FF! 8+ Development Notes

Full Install
Refresh Setup

The following items have been updated:
7414 - Various updates with batches including the new FFX icon
56694 - When building cross-tabs, Foxfire! now automatically checks the row and column summary
61896 - When deleting a data item, Foxfire! will prompt if the data item is used in any current requests
53078 - The Save button immediately enables when entering text in the Describe a Request tab
34797/39618 - Errors with running detect and repair, reindexing and upgrading
38176 - The export email now shows the entire title of the report
65968 - Could not import the same export file more than once in a given session
67631 - When importing, not every relationship is removed - only those that are affected by the new import file are.
35431 - Ensured you could remove an import file by clicking Delete or right-clicking
58417 - Error pf_fltitem not found when loading Foxfire! with views
351 - Hide Relationship Finder option in setup Wizard when only table is loaded
37028 - Foxfire! now remembers the paths used when setting up paths in the Setup Wizard
61824 - Summary Reports showed different results between first and second runs after moving items around.
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Build 429 is now available.

Full Install
Refresh

If you download the refresh build, unzip it with paths intact. There is a new bitmap in use (FFX.BMP).

Summary of updates:
34894 - You can now use the Delete key on the keyboard to remove a filter
38278 - When dragging and dropping a file from the import, only files with an FFX or XML extension are accepted.
39150 - When sending an error report, we are now sending the current request you are on, even when running a report.
34683 - When printing cross-tabs, we now prompt for the printer settings on each strip. This is unfortunate but necessary because cross-tabs re-print each strip separately. Previously, you might cancel one strip but the other 3 would then print automatically.
34810 - Data Type mismatch error when saving Joins in the Relationship Finder.
38162 - The default email subject is now "Results from Foxfire!".
38867 - Error when attempting to browse a report with a hidden field at the end.
38877 - Error removing data items in a cross-tab report.
39765 - When using Batches, the Run button is only enabled when a batch has been saved. This was inconsistent in previous builds.
39777 - When running a batch, you can now simply create a Desktop Shortcut without scheduling or Running the batch.
42353 - In the Request Manager, batches use the Batch icons / Imports and Exports now rely on the new FFX icons.
45184 - Fix for changing email output options in a request
45409 - Fixed some problems running batches.
37774 - Data Item Tab refresh problem when adding Cars Make and Model.
37867 - Sending requests and results via email is more consistent. As soon as you choose Outlook, Foxfire! will remember this between sessions so you should not need to be re-prompted. This can be important as if Foxfire! knows you are sending via Outlook or an SMTP server, it will automatically attach the output. If it does not know the outgoing server, it will bring up an empty email but you will need to attach the output file yourself.
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Build 428 is now available. The majority of the fixes in this build deal with creation of new setups using the Setup Wizard and ensuring that new data items are created properly. A number of updates have also been made in handling the Import and Export process.

Full install
Refresh

What was fixed (among others)
35837 - New data items use Captions from the DBC.
5239 - Report Set Editor respects the changing of Edit/Run options in Misc screen
35043 - Cannot sort by aggregate field.
34892 - Filter options set up in Setup Wizard include incorrect characters
34870 - Setup Wizard puts in @ for format
34865 - Verify support for flt_pmt array
373 - Error running jalopies report
34893 - Attempt to filter by aggregate field
34714 - Show Group Label becomes unchecked after using Summary Calculations
34720 - Edit Layout options still available when using Excel Output
35151 - Data Item Groups not working properly in Expression Builder
21449 - Import/Export issues from B426.
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Foxfire! 8+ Build 426 is now available :

Full Install

Zipped App Only

This update fixes a number of issues with upgrading and recovery on errors. It also features a more streamlined import/export process.
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