Release History

Visimage3 Release History

Version 3.1.1.18 - Released October 31st, 2014

Fixes:

• Implement Local Printer support
• Automatically create a ".bak" backup copy when saving a context
• Support opening a ".bak" context file
• Add View AskPlus Code to the View menu

Enhancements:

• Fix right-click (double-click) opening of context files
• List Designer

• Improve Item Selection and List Column selection
• Improve Drag & Drop logic
• Implement Cut, Copy & Paste List Columns
• Fix undo issues

• Report Designer

• Fix the designer ruler to correct alignment issues
• Implement Cut, Copy & Paste Report Fields

• Code Generation

• Fix a bug generating batch jobs (session variables were missing)
• Fix a multi-pass code generation error which occurred after job code generation

• Miscellaneous

• Add the variable properties to a scrollable panel

Version 3.1.1.16 - Released October 24th, 2014

Fixes:

• improved start server performance
• Tool Tab/Window Functionality Improvements

• Drag & Drop now works in List & Tree mode
• Jump to Next Item when typing text works in both List & Tree mode
• Repeated selection of items works better to Report Sort and Report Design
• Remember Tree View node expansion and reset when window reopens
• Maintain tool tab order when window closes.

• Report Designer Fixes:

• Track sort changes (delete, insert, move) in the Report Designer and in the Compute Window
• Line dragging bug
• Delete empty sorts when Sort Window is closed
• Display Report Fields names Right/Center to match field justification

• Code Generation Fixes

• ASD Files with the "No Headers option
• Do not execute empty tasks
• Fix a List Designer code generation error for a single sorted column with Summary Only
• Request permission to purge an existing local file when generating job code

Enhancements:

• Setup Wizard (First Time Installation)
• Welcome Dialogs
• Add a default port for Connections
• Layout Preferences (Edit > Preferences)

• Default Tool Tab mode and sort
• Ability to Pin Open Item and Macro Window

• Sample Values for Items (right-click in the Item List)
• Report Field Print Level attribute

Version 3.1.1.12 - Released October 7th, 2014

Fixes:

• Fix a null object violation when adding a column to a list containing variables.
• Improve the "No Key Defined" error message.
• Remove the Ctrl-X short-cut and replace with Alt-F4.
• Add the F4 short-cut to open the item list.
• Fix a bug handling the AskPlus Prompt: ITEM is a member of these sets, which one do you want to use?
• Fix bug selecting an ITEM into an empty Report Sort window.

Version 3.1.1.11 - Released October 3rd, 2014

Fixes:

• Save Report Field Summary options in the context file.
• Add the Average option to the Report Field Summary options
• Better detection of changes made to context files (The prompt to save should no longer appear if no changes were made to the context.)

Enhancements:

• Interrupt Selection
• List Designer Options - New option to print a message (using First Page lines) when no entries qualify in the selection
• Usability Improvements

• Right-clicking a context and selecting Open (or double-clicking) will open Visimage3 with the context open.

(The first time you will have to teach windows to associate .ctx with Visimage3)

• Most dialogs will be closed with Enter (OK) or Esc (Cancel)
• When selecting items from an array, double-clicking an item will select that one item
• Main menus can be opened using the Alt key (For example, Alt-F opens the File menu)
• The following shortcuts have been added:

Shortcut Key	Action
Ctrl-G+S	Execute (Go) - Selection
Ctrl-G+T	Execute (Go) - Task
Ctrl-G+C	Execute (Go) - Context
Ctrl-N+L	New Context with List
Ctrl-N+R	New Context with Report
Ctrl-O	Open Context
Ctrl-P	Output (List / Report)
Ctrl-S	Save Context
Ctrl-X	Exit
Ctrl-Y	Interrupt Selection
Ctrl-Z	Undo
Ctrl-Tab	Switch Tabs Right (Selection->Design->Output)
Shift-Tab	Switch Tabs Left (Output->Design->Selection)
F5	Execute Task

Version 3.1.1.10 - Released September 24, 2014

Fixes:

• Server

• Fix bug when testing a new connection (existing connections worked)
• Refresh the local dictionary when an error occurs executing the saved Open/Close commands (Manage Databases)

Enhancements:

• Server (Connection to AskPlus)

• Better detection of server problems when AskPlus exits prematurely
• Better handling of Tcp/ip timeouts

• List Designer:

• Add menu choices to move columns left and right
• Add a List > Column menu to the main menubar

• Other

• Tool Windows (Item, Macro, Variable Lists) can be pinned open
• Status bar has been updated and provides more feedback including the current output.

Version 3.1.1.9 - Released September 12, 2014

Fixes:

• Execution to Local File:

• A bug that did not correctly purge the local file (and continue execution) when the user clicked OK has been fixed.
• Improve the error message, when the local file name is an existing directory

• Properly refresh the secondary topic list when duplicating a Task

Enhancements:

• Start Server Enhancements:

• Encrypted password support
• Ability to change passwords (Edit Connections)
• Ability to test a connection (Edit Connections)

• Job/Task Creation Enhancements:

• Adding header/trailer files to the job output
• UC4 Integration
• Add "-b" to the /ASKPLUS/askplus line in the created job

Miscellaneous:

• Allow the menu choice Report > Sort to be accessed from the Selection tab
• Change the default name of a host/local file from temp to vistemp

Version 3.1.1.8 - Released August 26, 2014

Enhancements:

• Add List Designer support.

• List Designer is fully supported
• Contexts can include both Lists & Reports
• Lists can contain Variables (compute statements are all executed at the Detail level)
• Select If cannot be used on columns that involve a variable

• Task Creation:

• UC4 Header / Trailer support has been added
• Task Header / Trailer support has been added

• Edit Preferences

• Set Uses UC4 as default for all new Tasks
• Enter default Header / Trailer text to be included in all tasks that use UC4
• Edit the default User Format list

Version 3.1.1.7 - Released July 29, 2014

Fixes:

• Correct an error that prevented Edit > Connections from opening.

(This bug prevented 1st time users from configuring a connection.)

Version 3.1.1.6 - Released July 25, 2014

Fixes:

• Correct Fully Qualified Name issue (BASE.SET.BASE.SET.ITEM(1)) when inserting array items.
• Fix bug when reading a selection compute statement from a ctx file.
• Clean up minor issues in Output Options.
• Fix a code gen issue for empty lines with an IF cond. (; was generated in the wrong place)

Enhancements:

• Add support for Duplicate Task.

Version 3.1.1.5 - Released July 18, 2014

Fixes:

• Show the fully qualified domain (or file) name in Manage Host Databases.

For example, display membrs.report as the fullname when the month end database has been opened.

• Fix code generation for blank lines with a Print If condition on the line or on the level
• Fix Binding List Error for System Variables when restarting server (after closing the current context)
• Disable Interrupt Task in the Server menu
• Move Manage Databases from Report > Advanced to the View menu
• Move Convert List to Report from Report > Advanced to the List menu
• Other cosmetic fixes (and spelling errors)

Version 3.1.1.4 - Released July 16, 2014

Enhancements:

• Add new tool window (list) for System Variables
• Support Select / Drag&Drop for System Variables
• Support Select / Drag&Drop for Operators and Functions
• Support Operator parameters (same logic as macro parameters)
• Allow a Field Name to be specified when selecting a macro or operator with parameters

Fixes:

• Improve report designer scrolling for large contexts

Version 3.1.1.3 - Released July 11, 2014

Fixes:

• Fix Open error when opening large context files
• Report Options not being displayed.
• Job Creation, default directory is now Downloads
• Job Creation, OK btn enabled after using Browse button
• Include Comment Level when loading compute statements
• Fix code generation for "Comment Level" compute statements
• Fix code generation for HostPrinter Name
• Optimize context load, do not create the ReportDock until the tab is displayed the first time.
• Add Insert Level to main Report Menu (Delete Level not implemented yet)
• Add Edit Sort Expression to the Level Context Menu (Quick way to edit a single sort expression)
• Add Refresh Designer option to the View Menu
• Binding list error during start server

Version 3.1.1.2 - Released July 9, 2014

Initial Beta Version