Since
GeneXus 9.0 Upgrade #1, the generation of default Character, Varchar and Longvarchar controls size have changed in order to generate a better default Form.
The following table details the differences between the 9.0 Release and lower version and
GeneXus 9.0 Upgrade #1 or higher version using the following default values. For more information
click here .
| Environment |
Parameter |
Default Value |
| Windows |
WinMaximumEditLength |
60 |
| Windows |
WinMaximumSingleLineEditLength |
119 |
| Windows |
WinMaximumMultiLineEditLines |
5 |
| Web |
WebMaximumEditLength |
80 |
| Web |
WebMaximumSingleLineEditLength |
159 |
| Web |
WebMaximumMultiLineEditLines |
10 |
| Report |
ReportMaximumEditLength |
255 |
| Report |
ReportMaximumMultiLineEditLines |
1 |
| |
|
Up to GX 9.0 |
|
GX 9.0 Upgrade #1 or higher |
|
Comments |
| Environment |
Attribute Size |
Control Width |
# of lines |
Control Width |
# of lines |
Changes in Forms |
| Character (n) Data Type |
| Windows |
0-59
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Windows |
60-119
|
n |
1 |
60 |
1 |
control width truncated |
| Windows |
120-n
|
n |
1 |
60 |
min(5,ceiling(n/60]] control width truncated |
| Web |
0-79
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Web |
80-159
|
n |
1 |
80 |
1 |
control width truncated |
| Web |
160-n
|
n |
1 |
80 |
min(10,ceiling(n/80)) |
control width truncated |
| Report |
0-254
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Report |
255-n
|
n |
1 |
255 |
1 |
control width truncated |
| Varcharacter (n) Data Type |
| Windows |
0-59
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Windows |
60-119
|
n |
1 |
60 |
1 |
control width truncated |
| Windows |
120-n
|
255 |
1 |
60 |
min(5,ceiling(n/60)) |
control width and height modified |
| Web |
0-79
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Web |
80-159
|
80 |
min(4,ceiling(n/80)) |
80 |
1 |
control width and height modified |
| Web |
160-n
|
80 |
min(4,ceiling(n/80)) |
80 |
min(10,ceiling(n/80)) |
control width and height modified |
| Report |
0-254
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Report |
255-n
|
255 |
1 |
255 |
1 |
no changes |
| Longvarcharacter (n) Data Type |
| Windows |
0-39
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Windows |
40-59
|
40 |
1 |
n |
1 |
control width enlarged |
| Windows |
60-119
|
40 |
1 |
60 |
1 |
control width enlarged |
| Windows |
120-n
|
40 |
1 |
60 |
min(5,ceiling(n/60)) |
control width and height enlarged |
| Web |
0-39
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Web |
40-79
|
40 |
1 |
n |
1 |
control width enlarged |
| Web |
80-159
|
40 |
1 |
80 |
1 |
control width enlarged |
| Web |
160-n
|
40 |
1 |
80 |
min(10,ceiling(n/80)) |
control width and height enlarged |
| Report |
0-39
|
n |
1 |
n |
1 |
no changes |
| Report |
40-254
|
40 |
1 |
n |
1 |
control width enlarged |
| Report |
255-n
|
40 |
1 |
255 |
1 |
control width enlarged |
Where:
ceiling: Refers to the
Least Integer Function.
Up to
GeneXus 9.0 Upgrade #1 when inserting a Varchar attribute or variable on a Form, the
Autoresize property is automatically enabled.
Each Character datatype used diferent mechanisms to draw the default maximum control size. With the generalization of this mechanism if you have many long characters with the default control size; you may notice modifications in the Form Layout.
It is not possible to obtain a Default Form equal to Previous versions. This means that there is no Complete backward compatibility values you can choose to generate equal default Forms previous to
GeneXus 9.0 Upgrade #1 if you are using default big controls characters.
The following values are suggested ones, the real value you choose will depend on the usage of default long character controls on each Knowledge Base.
| Parameter |
Suggested Value |
Comments |
| WinMaximumEditLength |
255 |
Balances the default generation of Character and Varchar controls |
| WinMaximumSingleLineEditLength |
9999 |
Eliminates the possibility of generating multiline edits |
| WinMaximumMultiLineEditLines |
1 |
Causes the generation of single line edits |
| WebMaximumEditLength |
80 |
Balances the default generation of Character and Varchar controls |
| WebMaximumSingleLineEditLength |
9999 |
Eliminates te possibility of generating multiline edits |
| WebMaximumMultiLineEditLines |
4 |
Balances the default generation of Character and Varchar controls |
: The
Report values
Remember to add the lines to the
Preferences section of the
model.ini Knowledge Base file; close and restart
GeneXus.