method:v2 latest alpha publish

The following list is what has changed for the alpha-version of method:V2. This includes code checked in between Oct 18th and November 1st.

The last published version was November 1st, 2013, at 6:00 PM Eastern.

• Fix - Only bound images show CanBeEdited property.
• Fix - Uploading images on picture and attachment objects not working on phone view.
• Fix - Added hand cursor to radio button and checkbox object.
• Feature - Text object now supports an icon.
• Fix - Date picker object rendering on IE9 and FireFox.
• Fix - Delete Record From Table within Conditional Statement and Loop Through Table.
• Fix - Controls can have names that are just numbers.
• Fix - Controls can have names that start with numbers.
• Performance Improvement - Pictures that have files that already exist on our server are reused.
• Fix - Picture object wasn't displaying on screen when the picture object was a fields.
• Fix - User Permissions can be set on Manage Apps, even if they aren't users on V2 yet.
• Fix - "Grid" appears twice in the list for Go To Screen.
• Fix - Names can include underscore characters.
• Fix - Public pages can have their security token expire and there is no way to reset without removing cookies.
• Fix - For pictures/images/attachments, updating fields in table, retreive value from table and insert records into table actions.
• Polishing - Grid View UI and UX. Still a WIP.
• Polishing - Dropdown filter UI and UX. Still a WIP.
• Polishing - Expanded click area for phone/tablet in top-left and top-right navigation icons.
• Polishing - Cleaning up the responsive style to grids.
• Polishing - Changed the style of dropdowns to look more like other input objects. White background, left-alignment.
• Fix - Left scroll bars no longer appear on left navigation menu.
• Fix - Cleaned up left over actions that weren't deleted when objects were deleted, causing conflicts later on.
• Fix - MiURL was not always routing to the email address for non-authenticated guests.
• Fix - Public pages for Multi-tenant accounts use the data from the head office, unless overwritten.
• Fix - Various fixes to Guest pages related to multi-tenancy for insert records into table, loading grids, and update fields in table.
• Fix - Handled saving records in public pages to use the administrator user ID for the audit trail.
• Fix - Designer was hanging and crashing in many situations. An "unresponsive script" message would appear in the designer in Firefox, and "Kill pages" in Chrome.
• Fix - Added a "Go To Screen" label in Manage Apps > Configure > Menu & Dashboard > Snapshots, to avoid confusion.
• Polishing - Success messages in Signup and Retrieve Password are using a Teal color instead of CTA-1 fusia.
• Feature - many options added to section styles and cells styles, including border and color.
• Polishing - Cleaning up wording and titles for app permissions under Manage Apps > Configuration.
• Fix - MiURL forces a guest who is already signed in as a different guest to sign in again if the MiURL is for a different Contact Record ID (i.e. the reason why Dwight showed up instead of Tom Cruise on Paul's final presentation of the conference!)
• Fix - Prevent apps from being created with invalid screen names or invalid app names.
• Fix - the icon in the browser now shows in FireFox.
• Fix - icon offer more variant ranges in sizes.
• Fix - left-navigation updates icon list when reordered in Manage Apps.
• Fix - the 'Create Short Method URL' action would forget the screen dropdown settings when edited.
• Fix - ensured that names of controls can't start with an underscore or space.
• Fix - nested sections don't inherit the responsive styling of their parent sections, they use their own.
• Feature - Insert Records Into Table now support value from Expression.
• Polishing - Designer styling uses more Method dropdowns rather regular browser dropdowns.
• Polishing - Designer dropdown for colors now nicely show the color chosen, rather than just the name.
• Polishing - Ensured left-alignment of menu titles in Manage Apps.
• Fix - Delete Records From Table wasn't always working when a "Where" clause was not specified.
• Fix - uninstall app was hard to use and see on a phone.
• Polishing - Reworded the "Welcome to Method splash screen".
• Polishing - Removed the dashed border from the Action list.
• Fix - Update Controls On Screen now supports renaming buttons.
• Polishing - Show Message, made the Title gain focus on new action.
• Polishing - Show Message, rearranged order of fields so that buttons are last.
• Fix - Show Message, the Action Result dropdown for insert into body was defaulted to the first action result on FireFox, rather than the blank value.
• Fix - Show Message now handles new lines properly. Previously new lines in the action dialog would end up on the same line at run time.
• Polishing - Made the entire tile clickable in Add Action list.
• Polishing - Action List now shows a tooltip for long internal notes.
• Polishing - The screens list now had the starting screen star (1) blue, since it isn't a CTA, (2) no hand cursor since it isn't clickable, and (3) has a tooltip saying "Starting screen" to give an indication of why there is a star icon.
• Fix - Version Manager - now auto refreshes the version tile list after a copy.
• Polishing - Version Manager - the title is now clickable to go to the designer for a specific version.
• Polishing - Version Manager - you can no longer delete an active screen version.
• Polishing - Version Manager - there are now 3 icons, "Active for me", "Published" and "Active for everyone else". They all have tool tips now too.
• Polishing - included empty-state options for Dashboard and Manage Apps when no app is installed for a user.
• Feature - this is a cool one. Text fields can be automatically treated as hyperlinks for web address, emails, LinkedIn URLs, Twitter handles, telephone numbers, Google Map addresses and Skype URLs.
• Feature - new screen action "Active Record ID change". This is uber useful.
• Feature - new value from session "Browser Window Size".
• Fix - Create Short Method URL wasn't able to get value from grid row.
• Fix - closing Currently Open List when nothing is available.
• Polishing - Showing tooltip on long names in Currently Open List.
• Polishing - changed labels for adding dashboard snapshots to "Add snapshot" and "Add another snapshot".
• Feature - sections now have a width.
• Polishing - action list and dialog now takes up full width on a tablet and phone screen.
• Fix - App icons in Manage Apps would cut off if they were large, such as Film icon.
• Fix - Too much white space for the description in Manage Apps.
• Fix - Enabling Currency and Numeric formatting options on the designer.
• Fix - Dragging a field onto a screen that had the same name as an existing object, like a text label, would cause the screen to not save.
• Fix - Send Email action now supports multiple CC and BCC addresses.
• Polishing - Text objects now have caption color and size.

It is also worth noting are there are items that received considerable attention that are work-in-process but not ready to be included:

• Generate Report
• App Ribbons
• Schedule Calendar
• Call another action set
• Publishing and installing apps to app store (this may get hotfixed to come live)
• Copy screen

Enjoy,

Paul