

.NET Framework Version 4.7

.NET 4.7 is not supported with OpenEdge 11.x, see: Is .NET 4.7 certified and supported for OpenEdge? 

Progress has reported severy issues with OpenEdge GUI for .NET and .NET 4.7: GUI .Net Application crashes after .Net upgrade to 4.7

When using the .NET Framework 4.7, please make sure, you upgrade to OpenEdge 11.6.4 or OpenEdge 11.7.2 or later. Also, it may be required to recompile the application on a PC running .NET Framework 4.7 when applications are also executed on a PC with .NET Framework 4.7.

Introducing the SmartComponent Library developer forum

Got questions about using the SmartComponent Library? Wish to discuss feature requests with other users of the SmartComponent Library? To facilitate networking in the growing number of SmartComponent Library users and developers, we've added a developer forum on our new home-page. The developer forum can be found at: https://www.consultingwerk.com/support/forum 

A login is required to participate in the forum. Don't be shy - create your account today!

Release Notes

Following the release of the OpenEdge 11.7 Release we have completed our testing of the SmartComponent Library on this release of Progress and are proud to announce formal support for the SmartComponent Library on OpenEdge 11.7 with the 2017-04-24 release of the SmartComponent Library. Generally we recommend customers on OpenEdge 11 to upgrade to OpenEdge 11.7 quickly. Starting the 2017-07-14 release we are supporting OpenEdge 11.7 Service Pack 1 (11.7.1).

Starting the 2015-10-09 release the Business Entity Designer will feature a start page with links to most recent release note articles on this site.

With SCL-751 we have adopted native Enums for OpenEdge 11.6. To activate this feature customers must add a definition to products.i. SCL-751 provides details for this.

With SCL-1113 we have modified the templates for SmartWindowForms and SmartTabFolderPages generated from the Business Entity Designer. We have removed the initialization of the viewer controls SmartTableIOState property (value was set to "NoDataSource" within the InitializeComponent method). Customers using their own set of templates should adopt the same fix to their templates.

OpenEdge 11.7.3 compatibility

During our tests on OpenEdge 11.7.3 we have experienced the following issues: 

• [SCL-2216] - 11.7.3 Visual Designer disabling properties of ABL user controls

The issue has been resolved by Progress Software with hotfix 007 for OpenEdge 11.7.3.

OpenEdge 11.7.2 compatibility

During our tests on OpenEdge 11.7.2 we have experienced two issues: 

• [SCL-2007] - Correct support for WebHandler in CcsServiceManager
• [SCL-2008] - Closing SmartWindowForm causes crash on OpenEdge 11.7.2

We consider it mandatory for customers using OpenEdge 11.7.2 to use at least the release #44166@2017-11-27 of the SmartComponent Library. 

Due to an fix for

• [SCL-1924] - SmartViewerControl: copy mechanism cannot cope with clob datatype

from Progress Software for in OpenEdge 11.7.2.001 we further recommend all customers to apply this hotfix as well. 

New Versions of Proparse .NET Assemblies (30 December 2018)

We have updated proparse with further enhancements in this release (see https://github.com/consultingwerk/proparse/releases/tag/4.0.1.1177). Please download the .NET Assemblies ZIP file from our ESD and replace the proparse.net.dll in your environment with the latest one. The new assembly reference is:

As proparse is used by our Business Entity Generator, this new version of the proparse.net Assembly is also relevant for customers not doing GUI for .NET development and require support for parsing new ABL language constructs.

This version of proparse provides additional debug information when errors are thrown from proparse.net.dll.

New Version of the Consultingwerk.SmartComponents Assemly (09 January 2019)

To support the new SmartFilterControl and the "Filter" link between the SmartFilterControl/SmartDynamciFilterControl and a SmartBusinessEntityAdapter or SmartDatasetChildAdapter we have updated the Consultingwerk.SmartComponents.dll. The new Assembly reference is:

<assembly name="Consultingwerk.SmartComponents, Version=2.2.0.49856, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=10603cb31df311b3"/>

Customers need to update this Assembly in order to compile the latest releases of the SmartComponent Library.

Hybrid Realm now using IAuthenticationService

We've updated the SmartHybridRealm class used for http authentication to leverage the IAuthenticationService. It is therefor required that for AppServers requiring http Authentication (e.g. REST or Web) the correct IAuthenticationService implementation is registered (using service.xml files).

Customers relying on the previous behavior should ensure that the Consultingwerk.SmartFramework.Authentication.AuthenticationService is regsitered as the IAuthenticationService. This implementation will auhtenticate users against the password stored in the SmartUser database table. 

When users with no Login Company set should be able to login using the SmartHybridRealm, it's required to set the Login Company Tennant Domain (similar to the field in the Login Company Maintenance) in the .restapplicationsettings / .applicationsettings, e.g.:

 "DefaultAuthenticationDomain": "consultingwerk" 

This is required as the Hydrid Realm Interface from Progress does not provide the domain name to the authentication method. 

Web Handler overview

This is an overview of the web handlers supported by this release

defaultHandler=OpenEdge.Web.CompatibilityHandler
handler1=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.CatalogWebHandler: /Catalog/{EntityName}
handler2=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.CatalogsWebHandler: /Catalogs/{PackageName}
handler3=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.CountWebHandler: /Resource/{EntityName}/count
handler4=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.ResourceSubmitWebHandler: /Resource/{EntityName}/SubmitData
handler5=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.InvokeMethodWebHandler: /Resource/{EntityName}/{MethodName}
handler6=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.ResourceWebHandler: /Resource/{EntityName}
handler7=Consultingwerk.OERA.JsdoGenericService.WebHandler.BusinessServicesWebHandler: /BusinessServices/{OutputFormat}/{PackageName}
handler8=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartMenuWebHandler: /SmartMenu/{MenuStructureId}
handler9=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartMenuStructureWebHandler: /SmartMenuStructure
handler10=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartRoutesWebHandler: /SmartRoutes
handler11=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartGridWebHandler: /SmartViews/Grid/{EntityName}/{ViewName}/{DetailTemplate}
handler12=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartGridWebHandler: /SmartViews/Grid/{EntityName}/{ViewName}
handler13=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartGridWebHandler: /SmartViews/Grid/{CustomViewName}
handler14=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartViewerWebHandler: /SmartViewer/Viewer/{EntityName}/{ViewName}
handler15=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartViewerWebHandler: /SmartViewer/Viewer/{ObjectName}
handler16=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartFormWebHandler: /SmartForm/{FormTemplate}/{EntityName}/{ViewName}
handler17=Consultingwerk.Web2.Services.SmartViewsHandler.SmartFormWebHandler: /SmartForm/{FormTemplate}/{ObjectName}
handler18=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartMessageWebHandler: /SmartMessage/{MessageGroup}/{MessageNumber}
handler19=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.GetImageWebHandler: /Image/{FileName}
handler20=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartValueListWebHandler: /ValueList/{ValueList}
handler21=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartAttachmentsWebHandler: /Attachments/{Table}/{KeyValues}
handler22=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartAttachmentWebHandler: /Attachment/{Guid}
handler23=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SessionContextWebHandler: /SessionContext
handler24=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.ContextPropertiesWebHandler: /ContextProperties/{PropertyName}
handler25=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.ContextPropertiesWebHandler: /ContextProperties
handler26=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SessionInfoWebHandler: /SessionInfo
handler27=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.FileSearchWebHandler: /FileSearch/{FileName}
handler28=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.ExecuteAblWebHandler: /ExecuteAbl
handler29=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartLanguagesWebHandler: /Languages
handler30=Consultingwerk.OERA.RestResource.RestEntitiesWebHandler: /Entities
handler31=Consultingwerk.OERA.Swagger.SwaggerWebHandler: /Swagger/{EntityName}
handler32=Consultingwerk.OERA.Swagger.SwaggerRestEntitiesWebHandler: /SwaggerEntities/{OutputType}
handler33=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartTokenSecurityCheckWebHandler: /TokenSecurityCheck/{ObjectName}
handler34=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartTokenSecurityCheckWebHandler: /TokenSecurityCheck
handler35=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartEntityTableMappingHandler: /EntityTableMapping/{EntityName}/{TableName}/{UiTypeCodes}
handler36=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartTreeRootNodeWebHandler: /SmartViews/TreeRootNode/{rootnodeid}
handler37=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartTreeChildNodesWebHandler: /SmartViews/TreeChildNodes/{parentnodeid}
handler38=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartSecurityCheckWebHandler: /IsRestricted/{SecurityRealmCode}/{SecurityItemGuid}
handler39=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.SmartFieldSecurityCheckWebHandler: /RestrictedFields/{TableName}
handler40=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.GetImageNamesHandler: /ImageNames
handler41=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.ExecuteQueryWebHandler: /ExecuteQuery
handler42=Consultingwerk.Web2.WebHandler.TranslationProviderWebHandler: /GetTranslation

UTF-8 based deployments available

Starting August 14th 2016 we ship our source code also as UTF-8 encoded. The ZIP files ending with _utf8.zip contain the source code encoded with that code page. The source code in the remaining archives is still encoded in ISO8859-1. Also on Github there is a new branch containing the OpenEdge 11 based source code in UTF-8.

Related article (Progress K-Base): How to get Progress Developer Studio to save in UTF-8 encoding

New Feature Documentation

• Support for RESTful invocation of Business Task and Business Entity Methods
• Invalid Proparse code-page setting corrupts temp-table field labels during "Refresh from Include"
• Generic Factory Service
• Using Invokable Business Entity Methods with Dataset Model Classes
• Using the Business Entity method FetchDataByKeyTable
• PASOE management scripts
• Business Entity Designer Launcher
• Searching data using ROWID's within the SmartBusinessEntityAdapter
• Business Entity Count Method
• SmartFramework ERD Designer
• Changes to the SmartDB and SmartDB upgrade and migration utility
• How to implement dynamic initial values
• How do I control the amount of details provided for error messages caused by our web handler
• Using custom log entry types
• Strong-typed Query Support
• Swagger REST API Documentation for RESTful Services
• Swagger REST API Documention for JSDO Generic Service
• Scaffolding utility for common helper classes
• RESTful services
• JSON Configuration File Format
• Common Component Specification (CCS)

Download Link

http://esd.consultingwerkcloud.com/

https://github.com/consultingwerk/SmartComponentLibrary

Overview of included tickets

Improvement

SCL-3251 New RestMethod annotation attributes mapHeaders and mapCookies

Description:

The ability to set HTTP header and cookie values as method paramater object properties is provided via the _mapHeaders_ and _mapCookies_ attributes in RestMethod annotations. See [ HTTP s://consultingwerk.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SCL/pages/8094254/Support+for+RESTful+invocation+of+Business+Task+and+Business+Entity+Methods| HTTP s://consultingwerk.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SCL/pages/8094254/Support+for+RESTful+invocation+of+Business+Task+and+Business+Entity+Methods] for more detail.

SCL-3644 Improved performance for UserTablesStats reporting

Description:

The time taken to report on the user table- and indexstats for a request has been improved (decreased) by improving the queries used to gather the data used for the report.

SCL-4080 New default for NotRunning option of the ServiceManager:StopBusinessService API

Description:

We have added a new switch to Consultingwerk/products.i that now controls the default of the ServiceManager:StopBusinessService option for how to deal with service not running (anymore)

&IF 1=0 &THEN
/* Mike Fechner / Consultingwerk Ltd.
   SCL-4080 : Option to define default value for ServiceManager:StopBusinessService (..., NotRunningEnum/Throw/Ignore)
   When the ServiceManagerStopBusinessServiceNotRunning preprocessor variable is not set we default to IGNORE */
&ENDIF
&GLOBAL-DEFINE ServiceManagerStopBusinessServiceNotRunning IGNORE

Previously the default has been THROW which. In order to retain the previous default, customers must set the new switch in products.i to THROW.

As the intention of the StopBusinessService method is to not have the service loading anymore, we believe that IGNORE is a better default then THROW.

We have further modified the calls into this API in the SmartComponent Library code base to explicitly specify NotRunningEnum:Ignore.

SCL-4085 ABL Frame and Grid migration tool: When selecting a new Business Entity, now selecting first table from that Business Entity

Description:

The ABL Frame and Grid migration tools now select the first table as Entity Table after a Business Entity is selected.

SCL-4086 Business Entity Designer Repository Lookup Wizard now allows to blank the LookupKeyField and KeyValueColumn

Description:

Previously the Repository Lookup Wizard of the Business Entity Designer did not allow to unset the LookupKeyField or KeyValueColumn once a column has been selected from the lists. The Combo-box now allows to set an empty value.

SCL-4087 Implemented support for rendering Hidden fields in SmartViewerControl's

Description:

The repository rendering of MetaViewer Controls now supports rendering controls as HIDDEN. Non visible fields are also supported in static user controls inheriting from the SmartViewerControl class.

As DataBinding requires controls to the “Load”ed by the .NET framework, we support this by rendering the fields with the Visible = TRUE attribute set and at the end of the Viewer’s OnLoad() method, we set the Controls to Visible = FALSE.

In a static viewer, Hidden fields need to be registered using the SmartViewerControl’s RegisterHiddenControl method.

/**
 * Purpose: Register a hidden control
 * Notes:   Hidden Controls are rendered Visible but Hidden at the end of the Viewer's
            OnLoad method - to allow data-binding to be initialized
 * @param poControl The Control to register as hidden
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID RegisterHiddenControl (poControl AS System.Windows.Forms.Control):

SCL-4088 Added SetControlEnabled proxy method to ViewerLogic base class

Description:

The have implemented proxy methods on the ViewerLogic class that simplify calling into the SmartViewerControl’s SetControlEnabledMethod.

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for a given Control inside the SmartViewerControl.
 *          Called by the Method InitializeControlEventHandler () of a
 *          SmartViewerControl derived Class.
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param poControl The Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (poControl AS Control, pcEnabled AS CHARACTER):

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for two given Controls inside the SmartViewerControl.
 *          Called by the Method InitializeControlEventHandler () of a
 *          SmartViewerControl derived Class.
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param poControl1 The first Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl2 The second Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (poControl1 AS Control,
                                      poControl2 AS Control,
                                      pcEnabled AS CHARACTER):

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for three given Controls inside the SmartViewerControl.
 *          Called by the Method InitializeControlEventHandler () of a
 *          SmartViewerControl derived Class.
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param poControl1 The first Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl2 The second Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl3 The third Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (poControl1 AS Control,
                                      poControl2 AS Control,
                                      poControl3 AS Control,
                                      pcEnabled AS CHARACTER):

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for four given Controls inside the SmartViewerControl.
 *          Called by the Method InitializeControlEventHandler () of a
 *          SmartViewerControl derived Class.
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param poControl1 The first Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl2 The second Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl3 The third Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl4 The forth Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (poControl1 AS Control,
                                      poControl2 AS Control,
                                      poControl3 AS Control,
                                      poControl4 AS Control,
                                      pcEnabled AS CHARACTER):

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for five given Controls inside the SmartViewerControl.
 *          Called by the Method InitializeControlEventHandler () of a
 *          SmartViewerControl derived Class.
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param poControl1 The first Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl2 The second Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl3 The third Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl4 The forth Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param poControl5 The fifth Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (poControl1 AS Control,
                                      poControl2 AS Control,
                                      poControl3 AS Control,
                                      poControl4 AS Control,
                                      poControl5 AS Control,
                                      pcEnabled AS CHARACTER):

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for the given Controls inside the SmartViewerControl
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param poControls The array of Control which shall be set to the passed in Mode
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (poControls AS Control EXTENT,
                                      pcEnabled  AS CHARACTER):

/**
 * Purpose: Sets the Enable Mode for the given Controls inside the SmartViewerControl
 * Notes:   Possible Values for pcEnabled (ControlEnabledEnum):
 *          Add, Always, Never, Update, UpdateOnly
 * @param pcControlNames The comma delimited list of Control Name
 * @param pcEnabled Mode to be set as defined in ControlEnabledEnum
 */
METHOD PUBLIC VOID SetControlEnabled (pcControlNames AS CHARACTER,
                                      pcEnabled  AS CHARACTER):

SCL-4090 Implemented Rendering Support for SmartDataBrowser's FetchAllRecordsOnGroupBy attribute

Description:

The SmartDataBrowser’s FetchAllRecordsOnGroupBy attribute can now be set using the SmartFramework repository.

SCL-4091 Now clearing DynamicBrowserRepository Cache when cleaning repository cache

Description:

When clearing the repository cache (Repository Object Master Form or Dynamic Launcher) we have so far not been clearing the cache for the grid layout in the DynamicBrowserRepository resulting in potentially outdated grip layouts getting rendererd.

This has been resolved now.

New Feature

SCL-3807 Implemented merge utility for .smartrepo files

Description:

We have implemented a new graphical merge utility for .smartrepo files. This utility will simplify handling of conflicts in a multi-developer environments. A conflict would occur when a repositoy object in the local SmartDB databse has modifications (SmartModifiedState) and we’re trying to load the .smartrepo file with new contents.

To enable the detection of conflict customers will need to pass the new parameter

<Parameter name="FlagConflicts" value="yes" />

when executing the Consultingwerk/SmartFramework/Repository/Tools/import-repository-data.p procedure using PCTRun.

The https://consultingwerk.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SCL/pages/1894449153/Template+Scripts+for+SmartFramework+data+import+export have been enhanced to support this setting using the properties file.