Thursday, September 23, 2004
Foxfire! 8.0 Build 351: Minor Update
Build 351 is a minor update with only a few changes in it. Only an update has been posted and is available from http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80351.zip
Added the word "of" into the Top Ten dialog.
Changed the label of the dictionary button to be more consistent with other screens.
Changed Request Manager to say Title instead of Description.
Showing Expression Builder when editing a Filter and choosing Expression.
The Hide/Show in the Change Appearance dialog is now in sync with the request itself (previously it was not updating properly)
Only the first 100 characters of Comments are showing in the preview area. This makes it easier to look at.
Fixed the Alignment button in the Change Appearance and Edit Data Item dialog (they were reversed so when you chose Center, it did right align, etc)
Exp Builder now ensures that expression being returned is in English.
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Sunday, September 19, 2004
Questions on Filters
Some questions were raised on how the filters are showing the drop-down items. Let me use the INVENTRY request as an example.
This request shows Car Model, License, Stock #, Age, Make and Price Paid.
All of these data items pull from the Cars table. When filtering on this request, you will see these items (and any sort items) at the beginning of the filter list.
After that, you will see all other data items from the Cars table.
Under that, you will see a list of the other data item groups (Dealers, Expenses, Inventory, and Salesman) each with the word Show after the item. When you select one of these items, all Data Items related to that Data Item are then displayed.
Now then, the combo-box should drop down right away showing you the list but sometimes, VFP doesn't acknowledge the drop. We're still looking into that one.
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Build 350: Filters are now working properly
Build 350 Refresh: http://www.foxfirereporting.com/livedesign/ff80350.zip
This build fixes some problems noted with building and specifying filters. It also introduces a new feature in filtering when selecting items. When you pull down the data item drop-down in Filters, it will show you all of the data items in your current request, then all the data items related to tables used in your requests. Then you will see a list of the available data item groups. Select a data item group and all data items related to that data item group are shown.
This makes the entire selection of data items for filters much easier and faster, especially for those who have large data sets.
The full install has also been updated.
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