RSARTE 10.2 2018.27

The summer is here, and vacation times upcoming. But before that, it's time to announce a new version of RSARTE! Let's have a brief look at some of the improvements in this release (numbers within brackets refer to the updated What's New presentation).

• It is now possible to compare a modified in-memory model with the version that is stored in the file system. This can be useful in order to understand why and how a model has been changed, before saving it. [page 17]
• Protocols can now be stored in separate fragment files (.efx) just like classes, capsules, packages etc. And if you change your mind you can absorb a protocol fragment into the file of the container element. [page 20]
• If you perform a search while the search index is being updated, the execution of the search query will be blocked until the index has been updated. This avoids the risk of getting unexpected search results from an index that is currently being modified. [page 24]
• A new pre-built version of the TargetRTS is now included in the RSARTE installation. It's called MinGwT.x64-MinGw-gnu-8.1.0 and should be used if you have a recent version of the MinGw 64 bit compiler installed and want to use it for building the generated code. [page 34]
• The Events view now sets up a "Last Sent To" column for events when they are sent, so that they later can be sent again to the same receiver by simply double-clicking on the event. [page 37]
• The new file format for transformation configurations (*.tcjs) and the editor for editing them have been experimental for some time. But in this release we have removed the experimental flag and can now recommend you to start using the new format for TCs. The final features that previously were missing have now been implemented, such as support for refactoring of generated code and context sensitive help. [pages 41-43]
• The documentation in the built-in Help has been extended to include all the articles that previously only were available on DeveloperWorks. Also, most of the documentation PDFs are now also included in the installation and can be opened from the built-in Help. [page 50]

The RSARTE development team will now start on a 6 week summer sprint, which means that the next version is expected to be ready around August 21. Until then, have a nice summer and enjoy RSARTE 10.2 2018.27!

Mattias Mohlin
Architect for IBM Model RealTime