BZByte Ajax 1.4.523

BZByte Ajax provides a Java-based interactive Web toolkit for writing professional interactive apps.
BZByte Ajax is a Java-based interactive Web toolkit to make writting professional interactive Web applications easy.
Its a server centric toolkit with the application and development being done on the server, allowing easy development of large applications.
Main features:
- Its very simple/quick to develop GUIs. Many developers know DOM/HTML features which are directly applicable in BZByte Ajax.
- No Remote interfaces to worry about. All updates are GUI driven and handled by the framework, therefore you do not need any exposed code or remote interfaces for your application. Not exposing app interface/code over the net is more secure and protects your intellectual property.
- It runs fast. GUI updates are fast and dont rely on the end users potentially slow computer.
- You can write large/complex applications easily. There is no limit to how big/complex your application is. All code stays on the server. You can add pieces as you go and also share them with other developers
- Controls are provided. Tree, Tabs, Spitters, Menus, Toolbars, Popups, Buttons, and more are provided. You can add more easily.
- Its free for commercial or open source use. Source code is always available and there are no license fees!
Enhancements:
- Simplified the Virtual Image control. Now you just need to pass in a Virtual Image Provider instead of making a .jsp file and all the other nonsense. The WJPageContext needs to be passed in to the new version. Eliminated the VirtualImageUtil class. Deleted the GetImage.jsp page as it is not needed. Note that each tile may not be the same size. The size passed into the control is a "preferred" tile size. The control will optimize the tile size so that it is evenly fits the virtual area. In some cases the end tiles will be smaller than other tiles. As long as you use the tile size given to your VirtualImageProvider then you dont have to worry about any of this.
- Briefly tested with Firefox 2.0 and everything seems to work fine.
- Tree: Set cellspacing and cellpadding to 0 to remove extra space between tree nodes.
- Tree: Added ability for each node to be represented by multiple rows. This allows inserting addition GUI elememts in the tree under a certain node for advanced GUI behavior (e.g. inline property editor).
- Tree: Changed TreeColumnBuilder to return "" instead of null if a property value is null.
- Tree: Added ability to specify alternate row background colors. The tree automatically handles updating the background color as needed.
- Fixed major bug that set a property on an element but not its attribute (setAttribute) in certain situations. Changed the communcation with the JS Client to allow setting properties and setting attributes explicitly. So the server now tells the client what to do specifically depending on the situation (either setProperty or setAttribute).
- Changed BZInput(HTMLINput also BZButton) add setDisabled(boolean) and getDisabled(). This is the easy way to set these properties withouth having to worry about it. Dont use setAttribute("disabled", some value) anymore.
- Changed BZOption to support setDisabled,getDisabled, setSelected,getSelected. Same thing as BZInput. Dont use the setAttribute method for this anymore.
- Changed DataEntryFormElement: Align field names to top. Added method to add vertical field (where the name is above the field value)
- Fixed bug with text field and text area that once the user modified the value and the server tried to reset the value it did not work.
- Split up key event listeners into up,down,and press. Allows listening to only one of these instead of all 3. In most cases only need one so this is more efficient.
- Text field now generates a property changed event for the "TextValue" property when the value changes on the client via typing. The typical "change event" is seperate from this and occurs only when the browser generates a change event (i.e. when the field losses focus).
- Changed the "error connecting host" message to use a div inserted in the top of the browser. This is to avoid a thousand message dialogs that the user needs to dismiss in some situations.
- Fixed bug with Select Element not showing a selection change made from the server on IE6.
- Changed timer cycle that contacts the host to not start another timer cycle until the current one is done. This is more efficient in batching updates to the server.