Upgrade Guide - Prolifics

API ChangesProperty ChangesApplication PropertiesText SelectionScreen Type (screen_type)For screens and service components in distributed applications, a propertyunder Identity which displays whether the screen object is a client screen orservice component.The following properties have changed in Panther:Font propertiesScreen and widget font properties that identify, what was JAM-specific fonts,have been updated to be Panther-specific fonts both in the Properties windowand in the configuration map file; the JAM modifier has been eliminated.Help properties (help_screen)The menu property, mni_jam_help (menu item Help property) is nowmni_help.The screen property (JAM Help property) and its corresponding mnemonic,jam_help_screen are now Help Screen and help_screen, respectively.Style property (style)The screen subproperty of the Pixmap property now defaults to Tile insteadof Center. This only effects newly created screens.The @jam property shortcut for the application name has been replaced with @app().@jam will continue to work for backward compatibility.A new series of logical keys have been added for selecting text:EXTFBEXTFEEXTLEXTLBextend selection to start of field or list boxextend selection to end of field or list boxextend selection with left arrow in text fieldextend selection to start of line in text fieldUpgrade Guide 1-39