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What's New in IDL 6.4: New Features in IDL 6.4 |
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The following enhancements have been made to the core language for the 6.4 release:
The OBJ_HASMETHOD function determines whether an object class implements or inherits a specified method or methods. The function returns true for a given class and method combination if the class or any of its superclasses defines the method.
In IDL 6.3, IDL objects exported via the Java or COM Export Bridge required a full IDL development license to run. In IDL 6.4 and later, developers of exported IDL objects can control the licensing requirements for their objects, allowing Java and COM programs that rely on them to run in IDL runtime mode or IDL Virtual Machine mode as well as in full development mode.
See IDL Licensing Modes for additional details.
Exported IDL object classes wrapped by Java or COM objects can now respond to events generated by the rolling of a mouse's scroll wheel. See Event Handling for details on using wheel events in COM objects. See Event Handling for details on using wheel events in Java objects.
A new IDLnetURL class has been added that allows IDL to act as a client to an HTTP or FTP server. The object handles:
IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)