[ANN] DataVision 0.7.13 released

ruby-talk
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DataVision 0.7.13 is now available from SourceForge at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343.

Datavision (http://datavision.sf.net) is an Open Source reporting tool
similar to Crystal Reports. Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop
GUI. They may be run, viewed, and printed from the application or exported
as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e, DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files.
The output files produced by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to
produce PDF, text, HTML, PostScript, and more.

DataVision is written in Java and uses JRuby to add Ruby scripting.

Changes:

  • The PDF layout engine can now display lines.

  • Formulas now display Ruby script error messages.

  • IndentWriter was renamed XMLWriter, and new methods were added that make
    it easy to write XML files.

Bug Fixes:

  • The export dialog will now appear on top of the Swing report window when
    exporting from within that window.

  • The PDF layout engines now properly positions text on the page (the text
    is a smidgen higher).

  • Removed hard-coded PDF font encoding.

Jim

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–
Jim Menard, jimm@io.com, http://www.io.com/~jimm/
“The reason why there is no good commercial Java develoment environment
is that the only folks that are good enough to write one all use EMACS.”
– Unknown, on comp.lang.java.programmer

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This might be a personal nit, but package authors out there, please
don’t assume the readership at large knows what your package is or
what it does. A short explanation (1 line even!) helps so much.

Long have I read announcements to this and other lists to the effect
of: “XXX version #{n+1} released”. Only sometimes does the author
provide a list of what’s changed and even more rarely what #{XXX}
even IS!

Jim’s announcement here is a perfect example of what a good
announcement SHOULD look like. It explains very concisely:

  • what the product is/does
  • what the changes are from the last release
  • where to get it
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— Jim Menard jimm@io.com wrote:

DataVision 0.7.13 is now available from SourceForge at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343.

Datavision (http://datavision.sf.net) is an Open Source reporting
tool …

Thanks,

Michael

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