DataPower Reader download page
The DataPower Reader is a freely-distributable version of DataPower
that has all the features of the full version except the ability
to edit the database structure (ie. the layouts, scripts, fields and stored
queries).
For DataPower users, this means that you can distribute your database
files along with a copy of the DataPower Reader to allow other people to
use the fruits of your labour, without them having to buy their own copy
of DataPower.
There is one proviso: this version doesn't support client/server mode,
so if you want to provide a multi-user database to a third party, they
will have to buy a DataPower site licence in order to use it.
Mailing lists
Improvements in version 2.19
- Improved conversion of DataPower 1 files with summary fields
- Value lists that open automatically on entering the frame now correctly
select the field text
- SetCurrentDB command in script files now works properly
- PC: Export report as MetaFile now deals with subviews correctly
- PC: Join dialogue now shows the correct join type when first opened
- Acorn: Export report as DrawFile now deals with subviews correctly
- Acorn: Fixed problem with linked Artworks files that could cause a
crash
Improvements in version 2.18
- DataPower scripts can now be created and executed from external programs
- See the script documentation here
- Editing summary field formula with "For" clause now works
- Join to deleted field is now correctly ignored
- Commas in search and update expressions now work
- Crash on closedown in PC site licence version fixed
Improvements in version 2.17
- Windows 95/98 exploding menu bars fixed (at last!) - Windows NT already
worked
- PC and Mac font scaling problems sorted out (Acorn was already OK):
- Caret is correctly positioned within text when scale isn't 100%
- Right-justified text now lines up correctly
- Text doesn't spill over the edge of formatted frames
- Text isn't clipped at the edge of auto-expanding frames
- [ Note: text is reformatted when the scale factor changes, but that's
a problem with the PC and Mac font systems which can't be helped! ]
- PC version now support Defaults\Holidays.txt (for working day calculations)
- Acorn version already did
- Mac version uses Defaults:Holidays in a similar way
- PC version now supports Defaults\Servable.txt (for selective client/server
access) - Acorn version already did
- Holidays file updated (now goes up to 2020 rather than 1999)
- "Prompt when saving record" option now works in a more useful
way
- PC version now supports JPEG files - Acorn version already did
- Print Options now supports "Scale to fit"
- PC dialogues changed to match the Windows style (OK/Cancel in
that order)
- Frame Style dialogue now uses tabs (Border/Margins/Colours)
- PC and Mac graphing now supports horizontal bar charts
- Graphs are automatically scaled to fit any paper size (landscape or
portrait)
- Transparent GIFs now properly supported
- Field-level password access control in client/server mode improved
- Various bugfixes in script procedure call area
- Seek() function works better in client/server mode
- Attempt to set a relationship between a table and itself is now correctly
disallowed
Improvements in version 2.16
- PC version now works in client/server mode with Windows Terminal Server
and MetaFrame clients
- Acorn version now works in client/server mode with LanMan98
- When dragging a set of frames, only the one you actually clicked on
is snapped to the grid or other frames
- (this avoids the unwanted effect of the frames moving relative to one
another)
- PC version now has proper mouse pointer shapes when editing the layout
(eg. "grab" hand)
- Various bugfixes in the scripting area (mainly error recovery)
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