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Recommended changes—migrate to VDL/JS API 4.5

Xpress Insight 4.50 supports JS API 4.5 and VDL 4.5. The deprecated changes detailed in this section will be fully applied in Xpress Insight 5.0, it may be convenient to perform these changes when updating your apps.

JS API 4.5 changes

The following JS API functions have been renamed.

JS API 4.5 renamed functions
Deprecated function
Replacement function
ModelSchema#getProjectId ModelSchema#getAppId
Scenario#downloadProjectAttachments Scenario#downloadAppAttachments
Scenario#getProjectAttachment Scenario#getAppAttachment
Scenario#getProjectAttachments Scenario#getAppAttachments
Scenario#getTaggedProjectAttachments Scenario#getTaggedAppAttachments
ScenarioProperties#getProjectId ScenarioProperties#getAppId
View#getProject View#getApp
View#getProjectId View#getAppId
View#openProjectAttachmentsDialog View#openAppAttachmentsDialog
View#createProjectAttachment View#createAppAttachment
View#uploadProjectAttachment View#uploadAppAttachment
Other JS API 4.5 changes
Details
AutoText attachment type renamed from project to app.
Project object renamed to App.

VDL 4.5 changes

Views using VDL 3.x can be upgraded to VDL 4.5 by changing the version at the top of the file.
<vdl version="4.5">

Views using VDL 2.x will require more significant changes. For more, see the developer guide chapter on the FICO website.

vdl-attachment-button action property values
Deprecated value
New value
download-project-attachment download-app-attachment
edit-project-attachment-properties edit-app-attachment-properties
edit-project-attachment edit-app-attachment
create-project-attachment create-app-attachment
upload-project-attachment upload-app-attachment
manage-project-attachments manage-app-attachments

Other VDL 4.5 changes

Renamed VDL 4.5 properties
Previous name
New Name
scenario.props.projectId scenario.props.appId