The following topics introduce the new and changed features of ADF Desktop Integration and other significant changes that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information.
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Oracle ADF Desktop Integration 11.1.1.9.1 includes the following new and changed development features for this document.
This release deprecates the ADF Button component. You are encouraged, but not required, to replace ADF Button components in your integrated Excel workbooks with ribbon commands. For more information, see Configuring the Runtime Ribbon Tab.
New property, FailureMessage, where you can specify a message to appear to the end user if an action set fails. For more information, see How to Configure Error Handling for an Action Set.
New property (ActionOptions.NonBlocking) that, when set to True, enables your users to use other Excel features while an action set executes. Set this property to True on action sets that may take time to complete such as, for example, a Table.Download action for 100,000 rows. For more information, see How to Allow End Users to Continue Working in Excel While an ActionSet Executes.
ADF Desktop Integration now enables end users to save a connection report with diagnostic information when connection failures occur or are canceled. For more information, see Generating ADF Desktop Integration Diagnostic Reports.
ADF Desktop Integration now enables client-side logging by default (Information level). For more information, see About Client-Side Logging.
This release introduces new menu options to provide easier access to you and end users when generating the diagnostic report and enabling verbose logging to an XML file in a directory that you choose. For more information, see:
End users can now choose a time period (next week, next month, and so on) to determine when they next receive a prompt to upgrade their ADF Desktop Integration client version to match the server version. For more information, see How to Upgrade ADF Desktop Integration On a Local System.