Server:
-The time to commit changes has been reduced significantly, especially for solutions with larger numbers of users. Adding users to the solution will not influence the time it takes to Commit Changes.
Client:
-Support for new devices.
-Added support for Pocket PC 2003 (Windows Mobile) and Windows CE.NET version 4.1 and 4.2. These platforms are optimized for the Intel XScale processor and take advantage of the faster processor.
- Reduced memory consumption for synchronizations. The memory consumption has been reduced during synchronization, allowing larger amounts of data to be synchronized to the clients.
- Single run-time for Handheld PC / Windows CE.NET 4.x. The run-time for Handheld PC / Windows CE.NET 4.x has been merged into one, that can automatically adapt to the different screen resolutions on these platforms. This also means that the run-time on these platforms will handle screen resolution changes (such as rotating the display) - just by restarting the client.
-Improved debugging on Win32.
- Synchronization robustness. The synchronization engine has been improved to more efficiently handling the instabilities that are experienced when working with GPRS/CDMA communication.
- Grid now allows more than 10 fields on Windows CE. All clients now support unlimited fields on the screen in the grids. There is still a 10 field limit on Single Column forms and the header section of Head and Lines forms.
- Integration with Symbol AirBEAM Safe / Columbitech VPN client. Support for controlling the VPN software from Symbol AirBEAM Safe and Columbitech Wireless Suite. This solution is a secure VPN type solution that also allows the client to automatically roam between different communication types while running.
- Automatic disconnect using Connection Manager. The client will force the device to disconnect automatically (instead of just releasing the connection).
-The OnAfterSync event is now also called if a synchronization has failed.
Development:
-The server will work if a table has more than one synchronization direction.
-House-keeping fields can be added automatically when adding the table to an application.
-Improvements and bug fixes in Import/Export.
-The three base applications (Mobile Sales, Mobile Time and Mobile Service Management) are now available in 6 languages:
Danish, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
-The procedure for downloading client software has been modified to support more devices.
- The synchronization now supports synchronization (either to or from the clients) of BLOB - Binary Large OBjects - fields in the database, so binary information such as pictures, signatures etc. can be synchronized.
- Configuration Tool, Extractor and Injector have been upgraded. The changes include performance optimizations, BLOB support and a long list of improvements/fixes.
-The new features have been added to the Developer's Guide, which is also part of the upgrade.
- 5 new communication events
- 5 new events have been added to the system, allowing developers to react to communication events, and control communication (for instance by creating and closing network connections from application code).