I'm happy to announce that VisionX 5.4 is on the way. The code is complete and tested. We have some additional tasks to do, but it's ready!

It's one of the really cool things. It has a bunch of new lib versions and got updates for mobility. The web UI of applications is faster than before and we have full responsive support built-in. Not only for web applications, also for desktop applications.

Another big milestone is the new mobile client. It was built from scratch. It's a wonderful piece of software, built with Flutter and Dart. It's one native app for iOS and Android. We will replace the old client in the near future. The new client supports all our layout features and much more... it's modern!

Here are some impressions

New screen wizard		Responsive for Desktop		Web settings
Mobile settings		Responsive mode

Some impressions of our new mobile client

What else is new?

Be patient

Our good old JVx icon got a new design for 2020! It's also the new icon for our brand new

The old icon:

The new icon:

The icon now contains the open source hint in the middle, as closed circle, and also our company colors. We love it.

VisionX 5.3.2 is available!

It's a minor update release with big changes.
The release got updates of open source libraries like JVx and Vaadin UI.

But the biggest changes are the integrated Java 12 support. VisionX 5.3 comes with and runs under Java 12 (openJDK).

What's different?

• Performance improvement of Designer
• Performance improvement of HTML5 UI
• New App Elements

  Save All Changes, Reload All Changes, Advanced Panel and Advanced Group Panel

• REST documentation contains admin services
• Bundled open JDK 12
• Support for latest Workflow AddOn (1.5)

The download area already contains links to latest VisionX binaries.

Please report any problems as usual and have fun with VisionX.

The support for ANT and JRE6 with Eclipse 2018.12.

The plugin was created for:

Don't forget the -clean start (read the original article for more details)!

One more thing you should do:

Photon includes ANT > 1.10. This version requires Java 8. In order to use Java 6, you have to download ANT 1.9.x. Simply download ANT and set the ANT Home to your version, via

If you try to use the bundled ANT with JRE 6, it will fail with an Exception.

Download the plugin from here. It works for us - no warranty!

More Details: Eclipse Photon with ANT and JRE6.

VisionX 5.2.27 is available!

It's a small bugfix release with an update of open source libraries like JVx and Vaadin UI.

What's different?

• Group Panel visibility now working in Browser
• Group Panel text color now working in Browser
• Set additional css class names for labels and checkbox editors
• It's now easier to extend search behavior of NavigationTable
• Checkbox alignment fixed in Browser
• Support for latest Workflow AddOn

The download area already contains links to latest VisionX binaries.

Please report any problems as usual and have fun with VisionX.

Wir suchen Verstärkung für unser Framework Team. Wenn du immer schon an einem Open Source Framework mitarbeiten wolltest und Forschung/Entwicklung genau das ist was dir zusagt, dann bewirb dich bitte!

Hier ist die genauere Beschreibung

We're happy to anounce that VisionX 5.1.221 is available!

It's a bigger update release of VisionX 5.1.8 with with some new "visible" features and many awesome new features under the hood.

Let's start with important bug fixes

• Popup Menu in Browser application

  A custom Popup Menu in Browser applications was always empty. This problem was fixed in an OpenSource library and is now available in VisionX applications.

• Timeout with customizer changes

  If VisionX timeout while a customizer with changed values was open, the timeout operation failed and VisionX was unusable.

• Element selection not always working

  Sometimes it wasn't possible to select elements if they where behind other elements.

• Database procedure and function calls with more than 10 parameters

  It's now supported to call database procedures and functions with max. 100 parameters.

• External CSS file detection

  VisionX had some path problems with Linux and MacOS to find the external CSS file for browser applications.

• Fixed painting of overlays (MacOS)

  The position of e.g. VisionX Guides wasn't correct. The small numbers were wrong positioned.

• Workflow integration

  The workflow engine wasn't always started correctly and not in the correct window.

• All bugfixes of JVx, VaadinUI and other OpenSource libraries

What's new?

• A new Workflow AddOn
• Swagger documentation

  The documentation now contains information about sub storages (used in drop down boxes) and default admin services. It's now easier to grant access to external applications based on the REST API of your application.

• Java 9+

  It's now possible to use e.g. Java 11 as runtime for VisionX.

• Storage editor for Developers

  Out storage Editor was only available if you bought the Forms license. Now all users with Development license will be able to use the Storage Editor. The storage editor is a feature which allows you to change the database query of a table, directly in VisionX.

• Prompt/Placeholder support
• Better layouting in browser application

  We improved the layouting in our browser applications and also improved scrolling of panels.

• Experimental (Early Access) Features

  We added some experimental features in this release: QR code authentication, Spnego (Active Directory) authentication base support (needs an additional AddOn), SSO authentication feature for REST services (bypass option).

  This features are available for interested developers. Simply talk to your contact person.

The download area already contains links to latest VisionX binaries.

Please report any problems as usual and have fun with VisionX.

We're happy to announce that JVx 2.8 is available. It's a big release with lots of important bug fixes and some awesome new features. The last release of JVx was in January. It was version 2.7 which was more or less a small bugfix release with few new features. We took more time for JVx 2.8 to make it awesome.

What's new?

• Placeholder/Prompt support

  This feature is available for input fields and cell editors. Simply enable this feature:

  editor.setPlaceholderVisible(true);
  editor.setPlaceholder("PLACEHOLDER");

  to get
  

  

  Prompt support

• New popup menu button

  This new button reduces the visible components. It's a must have for modern applications:

  

  Menu button

• Savepoints for transaction handling in PostgreSql
• Components have a unique name

  This is an important feature fore UI tests and our headless UI as well. It's now possible to address components in vaadin UI by their id to apply custom css.

• Configurable REST services
• Mac OS UI improvements

The full changelog is available here.

Start with JVx

Our VisionX solution store got a new demo application. It's a demo for calculated columns. A calculated column is a virtual column, filled with custom content.

Simply install the application from our solution store:

Demo application - Solution store

The application has 3 workscreens. One demonstrates client-side calculated columns, the second one server-side calculated columns and the third screen demonstrates calculated columns directly in the database. You have different options to use calculated columns, simply check what you prefer.