Release Note for cdev 1.7.4 (beta) November 3, 2000 This is a beta release for cdev version 1.7.4. This short document summarizes changes made from previous version. 1. Compile option to load a ddl file automatically in a running application when the ddl file is modified. To enable this option, uncomment the following line in the file src/cdevSystem.cc. #define _CDEV_USE_DDL_MONITOR The time interval that is used to monitor DDL file status is defined in the same file via DEV_DDL_MONITOR_INTERVAL. The default value is 30 seconds. Note: Applications can pick up any new definition from modified DDL file automatically. However, any modification to existing device or attribute definitions will not be effective if these definitions are currently being used by the applications unless request objects that are using these definitions are detached and (re)attached explicitly. 2. Add one verb "put" into the channel access service. The "put" verb uses ca_array_put call from the channel access library. In contrast, the "set" verb always uses ca_array_put_callback. This modification is result of suggestions from PSI and Bessy (T. Straumann). Thank you guys. 3. Fix a bug related to retrieving ENUM value in the channel access service. Now applications should be able to get ENUM in character string in both "get" and "monitorOn". 4. Some of the source code are modified so that cdev 1.7.4 can be compiled with Sun new CC compiler (version 6.0). Let us know if you have any problems. (cdev@jlab.org).