Implementing channels took the most time, nearly a week. This release also includes many small changes made in preparing the Keynote slides for upcoming sessions.

• Reduced size of Panorama.app by nearly 80%. Your databases may get a bit smaller also if you have large procedures (you’ll need to recompile them).

• Implemented channels, including preference panel for channel settings, channel statements and functions, and statements for dialing the phone and sending email.

• New tags for the ConstructFormDataEditors statement, including <width>, <button>, <buttons>, <help> (tooltips) and <code>.

• New “Large Text” Formula Workshop window.

• New Recompile statement, and added recompile option to View Organizer wizard.

• Find/Select dialog is empty/is not empty options now work with any data type.

• Fixed missing information in form blueprints, including static images, groups, and text labels.

• The arraycontains( and arraynotcontains( functions now work with data arrays.

• The GetDictionaryValue( function and statement now have an additional optional parameter that specifies a default value to return if the dictionary item doesn’t exist.

• SetDictionaryValue statement now allows multiple key/value pairs to change multiple values with a single statement.

• The timestampstr( function now works correctly for all times of day.

• Fixed bugs in Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby statements. Most of these bugs had already been fixed for Perl, but the fixes had not been applied to the other languages.

• Fixed crash that occurs when importing a Panorama 6 database with no permenent variables

• The listfiles( function will now accept one 4 character type code, in addition to 1 or more 8 character type codes.

• Numerous documentation corrections submitted by Crag McPherson – thank you Craig!

Brand new features implemented in this release (features that were not included in Panorama 6):

• channelcatalog -- The channelcatalog statement creates a list of all channel databases (including the path for each database).
• crtolf( -- The crtolf( function converts carriage returns into linefeeds.
• divzeroerror( -- The divzeroerror( function divides two numbers, returns an error if the denominator is zero.
• infinity( -- The infinity( function returns infinity.
• lftocr( -- The lftocr( function converts linefeeds into carriage returns.
• recompile -- The recompile statement recompiles all procedures in a database.
• signedbinaryvalue( -- The signedbinaryvalue( function converts binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into a signed number (see Binary Data).

Features implemented in this release that work differently than they did in Panorama 6.

• channelcall -- The channelcall statement calls a procedure in the active channel module.
• channelpath -- The channelpath statement returns the path of a specified channel module.

Features implemented in this release that work exactly the same as they did in Panorama 6.

• channelactivemodule( -- The channelactivemodule( function returns the currently active module for a channel, if any.
• channelactivemodule -- The channelactivemodule statement returns the currently active module for a channel, if any.
• channelgetdictionary -- The channelgetdictionary statement returns the current settings for a specified channel.
• channelinformation( -- The channelinformation( function returns information about a specified channel.
• channelinformation -- The channelinformation statement returns information about a specified channel.
• channelload -- The channelload statement loads a channel module.
• channelmodules( -- The channelmodules( function returns a list of available modules for a specified channel type.
• channelmodules -- The channelmodules statement returns a list of available modules for a specified channel type.
• channelopen -- The channelopen statement opens a channel module for editing.
• channelpath( -- The channelpath( function returns the path of a specified channel module.
• channelprocedures -- The channelprocedures statement returns a list of procedures available in a specified channel.
• channelswitch -- The channelswitch statement switches the active channel module.
• channeltypes( -- The channeltypes( function returns a list of available channel types.
• channeltypes -- The channeltypes statement returns a list of available channel types.
• dialdigits -- The dialdigits statement dials one or more digits.
• dialphone -- The dialphone statement dials one or more digits, adjusting for area codes, country codes, etc..
• sendarrayemail -- The sendarrayemail statement sends a single e-mail to multiple recipients.
• sendbulkemail -- The sendbulkemail statement sends a single e-mail to multiple recipients.
• sendemail -- The sendemail statement sends an e-mail. It gives access to the maximum number of options available.
• sendoneemail -- The sendoneemail statement sends a single e-mail to a single recipient.

ALL features that were added or changed in this release:

• / -- The / operator divides one numeric value by another.
• channelactivemodule( -- The channelactivemodule( function returns the currently active module for a channel, if any.
• channelactivemodule -- The channelactivemodule statement returns the currently active module for a channel, if any.
• channelcall -- The channelcall statement calls a procedure in the active channel module.
• channelcatalog -- The channelcatalog statement creates a list of all channel databases (including the path for each database).
• channelgetdictionary -- The channelgetdictionary statement returns the current settings for a specified channel.
• channelload -- The channelload statement loads a channel module.
• channelmodules( -- The channelmodules( function returns a list of available modules for a specified channel type.
• channelmodules -- The channelmodules statement returns a list of available modules for a specified channel type.
• channelopen -- The channelopen statement opens a channel module for editing.
• channelpath( -- The channelpath( function returns the path of a specified channel module.
• channelpath -- The channelpath statement returns the path of a specified channel module.
• channelprocedures -- The channelprocedures statement returns a list of procedures available in a specified channel.
• channelsetdictionary -- The channelsetdictionary statement saves new settings for a specified channel.
• channelswitch -- The channelswitch statement switches the active channel module.
• channeltypes( -- The channeltypes( function returns a list of available channel types.
• channeltypes -- The channeltypes statement returns a list of available channel types.
• crtolf( -- The crtolf( function converts carriage returns into linefeeds.
• dialdigits -- The dialdigits statement dials one or more digits.
• dialphone -- The dialphone statement dials one or more digits, adjusting for area codes, country codes, etc..
• divzeroerror( -- The divzeroerror( function divides two numbers, returns an error if the denominator is zero.
• encodebase64( -- The encodebase64( function encodes data using Base64.
• formcolor -- The formcolor statement changes the background color of the current form.
• getaddress -- The getaddress statement divides the last line of an address into separate components.
• getinternalbutton -- The getinternalbutton statement retrieves the coordinates of the last button that was pressed (in form relative coordinates).
• getlocalbutton -- The getlocalbutton statement retrieves the coordinates of the last button that was pressed (in window relative coordinates).
• getname -- The getname statement divides a person's full name into separate components.
• gettextdialog -- The gettextdialog statement displays a configurable modal dialog that asks the user to enter an item of text.
• getwebcolor -- The getwebcolor statement will calculate an RGB color from a Netscape style web color.
• gotofielddialog -- The gotofielddialog statement opens the standard dialog for jumping to a specific field (in the Fields menu).
• htmldatamerge -- The htmldatamerge statement uses a template to generate HTML you want from a database.
• importjsonline -- The importjsonline statement imports a JSON record into the current record.
• infinity( -- The infinity( function returns infinity.
• info("guid") -- The info("guid") function returns a unique identifier string.
• info("timerinfo") -- The info("timerinfo") function returns a dictionary that contains all of the properties of the currently running timer.
• insertbelowcarriagereturn -- The insertbelowcarriagereturn statement inserts a new record below the current record and moves to the first column.
• lftocr( -- The lftocr( function converts linefeeds into carriage returns.
• listpanoramafiles( -- The listpanoramafiles( function returns a list of panorama database files in the specified folder.
• local -- The local statement creates one or more local variables.
• makefilesecret -- The makefilesecret statement closes all of the windows associated with a file, but keeps the file open in memory.
• md5( -- The md5( function calculates the MD5 hash of a binary or text data item.
• sendemail -- The sendemail statement sends an e-mail. It gives access to the maximum number of options available.
• sha256( -- The sha256( function calculates the SHA-256 hash of a binary or text data item.

See Also

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• Version 0.1.002 (released August 12th, 2012) -- Summary of Version 0.1.002 (released 8/12/2012)
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• Version 0.1.006 (released December 26th, 2012) -- Summary of Version 0.1.006 (released 12/26/2012)
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• Version 0.1.009 (released July 9th, 2013) -- Summary of Version 0.1.009 (released 7/9/2013)
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• Version 0.1.013 (released September 6th, 2015) -- Summary of Version 0.1.013 (released 9/6/2015)
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