Friday, December 24, 2004
Foxfire! 8.0: Build 370
1. Detect and Repair - no longer looks for an older field that no longer exists. (PF_OUTPUT)
2. Labels - fix for creating new labels.
3. Cross-Tabs. The order in which you select the cross-tab items does AFFECT how the request gets created. If you are finding errors when working with cross-tabs, please note them in the error reporting dialog.
Refresh Update available here.
Full Update available here.
Just as a note, these downloads are beta builds. They do not represent the full quality of the final release of Foxfire! 8.0. If you do come across any items that appear to be anomalies, please report them to support@micromegasystems.com or through the Report A Problem/Suggest a feature option on the help menu.
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Thursday, December 23, 2004
Foxfire! 8.0: Build 369
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Sunday, December 12, 2004
Foxfire! 8.0 Build 368
You should grab the full install if possible (http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80setup.exe) but an update is available from http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80368.zip
Updates include:
New option in Preference Misc Tab: Display Description. Lets you turn the "data item description" text box in the Data Item tab.
The Remote DB option now retains your selection.
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modifying User Profiles, you can now add your own notes on each user to provide more details of who the user account is for.The New Request dialog has been redesigned. You can re-
size it to see more of the options if you need to. Please let us know if it makes more sense for you.Cross-
Tabs now work properly. Previous builds didn't let you create them properly.The Request Manager now has a Property
sheet for each request. This property sheet lets you specify the Lock settings under Security for each request, effectively letting you control what other users have access to.The
Filter tab has been updated considerably and appears to be less troublesome. If you are having problems BUILDING or modifying filters, please let us know. Please provide details on how to reproduce what you were doing.When
previewing reports, a thermometer reports its progress so you can see what's happening. You can also cancel the report from generating so you can see the results that were generated before you canceled the report.The Setup Wizard now has Hot
keys to make moving back and forth a little easier. We now automatically default the Display SQL Warnings on when you try to create a SQL Server or non-VFP setup.Comment
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Foxfire! 8.0 - Build 367 Now Available for Download
- Fixed support for Distinct Count. Only one Distinct count calculation can be added to a report so the UI doesn't allow you to do more
- The Filter tab now has descriptive tooltips to help you learn more about what specific options do
- You can now delete a filter condition while editing it
- When you right-click on a data item and choose Filter, it automatically becomes an ask at runtime filter condition
- Small cosmetic issues with Data Item Picker
- Added new feature to allow you to only show the Comments on the first page (instead of all of the pages)
- When building summary reports, removing a data item also removes the sort/group.
- The Workbench now remembers your last position and size much better than previous builds
- When you double-click on the column header, it now brings up the Change Appearance. We're still noticing some issues with double-clicking that we are investigating
- In the relationship Editor, there is now a Reverse button to allow you to fix opposing relationships. This is useful if you have joins that don't seem to be working - you can now hit a button and "reverse" them
- The Close box now works properly in the Previewer.
- A status message now appears when the previewer builds the preview. This is because of the XFRX Preview engine that processes all of the pages before displaying it. So now, when you preview a report, it tells you its progress.
- Output to Word now uses the Flow format so the document is written more like a Word document with a proper header, footer and looks amazing
- User Profile Manager now displays the Notes field so you can explain how each user will work.
- When you created a new preference set and a new request, it used to automatically create a blank request. This has been fixed
- Various fixes when printing to a printer or to a file. Now works with the XFRX Output to File option
- Better support for VFP 9's Protected feature. When using VFP 9, editing the layout automatically appears in Protected Mode so users can see the NAMES of the data items, instead of the hard to understand fields.
- A fix in the opening of files now allows you to run two instances of Foxfire! side by side.
- A fix has been made in the Import Data Items to properly support SQL Server tables with spaces
- A bug in the Summary Calculations in Group options caused the calcs to be listed multiple times. This has been fixed.
- Changing the remote data source in the Preference Editor now works properly. In earlier versions, it wouldn't always take the right data source.
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