[Uwe Smidt]

Dear $Forum,

Yes, it’s a pain! While I’m trying to have a quiet sunday nap, my phone keeps on pinging for some spammer the Forum software/ admin does not care to prevent from spamming. Causing the admin the work of removing this trash & the spammer from the forum, and causing all forum users who cared to subscribe to new entries to clear their mailboxes, too.

I had a look at the members section: from April 2025 until now, there have only been 4 new ‘real’ members, and only one made a posting.

Wouldn’t it have been more efficient – and less frustrating for the other subscribed users – if an admin had checked the first posting of a new user and set this user on ‘pass – can write postings’ as opposed to ‘pass any spam’ and remove it later?

Of course, we can go back to the email list server and communicate hidden from the public like freemasons, but I had understood that Omnis would like to attract new developers – and this is unlikely to happen if the greatest part of the community operates under cover…

But if Omnis does not succeed in making this Forum a bit more up-to-date and functional, the list users will have absolutely no reason to post their absolutely valuable content here.

Have a nice sunday!

Regards

Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

<div>Hi Matthew,</div>

I suppose Omnis is working on it, but maybe not with the highest of priorities, When I open Omnis 11, I get a short & small dialog saying ‘restoring IDE’

And with Shift F3 you can store individual window settings – so it’s all there, just needs to be assembled to one ‘save workspace’ command. So vote my idea
https://www.omnis.net/community/forums/forum/discussion/saving-named-workspaces/

up by one, then we may see it a bit earlier… 😉

Regards

Uwe

PS: I had this topic earlier with Omnis support, but then the only advice was to have 2 separate installations …

https://www.omnis.net/community/forums/forum/discussion/positioning-studio-ide-windows-by-code/

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Saving named Workspaces - Omnis Forum

I am using my notebook both stand-alone and in multi-monitor-mode.   It would be great to be able save named workspaces, like 'on the road',…

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Matthew,

I work with different environments, so saving named workspaces is on my wish list (https://www.omnis.net/community/forums/forum/discussion/saving-named-workspaces/)

In the meantime, I helped myself with an AppleScript that helps me to arrange windows for different settings like ‘mobile’ or ‘mobile + external screen’.

As you are on MS Windows, maybe there is an equivalent automation shell?

Regards

Uwe

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Saving named Workspaces - Omnis Forum

I am using my notebook both stand-alone and in multi-monitor-mode.   It would be great to be able save named workspaces, like 'on the road',…

[Uwe Smidt]

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[Uwe Smidt]

Dear $Omnis,
Have you been able to review this yet?

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Andreas,

Yes, it did help!

I now have a security/login solution that makes me happy!

The first level is to allow only access to the web server to users who have a client certificate, as described in my post above.

The second level is a convenience level, where upon first login through a login dialog, a cookie is set via clientcommand(savepreference..), and on any further calls to the app, no login is required since the user is identified via clientcommand(loadpreference…).

Via a logout button, the cookie (after login set to the user id), can be set to ‘loggedOut’, so the login dialog will pop up again on the next connection.

I’ve put all this logic into the super class rfSuper, also the $init, so it doesn’t matter if I enter through index.htm (based on rfSuper) or if I choose to take a shortcut directly to some form like rfQuickEntry.

Since all the rf.$constructs (which may already load data) run before the first $init (initiating user authentification), I’ve put a $clientcommand(‘showloadingoverlay’,row(kTrue,#NULL,’anmelden…’)) in the $construct of rfSuper which is released as soon as the user is logged in.

If anyone wants more details, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Regards

Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Dear Mats & Paul,

Well, I suppose you are right!

I am aware local actions are always faster than remote actions, but the scenario ‘Omnis AND Postgres on VPS’ is – in a way – a remote BUT still lightning fast scenario, since I see the results in my browser – which is remote to Omnis and Postgres. But I assume that delivering ‘just’ a finished page is far less data than the back and forth of ten little queries between Omnis & Postgres that will eventually result in one page being sent.

When I query the remote (VPS) Postgres with my local PGAdmin, the query is executed in 0.2 sec on average – not lightning fast, but fast. Waiting for my local Omnis App (powered by Omnis Studio 11, i.e. the developer app) connected to the remote VPS Postgres to update the screen, takes 5-10 seconds, so I thought that something beyond ‘local vs remote networks’ was wrong.

You are right, Paul, in recommending optimising my design & code – so far, the amount of data was small, and connection was local.

But as we are moving on, it helps to have some helping minds like yours’1

Thank you!

Bye

Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Birgit,

Thank you for your clear commitment to the future of the free version of the Community Edition.

It is important to me & my potential customers, as a means to start ands generate business on a smaller scale.

Not everyone has the skill and the ambition to make it big…

Best regards

Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Mats,
I would agree that ‘Community Pro’ is a of an awkward and misleading way of naming a product – and it could have been taken as clue as to where Omnis is going take the Community edition: to a subscription paid version.

So I am glad that Birgit clarified Omnis’ commitment to the free edition.

Best regards

Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Andreas,
Sorry for the late response 😳!
Yes, the shop gives a good comparison of all three versions of Omnis Studio.
But only as per now – tomorrow, one or two items might just be ‘missing’, so I was hoping for a more general statement from Omnis, which Birgit finally gave.

Best regards
Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Mats,

Yes, your are right, the Omnis site in general does mark the forefront of modern web technology and design, but I think most of the time, it does its job quite ok. It is mainly the Forum that is giving me pain!

And I would not really consider using Omnis to build a web SITE – there are better tools for that, and Omnis is better in other aspects of creating web apps.

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Götz,

Thank you for your prompt response and reaction!

Which brings me to my next question:

I am currently using the Omnis Studio Community Edition 11.1 37266. How is the update process and cycle for the Community Edition? I have not found a CE tree in the Omnis File Archive (https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/download/archive.jsp), nor any other way to find and download updates on my CE Version.

Best regards

Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Andreas,
Thank you for guiding me in the right direction.

Changing the Prefs (in the Omnis Class Browser) to language= German did the job!

[Uwe Smidt]

Dear $all,
I am just using Andreas wonderful Export to File function, just to find out that my issue c) (please see above) is still unresolved:
The list comes out as csv with American formats: Decimal separator is . (dot) and not , (comma), and dates are exported with American names (October instead of Oktober). When I import this into Excel, it is all scrambled…

How do I instruct Omnis to use local (German) number and date settings, as in the system preferences?

Thank you in advance!

Regards
Uwe

[Uwe Smidt]

Hi Götz,

Thank you for taking the time to check!

As I am no longer on paid maintenance scheme, will there be a free bug fix release, or will I have to live with this bug?

Best regards

Uwe