Record Editor Changelog

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.