Monday, March 22, 2004
Build 315 (Refresh Only): Filter and Preview Changes
Only the refresh has been updated (http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80.zip) - the full install will be updated later this week with some changes in the report layout templates.
Here's a summary of the new features:
When editing filters, OK and Cancel buttons will appear on the same line as the filter being edited. You can still click on another line or a button to save your filter but this way, new users can see the options explicitly.
Added support for removing the matching ( ) when one parentheses is deleted. If you have filters with a lot of parentheses, please try this out and let me know if it's missing anything.
Fixed problem that displayed a message saying "Alias already in use" if an error prevented a report from displaying.
The Report toolbar now shows up on the Mind's Eye preview as well.
Added new GroupFilters collection to deal with aggregate filters.
Update for General Tab to properly validate Request Name as entered by user.
Added drop-down on Request Info tab to allow positioning of comments. This can also be done by going to Output dialog screen.
Added drop-down on Request Info tab to allow positioning of comments. This can also be done by going to Output dialog screen.
Fixed problem with adding new filters when selecting Data Items.
Resized combo in Sort view from Workbench so it displays properly
Fixed Admin tool so it re-opened the files after running an update. Previous versions did not so the user had to exit and come back into Foxfire! after trying to do an update.
We are now disabling Top N button if the request has no sorts in it. You MUST have a sort order to allow Top N. This is explained in the Tooltip when the user mouses over it.
Ensured that the Too Wide dialog shows up on Top of the therm bar.
Changed way live editing of headers are positioned. If a header is right-aligned, the text box will now show up in the right position instead of left justified.
Better error handling when data item validation goes bad.
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Thursday, March 18, 2004
Filter Builder and Importing Changes
A new build will be posted this weekend that resolves the problems with the Filter Builder and importing existing installations into Foxfire! 8.0.
Thanks to those of you who have sent in emails related to the issues you were having.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Build 310: Change Report
1. The Data Items tab now shows up properly when you resize it with the WorkBench. FoxPro 8 has a bug where objects in a container don't always re-appear when setting Visible to .T. This was causing the problem earlier.
2. The Related Data dialog has been resized to make it easier to see up to 5 relationships at once. The text has also been revised.
These updates are only available in the Beta refresh so please download it from http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80.zip.
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Monday, March 15, 2004
Build 308: Cleanup and Refactoring
Build 308 (posted today) includes the initial part of our refactoring phase. The application has been split into two pieces that will make developer and installation administration considerably easier. A revised Administration component will be updated shortly.
Some feature updates:
- the editing and customization of layouts on the Specify Output tab are now functional.
- The upgrade from existing versions now verifies that you are in fact, updating from existing directories.
If you haven't updated in a while, download the whole new rebuild from http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80setup.exe
Also, we have received very few emails regarding the functionality of the beta so please forward them to support@micromegasystems.com, even just to say "we got it running" or "how does this work", etc. A future beta this week will be incorporating our registration along with the new help files.
In the mean time, I'll be posting some presentations on "how this works" on www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign. Keep an eye out for them!
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Monday, March 08, 2004
New Build Coming
No - we didn't go away but we have been working hard on a new update for Foxfire! 8.0. This new build will include the completed Upgrade utility and Distribution tool for developers to make it easier to move over your existing Foxfire! installations (a difficult task with previous versions) and distribute Foxfire! to new sites!
It will be posted this weekend so be looking for it.
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It will be posted this weekend so be looking for it.
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Monday, March 01, 2004
Object Model: Data Item Expressions
The DataItem object currently has ReportExpression and SortExpression properties. However, by and large, most developers will only ever deal with the ReportExpression. Being a property with a long title , typos are going to be everywhere so I have also added a property called Expression that simply returns and sets the ReportExpression property.
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