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Licensed JHeadstart users can now download JHeadstart 10.1.3 Service Update 1 (build 10.1.3.0.97) from the Consulting Supplement Option.
Apart from a number of bug fixes (see the release notes for a list),
this service update contains some functional enhancements:

• File Upload in Table Layout. It is now possible to generate file upload items in a table layout.


• File
  Download/Images in Table Layout. It is now possible to generate file
  download links or images in a table layout. 


• Checkboxes based on String attributes in Table Layout. It is now
  possible to generate checkboxes that are directly based on String
  attributes with a two-value domain (matching the true/false state of
  the checkbox). It is no longer necessary to create transient attributes
  of type Boolean in your ViewObject to be able to generate checkboxes in table layout.


• When
  Access Denied Go To Next Group. When the user navigates to a
  group he is not allowed to access, JHeadstart can automatically
  redirect the user to the start page of the next group for which the
  user is authorized.
• Show Template Names in Source.
  There is a new service-level checkbox property "Show Template Names in
  Source". When checked (the default) the generated sources contain
  comments indicating which Velocity template was used to generate each
  page snippet.
  
  

Service Update 1 also contains some changes which makes JHeadstart
10.1.3 compatible with JDeveloper 10.1.3.1 which is expected to be
released soon. (JHeadstart can NOT be used with the JDeveloper 10.1.3.1
Preview Version.)



If you do not have a license yet but are interested in trying out
JHeadstart 10.1.3, you will have to be patient for a couple of more
days. Next week, we will publish a free downloadable evaluation version
on OTN. This evaluation version has all of the same functionality as
the production version (including Service Update 1). The only
limitation is that your workspace cannot contain more than 10 View
Objects.



JHeadstart release 10.1.3.1 is currently planned for November. New features scheduled for this release include:

• Multi-Select List of Values


• Client-side checking of required items in Table Layout
  
  


• Tree-style List of Values


• Search through Tree nodes
• Generating of graphs
  

Also planned for November is the JHeadstart Demo Application, which
showcases all main JHeadstart features, including fine-grained
role-based security.