Wappler 1.6.1 Released

What’s New

Well it looks like a small update but it isn’t

Project Targets settings

• Greatly improved Testing FTP connection when defining FTP options!
  • test file is uploaded to verify that files can be stored well
  • test if the web server is online
  • the test file is accessed with the web site url, to verify that ftp and web roots are the same
  • detailed log of the ftp connection is shown
  • user sensitive data is obfuscated in the log
  • log can be copied for reporting problems. All data is anonymized.
  • checks for the server if really running the selected server model
  • improved error reporting
• Targets - also check connections to local servers
  • test if the web server is online
  • the test file is accessed with the web site url, to verify that the local root and web roots are the same
  • checks for the server if really running the selected server model
• Improved database connection checks, also to include if server is down check
• Rename target option “Remote Web Server URL” to just “Web Server URL” as it is the same for local or remote servers

Design View

• Greatly improved adding components in content pages

• design view renders the component with the needed includes
• a new Head Page property and the App Root in content pages, to link to the main page that uses the include
• if a Head Page is defined - it is auto opened and includes files are included there

• When using move to include file, add the head page link automatically. So that in the include file the component includes are auto included in the main page.
• Content pages/include files can now have a “head page” - different page where all includes are placed in the head
• allow self signed SSL certificate to be used for local development.

Frameworks Manager

• Improved framework version switching and clean up of old includes
• Improved framework removal on content pages

Bootstrap 4

• New Bootstrap 4 Progress bars support! Now you can have all the progressbars you want, well styled in Bootstrap 4 with the sizes and dynamic properties you need.
• Greatly improved Bootstrap 4 Form Generator
  • Now it handles correctly the data population when data is an object like in detail regions
  • Refreshes the App Structure with the new form when inserted
  • Inspect Form also without server connect action
  • selects the newly generated form in the App Structure tree
• Improved also Bootstrap 4 Table and Pagin Generator

App Structure and Properties Panel

• Improved styling of color dropdowns
• Better aligned also checkboxes
• Improved styling for collapsible toggle elements

Project Manager

• Refresh projects list after rename of a project
• Auto open the index file when project is created from a template
• Do not change the current project when only project options are changed

Code View

• optimized changes done during synchronization = more speed

Updated Extensions

• Update Database Connector and Updater - specially with lots of ASP.NET fixes