DART Version
History
DVerto version history can be found here.
* New Feature
* Bug Fix
*
Amendments
Version 4.2.0.84
* If
a table/View no longer existed in Multi User mode and there was a saved
chart/data view even then Admin user did not have permissions to access and
deleted it.
* Realign forms and change fonts in in the
User Access Control in Settings.
Version 4.2.0.83
* New
settings option of "Ignore tables/views starting with" - DART will ignore
any tables/views that start with this, defaults to temp_.
Version 4.2.0.82
* When
viewing the Chart data in the "Data View" for the first time it now
only shows the data fields you selected for the chart, "Data View" onlys
will still show all fields.
* Check for latest version of DART in
settings now launches DARTupdate.exe rather than UpdateCenter.exe directly.
* Table list failed to re-shows if you
created a CrossChart, deleted/removed it and then went back to create a new
chart.
* You was able to edit/delete charts from
"My Chart/Views" while they were in use by yourself or another user.
* Save Chart button apeared in "Data
View" when it should not of, causing an error if selected.
* Save Chart button still was left
displaying once the chart and been removed/deleted from the screen.
Version 4.2.0.81
* Added
'Total Columns' button in "Data View" this will add up all numeric
values and total in the grid footer.
* In
the "Data View" you now have to double click on a field in the field
list box to goto that field in the data grid, before hand it went directly to
that field on a single click, in some cases you may not of wanted to move from
the current focused cell.
* Ticking a field to show in the
"Data View" now makes this new field/column in the data grid focused.
Version 4.2.0.80
* We
now ask the user if they are sure they want to close DART before just closing
it down.
* Standard charts are now
sorted/displayed by the group by value,
* Set
the Pie Chart OrthoAngle to zero on change of chart, otherwise the chart looked
a little weird changing from a Bar Chart.
* Add a splitter to allow the CrossTab
Chart and Legends to be resized.
* When creating a new Chart the DART title
was not getting set to the Chart Name by default or was inheriting the previous
charts title.
* Closing a 'Data View' only was not
releasing the lock and said it was still in use.
* The 'Data View' was incorrectly showing
and refreshing in Dialog Mode, Tabbed version was working fine.
Version 4.2.0.79
* In some cases the 'View Data' button did
not re-apear if you selected a different chart from the Open Charts list.
* If you pointed the source database a SQL
Server Database or UDL source and the Access MDB filename was blank a miss
leading error of 'source database not found' apeared.
* SQL Server System Views no longer show in
the Table/Query List.
* Fix a bug where you got 'field x not
found' when openning a Data View, close it and open a chart and select View
Data.
Version 4.2.0.78
* Add
Tabs for normal Charts and CrossTab Charts allowing the user to toggle between
the two.
* The "Data View" can now be in
a Tab or shown in a Dialog, Set this in Settings.
* Added 'Right Click' see data in the
Cross Tab Charts, Hi-light the Required series in the righthand panel first,
double clicking on the series will display all the data for the selected
series.
* Added "Save Grid Columns"
Button in "Data View" the fields selected/columns no longer auto save
and only now saved if the user wishes by clicking the Save Grid Columns button.
* Disconnect the sql query between the
CrossTab charts and the DataView, these now have there own sql Query.
* Speed-up background Data Queries, only
run if the user selects to see Data View etc.
Version 4.2.0.77
* New
Statistics showing charts Max,Min,Avg, Range,
* Under Windows Vista the toolbar Icons
clashed very close to the main form.
* Changed/Updated the Chart Data Values
data form to show values in a different table.
* Creating a child chart left the parent
chart on the screen at the same time.
* Fix filter query error - tblGrid field
not found problem where opening a crosstab chart for the 2nd time.
Version 4.2.0.76
* New
'CrossTab' Charts
* New
Opera Chart Theme
* New Chart Title text.
* New 'Show chart value' form
* Several other enhancements and new
features, including 3D Charting, Colour themes, Magnify glass etc..
* Updates to the My Chart/Views/Load
form.
* Data View form now shows/sizes with in
the main form.
* Updated to TeeChart version 8.02
* Additional internal updates tweaks to the chart zoom feature.
* Update DART.SBX - Version 4.2(504) to allow CrossTab field be passed
from
* Misc bug fixes.
Version 4.2.0.75
* New 'Data View' option this allows your
to access the tables/query directly skipping the need to create a chat at the
start, you still have the ability to Filter data and if required convert the
Data View to a Chart any any time.
* Read only users permission had full
acccess to lot of the newer features added, these have now been locked now.
* Open Charts, buttons moved in a new
order.
* General wording changes like 'Open
Chart' becomed 'Open' etc.
* Correct settings/version tab key
ordering.
* Attempt you trace the reason why on some
Windows XP PC DART does not maximise completely on start up.
Version 4.2.0.74
*
Added Licence Check/Reset option.
Version 4.2.0.73
* Fix a bug where the icon options still
popped up in a panel rather than in the top icon bar.
Version 4.2.0.72-1
* Updated midas.dll to version 6.0.10.157
from 5.0.6.18, New installs will also place the midas.dll in
c:\windows\systems32 rather than the DART application folder. This version of the midas.dll is now the same
version as the one used by www.caliq.com and solves some database issue that
was caused when DART's older version was registered and used instead.
Version 4.2.0.72
* Set version
history web page in DART to the new location of www.da-rt.com/darthistory.htm
Version 4.2.0.71
* Fix a possible field type mismatch when
export data into Excel.
* The 'Verify Activation Key' button
displays if its a Single or Multi key licence.
Version 4.2.0.70
* The 'Verify Activation Key' option was
not validating the complete code.
Version 4.2.0.69
* The internal AMOS Pre-Database
Processing has now been replaced with the new Madics Data-Exchange Console.
"The Madics 'D-Verto' (Data-Exchange) Console gives you complete
flexibility extracting and manipulating your data from Madics (AMOS random data
files) into a SQL Server or MS Access. It allows you to access nearly any
Madics data file, all or selected fields. This is based on scripts stored on
your Madics server for easy maintenance and backup.
There are several types of scripts depending on the action:
Extract/Export Data, Create Views/Queries, or execute SQL commands. These all
can be scheduled for background processing.
More information can be found at www.da-rt.com/dvertohistory.htm
Version 4.2.0.68
* DART Version details now included in
Activation Check with Madics.
Version 4.2.0.67
* Internal activation tweaks based on
single and multi user options *
Version 4.2.0.66
* Added some extra activation checks and
messages if invalid and multi user enviorment changes.
Version 4.2.0.65
* Activation licence changes, Warning,
you will need to be re-issued a new activation key from Madics.
Version 4.2.0.64
* New option in settings to 'show/hide
* The Tools panel has now gone, and all
the Tools icons now live on the main Chart screen.
Version 4.2.0.63
* We now show the first line of any '
* Removed the evaluated data export
component.
Version 4.2.0.62
* Added a new SQL Security type field in settings for SQL Server
connections, this can be either Windows Integrated security or Specific user
name/password, previously it used Windows Integrated security if the user name
was blank.
Version 4.2.0.61
* Manual CSV importing/updating now
automaticlly creates the UDL connection file depending on the current profile.
Version 4.2.0.60
All field types are now encased with quotes when Exporting to Excel,
this solves a problem where the field wrapped to a new cell if a quote was
included in the text.
Version 4.2.0.59
* If in Multi Chart Mode, Bar Charts are Stacked side by side and each
series in its own color rather than each bar.
Version 4.2.0.58
* Evaluating data export component, currently there is a new 'Export
option' in Data View, this will not end up like this in the finally product.
While this is enabled you will
be pestered by an extra evaluation message time to time.
Version 4.2.0.57
* Added a Simple
SQL Query editor in the debug windows to allow close manual inspection of the
data.
Version 4.2.0.56
* Bug Fix, If a Query timed out, DART continued to try to create a Chart
and locked up.
* Multiple Charts, try to solve (not guaranteed) the on-visible error on
Show/Hide message when clicking the show/hide chart checkboxes.
Version 4.2.0.55
Added DART Profiles, each DART profile is a unique instants of DART,
with its own database, settings, and even DART licence.
Launching DART from Madics/
Use DARTProfiles.exe to setup, edit and delete profiles. this can be
launched in Settings -> Maintenance.
Bug fix, An Access Violation ocurred if you selected 'PC Licenses' once
DART trial version expired.
Version 4.2.0.54
* Edit Users, passwords no longer show,
just display as stars.
* If you ever need or want to point
DART's database, Application Data etc somewhere other than the default of C:\Documents
and Settings\[user]\My Documents\My DART Saves you are now able to do so. This
also allows you to run multiple DART's all running different settings,
connections and saved charts. Currently to enable this, create a
DataLocation.ini in the same folder as the DART.EXE and in a [DART] section set
the following: DataFolder={folder location}/
Recommend using DART Profiles instead of
this, see 4.2.0.55.
Version 4.2.0.53
* When creating a new chart the 'group
by' and 'value' fields are now sorted in alphabetical order.
* Increase the SQL
connection timeout to 60 seconds.
* Force an application.processmessage
around the 'busy - please wait' before hand the form may not of shown til the
of an SQL command, what was a little late by then.
Version 4.2.0.52
More speed up tweaks, including speed up
listing available fields when creating a new chart, previously it opened the
whole table before continuing, which could take a long time! if there was a lot
of data. Also opening the 'table' only
reads the first 50 records to start with, instead of the all!
Version 4.2.0.51
Read-Only users were able to change the
'Data View' fields and columns as well as the chart display settings, these
have now been disabled.
Version 4.2.0.50
In the 'Data View'' we have removed the
'table' name as the parent of tree we now just show all the available fields,
also added Show and Hide Fields buttons. First time around we also sort the
fields checkboxes in alphabetical order.
Version 4.2.0.49
* Attempt
to speed up viewing the datagrid, looks like there is a slight improvement.
* Added a DART Debug Window to show the
background motions and SQL commands to hi-light where some things take longer
than others to process. This only occurs when this window if visible. (Enabled
in Settings)
Version 4.2.0.48
Added a new option in Setting to load the
Excel Personal Workbook, this then allows you run an Macros saves that are
saved in this file.
Version 4.2.0.47
DART now creates the CSVDB.UDL on the fly
when launched from
DART.SBX 4.2(503) now reads the DART
Users Data Folder from the PC's registry.
Version 4.2.0.46
Warning, Read below before updating to
this Version from an earlier beta version.
The DART database and settings have been
re-located from C:\Program Files to:
C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\My
Documents\My DART Saves\DART Application Data.
If you want to keep any pre-defined
charts and settings we recommend taking a copy of your dart.db and INI files
etc before updating, uninstall DART and do a fresh re-install, then copy your
dart.db etc into the new install location, you also may have to re-license
DART.
Version 4.2.0.45
Mostly thanks to Windows Vista extra
security we now have relocated DART Registry setting from Local_Machine to
Current_User, these are moved and saved to the new location the first time you
launch this (or later) versions of DART.
For
Also, Added Madics License ID to DART PC Licensing list.
Version 4.2.0.44
Added a new option 'Check for DART
Updates' in Settings -> Maintenance, this is testing DART with the new
UpdateCentre by Firmaware (http://www.firmaware.pt).
Version 4.2.0.43
* The
busy 'Please Wait' timer is now displayed when changing charts,
sometimes if the database was large and it took a while it may of looked as if
the application had hung.
Version 4.2.0.42
* The charts list is no longer fixed on
the right hand side, instead it has been turned into a floating panel giving
far more space for charts, legends etc to be displayed. this is now known as
the 'Open Charts' panel will automatically display when a 2nd or more chart is
loaded, or if the 'Charts Open' icon is selected.
* Change Chart display from a Tab Panel
to a normal Panel as the TAB's were not used, this also now gives a little more
screen space for the chart itself.
* The Load Charts icon has now changed to
a folder.
Version 4.2.0.41
* Fix a bug where you was unable to
connected to a SQL database if you entered a user name and password in the connection settings, previously you
had to get around this by creating a UDL file.
* When setting a SQL Database connection
the 'Database' is now a combo box that lists available databases for the
current SQL server.
* We have also change the SQL Server edit
box to a combo, if SQLDMO is installed a list of SQL Servers on the network
will list in here.
Version 4.2.0.40
* In Options panel we have added Show
Chart Label and different styles: Label, value, percentage, Label and Value,
Label and Percentage.
Version 4.2.0.39
* Added 'Beta' option in Settings, All new, experimental, or not fully
implemented options for beta testing go here. The 'Show multiple charts on
screen' option has been re-located here from 'Settings' along with a new 'Show
charts in 3D'
Version 4.2.0.38
* Chart, filter and changes 'Apply dialog' box Component has been
changed.
Version 4.2.0.37
* The general chart display filter and
sort order has now been removed from the options panel and moved to a New Red
Filter icon in the Tools bar, these are now stored on the chart table.
* Added 'Edit Chart Display' to My
Charts/Load Chart.
* Chart Display Filter now included in
the title.
* 'Show All Data' in table button in the
Data View is no long available unless the user is admin or in single user mode.
* 'Data Grid' button rename to 'View
Data'
* Re-arrange icons in Tool Bar.
* Fix the problem where dialogues where not
returning on-top of the main DART form after toggling to and from other Windows
applications causing it to look like DART had frozen.
Version 4.2.0.36
* Added a general chart filter to allow
the user to filter down the amount of records shown by entering a value in the
'Values greater than' box in the chart options panel. In a later release this will be stored on the
chart record.
Version 4.2.0.35
* Added 'Chart Data' Excel export in
Tools, this exports the chart data displaying and not the complete breakdown.
* New 'Sort By' in the Chart Options to
allow you to sort the chart in value order.
Version 4.2.0.34
* New 'save chart' dialog yes/no box on
on exiting, previously you was just given the list of newly created chart you wish
to keep.
Version 4.2.0.33
* Settings dialog changes, options split
up into more groups.
Version 4.2.0.32
* Chart export/excel folder now defaults
to My DART Saves in the users Documents folder, rather than the common desktop.
* Chart toolbar font type and size
changed.
* Main form is visible/preview in Windows
Vista when minimised or toggling windows via Tab/Windows in Aero.
* Other Windows
Version 4.2.0.31
* In multi user mode the last user login
is now remembered and the password edit box is focused, C/R is also accepted
saving you clicking on the login button.
* Added a DART internal database heath check warning if its not been ran
in the last 90 days, Only displays to DART Administrators.
Version 4.2.0.30
* New
'created by user' field on the saved charts table.
* Read only users were able to save newly
created sub-charts, this has now been disabled.
Version 4.2.0.29
* 'Saved/Users Charts' now shows if the
user does not have permissions to open that chart at the bottom of the form in
multi user mode.
* When
launching DART via DART.SBX it caused an application error exiting if Multi
user mode was enabled.
* DART.SBX - You are now able to pass the
DART user name and this is used to login, no password is need.
Version 4.2.0.28
* Added user table access (multi user mode), you are now able to select
which tables/query users have access too.
* 'Data Display' is now not saved if the user has only read-only
permissions.
* Cosmetic icon changes in settings.
Version 4.2.0.27
* Excel export fix, if you de-selected all
fields in the 'Data Display' then just select some fields, then move the
columns in a different order and export to Excel it got a little confused and
ended up with different fields not matching the field headings.
Version 4.2.0.26
* Email activation email option added in
Settings -> Licenses.
Version 4.2.0.25
* New option to view 'My Charts' sorted
by table/query (data source) in a tree.
Version 4.2.0.24
* CSV importing, reserved database field
name of 'Currency' is automaticlly replaced by 'Currencyx'
* Fix a problem with the Excel export of
'All' data in the 'Data Display' the same row was exported over and over.
* Now checks to see if DART is already
running.
Version 4.2.0.23
* If the group and/or value field is
blank when launching via DART.SBX in
* Change message dialogue box for
re-apply chart changes.
* New evaluation version message box on
start-up.
Version 4.2.0.22
* Long fields in the 'Data Display' now
auto adjust down to a maximum width of 50 characters.
* Fix a problem in 'Data Display' when 2 or
more different charts were open looking at different tables/views it caused a
showhideAll error.
Version 4.2.0.21
* 'Count' now works again with SQL Servers,
we broke the SQL Server query command in the previous version.
* If there was a CSV import error on just
one line you was ask if you wanted to abort for every other line there after.
* Importing from a CSV, the following
characters are removed from the currency field before imported: £,$,€ and
commas. also commas from a numeric field.
Version 4.2.0.20
* Correct method 'Count' this was only
working on the grouped by field and not taking into account the 'value' field.
* Lots of changes to the 'Data Display'
including a new datagrid component.
* 'Data Display' now automatically saves
field and grid selections (save button removed), this is also link to the chart
you opened now and not the data source allowing different data view per chat.
* New 'Data Display' buttons toggling
between all and filtered (selected) data.
*
'Data Display' column positions and sizes for Filtered and ALL records
now work independent.
* Changes to the 'Data Display' check box
panel, clicking on a field takes you to that fields column in the data grid.
* The group by, method and value boxes
when creating a new chart has been re-arranged in a better more meaningful
order.
* Change the Excel export to export
filtered or all data depending on what your viewing at the time.
Version 4.2.0.19
TeeChart components now fully registered,
no more TeeChart trial warning on startup
Pressing [Escape] is the same as clicking
the exit button on the main DART form.
Version 4.2.0.18
CSV import now ignores blank lines,
caused import errors if the CSV file was not in a Windows format with C/R, line
feed.
CSV import now offers you an abort if
there are import/field conversion errors.
After CSV imports the database is
compressed, otherwise it will grow and grow.
Version 4.2.0.17
Added the ability to create and display
charts on the fly based on data from a CSV file passed and called from Madics/
See DART.SBX for more information.
Version 4.2.0.16
Added CSV to DB pre-processing...this
takes a CSV file a long with a .DEF file detailing the field structure of the
CSV and imports the data into a local database, you can then use this data to
display charts within DART.
Version 4.2.0.15
Added direct AMOS pre-processing (random
data files) to DB, this reads in an AMOS file from the server and updates a
database on the local PC or Server.
Version 4.2.0.14
* Legends now scroll.
Version 4.2.0.13
* License changes.
Version 4.2.0.12
* Line chart line make a little thicker
and points added.
Version 4.2.0.11
* Enable right click operations (see
data/new child chart) even when right click scrolling is enabled.
Version 4.2.0.10
* Added Database health check/compress in
settings.
* Change chart and legends right clicks
to only popup if valid data is selected.
Version 4.2.0.9
* Added email chart icon.
Version 4.2.0.8
* New option to list only certain types
of tables, Eg. queries only, Tables only, or both.
* enable beta multi user version. There
are 3 user types, adminstrator, normal user and read only user (read only users
are able to create sub charts to drill down the data, but there are not saved)
* FIx bug where table was blank when
re-editting chart group by or creating child chart.
Version 4.2.0.7
* Added common settings tab, mulit user
check box and DART Database location.
* Added user login under multi user mode.
* DART database changes (inc new user
table). DART db location is now stored in the application settings ini file.
* Fix bug on launching themes and the
default business theme.
Version 4.2.0.6
* Added chart themes
* Remove the chart list radio button and instead make just the selected
active, previously you had to click on the radio button to change the active
chart.
* Zoom in and out for bar and area
charts, use left mouse button dragging down around the area you wish to zoom,
to zoom out do the reverse by dragging mouse up.
* New setting: Allow scrolling for bar
and area charts, use the right mouse button once zoomed in.
* Allow charts order to be changeed by
dragging the charts around in the chart list.
* Added points to the area charts.
* New licence dialogue to allow multi
license to be entered.
* Added 'created by' to 'My Charts' table
list (this is the computer name it was created on).
* Settings INI files Separated into user and application for multi user.
* Show PC's MAC address on the License tab of settings.
* Changes to the licence encryption formula.
* Selecting
'area chart' sections was a section out.
Version 4.2.0.5
* Multi user support allowing the same
chart database to be used across multiple computers.
* New chart the values combo box was not
always populating with the correct field types if you select the count method
straight away.
Version 4.2.0.4
* New checkbox in settings, this allows
multiple charts on the screen at once, to see the data, use the tools and
create sub charts etc you need to select the chart on the charts list before
hand to make it active.
* New tool box icon to allow the chart
group by to be changed.
* Small changes to the Chart Filter
dialogue box, don’t show edit/delete if no filters.
* The new filter 'cancel button was not
letting the user out with out entering valid fields.
Version 4.2.0.3
* Added COUNT grouping.
Version 4.2.0.2
* Chart data grid now titled with the
chart series title.
* Filter types/operators now have a full
description rather than the command. EG.
'Equal to' instead of '='
* Chart titles use the full filter
operator description (see above).
Version 4.2.0.1
Editing/Adding new filters are now done in its own dialogue rather than
editing the data table direct, the parameters are also checked before
exiting/accepting the selection.
Fix a problem where the chart selection/filter
titles were incorrectly getting set when change from chart to chart, it was
remembering the last chart only.
Evaluation version now allows 4 charts
instead of 3, child chart creation also follows this rule.
Version 4.2.0.0
Start of the DART beta release....