Development and Features of the new Cincom Smalltalk ObjectStudio Launcher Wed, August 24, 3:30pm – 4:00pm Youtube: https://youtu.be/iJxAUhydgHA Description First Name: Andreas Last Name: Hiltner Email where you can always be reached: ahiltner@cincom.com Title: "Development and Features of the new Cincom Smalltalk ObjectStudio Launcher" Type: Talk Abstract: In this presentation Andreas will demonstrate a new launcher for Cincom Smalltalk ObjectStudio 8.8, written from the ground up in the Next Generation UI. The NG UI is a framework for a native Windows UI that is written entirely in Cincom Smalltalk, using DLLCC to connect to the Windows API. Bio: Andreas Hiltner is currently the Lead VM Engineer for Cincom ObjectStudio, in addition to having a hand in most aspects of base image and database development. He works from home near Nuremberg, Germany, where he just recently returned after spending five years with his family in the US at Cincom’s headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Along with many contributions to ObjectStudio over the years, he was the project lead in Cincom’s development of the current 8.x versions of ObjectStudio, based on Cincom® VisualWorks®. He was also the Lead Engineer for the Next Generation UI Project. Andreas is a seasoned architect who has specialized in ObjectStudio for more than 15 years. In his years of working with Cincom he has had the opportunity to assist key Cincom Smalltalk™ users worldwide, including one of the world’s top five financial institutions, and several government agencies.

1. Features of the New
Cincom® ObjectStudio®
Launcher
By Andreas Hiltner
@ahiltner (Twitter)
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2. - Motivation
- Interface
- Packages
- Controllers
- Open Windows
- (…)
- Next Steps
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Topic
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3. - Create a new Launcher, that supports development and is not a simple
collection of loaded tools
- Combine the features from the VW Launcher and WPENFINController
- Use the NG UI for more features
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Motivation
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4. - Display content of Packages
and Bundles
- Easy access of frequently
used Packages/Bundles
- Double-Click on Package/
Bundle opens the RB on
selection
- Double-Click on Class/Class
Extension opens RB on
selection
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Packages
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5. Packages can be added using
- Context Menu
- Refactoring Browser
- Settings Dialog
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Packages
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6. - Default Action (double-click) is
to open the RB on selection
- ‘New Class’ opens the
standard New-Class-Dialog of
the RB with the superclass
and namespace set
- The ListView can be changed
to show different modes
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Packages
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7. - Displays all Controllers and
UIAbstractControllers
- Package name is used for
grouping
- Double-Click on the controller
will open it
- Replacement for the
functionality of WPENFIN
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Controllers
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8. - Context menu for Controllers
- Open
- Edit
- Inspect
- Browse
- Remove
- New Class
- Change ListView display
mode
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Controllers
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9. - List of currently open windows
in the System.
- All Smalltalk windows are listed
(ScheduledWindow/Form/
UIView)
- Prefixed with the class name
initials, e.g. RefactoringBrowser
(RB), OSTLauncher (OSTL),
etc.
- ‘F5’ will update the list
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Open Windows
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10. - List of all existing probes (break
points, watch expression) in the
system
- A double click of an entry will
open the Refactoring Browser
on that method.
- ‘F5’ will update the list
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Probes
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11. This Transcript now only shows the
output, but also can be used to
execute snippets of Smalltalk code.
Limits:
- No support for imports or
Workspace-Variables
- Code cannot be saved to/read
from a file
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Transcript
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12. Search for
- Messages
- Packages
- Classes
- Parcels
- SharedVariables
No need to add wild-cards to the
front or end of the search string
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Search/Searchlight
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13. Clicking with the left mouse button
on the Store-Connection-Status will
open the menu shown, with some
frequently used tasks
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Statusbar
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14. Icon overlay of the OSTLauncher
window.
This way it is easy to find in the
(sometimes pretty large) list of open
Cincom Smalltalk windows.
This feature can be disabled in the
settings
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Taskbar
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15. - Additional Settings, e.g. Color, initial open page, default views, etc.
- Multi-Select-List for Open Windows
- Additional Shortcuts, e.g. Del to close a Window
- Tool to search for text inside of comments
- Publish Bundles/Packages from Launcher
- Performance improvements
- (looking for some customer input …)
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Next Steps
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16. Questions?
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Thank You!
Suzanne Fortman
Program Director / Engineering Manager
sfortman@cincom.com
@SuzCST (Twitter)
Arden Thomas
Product Manager
athomas@cincom.com
@ArdenTCST (Twitter)
Andreas Hiltner
ahiltner@cincom.com
@ahiltner (Twitter)
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