Back Forward Deprecated features

The following features are deprecated. Do not use them in new development. Adopt replacement features where available.

Rule types

Deprecated

Replacement

Rule-Admin-Product-Patch Products
Rule-Connect-BPEL SOAP
Rule-Declare-Collection — Specifically, instances using the original rule form implementation.  
Rule-Declare-Constraint Constraints
Rule-Declare-Expression Declare Expressions
Rule-Define-Hierarchy Navigation
Rule-File-Form Harnesses and Sections
Rule-HTML-FixedList Properties
Rule-Obj-JSP Any other stream rule such as HTML or XML
Rule-Parse-Infer @pxReplaceAllViaRegex function
Rule-Parse-Transform @pxReplaceAllViaRegex function
Rule-Parse-TransformCollection @pxReplaceAllViaRegex function
Rule-Report-*** Report Definitions
Rule-RDB-SQL Connect-SQL
Rule-Service-BPEL SOAP
Rule-Service-COM dotNet
Rule-Query-List Report Definitions
Rule-Query-Summary Report Definitions
Rule-Service-CORBA Any other service type such as SOAP, EJB, or HTTP

tip, shortcut, best practiceDeprecated rule types and instances are excluded from specific Designer Studio features.

Data types

Deprecated

Replacement

Data-Admin-ClassGenerator Connector and Metadata Accelerator output
Data-Admin-ConnectGenerator Connector and Metadata Accelerator output
Data-Customer Data-Party-COM or Data-Party-Person

Activity Methods

Deprecated

Replacement

Apply-Model Apply-Data-Transform
Assign-Delete  
Assign-EstablishContext  
Index-Finish Declare Index
Link-List  
Obj-List Obj-Browse and Obj-Filter
Obj-Set-Tickets The setTicket activity
Property-Set-Special Property-Set
Rule instruction The evaluateRule activity
Show-Applet Show-Page
Show-Applet-Data Show-Property
Wait-for-Connector Connect-Wait

 

Controls

Use the Update Control feature to automatically upgrade these deprecated controls found in sections and harnesses. Buttons with custom settings must be manually converted to use the pxButton control.

Deprecated Replacement
TextArea
TextAreaSmall
TextAreaWithExpandSmall
TextAreaExpanded
TextAreaWithExpand
TextAreaInTable TextAreaExpandedOverflow TextAreaWithExpandExpanded
pxTextArea
Date-Calendar
DateTime-Calendar
DateTime-
CalendarHarness DateCalendarForDataGrid
Export_Date
Export_DateTime
SecondsToHours
SelectDate
SelectDateTime
DateTime
DateTime-Default
DateTime-Full
DateTime-Long
DateTime-Medium
DateTime-Short
DateTime-Full-i18n
DateTime-Long-i18n
DateTime-Medium-i18n

DateTime-Short-i18n
Date
Date-Full
Date-Long
Date-Medium
Date-Short
Date-Full-i18n
Date-Medium-i18n
Date-Short-i18n
Time
Time-Default
Time-Medium Time-Short
TimeElapsed-HMS
TimeZoneList
Time-Full-i18n
Time-Long-i18n
Time-Medium-i18n
Time-Short-i18n

pxDateTime
PromptSelect
DynamicSelect
pxDropDown
RichTextEditor pxRichTextEditor
AutoComplete pxAutoComplete
URL pxLink
Checkbox pxCheckbox
RadioButtons pxRadioButton
Button pxButton

tip, shortcut, best practiceMore information is available in the PDN article Upgrading deprecated and outdated controls.

 

Local data

Data tables are replaced by local data storage.

 

Other

Deprecated

Replacement

02 API 03-02 API
Application Accelerator tool Application Express
Application Document tool Application Document Wizard
Application Profiler tool Application Profile landing page
Authentication Wizard Incorporated into the process of creating a new integration
Business Events  
Create Properties wizard Configuration Grid on the Definition tab of a data type, viewed in the Data Designer.
Libraries named Default Use a descriptive name when creating a new library
$mode-display in HTML code !mode-input
Monitor Activity workspace Standard reports based on report definitions are available in the Report Browser.
Override rulesets Production rulesets
Organization and division data instances that are defined by an Explicit RuleSet list. Select an Application-based Access Group on the Access tab of these rule forms.
Organization Setup wizard Application Express
Amount property type Decimal property type
startOrStopTimer(String, boolean) PAL method  
Status stage Stages and Steps
Six R's landing page  
UI Inspector tool Live UI tool
UI Tree tool Live UI tool