AIDA/Web 6.0 Release notes

AIDA/Web 6.0 beta 2
AIDA/Web 6.0 beta 1

AIDA/Web 6.0 beta 2

-- On: 04/25/2009 18:11:18.000

  • - AIDASite keywords in settings, for global http header keywords for all site contents
  • - WebApplication mustBeEncrypted not for login page (commented out)

--- On: 04/24/2009 19:27:34.000

  • two way synced with Squeak 5.7-jm.3

--- On: 04/23/2009 12:31:09.000

  • - WebApplication printWebPage registerStreamedFields after context is known
  • - VW specific! in comment of every platform specific methods
  • - patch: AIDASite styleClass nme, not name, which is instvar!

--- On: 04/20/2009 13:49:12.000

  • - WebForm prepareActionStringOn: added, anchor must be always at the end! (this solve IE6 problem not supporting anchors in the middle of query part)
  • - WebStyle searchButton moved to DefaultWebStyle
  • - WebPage printHTML... self clear, no need to context form clear separately
  • - HTTPRequest view skips anchor, if present (?view=edit#ancor123)

--- On: 04/19/2009 16:55:52.000

  • - WebUserApp, allow changing only password to locked users
  • - DefaultWebStyle cssPrintMethods divided into more, numbered, ...
  • - WebElement addPageBreak now works on FF and IE!
  • - printing now works on FF an IE!
  • - WebScript doesn't add script tag if already exist
  • - patch: WebStyle css: print exact class holding that css method
  • - patch: WebApplication clear added, clears its own page and a form
  • - patch: WebElement clears scripts too

--- On: 04/17/2009 21:44:23.000

  • - self app style htmlHeaderElements

--- On: 04/17/2009 20:25:43.000

  • - no more #doesNotUnderstand in WebApplication!

--- On: 04/17/2009 17:15:05.000

  • - WebUser locking to prevent changes of reserved user Admin, Guest, ...
  • - WebUser, WebUserGroup preferedUrl for nice Urls

--- On: 04/17/2009 15:51:38.000

  • - preparing to discontinue #doesNotUnderstand in WebApplication
  • - WebApplication pageContentWidth temporary added just to delegate to style (too many methods use it to change them all)
  • - WebStyle removing obsolete methods (colors etc),
  • - WebStyle making it standalone, workable if you use it instead of DefaultWebStyle
  • - element = e

--- On: 04/16/2009 14:36:25.000

  • - WebForm clear removed
  • - WebApplication clear delegated to current context''s form
  • - WebElement printString - div, id, class
  • - WebElement clear clears tables too

--- On: 04/16/2009 9:18:09.000

  • - WebApplication delegate #add, #table, #cell etc to the form of current context
  • - WebContext session to return app session

--- On: 04/15/2009 21:09:10.000

  • major refactorings because of execution contexts:
  • - WebApplication: no more current view, form and context.
  • - WebApplication refactoring to use req context instead of current view, app etc.
  • - HTTPRequest context, context: to carry an execution context through req lifecycle
  • - Object firstContextFromStack to find it with stack climbing to the first request
  • - WebElement context to find it from above form or with stack climbing
  • - WebApplciation no more cleanup, clear !
  • - WebPage printHTMLPage... self clear, self context form initElements
  • - AIDASite inifFavicon initCache, really needed?

--- On: 04/11/2009 8:06:18.000

  • - WebGrid canFilterObject:..  auto convert value to string

--- On: 04/11/2009 8:01:47.000

  • - WebAdminApp sitesElement, sorted, ..
  • - WebGrid buildTableRows no more two lines in one (when identical objs) (patch by Herbert and Alex)
  • - DailyCollection firstDayInYear: added
  • - AIDASite styleClass: argument can be string or class
  • - AIDASite redirectOn: if location happens to be nil...

--- On: 03/20/2009 12:47:40.000

  • - Date class nameOfSloMonth

--- On: 03/15/2009 14:52:03.000

  • - Object aidaIsAssociation

--- On: 03/15/2009 13:33:59.000

  • - WebApplication ensureContextForView:, ask: (control flow support)
  • - WebUserGroupApp userSelectionElement with sorted users
  • - demo control flow App
  • - Object firstSessionOnStack from first, WebApp, WebContext or AIDASite
  • - WebElement identationLevel work also if app is not there

--- On: 02/23/2009 22:19:45.000

  • - WebContext processes and semaphores introduced
  • - WebApplication printedWebPageFor: redirect to context, if it is able to execute the request (has its process waiting for that

--- On: 02/23/2009 17:56:39.000

  • - WebContext form moved here from WebApplication
  • - WebContext ids moved here from WebForm
  • - WebApplication findContextSameViewFor: temporary one context per view

--- On: 02/22/2009 21:03:46.000

  • Context ids in all requests, posts and ajax
  • - WebContext, WebContextFirst with most methods implemented
  • - WebApplication private-context with context support methods
  • - printWebPageFor: find or create context at the start, reports error if no context id in post or ajax requests
  • - acceptInputsFrom: no more regeneration, no more view comparison needed
  • - HTTPRequest contextId from query part or post data
  • - WebForm no more hidden field, context id (aidaCtx) in form action url
  • - WebElement ajaxCallUrlParametersFor: added context id (aidaCtx) to url
  • - WebAutocompleteField addSetupScript
  • - WebSessionManager findOrCreateSession, not findOrMakeSession !

--- On: 02/21/2009 22:28:11.000

  • - class categories adjusted to package names

--- On: 02/21/2009 22:21:33.000

  • - WebContext introduced, also context to WebApplication, HTTPRequest

--- On: 02/21/2009 20:55:05.000

  • - comments refreshed
  • - copyright changed: (c) Janko Mivsek and Aida community


--- On: 02/21/2009 20:16:44.000

  • new 5.7 branch for introduction of tree-like control flow

--- On: 02/21/2009 20:15:33.000

  • - FileProxy filename deals with platform specifics
  • - WebStatisticsApp adjustViewingDate - check month format

--- On: 02/17/2009 14:09:27.000

  • - WebGrid sortLinkColumn: do not sort, if column is numbered
  • - WebUser passwordAsHex, to return hex string, not just numbers
  • - Company importEmployeesFrom moved out of here, to BiArt

--- On: 02/12/2009 10:54:26.000

  • - WebSessionManager findSessionWithUsername: findAllSessionWithUsername:

--- On: 02/07/2009 18:52:24.000

  • Image button support added:
  • - WebElement addButtonGif: Png: ...
  • - WebButton image:, some other cleanup
  • - WebApplication buttonNameFrom: in case of image buttons return x y coordinates!

--- On: 02/07/2009 13:44:30.000

  • -Person, remove purposes
  • -I8N package comment

--- On: 01/31/2009 14:23:33.000

  • Ajax periodic updater caused browser slowdown after few minutes. Patch by Facundo Ciccioli solves the problem.
  • - see WebElement updateEverySeconds:with:

--- On: 01/28/2009 19:34:19.000

  • URLResolver urlFromHalfUrl:on: host name value

--- On: 01/26/2009 21:16:01.000

  • - DefaultWebStyle body font size 11pt instead 90%, line-height down to 1.2em
  • - WebRichEditor contentStyleUrl - use WebStyle richEditorStyleSheet!
  • - WebStyle richEditorStyleSheet - closing } missed !, exact font sizes added
  • - AIDASite redirectOn: replaced XHTML''s & back to &, otherwise cycling redirect!

--- On: 01/26/2009 9:22:08.000

  • -WebFormElement autoConverToString, aidaIsAssociation to to the end!
  • -WebElement tagClosing, use app if page cannot be found through parent chain

--- On: 01/20/2009 21:45:09.000

  • XHTML support introduced:
  • - WebPage doctypes, HTML, XHTML, Strict, Transitional
  • - WebPage isXHTML
  • - WebElement webPage, to find a page to which this element belongs
  • - WebElement tagClosing  /> on XHTML!
  • - WebLink properAmpersand: & instead & in XHTML urls!
  • - many elements patched to generate proper XHTML valid code

--- On: 01/20/2009 9:47:57.000

  • -Party nameNonEmpty added

--- On: 01/19/2009 18:27:26.000

  • -WebPage htmlDocType support added (HTML4.01 transitional, XHTML10 Strict etc)
  • -WebPage htmlTagAttributes, for adding attributes to a html tag

--- On: 01/05/2009 7:35:36.000

  • WebSecurityManager
  • - setAclForWhoFromRequest added
  • - vieAclForObjects
  • - viewAclOfObject self title: aclObject name asString

--- On: 01/05/2009 7:20:44.000

  • - Security: WebUserApp, WebUserGroupApp added
  • - WebUser website added

--- On: 12/19/2008 15:25:26.000

  • -WebSession loginUserWithName:surname:
  • -WebSecurityManager userWithName: surname:

--- On: 12/07/2008 23:39:00.000

  • WebCache purgeCache assoc value associations

--- On: 12/07/2008 23:07:21.000

  • WebAdmin aidaCache false by default!

--- On: 12/07/2008 23:01:26.000

  • AIDASite initializeDefaultSettings, styleClass: DefaultWebStyle

--- On: 12/07/2008 21:50:30.000

  • Caching introduced. Global cache for all sessions, for now.
  • - WebCache, WebCacheEntry classes added
  • - Object aidaCacheView:on:, aidaCacheTimeout
  • - AIDASite cache in system services
  • - AIDASite responding from cache in answer:toGetOrPostOn:
  • - WebAdmin aidaCacheView:on: for benchm. cached vs.generated

--- On: 12/02/2008 13:13:55.000

  • SpDate firstDayInMonth was not moved from WebFrameApp

--- On: 12/02/2008 13:08:46.000

  • WebStatisticsApp, date is now here instead on WebFrameApp!

--- On: 12/02/2008 12:58:42.000

  • WebStatisticsApp adjustViewingDate added

--- On: 12/02/2008 12:55:10.000

  • WebStatisticsApp instvar date moved here from removed WebFrameApp

--- On: 12/02/2008 11:30:29.000

  • -WebIndex privIndexObject indexTitle switced off for now
  • -WebDemo, DemoApp, rich text editor demo alive again

--- On: 12/02/2008 12:47:54.000

--- On: 12/02/2008 11:24:20.000

  • -WebSecurityManagerApp uplift, nicer tables etc
  • -WebFrameApp removed, all subclasses now directly from WebApplication
  • -ViewTabs, selected one is now clickable!
  • -SwazooAida demoStop, besides demoStart (less confusing)
  • -SwazooServer renamed aidaStart/Stop to aidaDemoStart/Stop
  • -SpDate added date methods from WebFrameApp

--- On: 11/12/2008 20:15:46.000

  • syncing from Squeak Aida5.6-np.53 to np.84
  • - Moved String>>replaceSpecialCharacters from Scribo to AIDA
  • - New header :)
  • - Improved WebLightbox to work with ajaxified components
  • - Added AIDASite class>>convertIRItoURL:
  • - WebGrid>>sortlLinkColumn: cannot sort if addBlock
  • - Removed some css methods from DefaultWebStyle (only used in Scribo) and moved to ScriboStyle
  • - Added style inst var to WebStyle for dynamic css content
  • - Fixed WebApplication>>checkObserveeLanguageFor:
  • - Fixed WebElement>>ajaxCallUrl for UTF-8
  • - Fixed WebSession>>isActive and isExpired o use SpTimestamp
  • - New aida logo! :)
  • - Now WebStyle>>importImagesFromDirectory: uses SPort

--- On: 11/10/2008 22:33:38.000

  • -WebComponent default initialize call removed from #new, it breaks too many existing components!

--- On: 11/10/2008 22:01:37.000

  • Sync from Squeak Aida5.6-np.32 to janko.52
  • - WebCaptcha added (but not adjusted yet to VW!)
  • - some other changes
  • - Renamed the old webGrid style method to #oldCss24WebGrid
  • - Added a new WebGrid style in DefaultWebStyle
  • - Added WebGrid>>width: accessor
  • - Added WebGrid>>width accessor
  • - Removed WebGrid>>tableWidth
  • - Changed WebFileInputField>>acceptFileAttributesFrom:field: formultibyte filename support
  • - Changed how #build is called in WebComponent (build is no longer called during the instance creation, but during the printing
  •   phase, through #printHTMLPageOn:forSession:)
  • - Removed DefaultWebStyle>>wikiPageFrameWith:title:
  • - Removed DefaultWebStyle>>sitePageFrameWith:title:
  • - Improved WebComponent: WebComponent new now call #build method
  • - Added WebSession>>queryAt: and also queryStringAt: for getting (internal) multibyte string value from encoded URL
  • - Changed AIDASIte>>redirectOn: for supporting redirection to international URL
  • - Fixed WebSecuritymanager>>userNamed:withPassword:
  • - Fixed WebAdminApp isRegistrationValid
  • - Fixed WebUser>>password: (in case password is empty)
  •   Improved WebStyle/WebDefaultStyle separation (allCssScreen,PrintMethods)
  •  -WebStatistics>>collectStatsFrom: -- fix for international urls

--- On: 11/10/2008 19:54:49.000

WARNING, MIGRATION after load!
  Manually change subclases of WebStyle to superclass WebDefaultStyle.
  WebStyle allInstances do: :style | style changeClassTo: WebDefaultStyle.
  Load also other packages with subclasses of WebStyle!

  • - Squeak Aida5.6-np.51 Splitted WebStyle into 2 classes: Webtyle (now an abstract class), and DefaultWebStyle, which is the new default style.
  • - AIDASite styleClass ''DefaultWebStyle'' instead of ''WebStyle''

--- On: 11/10/2008 19:16:21.000

  • - URLResolver halfUrlFor: aWebPage #name, changed to #title
  • - WebIndexApp resultsElement C link was not  to self observee

--- On: 11/10/2008 18:53:34.000
Syncing from Squeak Aida5.6-mivsek.3 to Aida5.6-np.50

  • - WebLivePDFCreator now uses SPort SpFilenamechanged WebStyle>>pageFrameWith:wide:title:  self app  htmlHeadersElement
  • - Scriptaculous integration (methods in WebElement category events-effects&dragdrop)
  • - WebRichEditor>>language, english is now the default language
  • - Translated WebHelpPageApp>>viewMain to english
  • - Improved WebIndex to index also #indexTitle, not only #indexText
  • - Fixed WebIndexApp>>resultsElement
  • - WebSession>>originatorLanguageFrom: will see ''Accept-Language'' header field to support preferable language

--- On: 10/31/2008 19:21:14.000

  • -WebStatistics removeReferersJustOneHit and older that 7days

--- On: 10/23/2008 15:59:55.000

  • - WebStatisticsApp referers legend: bold = new in last 7 days
  • - patch: WebCounter day was used as local var!

--- On: 10/23/2008 15:30:18.000

  • - WebStatisticsApp new referers since last 7 days bold
  • - WebCounter isFirstOnDate:sinceDays:

--- On: 10/21/2008 17:01:15.000

  • -WebElement: Scriptaculous effects, dragdrop, sortable support,  partial!

--- On: 10/21/2008 13:31:16.000

  • - Ajax improvements (WebForm, WebApplication):
  • - correct relacement of refreshed element with old one
  • - form ids have now replacementAnnouncements too
  • - WebApplication pasteFromClipboardTitle

--- On: 10/17/2008 21:12:20.000

  • AIDASite subclass of SwazooSite, renamed from Site. Don''t forget to load Swazoo 2.2beta5 first with manualy renaming classes!

--- On: 10/17/2008 11:04:42.000

  • WARNING: WebSessionManager allInstances nillAppsForObjects !
  • -Ajax improvements:
  •   - Ajax post send fieldName=field343 to identify field always, for checkboxes too
  •   - WebChecBox now works for Ajax unselections too
  •   - WebElement onClickReload a whole page
  •   - WebFormElement onChangeReload whole page
  •   - WebAplication ajaxUpdateOfOld:for: copy id of old element to Ajax refreshed new one
  •   - WebApplication versionFromRequest also for Ajax requests!
  •   - WebAutocompleteField addSetupScript adjusted because above
  • - #myPage redirect after login settings in AIDASite added
  • - no more **** returned by #passwordText in WebUser, Person
  • - OrganizationUnit allJobRolesDownHierarchy
  • - WebSessionManager
  •   -  nilAppsForObjects to release all application state of sessions
  •   - allNonactiveGuestSessions
  • -HTTPPost postDataKesNotStreamed

--- On: 10/07/2008 10:12:54.000

  • -WebSession removeNonactiveGuestSessions added
  • --  allNonActiveGuestSessions added
  • - patch: FileProxy #elements don''t call releaseContent (recursion!)

--- On: 10/06/2008 9:45:57.000

  • - FileProxy at refreshContent also releaseContent in case size is now higher and we don''t cache anymore.
  • - AIDASite statistics /stats.html, no /stat.html!
  • - WebStatsApp tabsReferersElement ''This week'', not That week

--- On: 09/15/2008 10:57:42.000

  • - uuid not just hash but random in range 0-1G, stored in instvar other     (WebUser, Party)
  • - WebPage favicon in page header, not only to /favicon.ico by default

--- On: 09/02/2008 11:44:48.000

  • -WebRichEditor contentStyleUrl - only default one, no screen.css added

--- On: 09/02/2008 11:30:14.000

  • - String asHttpFriendly, usefull specially for Url composition (like in preferedUrl). Converts all non Url friendly characters to ''-''.
  • - all preferedUrl corrected with above

--- On: 08/21/2008 10:17:30.000

  • - WebFieldSet label in Unicode

AIDA/Web 6.0 beta 1

--- On 21 August 2008 7:23:59 pm

  • New logo and banner :)

--- On 13 July 2008 7:07:34 pm

  • /ping.html for "heartbeat" monitoring of website. Those pings are not counted. See AidaSite answerTo: and HTTPResponse isPing
  • WebAdminApp viewWakeupRichEditor, Scriptaculous for prefetching JS libs and other for faster open of rich text editor
  • major refactoring: aRequest parameter added to printWebPAge.., printHTMLPage and lot of WebAppliction methods, instead of use of aSession lastRequest, which is unreliable where concurrent requests are processed.

--- On 24 June 2008 3:27:51 am

  • Added LightBox support

--- On 7 June 2008 6:13:28 pm

  • WebCaptcha added
  • major refactoring of WebSessionManager, instvar activeSessions renamed to sessions, other two dictionaries removed. a lot of methods renamed or removed. Now the manager is really simple and comprehensible.
  • SwazooServer wathdog methods to Swazoo

--- On 8 May 2008 12:09:23 am

  • Improved WebGrid
  • New WebGrid CSS

--- On 4 May 2008 5:20:23 am

  • Improved WebComponent/WebElement separation: WebComponent call #build method

--- On 6 April 2008 3:58:18 am

  • Better internationalization support (full japanese support)

--- on 2 April 2008 11:52:09 pm

  • Splitted WebStyle into 2 classes: Webtyle (now an abstract class), and DefaultWebStyle, which is the new default style.
  • WebStyle>>allCssPrintMethods and allCssScreenMethods to add methods from super classes only if #addSuperStyles returns true
  • Better cross-dialect file support using SPort 

--- On 31 March 2008 5:33:30 pm

  • Improved scriptaculous integration
  • Some translations to english
  • Improved WebIndex

--- On 9 March 2008 9:04:59 am

  • better internationalization support

--- On 7 March 2008 11:37:15 pm

  • Security improvements : passwords are stored as a hashed string
  • added DOCTYPE
  • Implemented AIDASite class>>default for not causing DNU.
  • SwazooServer>>aidaStart will set default instance of AIDASite 
  • bug fixes