There is a new feature in 8.5 that perhaps requires special explanation - it's item 52 in the Release Notes. In the list of output options available for operations or menu items there is now a new option called <DIV>. When you select this option you can also specify a unique ID of the DIV. Aware IM will then assume that somewhere on the screen there is a <div> with this ID and it will direct the output of this operation to this <DIV>. So this <div> can be defined anywhere - in an HTML of a content panel, in an HTML cell of a form etc.
There is a couple of examples of using this feature in the CRM sample application. The application has been updated (along with the Library application). If you have the old version delete it and deploy the new one. Then click on the Customers tab and expand a record of any customer. You will see a link called Communication Records. If you click on this link communication records for the selected customer will be displayed underneath the link.
Then look at how it has been configured. The respective form (called "Expansion" of the Customer object) includes an HTML cell that contains the <DIV> with the unique ID - look at how this ID is generated - it is created based on the ID of the customer. Then look at the properties of the cell that contains the "Communication Records" link (the type of the cell is "Buttom/Link", which is also new in 8.5. Note that this link starts an operation that displays a query that retrieves communications records of the customer. Note that the Output of the operation is into a <DIV> with the same ID as specified in the HTML cell underneath the button cell.
There is another example - in the list of top customers on the Dashbard (which is implemented as a custom query) there is now a More... button. When the user clicks on it the system shows more details of the selected customer. Thus it is now possible to expand a record in a custom query. Albeit implementation of this is slightly more messy, as it is based on Aware IM Javascript links, which now support "output" directed to a <div>. Take a look at the custom template of the "Customers - top" query if you are familiar with HTML and Javascript. The HTML includes a <div> with a unique id and an HTML link that runs a process that shows a special form of the customer and directs this form into the <div>. There is also a "Less" button which collapses the form implemented as a simple Javascript that turns off visibility of the form.
