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ELOQUENCE B.08.20 - patch PE82-1409090

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This patch adds enhancements or fixes defects of the eloqcore
program as released with Eloquence B.08.20. This patch will be
integrated in the Eloquence B.08.20 release.

Eloquence B.08.20 must be installed before applying this patch.

Severity:
 PE82-1409090: BUG FIX, ENHANCEMENT

Superseded patches:
 PE82-1404141: BUG FIX
 PE82-1309131: BUG FIX
 PE82-1309121: BUG FIX
 PE82-1308230: BUG FIX


Patch PE82-1409090
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Platforms: All

* Fixed a memory corruption issue when loading a dialog resource file
  with more than 50 dialogs (#4181).
  When using a dialog driver the DLG LOAD statement did not correctly
  enforce an internal limit.

* When using a dialog driver the DLG LOAD statement limits were
  enhanced.
  - The maximum number of dialogs per dialog file is no longer limited.
    Previous versions were limited to 50 dialogs per file.
  - The max. nesting of dialog objects is no longer limited.
    Previous versions were limited to 10 nested dialog objects.

* When using a dialog driver the DLG LOAD statement parser was
  enhanced to allow modifying copied models when loading a dialog file.

  The following syntax is now supported:

  name {
    ...
  }

  This changes the context to a previously existing object and allows
  changing attributes or adding child objects.

  class name.name {
    ...
  }

  It is now valid to specify a path for the new object. This allows to
  add child objects (without changing the context).

  .name.attribute = value

  It is now valid to specify a path for an attribute. This allows to
  change attributes of child objects (without changing the context).
  This was already supported in previous versions but not documented.


Platforms: Windows

* Fixed a problem that could abort eloqcore when an unsupported
  format argument is used with the DATE$ function (#4174).


Patch PE82-1404141
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Platforms: Linux, Windows

* Updates the database client library to B.08.20.03.
  This fixes a potential problem with the database client side cache
  expiration.


Patch PE82-1309131
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Platforms: All

* Returning a DINTEGER or SHORT member variable from a function
  resulted in an ERROR 11.


Patch PE82-1309121
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Platforms: All

* Fixed a problem where using autoloaded program code might corrupt
  internal memory.


Patch PE82-1308230
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Platforms: All

* Fixed a problem when using the Eloquence IDE debugger where in
  some cases the variable view displayed a wrong number of array
  elements if an array is a class member variable.

* Fixed a problem related to the dlgsrv32 GUI driver where an IDM
  dialog file could not be loaded if a VOLUME specifier is appended
  to the DLG LOAD file name.


Installation:
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Please download the patch archive that corresponds with the installed
release. The patch files follow the conventions below:

   PE82-1409090-hpux-ia64.tar.gz
        ^       ^    ^
        |       |    Architecture / OS specific build
        |       Operating system
        Patch ID


HP-UX:

In order to install this patch, you need to unpack it with gzip and tar.
Gzip is included with HP-UX. Installation requires root privileges.

cd /opt/eloquence/8.2
gzip -dc /path/to/PE82-1409090-hpux.tar.gz | tar xf -

Files:

   bin/eloqcore
   share/doc/PE82-1409090-README


Linux:

In order to install this patch, you need to unpack it with tar.
Installation requires root privileges.

cd /opt/eloquence/8.2
tar xzf /path/to/PE82-1409090-linux.tar.gz

Files:

   bin/eloqcore
   share/doc/PE82-1409090-README


Windows:

Two options are available for patch installation. The patch is
available as self extracting archive for automatic installation
and as a zip archive for manual installation. Both patches are
equivalent. Installation requires administrative capabilities.

For automatic installation of this patch, please download the patch
file PE82-1409090-win32.exe. Installation does not require a reboot
unless the patched files were active.

For a manual installation of the patch, please download the patch
file PE82-1409090-win32.zip and unpack its contents. Then perform
the following steps:

* Please copy the eloqcore.exe file into the Eloquence bin directory.
  (Default location: C:\Program Files\Eloquence\8.2\bin)

* Please copy the PE82-1409090-README.txt file into the Eloquence
  share\doc directory.
  (Default location: C:\Program Files\Eloquence\8.2\share\doc)

Files:

   eloqcore.exe
   PE82-1409090-README.txt