New Features

This page summarizes the main new features that are introduced in each PRADO release.

Version 3.2.2

TUrlMappingPattern support for constant parameters
Added EnableCache property to THttpRequest to enable caching of the TUrlManager and any TMappingUrl pattern
Lazy module loading in application configuration
TEACache eAccellerator cache module

TSecurityManager has been enhanced to support all the ciphers available in php
Added a new UrlFormat for TUrlManager: HiddenPath; works like the 'Path' format, but hides the entryscript.php name
Updated external packages

Added methods quoteTableName, quoteColumnName, quoteColumnAlias to TDbMetaData & TDbConnection and added TDbConnection:getDbMetaData
Added THttpSession::regenerate()
Added method getHeaders to THttpRequest & THttpResponse
Modified TThemeManager to allow custom subclassing of TTheme
Application configuration can be stored in PHP code
Added mouse coordinates and key status to drag & drop controls event
Permit progressive rendering of a page and added TFlushOutput control to control it
Added TReCaptcha control
Added a new "Clickable" operating mode to TDatePicker
ActiveControls's Visible property is reflected clientside on ajax requests
Controls are able to automagically render their javascript dependencies on an ajax callback

Added documentation and samples to the quickstart tutorial for all the active controls
Added TTemplateControlInheritable control
Added TActiveDataGrid control
Added TActiveDataList control
Added TActiveMultiView control
Added TActiveRepeater control
Added TActiveTableRow control
Added TActiveTableCell control

Added property ClientScriptManagerClass to TPageService
Added property TValidationSummary.ScrollToSummary to server-side control since property exists on client-side
Added property TransactionClass (defaults to System.Data.TDbTransaction) to TDbConnection
Added ClientSide property to TDropContainer
Added Columns property to TInPlaceTextBox

Added property TPage.EnableStateCompression and related modifications in TPageStateFormatter since it is unnecessary to compress clientstate if TCachePageStatePersister/TSessionPageStatePersister is used
Add property CssClass to TBrowserLog otuput and hide inline CSS

Added support for namespaces in TXmlDocument
Added Registry for Prado generated clientside counterparts of serverside controls
TValidationSummary: new display mode "HeaderOnly" that only render value of HeaderText property
TDbCache performance: new property 'FlushInterval' to control how often expired items will be removed
Added caching of message files to TException
Added a new log route subclass for FirePHP: TFirePhpLogRoute - FirePHP is ideally suited for AJAX development where clean JSON and XML responses are required

Added a new active control TActivePager that allows to paginate a databound control with an ajax callback.
Added TFirebugLogRoute to send logs to the Firebug console

Added a new control TTabPanel that displays tabbed views.
Added a new control TKeyboard that displays a virtual keyboard for text input.
Added a new control TCaptcha that displays a CAPTCHA to keep spammers from signing up for certain accounts online. A related validator TCaptchaValidator is also implemented.
Added a new control TSlider that displays a slider which can be used for numeric input.
Added a new control TConditional that conditionally displays one of the two kinds of content.
Added Oracle DB support to Active Record.
Added support to TDataGrid to allow grouping consecutive cells with the same content.
Added support to allow configuring page properties and authorization rules using relative page paths in application and page configurations. Added support to allow authorization based on remote host address.
Added a new page state persister TCachePageStatePersister. It allows page state to be stored using a cache module (e.g. TMemCache, TDbCache, etc.)
Added support to the auth framework to allow remembering login.
Added support to display a prompt item in TDropDownList and TListBox (something like 'Please select:' as the first list item.)
Added support to column mapping in Active Record.

Added seamless AJAX support. A whole array of AJAX-enabled controls, called active controls, are introduced. The usage of these active controls is very similar to their non-AJAX counterparts, i.e., plug in and use. For more details, see the tutorial about active controls.
Added complete database support.
Added new controls, modules and services, including TSoapService, TOutputCache, TSessionPageStatePersister, TFeedService, TJsonService, cache dependency classes, TXmlTransform.
Enhanced some data controls with renderers. Renderer enables reusing item templates that are commonly found in TRepeater, TDataList and TDataGrid, and makes the configuration on these controls much cleaner. For more details about renders, see the updated tutorials on TRepeater, TDataList and TDataGrid.
Added support to allow including external application configurations. Enhanced template syntax to facilitate subproperty configuration.
Added TDbUserManager and TDbUser to simplify authentication and authorization with user accounts stored in a database.