What's new in Record Editor 0.99
May 29, 2019
- 2 new Open file dialogs:
- Classic option which is an enhanced version of the current screen
- File List screen
- for both the above, file schema's
- New Cross-platform File list screen
- File Descriptions can be retrieved from:
- RecordEditor Databases
- Derived from Csv / Xml files
- Cobol Copybook / Xml Schema
- New enhanced File fields.
- New Icons (Mainly Icon set)- this will allow better support HDPI screens in the future
New in Record Editor 0.98.2 (Feb 22, 2017)
- Loading large copybooks is very slow ( Bug 9 and Copybook load hangs. You will need to update the Attributes
- For Bug 8 error in Find/Filter, I have not changed the code but have moved the Numeric = next to the Text =. For the Text = 1.00 != 1 while for the numeric = 1.00 == 1. I can look further if need be.
- Enter file encoding on the logon screen.
- Hopefully I fixed Group filter not showing all the elements in a record. I am trying to code around a bug Tableayout/Java-Swing.
- Fixed issue with open file screen ( Bug 7.
New in Record Editor 0.97g (Nov 30, 2015)
- Adding Combo option to "preferred" record view (see Discussion)
- Added Character-set component to ReCsvEditor to make font selection easier. This
- component has both a drop down menu of common character-sets + a Character-set
- selection screen.
- Fix for problems when filtering / saving big files.
- Extra debugging info added.
- Support for updating colors used in the Highlighted Text Editor.
- Can use Background colors in the Highlighted Text Editor. Note: When a background
- color is used, a a white underline can appear, I do not think this can be fixed.
- When creating a new record (line) in a Text file (no binary fields), the record
- is initialised to spaces. Binary records are still initialized to Hex-Zero's though.
- Changes to prevent problem in filtering
- Adding an Output Tab in the script run Screen. You can now use print/println
- function in macros (scripts) and they are displayed on a seperate tab. This is useful
- for debugging.
- When running a script, any print/println will be written to the Log Window.
- Automatic schema backup has been enhanced.
- Adding a -db startup option
- Several Cobol parsing fixes (e.g. Sign trailing).
- Updated Csv parser (Extended Basic is now the default Csv parser). The new
- standard Parser follows Csv standard more closely.
- Updated File-Chooser screen with Recent directory options
- Fix for sort issues in Java 8
- New GenerateData.js example script which generates numeric data for a file. It
- can serve as an example for your own generate data scripts.
New in Record Editor 0.96h (Dec 2, 2014)
- Updated Csv parser
- More Cell operations for Csv files (Right click and Edit menus)
- New JavaScript macros (Delete-Duplicates and Show Duplicates)
- New Jython / Groovy macros to save files as JSon. These require Jython / Groovy interpreter's to be downloaded separately from there Project sites
- New Delete-Duplicate / Sort Macro-Build functions
- Removed Java-7 dependencies that had crept in, Should run in Java 6 again.
- IImproved major error reporting
- Recently used files are retained between sessions on a lot more screens
- Fixed several Java 8 issues (Sort and JavaScript)
- Fixed several OpeJdk issues.
- Fixed issue with spaces in filename (when used as a Startup parameter for ReordEditor)
- Fixed issue File-Location calcation (Fixed-Width files > 2gb).
New in Record Editor 0.88a (Jun 19, 2012)
- File Export fix and Help Menu fix
New in Record Editor 0.88 (Jun 13, 2012)
- This version enhances filters (adding "and/or" support), enhances HTML exportation, adds an option to open an exported file, and adds minor GUI and menu changes and problem fixes.
New in Record Editor 0.85 (May 16, 2012)
- Rewritten Save As/Export with a few more options. Changes incluse:
- Separate Save As option
- New Xsl Transform export option for Xml files.
- Export via Velocity Templates included as Standard
- New Script (Jython, JRuby, NetRexx etc) export option. It uses Java JSR 233 ScriptEngine so any compatible languages should work.
- When selecting a specific export option, only the relavent panel is displayed.
- There is an option to bring back the old look:
- Edit Options >>> Properties >>> Other Options Show all export panels).
- Can now view / edit Csv, Xml and Fixed export files directly in the RecordEditor.
- New Tree Csv-Export
- The File Copy and File Compare option's have moved from File to Utilities.
- Numerous Gui Changes including
- Delete key deletes selected records (There are options to control this in Edit Options >>> Properties >>> Other Options).
- Escape key will close most Utility Screens (work still needed, please report any I have missed) and the Single record Screens.
- The escape key will not close the main list screens !!!!.
- Ctrl-A (select all) implemented
- New option to control how the program starts (Edit Options >>> Looks >>> Screen Properties).
- Options include Maximised, Set Size or Last Size.
- Copybooks and sample files have moved from the install directory to the user directory (Windows UAC related).
- Reorganised Program-Options screens
- Updated Layout Editor
- A Child record can be used multiple times
- Extended Record Selection in the Layout Editor, Record Selection can now been done on multiple fields connected with And / Or boolean operators >, < >= and
New in Record Editor 0.68.2 (Jan 28, 2010)
- Version 0.68.2 is a fix for HSQL running in embedded mode. There are some changes for utf-8 / 16 files as well.
New in Record Editor 0.65 (Mar 16, 2009)
- New Diff (file compare) Utility. This compare does a Field by field compare; The advantages of this include
- Different types of files can be compared (i.e fixed width files / CSV files).
- Can ignore fields
- Can save the definition of Filters, Sort Tree's and Record Tree's and execute latter.
- Can Export/Import RecordLayouts as XML. These record layouts can be used in JRecord to read and write files in java. See http://jrecord.sourceforge.net/
- Can save files as XML.
- Enhanced Cobol Editor
- enhanced Sort Tree (field summary option added)
New in Record Editor 0.62 (Jan 26, 2009)
- This release contains a new Column view, Tree views, improved CSV support, and limited XML support.