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Open source
The source code of the entire Servoy Developer suite and the Smart and Web Client has been made publicly available under the AGPL license. The source code is available from https://subversion.servoy.com/product. A new Open Source Guide has been added for developers interested in contributing to the open source projects.

PostgreSQL
As of Servoy 5.2, the database bundled in the Servoy installer is PostgreSQL. Servoy 5.2 ships with PostgreSQL 8.4.

Window support
Ability to forms in windows. Windows differ from dialogs in the way that each windows shows up on the system bar, can be minimized to the system bar and windows can move behind eachother.

Enhanced Security
Even more robust authentication for clients.Servoy 6 is all about developer productivity

Servoy Developer Highlights

  • Greatly enhanced Form Editor
  • JavaScript Refactoring support
  • Enhanced design time code validation
  • New Command Console
  • Overall cleanup of the Servoy Developer UI

Programming API Highlights

  • New onRender event
  • Extended Inheritance model
  • Drag 'n' Drop implementation enhancements
  • New Windowing API

In this release, in which we focused on Developer Productivity and First Experience, these are the main new features:

First Experience:
  • Cleaned up the User Interface of Servoy Developer
  • New design for the Welcome screen that is displayed on first launch after installation
  • New Start Page when opening Servoy Developer with the latest news & useful links
  • Completely overhauled All-in-One installer
Tools for the Developer in Servoy Developer:
  • Brand new Form Designer
  • Brand new CSS Editor
  • Completely new JavaScript build system, based on extended JSDoc support
  • JavaScript Refactoring support
Extensions & updated to the Solution Design feature set:
  • TableView row styling through CSS StyleSheets
  • Conditional styling of Forms & Elements through a new onRender event
  • New Windowing API
  • Extended Inheritance model
  • Improved Drag 'n Drop event model
Deployment Features:
  • Completely overhauled All-In-One installer
  • Added support for installing the Servoy Application Server as a service for all platforms