BCD Software (now Fresche Solutions)’s latest version of Presto, which gives existing 5250 green screens and new RPG programs a modern web GUI is now available to download from the customer portal.
An interim release, Presto 5.7 expands the change management functionality previously released in version 5.6 to support the ability to export and import SQL queries and macros.
In addition, custom pages in Presto 5.7 now support field placeholders for screens that have been modernised using RPG OA, which is already supported for the 5250 data stream. Presto 5.7 also generates better custom HTML pages for OA screens.
Users can also link RPG indicators to function key buttons on the screen and the subfile flyout menu appears when you click a record row.
Other features in Presto 5.7 include:
- Caching is disabled at the Apache level for prestoadmin
- The in-place upgrade process now creates a savlib of your entire environment in the Presto IFS folder
- There is now a Session variable added to Presto.GetStateVariable(). (FS#21797)
- Improved upgrade process to avoid accidentally upgrading in place (FS#15041)
- Added error handling to Ajax requests
- You can now delete multiple Macros at one time
- Improved the Manage Pages load time.
If you have any questions about the new version of Presto or how to upgrade, please contact us.
Please note that we are only able to provide support for the last three releases. If you’re still running Presto 5.0 or older, we recommend you make plans to upgrade as soon as possible.
Posted by Paul on 16th December 2014.