[ANN] DataVision 0.7.4 released

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DataVision 0.7.4 is now available from SourceForge at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343.

DataVision 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.

Though written in Java, DataVision uses Ruby as its formula language thanks
to JRuby (http://jruby.sourceforge.net).

Changes:

  • Moved from MinML to MinML2 XML parser.

  • Output app version number when printing stack traces.

  • If a SQL table or column name can’t be found, look for it again while
    ignoring schema names.

  • Stop running a report after the first Ruby script error. This way, you
    won’t see the same error message over and over.

Bug fixes:

  • Parameters, formulas, and user columns can now appear in suppression
    procs.

  • Fields, parameters, formulas, and user columns are now found within
    suppression procs or the report’s startup script when a report is looking
    for them. This fixes a few related problems.

  • The suppression proc edit command now appears properly in the Undo and
    Redo Edit menu items.

Jim

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