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Data Access Worldwide Forums - DataFlex 2026 Testing https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/ A forum containing messages about the pre-release testing of DataFlex 2026. en Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:28:47 GMT vBulletin 60 https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/images/misc/rss.png Data Access Worldwide Forums - DataFlex 2026 Testing https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/ YAFR - DD Field_Committed_Value please ! https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73463-YAFR-DD-Field_Committed_Value-please-!&goto=newpost Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:07:21 GMT For this project, I really wish to have this interface out of the box available from dd class. where committed_value means the last saved value... For this project, I really wish to have this interface out of the box available from dd class.

where committed_value means the last saved value for that column in the current row.

If memory space is a problem, provide an interface to register which columns should be handled by that. if a developer later tries to fetch the committed value for an unregistered columns, the class should raise a programming error.

Background:

#1.
Determine if a row is actually Committed. DD isCommitted function. Sometimes you can't relly just on DD field_current_Value, as the user may have changed that. you need to check the saved value instead.

Easy, you think. just perform a refind_records there, and get the global buffer value instead.
WRONG

if do you this, you break the UI DEO updates.. This was the reason for this post :
Particular Field not being updated/refreshed on view/form !?

It took me several hours to find it out. By the way.. the HELP for isCommitted needs an ALERT REMARKS there.

Can I trust the global buffer when this function is called ? I guess not always. I asked this before, and the answer was undeterminded. Maybe in most of the times where it's called from dd logic, is it safe to assume the buffer is in synch, but this function may also be called by developer at some other event, and that may not be true anymore. So the safest is Do not trust in global buffer inside this function.

AND more important:
DO NO TRY to synch them. if you do a find inside this, you will break the UI DEO updates/refresh

#2.
It will be much easier to compare before/after values in dd logic when needed, and also to create audit logs.

Appreciate any effort in trying to understand this request.

Regards ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Samuel Pizarro https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73463-YAFR-DD-Field_Committed_Value-please-! SWS Indenting https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73462-SWS-Indenting&goto=newpost Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:13:59 GMT When I first created / migrated a 2025 project into 2026. It created the sws file with indenting of factors of 4. After adding some projects, it... When I first created / migrated a 2025 project into 2026. It created the sws file with indenting of factors of 4.

After adding some projects, it became an indenting of 2. I cannot remember if it was my editor, or the studio, but is 2 not a lot more common than 4 for json (rhetorical I guess as ChatGpt agrees with me :) )

Looks just so messy in git

Cheers
Marco ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Marco https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73462-SWS-Indenting Where are the individual js files from dfEngine ? https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73461-Where-are-the-individual-js-files-from-dfEngine&goto=newpost Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:01:35 GMT When you install WebUI in a webproject, you get only the unified js files.

I get the purpose of that.

But, don't we have alternative to still have the old individual files some how ?

So far, reading such files is the only way to really learn something more deeply about how the framework works when attempting to subclass or creating custom controls

Besides, for controls that I have subclasses, I always compare the base files of the new version , with previous one to make sure my sub-classes won't break, or if a hot-fix implemented, is not required anymore.

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To be clear, I am not asking that they should be deployed with WEBUI package , or installed on every single web workspace the way it was.

Just asking to have access to them some how. maybe an option an Instalation wizard, to get them installed somewhere at studio , I don't know.. or in the last case, manually downloaded. ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Samuel Pizarro https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73461-Where-are-the-individual-js-files-from-dfEngine <![CDATA[Clash of the AI's Flextron & WebApp in same workspace?]]> https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73449-Clash-of-the-AI-s-Flextron-amp-WebApp-in-same-workspace&goto=newpost Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:09:20 GMT Hi Guys The DataAccess AI indicates that these should live in harmony in the same workspace. Code: --------- Yes. A DataFlex workspace can... Hi Guys

The DataAccess AI indicates that these should live in harmony in the same workspace.

Code:

Yes. A DataFlex workspace can contain multiple projects, and the documentation explicitly says those projects can be things like a Windows application and a Web application in the same workspace 9. There is even a Quick Start tip stating that a workspace may contain at least one Windows application and a web application 5.





For FlexTron specifically, FlexTron is a Windows desktop application technology that uses web controls inside a Windows app 1. It is created as its own project type/template, and the Studio supports adding web views to such a FlexTron project 1, 11.





So the answer is:





Yes, a FlexTron project can live in the same workspace as a WebApp project.

A workspace is designed to hold multiple related projects 8, 9.

FlexTron itself is a Windows application project that uses web technology internally, not a separate kind of workspace 1.

One related detail: FlexTron projects require the JavaScript Engine in the workspace, and the AppHtml folder must be deployed with the application

But Claude just gave me a reason to think that that might not be true;

Code:

paths.indexHtml collides. FlexTron requires BlaBlaBla.sws to gain "paths": { "indexHtml": "AppSrc/FlexTronScriptIncludes.html" }, but that key is workspace-level and is what the package manager's htmlIncludes injection targets — today it maintains AppHtml\Index.html, into which the Web API Framework injects the Swagger assets. One workspace holding both a WebApp and a FlexTron app has one setting. Must be resolved before FlexTron is added.

So yeah, is there a workaround, I would prefer to keep them both in the same folder as they are the same project and extended, reviewed, updated at the same time.

Kind regards
Marco ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Marco https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73449-Clash-of-the-AI-s-Flextron-amp-WebApp-in-same-workspace cWebSelectionForm missing a OnPostCreate method https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73447-cWebSelectionForm-missing-a-OnPostCreate-method&goto=newpost Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:28:20 GMT Setting pbAllowCreate for a cWebSelectionForm object to true gives an "invalid message OnPostCreate" when the user actually adds a new value.

A cWebTagsForm (which is also a subclass of the cWebBaseSelectionForm) has the method and does not produce this error.

PS.
From cWebBaseSelectionForm:

Code:

tSelectionItem oNewItem

Is it kosher now to name a structured variable beginning with an 'o'?
I get it that you can now write stuff like oNewItem.bServer, but it arguably makes it seem like we have two types of objects.

-Sture ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Sture https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73447-cWebSelectionForm-missing-a-OnPostCreate-method 26 Studio freeze and sws trashed (when trying to remove a project while CLI is running) https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73445-26-Studio-freeze-and-sws-trashed-(when-trying-to-remove-a-project-while-CLI-is-running)&goto=newpost Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:42:11 GMT Finally taking the nagging advice that the studio can't find a couple of sources that are referenced in the .sws file so tried 'remove project' in the workspace explorer.

Admittedly-self-inflicted Problem is I have a build running on the same sws file and the studio freezes, eventually coming back with 'failed load workspace - would you like a repair?' in a loop until I say 'no', after which I can see the sws is corrupted, losing about 200 lines of src files from the projects list.

Can I suggest that as the sws file is presumably read-only during a build, the CLI process takes a copy to work with, rather than attempting to use the one the studio has open?

That would seem to be the simplest option, the alternative being that either the studio or CLI opens the sws file exclusively. ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing DaveR https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73445-26-Studio-freeze-and-sws-trashed-(when-trying-to-remove-a-project-while-CLI-is-running) <![CDATA[project 'NotNeeded.src' could not be found]]> https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73442-project-NotNeeded-src-could-not-be-found&goto=newpost Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:45:56 GMT Why am I getting these compiler errors;

Config file for project 'NotNeeded.src' could not be found in workspace 'C:\work\UnityUms\Libraries\VDFSIG\SigCodejock Classes v1\SigCj Classes v1 - df26.0 cj24.0.0.sws', using defaults.
Project 'Not Needed.src' could not be found in any AppSrc paths of workspace 'C:\work\UnityUms\Libraries\VDFSIG\SigCodejock Wrapper 24.0.0\SigCj Wrapper - df26.0 cj24.0.0.sws'.

Why would the workspace worry about a src in one of the libraries?

Also, any plans to make SigCodeJock part of the package manager?

Kind regards
Marco ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Marco https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73442-project-NotNeeded-src-could-not-be-found Workspace repair https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73440-Workspace-repair&goto=newpost Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:30:13 GMT After a // sorry screenshot disappeared on forum when it asked me to re-login // dialog eas something like your workspace file is corrupt would... After a
// sorry screenshot disappeared on forum when it asked me to re-login
// dialog eas something like your workspace file is corrupt would you like me to fix it

And saying NO

I still get a...
// screen with 'Despite repair it still does not work

the 'despite repair' is hopefully not true... ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Marco https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73440-Workspace-repair RC1 Migration Wizard fails on library in (previous) DF folder https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73439-RC1-Migration-Wizard-fails-on-library-in-(previous)-DF-folder&goto=newpost Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:27:18 GMT Hi Guys Migrating a smallish DataFlex 2025 windows app to 2026 RC1. It is failing on Lib6=Libraries\DataFlex Reports 25.1\DataFlex Reports.sws... Hi Guys

Migrating a smallish DataFlex 2025 windows app to 2026 RC1.

It is failing on
Lib6=Libraries\DataFlex Reports 25.1\DataFlex Reports.sws

In DataFlex 2025, this works fine and was setup by the Studio wizards in
C:\Program Files\DataFlex 25.0\Libraries\DataFlex Reports 25.1

In the wizard for migrating to 2026, it seems to forget that the path can be relative to the project or relative to DFHome.

I guess I can copy the
C:\Program Files\DataFlex 25.0\Libraries\DataFlex Reports 25.1
to
C:\Program Files\DataFlex 26.0\Libraries\DataFlex Reports 25.1
manually, but I thought the wizard should assist with this, or at least do not show as a fatal error.

Kind regards
Marco ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing Marco https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73439-RC1-Migration-Wizard-fails-on-library-in-(previous)-DF-folder Stop and restart in debugger fails https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73436-Stop-and-restart-in-debugger-fails&goto=newpost Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:57:36 GMT Hi,

DF26 RC1 (DataFlex 2026 Studio 26.0.73.99 )

I see this a lot with DF26, including earlier DF26 builds, haven't seen this in earlier versions of DataFlex. At least not as regular.

You're debugging something (from a breakpoint somewhere step..step.. F10..F10..F11) etc.. and then you want to start from the begin again.
So you press the stop button in the Studio toolbar to stop the process.
Doesn't work.
Restart button doesn't work.
Now stepping and switching back to run mode also no longer works.

Trying to close the Studio gives the trusty old popup "you have to stop the debugger before you can quit the Studio. Do you want do so now?" prompt.
Choosing "Yes" does not work and stop the debugger. Choosing "No" does not help either :)

The only way to stop is by killing the studio from the task manager.

This appears to happen in any project I debug, not just The Hammer, which is where I noticed that this started to become a very regular issue.

Happens in both legacy Windows projects as well as FlexTron projects. Not sure if I've seen it for webapps, will try to pay attention for that.

Sadly I do not have steps for reproducing this issue so far, but will add here if I manage to find a way to reproduce this easily.

FWIW, this is on my mac mini M2 host, so Apple Silicon, running VMware Fusion (latest). Windows 11 Pro.
Not sure if that matters.
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Wil ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing wila https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73436-Stop-and-restart-in-debugger-fails Index html file for DF25 and DF26? https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73433-Index-html-file-for-DF25-and-DF26&goto=newpost Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:45:52 GMT Hi, Is it somehow possible to have a single index.html file that works for both DF25 (and below) and DF26? For normal DataFlex source code we... Hi,

Is it somehow possible to have a single index.html file that works for both DF25 (and below) and DF26?

For normal DataFlex source code we can use compiler directives.

For webapps however that is a problem as the index.html file does not understand compiler directives.

The reason that I am asking is that for the syncfusion workspace / demo I like to provide a working example for a few DataFlex versions, not only the last one.

I have no intention of going back very far, say DF23 and up, but it would be nice to be able to run the same code for a few versions.

Would the solution be to write a .js file that includes one set of libraries versus the other?
But how would I know what DataFlex version it is when the "DfEngine" hasn't been included yet?

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Wil ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing wila https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73433-Index-html-file-for-DF25-and-DF26 Superclass properties generate runtime errors https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73432-Superclass-properties-generate-runtime-errors&goto=newpost Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:38:44 GMT Hi,

Been migrating the Syncfusion library to DF26 and it -mostly- works.
There's one really weird thing though.
I'm seeing runtime errors on properties that are mixed in on a superclass.

More specific..
The csfWebColumn class is based on the cWebForm class and as such it tries to use the properties pbVisible and psTextAlign.
However for some reason it throws runtime errors the moment it tries to "get" these properties.

You can reproduce this as follows, download the problem workspace here: download

Unzip the workspace, register the "Syncfusion Demo 260.sws" file in the Studio and run the FlexTron.src demo (the same thing happens in the webapp btw)

Watch the flurry of pbVisible/psTextAlign errors popup (about 10 times or so).
After that the workspace will work normally .. at least from initial testing.

It is possible to comment out the offending lines, but why would they throw a runtime error? IM(not so)HO it should not throw these errors.

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Wil ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing wila https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73432-Superclass-properties-generate-runtime-errors Set Error 98 on Get Property error https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73431-Set-Error-98-on-Get-Property-error&goto=newpost Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:30:43 GMT Hi, See screenshot: Attachment 18257 (https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18257) The error shown is about... Hi,

See screenshot:
SetErrorOnGetError98.png

The error shown is about setting the pbVisible property.
The actual code it errors on is:

Code:

    Function pbRender Returns Boolean

        Boolean bVisible

        Get pbVisible to bVisible

        Function_Return bVisible

    End_Function

No set pbVisible in sight.
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Wil

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]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing wila https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73431-Set-Error-98-on-Get-Property-error DF-Cli question https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73427-DF-Cli-question&goto=newpost Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:09:43 GMT Why if you use the verbose option

-v, --verbose

Enable verbose output during the build process.

It does not show the path where the compiler did find the source file.

Peter ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing phvwijk https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73427-DF-Cli-question 25 to 26 migration with RC1 https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73426-25-to-26-migration-with-RC1&goto=newpost Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:22:25 GMT Remigrating using RC1

My 'cunning plan' worked, in a new copy of my main workspace I moved my local libraries into the AppSrcPath and just left the DAW ones to be packagified. Much faster migration.

Quote:

[Workspace]
Home=..\
AppHTMLPath=AppHtml
AppSrcPath=AppSrc;..\..\Libraries\vwin32fh-20211125;..\..\Libraries\cFileSystem-20210516\AppSrc;..\..\Libraries\Starzen.SZWIZARD\A ppSrc;..\..\Libraries\VDFQuery\AppSrc
DataPath=.....\kirk1 etc
DDSrcPath=DDSrc
BitmapPath=BitMaps250
IdeSrcPath=IdeSrc
HelpPath=Help
ProgramPath=Programs
FileList=......\Filelist.cfg
Description=DAVE25.0
Not Yet Connection Ini=\Working\kirk1\DFConnId.ini

Minor quibble, probably only me, with 666* sources, it failed to find two sources presumably listed in the old sws but it doesn't say which ones. Could have put them in the log...

* 666 sources... devilish :cool:

that workspace is in turn used as a resource for my individual 'webapp' workspaces (actually flextron workspaces but you get the idea) so they are next ]]> DataFlex 2026 Testing DaveR https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?73426-25-to-26-migration-with-RC1