Enhancements & Revisions


Adagio GridView 8.0B


August 30, 2004


  • A composite table "Adagio {Composite Tables 6.8B}" is installed with this version of GridView. This table can be used to define views that incorporate fields from related tables.

  • Added 3 new views to illustrate use of composite tables: AR Transactions with Customer Name.gv, GL Posted Transactions w Account Description.gv, and AP Transactions with Vendor Name.gv.

  • The Toolbar requires resetting in this release.

  • Refresh of linked views will be much quicker in most cases.

  • Excel Direct has been improved.

  • Columns can now be formatted, renamed, deleted and hidden from the View by using the Right Button on the Column Title.

  • "Save Workspace As..." and "Save All" options have been added to the File menu.

  • "Named Items" have been added which, when used in conjunction with the GetNamedItem function, provides greater flexibility when defining a View.

  • Column Minimum, Maximum and Average have been added to Total and each have a different "highlight" style.

  • Linked Views will attempt to match on "Column Name" if no other "index" was found.

  • An optional parameter, to provide the initial value, has been added to QueryString, QueryNumber and QueryDate.

  • QueryString, QueryNumber and QueryDate will remember the last value entered and use that as the default value.

  • The Calendar used in QueryDate has been updated.

  • A new DateString function has been added to give greater flexibility when formatting dates.

  • Date formatting for MM/DD/YY has been fixed.

  • Excel direct now transfers column and row formatting.

  • The number of decimals defined in the dictionary is now used when displaying numeric fields.

  • Integer type fields such as Fiscal Period can now be used for summarizing.

  • Using the Right Button on a Column Title now allows for complete control over the format of the column. The formatting information is now saved with the View.

  • View by rows now hides the underlying grid.

  • Previously, if you cancelled a refresh and kept the records the Row and Column formatting was not performed, this has been fixed.

  • The "View by Rows" has been added to the view definition.

  • Improvements have been made to the reporting of errors.

  • Corrections were made to the functions Day(), Month(), and Year() which would sometimes return unexpected values.

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