Does Omnis 10.22s run under macOS Sequoia ?

Andy Hilton andyh at totallybrilliant.com
Mon Oct 28 18:41:45 UTC 2024


Doug

Much appreciated as ever ! Wish I could be with you guys this week :( Have fun…

Andy Hilton
Totally Brilliant Software Inc
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> On Oct 28, 2024, at 2:30 PM, Doug Easterbrook via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
> 
> hi Andy.
> 
> I’ve been using 10.22.32052 on Sequoia for a good number of months now.   
> 
> We always have clients who took the latest upgrade of Mac OSX, so we had to be there.  Versions of postgres in use range from postgres 13 to 17 (as far as I know).
> 
> 
> those users updated from earlier versions of mac os and we did NOT update the application on their machine.    
> 
> 
> So far, only one KNOWN issue surfaces and that ends up being in TMOBJS binary search and has been for a while.    NONE IN STUDIO 10.22.32052 that I’m aware of.
> 
> 
> 
> …. so I’ll explain the TMOBJS issue as I think you use it.
> 
> We found the issue because we load a list of fonts at the start of the application and do a binary search (by name) to see if our zip code fonts are in place.
> 
> we get the list of fonts using
> Do list.$define(fontName,trueType)
> Do FontOps.$winlistfonts(list)
> 
> well, turns out Apple now adds about a dozen fonts to the list that look like they have Arabic names to the list of fonts (i.e. Sequoia changed the list of reported fonts).
> 
> 
> turns out that those font names are UTF8 based
> turns out that, in TMOBJS, the character search algorithm assumed single byte characters, rather than multibyte, when finding something using alphabetical matches in a list.     
> 
> 
> so,   it unearthed an issue that has been there for 30 years that we didn’t know about :)
> 
> 
> we’ll get it fixed later this fall.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> but thats it.   No issues with omnis and postgres, none with using SSL connections, no display issues that I recall.  
> 
> hope that helps.
> 
> 
> Doug Easterbrook
> Arts Management Systems Ltd.
> mailto:doug at artsman.com
> http://www.artsman.com
> Phone (403) 650-1978
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2024, at 10:43 AM, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know if the above combo works ok to a postgresql backend ?
>> 
>> I have a client just upgraded and now hitting a problem connecting to the database :(
>> 
>> Andy Hilton
>> Totally Brilliant Software Inc
>> Phone (US) : (863) 409 4870 
>> Phone (UK) : 0207 193 8582
>> Web : www.totallybrilliant.com 
>> Helpdesk : https://totallybrilliantsoftware.supportsystem.com/
>> Email : andyh at totallybrilliant.com
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