Open sourcing of Servoy Developer, Servoy Smart Client and Servoy Web Client code under AGPL
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 for Servoy 5.2 is available from https://subversion.servoy.com/product/branches/v52x_branch. A new Open Source Guide has been added to the documentation wiki specifically targeted to developers interested in contributing to the open source projects.
PostgreSQL 8.4 bundled as default database
As of Servoy 5.2, the database bundled in the Servoy installer is PostgreSQL. Servoy 5.2 ships with PostgreSQL 8.4.
Enhanced Security
Servoy 5.2 supports an enhanced security mechanism, separating the login logic from the actual authentication logic, to provide more robust authentication.
Existing solution, developed in Servoy versions before Servoy 5.2 will not work correctly in Servoy 5.2 IF Enhanced Security is enabled (which it is by default) AND IF the solution falls in one of the 2 below mentioned scenario's
To support developers to adopt the Enhanced Security mechanism quickly into their existing solution, an upgrade tutorial has been provided here. Although the Enhanced Security mechanism can be disabled on adminpage, it is highly recommended to utilize this from Servoy 5.2 onwards.
The Enhanced Security mechanism (when enabled) affects existing solutions in the following scenarios:
Solution run in the Servoy Smart Client that utilize the custom login form functionality
Solution run in the Servoy Smart Client that does not require authentication
Programming Features
Added application.showFormInWindow(...)
Allows the developer to show Forms in a real window that:
Can be minimized/maximized/closed/resized by the user
Shows as a separate entry on the System bar of the operating system
Allows the user to select which window is in front
This functionality is additional to the already existing function application.showFormInDialog(...), which shows the form in a dialog, which:
is always on top of the main application window
does not show as a separate entry on the System bar of the operating system
can only be closed and resized by the user
Added option to supply "Reply To" address when sending an email using the the email plugin's sendMail() function
The "from" email address parameter can be 2 separate email addresses, separates by a comma. The first will be utilized as the "from" email address, the second as the "reply to" email address.