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Welcome to the Eloquence B.08.40 beta test. Thank you for your
interest in our upcoming products. We appreciate any feedback
on this release, installation procedures and documentation.
Eloquence version B.08.40 is currently in public beta-test.
The B.08.40-2405 test version was released in May 16.
Eloquence B.08.40 introduces some major improvements and updated
technologies to make sure your application environment stays
relevant and adapts to new requirements.
User visible changes include
- Eloquence database changes
Database cross platform binary compatibility.
The Eloquence database was enhanced to support binary compatibility of database
files across platforms.
This allows to simply copy the volume files to between platforms to move data
and also supports replication across platforms boundaries.
The new dbvolremove utility allows removing
unused database volume files.
The eqdbobj Database Binary Objects
support library was added to Eloquence.
The eqdbobj library adds support for binary objects (blob)
to the Eloquence database. Objects are maintained in the database
in one or multiple chunks. The data is compressed as necessary.
An experimental version was previously available for B.08.30
on some platforms.
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Eloquence WEBDLG2 user interface for Eloquence applications
Eloquence WEBDLG2 is an innovative
browser based user interface for Eloquence applications.
It makes Eloquence DLG applications available on any device
with a web broser. It does not require any client side software
installation and no or minimal application changes.
Eloquence WebDLG2 substantially improves application performance
and security and is a critical element to run Eloquence applications
in a cloud environment.
Remote applications are expected to perform as well as local
applications.
An initial version of WebDLG2 was made available for Eloquence B.08.30
to allow for early testing and gradual integration with applications.
For detailed information on the current release, please refer
to the
Eloquence WEBDLG2 documentation.
Eloquence WEBDLG2 is stable and usable in a production
environment. B.08.40 will add enhancements for applications on
mobile devices, application specific plugins and integration into
web applications.
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Eloquence license server
The new Eloquence license server may be used to distribute licenses
in a network environment. It enables the option of "floating"
licenses that are not host specific.
This is useful in flexible environments where systems may change
roles or are only assigned temporarily, such as a cloud or container
based environments.
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Eloquence license tool
The eqlictool utility provides a convenient option to request and
install a licence in an automatic way.
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New license key format
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As of Eloquence B.08.40 a new license key format is used
that is not backwards compatible with previous versions.
The new format is used with the eloqld license server as
well as the traditional license file.
Installation and Upgrade
Please refer to the Eloquence B.08.40 installation documents below
for an overview of Eloquence installation and platform specific details,
as well as information on updated License Keys.
For the Linux platform a
yum repository
for RHEL and SLES systems and a
deb repository
make it easy to install and update Eloquence releases.
Compatibility
Eloquence B.08.40 is fully upwards compatible to
Eloquence B.08.30.
When updating from Eloquence releases before B.08.30
please refer to the compatibility notes in the
B.08.30 release notes
for details.
As of Eloquence B.08.40 a new license key format is used that is
not backwards compatible with previous versions. The new format is
used with the eloqld license server as well as the traditional
license file.
The Windows version of B.08.40 does not include the previous
eloqide. It will be replaced with a new version that is not yet
available. It will be released as an update or distributed separately
(Windows and Linux).
As a workaround the previous B.08.30 ide may be used.
On HP-UX 11.31 for IA64 hardware, B.08.40 no longer includes
any PA-RISC libraries for use with the Aries emulation. Please let us
know if you require the Eloquence PA-RISC libraries on Itanium.
B.08.40 updates
The B.08.40 changes document
lists changes included in updated B.08.40 releases.
Acknowledgments
Eloquence B.08.40 includes or makes use of several third party and
open source projects. Details can be found in the following document:
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