Panther 5.60 New Features

Panther Client

• Python 3 Integration
• Drag-and-Drop Support for Dynamic Label Widgets (Windows Only)
• QR Code Display for Dynamic Label Widgets (Windows Only)
• Multifactor Authentication
  • 2FA using time-based one-time (TOTP) password
  • New API: sm_generate_totp() (39172)

  sm_generate_totp - generates TOTP given a secret key
  
  SYNOPSIS
      totp = sm_generate_totp(key, digits)
      char *totp;
      char *key;
      int  digits;
  
  DESCRIPTION
      Returns a TOTP (Time-based One-time Password) for a given secret key.
      The digits argument specifies the number of digits (typically 6).
      The algorithm matches standard authenticator apps, enabling verification
      of user-entered codes against generated values.
  
  RETURNS
      totp = temporary buffer containing the TOTP code
           = NULL on failure
        

  • New vidstore-mfa Sample
    • Demonstrates:
      • Python Scripting
      • QR Code Usage
      • TOTP Validation

Panther Web Application Broker

• Improvements for Generated HTML
  • PR_SPAN_CLASSES - Enables <span> tags with class attributes for better CSS styling (39156)
  • PR_WEB_NO_DISP_ATTRS - Suppresses inline font styling to allow full CSS control (39257)
  • PR_WEB_JS_ALERT - Allows customization of client-side validation popups via user-defined JavaScript functions (38742)

Panther Application Server for Jakarta EE

• Now compatible with Jakarta EE instead of JEE (39096)

Panther DBi

• Support for Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
  • Panther now supports binding result sets from DBMS SQL WITH statements (39104)
  • Multiple chained WITH clauses are not supported
• Oracle (OCI-8 Only)
  • Support for Overloaded Stored Procedures and Functions (39088)
    • Resolution of procedures/functions with the same name in a package is based on the number of arguments passed by the caller