Stadium 5.2.1484.3745 is available

If you already have Stadium 5 installed, the designer should prompt you to install it the next time you open it. Otherwise head over to the Stadium website and download it now!

• ODBC Connections to databases like MySQL, DB2 and PosgreSQL are now supported
  • You'll need to set up a User DSN for connecting in the Designer and a Service DSN for connecting via the server
  • Only text queries are supported at this stage
  • Parameters are specified using a ? and display as Parameter1, Parameter2 etc in the Designer (eg select * from Products where ProductId = ?)
• Cut Copy Paste has been reintroduced. It works on Pages, Scripts, Controls and Actions
  
  • When copying individual controls/actions across pages/scripts, page/script specific mappings will be lost
• Validation messages in the designer for unmapped properties and events
  
  • Double click on the validation to bring the control into focus.
  • Once the property has been mapped, the validation disappears
• Upgrade to .net Framework 4.6
  
  • the installer will download and install it if needed
• Upgrade to IIS 10 Express
  
  •  the installer will download and install it if needed to run Generated Apps (no IIS on the PC)
• Create a default Stadium5 App Pool and run all uploaded applications through it
• Required Field Validator added to Checkbox List
• Redesign of the Query Editor - see your parameters and fields on one screen
• Rename query parameters - useful for ODBC queries where all parameters are written as ‘?’ in the query and display as Parameter1, Parameter2 etc in the Designer
• Manually pull query fields and parameters
  
  •  they are no longer automatically refreshed
• Connections - Only persist if a server or dsn is specified
• Queries - only persist if SQL has been specified
• Toolbox Controls listed in one section
• Right-click context menu on open tabs with options to close all, float and dock tabs, close current tab and close all but this
• Visible And Read-Only properties on Checkbox, Checkbox List, Date Picker, Drop Down, Panel, Radio Button List and TextBox can now be set using Query Fields, Page Parameters and Constants as well as a static True/False value
• Better handling of Images
• Fix security permissions errors when the Designer is not run as an Administrator
• Security Certificate Updated

Thanks to Anton, Amol, Darshit, Greg and Shaun for all the dev work