GeneXus' Olimar version

New report and proc editor
- Print-block edition is separated from code edition.
- Printing is maintained subordinated to the code through print commands that reference print blocks by their name.
- Code edition features syntax coloring, intellitips, search capabilities, etc.

Web Services: improvements in the consumption of external Web Services.

Improvements making Win-to-Web migration easier
- A work-with work panel can be migrated to a work-with web panel since it is now possible to have an implicit record on the sub-files in the Web (it works in Internet Explorer and Netscape). In the past, it was necessary to place links in the sub-file for each of the record's actions, and to create another visualization screen showing the entire object and all the actions; this is still a very good option.
- WEB-screen design and changes of such screens ("style"-like mechanism) made easier and quicker.
- Possibility of defining Web transactions as Web components.

Improvements in the database model design (GeneXus' core)
- Changes in sub-types management:
1- Better performance in applications with large data volumes: multiple sub-types will be included within a single select sentence upon generation of a "join", which will improve the performance of large applications.
2- Sub-type sub-types: it will be possible to make an inferred sub-type from an inferred sub-type.
3- Sub-type incorporation on a formula.

Attribute-related changes
1- Auto-number: defining an attribute as auto-numbered without the need to program the numbering logic, but by directly implementing it in the DBMS.
2- Defining whether or not null values will be supported at the attribute level.
3- Initial value in reorganizations: Instead of creating null-value attributes, it is possible to specify a value (constant, resulting from a function or procedure, etc) that will be assigned to such an attribute upon reorganization.

- New type of data (blob) for storing images in the database.
-More intuitive surfing in GeneXus
- New type of data to make Workflow work easier.

Generators:
1- Winform for Microsoft.NET
A new C# generator for Winforms will be released, having the same functionalities as the current Java generator including multi-tier execution support. This way, total support (Win and Web) for the Microsoft.NET platform will be completed.

2- Changes in the Java generator
Among other changes, it will include the field-by-field validation option. This option will not be exactly the same as the one that GeneXus has in Visual Fox Pro and Visual Basic.

3- Pocket PC generator for off-line applications. (Today, developing applications with web panels for Pocket PCs is already possible).

Other new features brought by the Olimar version:
- For-each command, being able to go through a collection or vector.
- Intellitip for the parameters of the object to be called to appear upon writing the CALL.
- Call to external object: today, when making a call to an external object, a call is made to the program's name; the idea is to offer the possibility of configurating properties to the object that is being called.