Language Interpreter 

• *Adds support for leading '_' on all names (variables, labels, etc). This also enables BBj code to reference java classes with package names starting with an underscore.
• *Adds new !OPTIONS STBL foormats to enable native browser select elements in BUI (NATIVE_BROWSER_LIST, NATIVE_BROWSER_MSGBOX), providing a better user experience on mobile phone and tablet browsers.
• *Adds support for RPC-based Web Services. Although abandoned by standards organizations for over 5 years, this added functionality extends a legacy RPC Web Services' viability when migrating to BBj.
• *Adds BBjEnterpriseNamespace, a network accessible namespace implementation that allows three-tier deployments to share data and be notified when the shared data has been modified.
• *Adds BBjPrintPreviewBuilder that provides access to style, zoom, and other features previously only available via SYSPRINT printing.
• Adds BBjSysGui::getMeasures (BBjVector) measures multiple strings in a single operation to reduce multiple client/server round trips to a single round trip thereby delivering greatly improved response times in high latency environments. 

Database Management System

• Adds new scalar function PARSE_TEMPLATE to the SQL engine. Parses the provided character or binary data with a specified string template to return a human readable string containing each value from the template fields separated by commas.

Development Tools

• *BBJasper enhancements
  • Adds the ability to concatenate multiple BBJasper reports.
  • Adds the ability when printing a report to specify print attributes such as orientation, paper tray, paper size, duplex, etc.
  • Adds the ability to specify output-specific parameters such as set a password on PDF file or set the delimiter for a CSV file.
• Barista Application Framework
• Significantly increases performance of all Barista-powered applications in high latency environments by crushing images and implementing Imagelist and other launch code optimizations.
• Adds two new utilities - bbcountdown.bbj and bbstopwatch.bbj - that both share the same functionality of being able to start/stop via ENTER/ESCAPE and moving the window with the arrow and [Ctrl]-<arrow> keys. Using [Ctrl]-<arrow> jumps the window to the corresponding screen edge.
• "bbcountdown.bbj" allows setting a countdown timer for coffee breaks, etc. during meetings, training, etc. by just typing in the starting time from which to count down
• "bbstopwatch.bbj" allows interactive or programmatic control per the global namespace variable "stopwatch"; set the value of the variable to "START", "STOP", "RESET" or "CLOSE" 

For the entire list of previously released 13.0 preview features, click here.

Refer to 12.21 readme, relnotes, and fixes release files.

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