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VisionX 6.6 has landed!

rhoermann — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:06:15 +0000

We are excited to roll out VisionX 6.6.601.

This update packs a punch, bringing significant upgrades to our Mobile App and Next-Generation Web experience, alongside essential platform refinements, cloud efficiency gains, and key developer fixes.

Whether you are building cross-platform enterprise apps or fine-tuning existing layouts, version 6.6.601 delivers a smoother, faster, and more customizable developer journey.

Here is a breakdown of everything new in VisionX 6.6.601

Mobile App: Advanced Security, Richer UI & Better Customization

The VisionX Mobile experience gets a huge leap forward with security features, expanded UI components, and flexible styling tools.

On-Device Data Encryption
Local data is now automatically encrypted prior to storage on the device.
Biometric & PIN Security (Optional)
Enable Face ID, Fingerprint, or PIN protection for secure app access.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Native support for MFA workflows straight out of the box.
Encrypted Data Export (HTML Safe)
Export encrypted device data directly on the device in a secure format.
UI Styling
Extended styling customization across menus, buttons, tables, and form components.
Brand-new Button Group control
Brand-new Password strength control
Foldable group panels
Modern Tabset component
Direct access to all FontAwesome and Material Design Icons
Optional Copy-to-Clipboard button inside text editors
Optional Show-password button inside password editors
Image manipulation for image editors
Contextual visual indicators/markings for empty menus and empty tables
Display small arrows if more records are available within table views
Configure image quality and size in settings

Web (Next Generation): Speed, Precision & Smooth Workflows

Our Next-Gen Web platform gets performance enhancements and UI improvements designed for high-data volume applications.

Sticky Table Headers
Table headers now stay fixed at the top while scrolling through long rows of data.
Redesigned Signature Pad
Rebuilt from the ground up for reliable, smooth digital signature capture across devices.
Improved Lazy Loading
Image Choice Editor Fixes
Resolved display and rendering glitches for images inside image choice editor.

Core Platform & Developer Experience

We have introduced handy quality-of-life enhancements and platform optimizations to speed up daily design workflows.

Finer Spacing Controls
Granular horizontal and vertical layout control between labels, editors, and panels.
Security Protocol (AddOn)
A dedicated Security protocol is now available as an AddOn for audit-heavy environments.
Directory Switching
Switch application directories directly within VisionX without leaving the tool.
Cloud Footprint Reduction
Memory optimization reducing RAM consumption for cloud-hosted deployments.
Localized Module Setup
Module installations now seamlessly respect system translation tables.
Streamlined Documentation
Module documentation is automatically provided directly in the /doc directory.
External File Change Alerts
The Action Editor now alerts you immediately if files have been modified externally.
Mobile Engine Support
Native support aligned with the latest mobile app builds.

Key Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements

This update addresses critical feedback from our developer community!

Anchor Positions
Fixed input issues with anchor positions in the Designer.
Multi-Module Integration
Resolved a bug where only one module was integrated in the Designer instead of all selected modules.
Application Import
application.xml settings are now properly preserved when importing applications.
Combobox Column Renaming
Resolved an issue where Combobox table columns could not be renamed.
Live Preview Accuracy
Live Preview now instantly reflects newly created reports and newly added tables in existing screens.

Ready to Upgrade?

VisionX 6.6.601 is available in the download area!

Download the update to take advantage of the new web & mobile components and performance enhancements.

Our mobile app will be available in the stores within the next few weeks!

New AddOns for VisionX

rhoermann — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:33:13 +0000

We are happy to announce some new Add-Ons for VisionX!

Entra ID authentication (with user and group sync)
The Entra ID authentication uses Azure AD/Entra ID for authentication and synchronizes user and group information from Azure to your application.

This AddOn supports SLO with your browser.
AD authentication (with user and group sync)
The AD authentication uses Kerberos to authenticate against your active directory like Samba or Microsoft AD (Windows Server) and synchronizes user and group information to your application.

This AddOn supports SSO with your browser.

This AddOn is a more powerful version of our current AD authentication AddOn which doesn't synchronize user and group information.
LDAP authentication (with user and group sync)
This AddOn simply allows manual authentication against your LDAP server. It synchronizes user and group information from LDAP to your application.

All Add-Ons are available separately and can be purchased.
These are not free add-ons.

Simply get in contact with us.

DOAG 2018 - I'm a speaker

rhoermann — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:45:21 +0000

I'm a speaker at DOAG 2018 in Nuremberg. It's the 5th year in a row

My German talk will be about

Approval process as a web and native mobile app

The talk is a practice report about using a Low Code Development Platform to create a Workflow for Web and (Web/native) Mobile apps.

DOAG 2016 - I'm a Speaker

rhoermann — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 08:13:28 +0000

I'm a speaker at DOAG 2016 in Nuremberg.
My talk will be about "JVx introduces itself. Back to efficiency"

IT-Tage 2016 - I'm speaker

rhoermann — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:37:00 +0000

I'm a speaker at IT-Tage 2016 in Frankfurt - December, 14th.
My talk will be about "JVx – Zurück zur Effizienz! "

DOAG 2015 - I'm a speaker

rhoermann — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:40:48 +0000

I'm a speaker at DOAG 2015 in Nuremberg.
My talk will be about "Mobile applications with JavaFX"

Read more.

I'll show you some really cool things with JVx and JavaFX on mobile devices. Let yourself be surprised.

Meet us

rhoermann — Tue, 12 May 2015 10:45:04 +0000

Wir sind wieder auf Achse und wenn du in der Nähe bist bietet sich die Gelegenheit mit uns über JVx, VisionX und Technologie im allgemeinen, zu sprechen.

Die Termine:

Vaadin Meetup Vienna - JVx and Vaadin, in practise
Mittwoch, 13. Mai
JUG Ostfalen - JVx stellt sich vor.
Donnerstag, 11. Juni
AOUG Anwenderkonferenz - Java RAD. Zurück zur Effizienz!
Dienstag, 16. Juni

Application monitoring

rhoermann — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:00:34 +0000

You can build amazing applications with JVx. The framework is full-stack and supports your ALM. It has a flexible architecture, allows RAD, has built-in support for automated testing, deployment is an easy task and CI/CD are well supported.

But what happens with your applications after deployment?

Usually an application works different in production because the runtime environment is different and the amount of data grows. The number of users could be even more than in your test environment. You're well adviced if you check the deployed applications on their health, during the first few weeks or months. But it's not an easy task to check application health because reading log files or checking system parameters is not enough.
It would be best to use an application performance monitoring tool like Appdynamics or VisualVM. But such tools are complex, pro versions aren't cheap and such tools aren't specific for JVx applications.

It's horrible to check application health without a monitoring tool and it doesn't work with large applications. Or it's possible but you need too much time to find the problems.

We tried Appdynamics Lite for JVx applications and were impressed about the features, but shocked about the complexity. It's a dinosaur with millions of options. You should use a dedicated server for the tool and the machine should have extra power. Sure, the tool solves a problem but we won't use it for JVx application monitoring because it doesn't read all available information. It wasn't an option to create adapters for appdynamics because it's too complex and we love keeping things simple!

No worry, we have a simple solution for you!

It's our upcoming Application Monitoring tool. It was designed especially for JVx applications and it supports the whole server-side handling with life-cycle and server objects. The tool is a JVx application and runs with vaadin UI.
It will work with every standard Java application server and hardware requirements are as usual for JVx applications. Sure, some extra memory will be needed because analyzation of application metrics needs more resources.

Some impressions?

Monitoring Dashboard

Monitoring memory

The first image shows the dashboard. It has an overview of general health and some server parameters. It shows memory consumption, concurrent user count and SQL statement statistics. This is one of the most important information about JVx applications because slow statements can slow down your application!

We show the top 10 of the slowest statements and other useful metrics.

The tool allows access to the metadata cache and shows all details about server calls. Here are more impressions for you:

Metadata overview

Call details

The application monitoring tool was designed especially for JVx applications and the server-side implementation of JVx. It's perfect integrated and doesn't slow down your application. It helps you to find the problems before your customers will find them. And it also helps with performance tuning of your application during development or after deployment in production environment.

The tool itself is not open-source and not free to use. It's a commercial addon for your JVx applications. We don't offer a lite version because tools for quality assurance should be paid. If you're interested, feel free to send us an email.

DOAG 2014 - I'm a speaker

rhoermann — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:51:56 +0000

I'm a speaker at DOAG 2014 in Dusseldorf. My talk will be about "Rapid development - Oracle Forms and Java united"

Check the schedule at 3:30 pm Schnell entwickeln! Vorteile von Forms und Java vereint.

I'll show you how you can develop ERP Applications with Java and embedd them into your existing Forms. You'll see how both worlds work together. Don't miss well known Features of Oracle Forms. I'll show you that Java has the same features and more. If you want to know more about fancy Forms - listen to my talk.