Documents to Excel

So far, many documents could be printed to screen or printer, or saved as a file, but not exported directly to Microsoft Excel.

Release 2010.1 introduces the ability to export documents directly to Excel for some documents. This allows you to edit the information further more, for instance management reports, in a way that best suits your needs.

Pluriform 64-bits

In release 2010.1 the Pluriform client is also available in a 64-bits version¹.

The 64-bit versions ability of using the resources of the operating system are enhanced, making the performance a little better. The limited memory space of a 32-bit client may in some cases  set a limit to the performance of Pluriform. In the 64-bit client no practical memory limitation exists.

An example is printing or displaying large documents. The 64-bit client is no longer confined by the memory limit that exists for the 32-bit version. Because this restriction is not imposed in the 64-bit client, it improves the performance of the 64-bit client.


¹ You can only use the 64-bits version if you have a 64-bit operating system. You can verify this by looking at the properties of the icon "Computer" on your desktop.

E-mail notificatie framework

Within the module E-mail integration a new framework is introduced for defining automatic e-mail notifications.

Automatic e-mail notifications can be deployed to other users with information on events in Pluriform. Think of an e-mail to the IT-manager if certain errors occurred or a notification if new  information on a patient is available for a health care professional.

Within the notification framework, notification templates can defined. For each template, you can:

• Define what objects (events) should be notified.
  
• Create subscribtions for (who receives) the email-notifications.
  
• Determine on what time interval the e-mails should be sent (e.g. every 30 minutes, every day or every week).
  

Pluriform User Interface 2010

The Pluriform User interface is improved in release 2010.1 and Teamwork is given a brand new design.

Windows Forms was introduced in release 2009.2 and uses .NET components. These components are extended and new functionality is added to the user interface. A example of this is the possibility to show help icons on attributes. Also the generation of dialogs by the Pluriform engine is improved and Teamwork is given a brand new design.

Load balancing

In release 2010.1 load balancing for webconnectors is added to Pluriform.

In previous versions, a user was linked to a webconnector. From that moment on, all tasks executed by the user where sent to that specific webconnector. If the webconnector was busy, this approach could lead to delays, even if others webconnectors where less busy at that moment.

In release 2010.1, when a webconnector is busy, the task will be directed to another available, but less busy, webconnector. This approach will minimize delays and it will make better use of the available webconnectors.

Web Applications

In release 2010.1, the class Web Application is added. This class functions as starting point for a collection of web frameworks.

For some time now, it has been possible to call other web framework functionality from a web framework through use of sub-frameworks. However, since these sub-frameworks are web frameworks themselves it was easy to lose track of which web framework was the topmost framework and, as such, which global settings would be effectuated.

To improve this situation, the class Web Application has been added in 2010.1. This class provides a single point of entry for a collection of web frameworks and offers an overview of the used sub-frameworks and how they are related. Furthermore this class now contains all the global settings so that it is immediately clear which values are used.

Changelogs - more?

Besides these changelog highlights many (small) changes are made in the 2010.1 release, for example:

• Correspondence printing procedure
  
• Create Mailings
  
• Authorisation, name en UI-changes
  
• ICP 2010