CatBase Version History

Version

Date

Bug Fixes

New Features

Modified/Improved Features

1. On Mac: The CatBase licence file is now stored in the same folder as the CatBase program. This file is called CBPrefs6_7.txt. If you lose or delete this file you'll have to re-enter your licence detais.

1. Added option to Formulas: in the IF area, if the paragraph length is greater than a certain no. of characters.

1. Modified the Formula screen a bit: now there is a popup menu instead of radio buttons in the IF area
2. After importing data, you will now be asked if you want to view the imported records.
3. Now you can choose whether to display the row colouring for inactive and deleted records or not (Admin->System Preferences->Data entry tab).

1. In Picture setup, “Leave out if no picture name” option was ignored if the Picture was part of a Formula.

1. Fixed some issues with importing/exporting to MySql/ODBC

1. Added Category Links to the Set Manager.

1. When max. no. of characters for a paragraph was selected, this went a bit haywire if the paragraph needed to be broken into more than 2 lines.

1. Option to exclude a whole paragraph if it is blank except for one element’s output

1. When duplicating records, you now have more options for what to do with related records: don’t duplicate; duplicate links; duplicate the record

1. When duplicating records, the link to the parent record was not created correctly

1. When adding a selection of records to a category, now you can choose whether to add all records in the list or just the selected ones

1. In some circumstances xcatalog record references were not created correctly when publishing an update file.
2. In the Set Manager, “Or” queries did not work correctly
3. Fixed some issues with importing XML
4. If you created a Set of records based on Categories level 2 or 3, the set would not be available on the Search dialogue.

1. Added “Replace hyphens with non-breaking hyphens” option in Element Preferences
2. Added Master Pages option to Stylesheets
3. Added option to Formulas to leave out if element text is same as previous record
4. Added prepend and append text options to category names in Publishing Style sheets
5. Added a Published (Boolean) field to all dataa tables, and an option to set this flag as records are published
6. Added an option to put all records in a list into one category (Modify->Put All records into a Category)
7. Added option to Search & Replace: Trim spaces
8. Added Manual Restore option to Backup prefs
9. Added “non-breaking space” to Punctuation options
10. Breaking paragraphs: Now you can specify a different first paragraph when it splits – eg choose one that has a Keep with Next option.

1. Improved support for pictures and tables in the RTF publising format
2. Category Hierarchy: Now you can view related records from the Hierarchy screen
3. Adding category to record: now shows the hierarchy of category names in the selection dialogue
4. Improved Mysql and ODBC import: now does field matching
5. You can now choose runaround for text boxes (Item or None)
6. Calculations: added “Add” and “Subtract” options

1. Changed minimum length of a string field from 2 to 1

1. Automatically create hyperlinks for InDesign and HTML documents.
2. When importing data from a MySql database you can now write your own query.
3. Now you can specify a default value for any field.
4. Now you can write your own Help Tip for each field.
5. Added an option to specify the maximum length of a paragraph; if a paragraph is split, you can choose to use a soft return or to format the subsequent lines in a different style.

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1. New licensing scheme: the licence controls which modules are active.
2. Automatic backup is no longer enabled by default for new databases.
3. Database Setup Wizard has been improved; new options added
4. Publishing Projects can now contain multiple Project Steps.
5. Deleting data: now you can choose whether records should be deleted immediately or flagged for deletion later by the Administrator.
6. Table and Field Setup: fields with special uses are now displayed in different colours.
7. List views: Records marked for deletion and/or inactive are now displayed in different colours.
8. In the Search & Replace dialogue we have added Markup and Discount options
9. We have added a Soft Return option to the Punctuation Element type

1. Picture boxes: Now you can select the frame style from a popup menu instead of entering a number.
2. Text boxes: Now you can specify different text insets for top, left, right, and bottom.

1. Scripts for Import Styles are now stored in the database instead of being loaded from disk each time.

1. Add an option to put all related data into a text box.
2. Added a Duplicate Element option.
3. Added an option to run a script before data is published.
4. Added an option to run a script after data is published.

1. Boolean data now appears as checkboxes on list views instead of 'True" or "False"
2. Added support for InDesign table styles (CS3 or later)
3. Added an option for CatBase to calculate the width of the columns in a table based on the amount of text in the column.

1. Display of numbers with more than 7 digits in list view resulted in ">>>>>>>"

1. Added the option to automatically create new Level 1 Categories when data is imported
2. Added an option to convert commas to dots in numbers when importing data.

1. Importing of pictures would not work under certain conditions on Windows

1. Added option to specify the row height for tables in InDesign.

1. Improved XML data import.
2. Passwords are now optional. If you don't have any User accounts set up in the database, you will not see the Passwords login dialogue.

1. Added support for the latest version of Xtags for InDesign. The main new feature is that it now supports the creation of InDesign tables.

1. Importing: If importing data into a field that has a Choice List associated, items will be added to the choice list if necessary.
2. Importing: Import into the MainCategoryName or MainCategoryNumber fields and it will check that the category exists; if not, it will create one.

1. Fixed bug relating to the automatic sizing of images when they are published: if it was both wider and higher than the specified width, it only resized the width.

1. Scripts can now be run from Formulas.

1. Added an "Active" check box for tables in the Table and Field Setup window. If a table is not flagged as Active, it will not appear in any lists or menus.
2. The layout of the Formula window has been improved.
3. When updating data via an import, now the Modify Date and ModifyBy fields will only be set if any data was actually changed in the record.
4. Now you can import a category by name or number into the MainCategoryName or MainCategoryNumber field in a table rather than having to set up a separate import file.

1. Related data: Added a many-to-many option. For example, a product can be related to any number of companies, and a company have any number of products.
2. Now you can publish data to ODBC-compliant data sources such as MySql and SqlServer as well as import data from them (Data Chameleon Edition).
   

1. Creating a new data file: New database was created with wrong name and in the wrong location if the selected pathname contained more than one dot.
2. Sending emails: If you created a new record and tried to send an email without first closing the record, an error was generated and the email could not be sent.
3. Publishing Style Sheets: when exporting/ importing to another database, it  did not transfer Sorts.
4. All known bugs fixed.

1. Automated Backup and Restore is now included with all versions (previously it was only included with the multi-user version)
2. Set Manager: Create Sets of data according to criteria that you define.
3. Publishing Projects: Create Projects that define which data to publish (i.e., what set of data), which Publishing Style Sheet to use, and where to save the files. Run the project with one click of a button.
4. Event Scheduler: Set up Events to run at specified intervals or on a certain day of the week or month.
5. Round-Tripping: Bi-directional updating between CatBase and QuarkXPress or InDesign documents
6. New interface: A new button interface on the main window simplifies access to the database.
7. Email Receiving: now emails can be received and stored in the database.
8. Records can be sorted in the list view by dragging up and down. The sort order is stored in a new SortOrder field, which can be used for sorting the data when it is published.
9. You can choose which fields will appear in the Search on and Sort on popups in the Search Dialogue.

1. Formulas: We've added two new options: First record in the Selection and Last Record in the Selection. These options enable you to do something special at the beginning or end of a selection of records as they are being published.
2. Emails:
   1. Now you can receive as well as send emails
   2. Automatically create a Memo when each email is sent
   3. Added a spelling checker option
3. Search Dialogue:
   1. We've improved the Search Dialogue so that it is more logically organised and easier to use.
   2. We've added a Sets option so that you can easily find a set of records.

• All known bugs fixed.

1. Word Processing plug-in is now included for FREE! (single-user version)
2. Layout Manager gives you much better control over page layout (works with QuarkXPress and InDesign; requires the Xtags plug-in)
3. Create a new data file at any time (no need to use a default project) (Enterprise Edition)
4. Switch from one data file to another without quitting the program (single-user versions only)
5. Automatically convert text tags (or delete them) when importing data. For example, convert HTML tags to Quark tags.
6. Export data to an Excel file
7. Picture Pathname conversion: If you're running the database on one platform but publishing on another. now you can tell CatBase to convert the format of the picture pathnames when data is published (otherwise it may not be able to locate the pictures).

1. Improved options for text and picture boxes: choose the box shape (rectangular or oval), and the radius; improved frame style selection tools.
2. The management and use of Choice lists has been greatly improved.
3. Numerous other minor improvements

1. Supports Mac OSX (no longer supports OS9)
2. Database Setup Wizard makes it easy to start a new project
3. List View Wizard lets you design your own data lists
4. Import data from DBF files (requires a plugin)
5. Multi-lingual spelling checker (English, French, German, Spanish) included for free

1. Emails can now have attachments
2. Setting up Imports has been greatly enhanced: it will now auto-detect field mappings based on field names contained in the first line of your import file.

• Help texts had gone missing: these have been replaced.
• Problems exporting tables to InDesign - all fixed
• Style Sheets had become disassociated, making some text and data appear incorrectly on-screen. Fixed.

1. Improved interface (standard close buttons are now available)
2. Creating a new database is simpler (no need to use a default data file - just create a new one)