New in Version 2.57

For those who have used version 2.55 or earlier, the cosmetic changes may be the first thing you notice. However, this version also adds Spreadsheet Wizards.  Similar to the Report Wizard, the spreadsheets wizards allow you to choose the specific fields you want to include and allow you to either open the created spreadsheet layouts directly in Microsoft Excel or to save the output in any of several formats.  While version 2.55 featured an Export button on most browse screens (still there, by the way) this would start Microsoft Excel with all fields in the browse output.  This meant you might have to delete unwanted columns.  With the spreadsheet wizards, you can now choose only the fields you want to display.  Of course, like the other reports, after creating a spreadsheet layout you can apply any filter you like using the Query Wizard.

Another change I have made in this release is more performance related.  This is all behind the scenes and may not be that noticeable until your database or number of concurrent users is quite large.

I hope this new version is seen by many as an improvement.  As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions.  Write to me at dbandsons@aol.com