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What's new in DataEase 7.2.3?
DataEase 7.2.3 has gone through an extensive clean-up operation resulting in several fixes and a number of improvements. Find out what's changed.
By: Katia Robertson posted: 15th July 2010 - 12:41
Complete fix list for DataEase 7.2.3.814
The latest maintenance version of DataEase contains several fixes as listed below. To find out the status of a problem you have previously reported see our Bugs section. To learn what's new in this maintenance version see What's New in DataEase 7.2.3.
By: Katia Robertson posted: 15th July 2010 - 12:01
Speed up 7.2!
One of the changes from 6.52 to 7.x is that you now can share your database on a local computer. When you share a database, DataEase need to use locking, and that slows things down.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 26th March 2010 - 13:59
How to get started
DataEase 7.2 have a new way of navigating to applications. This is how to use it and where to find the settings.
By: Bjorn Helge Kjosnes posted: 16th December 2009 - 12:02
Release note DataEase 7.2.2
DataEase 7.2.2 is a major update of 7.2 that includes fixing of external data drivers, as well as language support and an extensive fixe list (Seperate article). This article should be read by all 7.2 users.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 15th December 2009 - 19:33
Complete fix list for DataEase 7.2.2.743
Below you will find the fix list for the approximately 500 last bug fixes in 7.2.x. This list is not exhaustive, and it is highly technical. If you want to check the status on a bug you have reported, you can check in the online bug reporting system you will find in the menu to the left of the screen.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 11th December 2009 - 12:55
DataEase 7.2: The first step on the way forward, and the last of an era.
DataEase 7.2 is a very much improved version of DataEase 7 and hopefully the answer to a lot of what you have asked for and maybe even some more! It is a compilation of the features and improvements you have been telling us since DataEase first hit the market. Added to these we have added our own wish list to release a product that we think is simply the best DataEase 7 ever. The changes range from a new look and feel to powerful new features. They include:
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 9th December 2009 - 13:48
Past: No automatic upgrade entitlement on pre 7.x after 08.01.2010
Every medal has its backside. When the Amnesty closes on the 8th of January, DataEase will no longer offer automatic upgrades on any DataEase version older than 7.0.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 9th December 2009 - 13:40
Money: Save 66% on DataEase licenses before 8.1.2010
The normal full price for a DataEase license will after 8th January next year reverse to £299.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 9th December 2009 - 13:19
DataEase and Windows 7.
Finally Windows 7 is with us and it looks to be all that Vista should have been. Over the last weeks we have tested our products extensively on both x86 (32 bit) and x64 (64 bit) Windows 7 and this is what we have found, and the answer is simply: 7 + 7.2 = True
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 12th November 2009 - 11:38
New ONLINE Help Files for DataEase is now available.
The new Online help files for DataEase 7.2 is now available on this site. Please select Help in the menu at the left side of the screen and you will be directed directly to the menu page for the new help system.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 21st October 2009 - 16:20
Language versions of DataEase.
DataEase in different “national costumes” disappeared with version 6 of DataEase. There might be many reasons for this, both good and bad. The new team in DataEase is a “Benetton” team, so we quickly discovered how limiting it is to only have an English version of the product. This is why we have decided that we will re-introduce language versions in DataEase.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 11th September 2009 - 10:49
Release of DataEase 7.2.2
DataEase 7.2.2 has been "slip stream" released in end of November. We have not wanted to advertise this release widely because we still have some fixes we want to include before it goes on general advertised release.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 17th August 2009 - 10:47
How to Open Web Pages and send email from DataEase 7.2
ShellExecuteA performs an operation on a specified file. It uses the file associations within Windows, so you do not need to know the location of the application just the name of the file you wish to perform the action on. In order to use ShellExecuteA you must first register the following CDF in DataEase 7.2
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 29th July 2009 - 16:00
Why is DataEase 7.2 simply better
Quite simply, because we understand that you want solutions - fast! Solutions that are quick and easy to implement, yet powerful and flexible in operation. Most Databases demand that you spend a long time writing programs. DataEase is different; its powerful building blocks make system development fast and easy. So you don't need to be a computer expert, instead, you simply tell DataEase what you want and it works out how, now that's real user empowerment.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 14th July 2009 - 00:01
Samples and Tutorial.
The target group for 7.2 is existing DataEase users, especially 6.5 and 7.x users. We will not target new users until we release DataEase 7.3 when we will have a complete new tutorial, sample applications and a fully working help system.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 15:29
Customize your DataEase!
One of the things that has constantly been a headache for DataEase developers, has been the intrusiveness of DataEase when used on vertical applications. DataEase has been around for over 25 years and in this time hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of specialized applications have been created, sold, distributed and used all over the world.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 15:04
What happened to 7.5?
7.2 is much, much more than we first intended 7.5 to be, and if you measure the distance between 7.0 and 7.1 it should not be 7.2 or 7.5, but a “slightly” higher number.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 15:03
DataEase 7.3 - Where are we headed?
It is our goal to make 7.3 available at the end of this year and hence we have kept our ambitions in check. This is really changes that we feel should have been included in 7.2, but due to time constraints and a desperate need for a replacement of both 6.52 and 7.1, we decided to do this in 2 steps. The major changes in 7.3 will be as follows:
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 15:03
Flashing and flickering in DataEase.
Over the years some “fixes” have been applied in DataEase to accommodate the introduction of new functionality. Time has always been an issue and quick fixes sometimes implemented. This sometimes resulted in unwanted behavior which over time could be quite annoying.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 13:44
DataEase vs Ffenics.
DataEase 7.2 is now here and it is already in our opinion much more stable than any other versions of DataEase for a long time. DataEase and Ffenics both share the same core product and Ffenics is a result of a split in DataEase strategy and team. This is in fact the second time the DataEase development team and product have split up in radically different paths over its 25 year history. DataEase split up in the early 90s, and the result was DataEase for Windows and Enterprise Developer (Symantec).
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 13:44
Under New Management
As of July 1st 2009, DataEase is re-launched as an independent software development company under new management.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 13:43
Whats new in and fixed in DataEase 7.2?
DataEase 7.2 is basically a serious bug fix for earlier versions of 7 and as such the list of fixes, updates, changes etc is substantial with well over a 1000 jobs allocated. Each job can contain many different fixes to the product. The list below is not exhaustive as we have only included the fixes and changes that we think can be of general interest and to illustrate what we have focused on in this version, which is quality assurance, look and feel and usability in using DataEase after an application is developed and for the developer to create good looking applications.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 13:42
Migration from DFD
If you are successfully running an application in DFD today and are considering migrating it to DataEase 7.2 then think again...
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 30th June 2009 - 13:42
New Styles and styling re-invented.
When DataEase Express was first introduced it was based on a lot of sound and interesting assumptions. It was the beginning of the Windows era, and DataEase Express had embraced the mantra of Windows. A lot of the assumptions of how people wanted to work have since been re-thought, but maybe not in DataEase.
By: Ulrik Jacob Hoegh - Krohn posted: 29th June 2009 - 10:42