- + Improved: SQL Server connectivity particulary: Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Microsoft Entra Service Principal, Microsoft Entra Managed Identity, Microsoft Entra Default, Microsoft Entra Password
Active Table Editor Version History
Release notes, fixes, and product changes for Active Table Editor.
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- + Updated: Help, Support and Order links
- - Fixed: User Fields Repository backup issues
- - Fixed: Sql Server 2025 connection issues
- + Updated: Interbase client
- + Added: Firebird client to setup
- + Added: Master Detail Screens
- + Added: Option to show images within grid
- - Fixed: Menu Item Dialogue Access Violaton
- + Improved: Menu Item Dialogue Peformance
- - Fixed: MS SQL Server login issues
- + Improved: Minor Interface Tweaks
- - Fixed: Missing Global Variables Bug
- + Updated: Report Engine
- + Improved: Table Browser Search performace while working with large list of tables
- + Added: Support for Windows Arm (Experimental)
- + Improved: Removed unused buttons in Data Browser and Freehand SQL screens
- - Fixed: Minor bugs
- + Added: Application name to Registration Dialogue and Trial Expired message
- - Fixed: Report desigher hotkey issue
- + Added: Reset Report Designer button to options dialogue
- + Improved: Reports can now use images from the web
- + Added: Ability to Embed PDF files into Report
- + Added: Combo Box Report Object
- + Added: List Box Report Object
- + Added: Gauge Report Object
- + Added: Gauge Interval Report Object
- + Added: ZIP Code Report Object
- + Added: Table Report Object
- + Added: Map Report Object
- + Added: Cellular Text Report Object
- + Added: HTML Report Object
- + Added: Export to PNG files
- + Added: Export to JPEG files
- + Added: Export to TIFF files
- + Added: Export to SVG files
- + Added: Export to ZPL files
- + Added: Export to PS files
- + Added: Export to PPML files
- + Improved: Documentation Update
- + Improved: Various minor bug fixes and improvements
- + Added: Support for dynamic filters
- + Improved: License server error handling
- - Fixed: Issues with viewing/editing very large numbers (MySQL, Postgress, Interbase/Firebird and SQLite)
- + Improved: Print preview dialogue is closed on ESC
- + Updated: SSH components
- + Updated: Excel components
- - Fixed: Backup/Restore bugs (MySQL only)
- + Updated: Repository creation scripts
- + Updated: Third party components
- + Updated: Excel components
- + Added: Refresh Tables list menu item to Table Browser dialogue
- + Updated: Excel engine
- + Improved: Components update: SSL, SSH, MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, Interbase/Firebird
- - Fixed: Issues with inserting default values within the data grid. (MySQL, Postgress, Interbase/Firebird and SQLite)
- + Improved: Updated documentation link
- + Added: Export text from grid as UTF8
- - Fixed: Removed Post button fron connections screen
- + Added: Support for parameters
- + Added: Refresh after post option
- + Improved: Look and feel on high definition monitors
- + Added: New themes Office 2016 White, Office 2016 Gray and Office 2016 Black
- + Improved: default theme is set to Office 2016 White
- + Added: 64 bit version
- - Fixed: Minor interface bugs
- + Improved: Third party components update
- - Fixed: Installation Issues
- - Fixed: Minor interface bugs
- + Improved: Include fonts is checked by default when generating PDF reports
- - Fixed: Access violations when reading excel files
- - Fixed: Licensing issues when running the software on AWS servers.
- + Improved: Removed Sakila from installation
- + Improved: Removed status notifications
- + Improved: Various interface bug fixes and improvements
- + Improved: Software registration process
- + Added: Support for PostgreSql 12
- + Improved: Setup look and feel
- + Added: Added ability to pull a license from the license server
- + Improved: Third-party components update: Report generator and Excel processing libraries
- + Improved: Software Installation Process
- Software registration changes:
- Starting from this release users would need to enter the license key and control number to register the software.
- + Improved: The application starts much faster
- + Added: Support for multiline item comments
- - Fixed: Issues with exporting data into CSV and tab files from grids
- + Improved: Third-party components update
- - Fixed: Issues with exporting very large grids into excel files
- + Added: Support for MongoDB
- - Fixed: User access issues
- - Fixed: Issues with checking version
- - Fixed: Backup/Restore Issues
- + Improved: Third-party components update
- + Improved: Various bug fixes and improvements
- + Improved: Repository connection details and user interface settings are no longer stored in the registry, ini files are used instead
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- + Added: Vertical Grid Menu item type
- + Third party components update
- + Improved : Incremental Search Functionality
- + Added: variable
- + Updated: Repository Creation Scripts
- - Fixed: Issues with passing variables
- Major update: Uses the new backup format
- + Improved: Repository Backup performance
- + Improved: Repository Backup restore performance
- + Introduced: Repository Synchronization Wizard
- + Improved: Report generator components update
- + Improved: Query Builder components update
- + Improved: SSL components update
- - Fixed: Save Grid Dialog Issues
- + Improved: Print Preview Dialog
- + Improved: Saves Grouping between sessions
- + Added incremental search to add documents dialogue
- + Added incremental search to group dialogue
- - Addressed issues with user dialogue
- - Minor bug fixes
- + Added Large Icons option so it is now easier to use Active Table Editor on the tablet
- + Added Load All Records, Enable MRU List, Enable Incremental Search and Show Grouping Panel to Item properties dialogue
- + Added MRU List to data entry grid
- + Third-party components update
- + Quick print button was added
- - Addressed issues with filtering data
- - Addressed issues with exporting data into excel files
- + Added Option to hide the toolbar
- + Added Option to refresh the data automatically
- - Addressed issues with Default Reports
- + All documentation is in wiki format now
- + Excel Import and export form data grids is much faster now
- - Addressed issues with exporting data as excel from data grids
- - Addressed issues with deleting records
- - Addressed issues with creating new menu items
- - Addressed grid filter issues
- + Third-party components update
- + Added option to delete all records
- - Addressed minor issues with report generator
- + Use Excel Style Filters option was introduced
- - Various bug fixes and improvements
- + New version of report builder
- + Report builder documentation update
- - Various bug fixes and improvements
- - Addressed issues with the theme management
- - Loads recent history of changes by default now (Full history is too big and slows down the application)
- + Added Vertical Grid
- + Third-party components update
- - Minor bugs fixes
- + Query builder update
- + Added support for subqueries
- + Added incremental search to the Query builder
- + Third-party components update
- - Minor bugs fixes
- + Setup and executable are digitally signed now
- - Minor bugs fixes
- + Incremental search was added to menu designer grids
- - Minor bugs fixes
- Major Release
- + Third party components update
- + Incremental search was added to all grids
- + Export to RTF was introduced
- + Excel export formats improvements
- + Various Interface improvements
- + Documentation update
- - Minor bugs fixes
- - Spelling corrections
- - Spelling corrections
- + Ability to change grid font site and grid row height was introduced
- + Added two new command line parameters User=Administrator;Password=Administrator;HideOutlookBar;ItemId=1001
- + Excel processing engine update
- + Documentation update
- + List of connections is sorted alphabetically now
- + Added RichText object to the Report Designer
- + Record view has an ability to show read-only grid now
- + Report Variables improvements
- + Reintroduced new form dialogue button to reports designer
- - Form designer bug fixes and interface improvements
- + Smaller Executable
- - Various bug fixes and interface improvements
- Fixed AV problem
- + Smaller Executable
- - Various bug fixes and interface improvements
- + Added option to save SQL history into a text file
- + Better grid auto width handling
- - Various bug fixes and interface improvements
- - Various bug fixes and interface improvements
- + Global Variables
- + Documentation update
- - Various bug fixes and interface improvements
- + Smaller executable
- + Memory usage was reduced for Excel files
- + Added register button
- - Addressed some installer issues
- - Various bug fixes and interface improvements
- - Addressed some report generator issues
- + Forms editor has scrollbars now
- - Minor bug fixes
- - Minor bug fixes
- - Minor bug fixes
- - Addressed some report generator issues
- - Various bug fixes
- + Documentation update
- + Support for BDE was introduced
- + Executable is smaller now
- + Support for Excel 2013 was introduced
- + Autocomplete improvements
- - Minor bugs fixes
- + Introduced Autocomplete functionality
- - Minor bugs fixes
- - Fixed export to Excel bug
- - Various bug fixes
- + Improved support for Excel 2007-2010 files import
- + PK Tab was added to item editor
- - Various bug fixes
- + Automatically saves splitter position on exit
- + Better support for large xlsx files
- - Various bug fixes
- + Support for default report was introduced
- + Order of fields was charged in connection dialogue: the user selects server name, enters the user name and password and finally, the user selects the database.
- + Even smaller executable now
- + Report button is hidden from the user when no linked reports were created
- + Support for SSL for PostgreSQL and MySQL was added
- + Reports can be linked to forms now
- + Menu items can be edited from the items list
- + Menu items sorting is user-definable now
- - Documentation update
- - Addressed some installation issues
- - Addressed some issues related to repository creation wizard
- + New repository is compatible with Advanced ETL Processor
- - Various bug fixes
- + Support for MySQL 5.5 was introduced
- + Interface Improvements
- + Standard print preview
- - Boolean fix for MySQL
- - Better error handling for ADO and MS SQL scripts
- Export into Excel via DDE was introduced
- User Interface Update
- Various bug fixes
- Repository Creation Wizard can be run directly from Active Table Editor
- Various bug fixes
- SQL builder auto format grid by default
- Added reset Grid button
- Grid settings are stored in a different area of the registry
- Saves data grid settings after refresh
- Saves data grid settings upon exit
- Added support for OLE DB
- Clipboard improvements
- Some new interface options were introduced
- Multiple Grid Selections were introduced
- Grid menu was added
- Clipboard improvements
- Data export wizard was introduced
- Various bug fixes
- Multiple records selection options was introduced
- Grid Groups are printed as well
- Security improvements
- CSV import works correctly now
- Various bug fixes
- Clone records
- Auto format grid by default
- Added balloon hints
- Minor bug fixes
- Added Load all records button
- Added post changes button
- Added Optimize Column Width button for all grids
- Some corrections for German Locale were introduced
- Some repository creation scripts were corrected
- Various bug fixes
- Support for Cross tab reports was introduced
- Support for Charts, Bar codes and OLE objects was added to the reports
- Vista and Win7 compatibility improvements
- Various bug fixes
- Various bug fixes
- Connection time out was set to unlimited
- Data grid grouping access violations fixes
- Send email to support fixed
- Major Update
- Report Menu Item
- Generate advanced reports from and database
- Data grid Modifications
- Select all, copy and paste
- Various bug fixes
- Documentation Update
- Support for SQLite was introduced
- Various bug fixes
- Data loads much faster now
- Support for Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Interbase/Firebird and MySQL was introduced
- Various bug fixes
- Data grids modifications:
- A grouping panel was added
- Advanced filter dialogue was introduced
- Record number
- New look and feel
- Repository Wizard is sizable now
- Interface Improvements
- Changes are:
- Automatic Version check was introduced
- Various bug fixes
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