DataFlex 2025 Beta 1 introduces Automatic Primary Key Fields, new cRegEx class, and more!
The DataFlex 2025 Beta 1 release is now available for you to test and preview the new features delivered in this latest build.
For a review of the main highlights being delivered in DataFlex 2025, watch the Discover What’s New in DataFlex 2025 course that showcases the Navigation Designer for intuitive app creation, customizable dashboards for increased app ease of use, composite classes for simplified development, and more.
The Beta 1 build delivers several new capabilities since the Alpha 1 release that you’ll want to check out - see the details below.
New Features in the Beta 1 Build
Automatic Primary Key Fields
When creating tables in the Studio, developers can now automatically add an auto-increment column with a unique index. For SQL databases, the index is marked as a primary key and the column will be marked as an identity column. Embedded databases utilize a `DFLastId` system table, which is included in new workspaces for improved ease of use.
New cRegEx Class
This new runtime class enables the use of regular expressions directly in DataFlex, eliminating the need for third-party dependencies and libraries. Based on the popular PCRE2 (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) regex standard, it provides developers both convenience and application performance improvement with finding, matching, substituting, and extracting - all in one single class.
Web Theme Configuration with CSS Variables
Web themes now use CSS variables for main colors and some dimensions. This allows for configuration of the themes without changing them, which means less trouble during updates!
And more...
Numerous bug fixes and other improvements are also delivered in this latest release. Get a preview of what’s coming by downloading and installing the Beta 1 build of DataFlex 2025 and joining the testing community.
To get started with DataFlex 2025 Beta 1
- Download DataFlex 2025 Beta 1
- Watch the What’s New in DataFlex 2025 (pre-release) Learning Center course, where the new features are highlighted
- Read the What’s New in DataFlex 2025 section of the online documentation that details all the latest changes in this pre-release build
- Share your feedback in the DataFlex 2025 Testing forum to help us to release the best business application development software possible!
