Category: WX

Populating durations with Readable Format

For the last couple of releases, we have been able to populate the value of durations using a "readable format". You can see this mentioned and an example on this help page. I have searched high and low a few times now for a help page that spells this out in more detail and tells … Continue reading Populating durations with Readable Format →

Map, Filter, Sum, Lambda

Another Day, Another Blog Post 🙂 Darwin with PCSOFT did an excellent Webinar last year covering Map, Filter, and Reduce. I will be honest it broke this very old programmer's brain a bit when he started using Lambda functions. So now a mere 16 months later I finally "understand" it, and will give my version … Continue reading Map, Filter, Sum, Lambda →

WL Country Functions – WOW!!!

I feel like I have been beating up on PCSOFT a bit with my last few posts, time to talk about something wonderful instead. Did you know there is a complete set of functions to get you a country list with all kinds of info? No need to import and create your own table. Today … Continue reading WL Country Functions – WOW!!! →

A Workaround with the JSON Class->JSON<-Class Date or Time Variable issue

Man was that title a mouthful! Yesterday I wrote about an issue we were having with moving class data into and out of JSON data if there is a Date or Time variable included. See this article for details. In that article, I mentioned I was working on a more elegant solution to my workaround … Continue reading A Workaround with the JSON Class->JSON<-Class Date or Time Variable issue →

Date, Time, Datetime, JSON, RESTful – You’re Killing Me, Smalls!!!!

Today I bring you some issues with using Date or Time variables and serializing JSON data in and out of classes. Can you tell I am having a rough couple of weeks? Another day, another support request created. I seem to be getting good at those at least! Today's issue is that the JSON generated … Continue reading Date, Time, Datetime, JSON, RESTful – You’re Killing Me, Smalls!!!! →

JSONValid returns True for Invalid JSON text

In what appears to be my attempt to wear support out this week, I have discovered another one. I have discovered that the JSONValid function can return True for text that is not valid JSON. This causes a runtime error when moving the text into a JSON variable In the code below notice the comma … Continue reading JSONValid returns True for Invalid JSON text →

Serious SCM Bug in v28 94s

This one hurts me to the core, since I have been pushing so hard for everyone to use the SCM, and really pushed at the conference, waxing poetic about the SCM 🙂 But we have found, and finally been able to reproduce a serious bug in the SCM. Recently, several other developers and myself have … Continue reading Serious SCM Bug in v28 94s →

Serialize, Mapping, Bears OH! MY!

These two WL features may be the poorest documented features in WL. Go ahead I dare you to go find the doucumentation for either one. But never fear Uncle Pete is going to take a few minutes to give you a few pointers. Serialize Let's talk about Serialize first. The first issue is Serialize is … Continue reading Serialize, Mapping, Bears OH! MY! →

Styling issues with the new HTML Edit Control or How a little jQuery can save the day!

Gavin Webb, brought me an interesting CSS issue today with the new HTML Edit Control, that I wanted to share with everyone. Along with solving a specific issue, I think it is a good exercise in understanding how I figure out and then solve this types of CSS issues. The Issue This example has two … Continue reading Styling issues with the new HTML Edit Control or How a little jQuery can save the day! →

Let’s Encrypt + Certbot = SSL Free and Easy!

Alternate Title: True Confessions of a Web Admin As I am sure most of you know, google is pushing for the entire web to use HTTPS / SSL. Even for brochure or marketing sites. And we definitely should be using SSL for anything that is sharing/collecting data, which describes most of our web projects I … Continue reading Let’s Encrypt + Certbot = SSL Free and Easy! →