ProView - what's new?

ver. 2.8.3 14.02.2005

1. Bug in "Open with" function fixed.

ver. 2.8.2 11.02.2005

1. If a running form has ProViewFileDrop(fileName string) method defined at form's level, and the user drags a file from ProView to this form, the method mentioned above is invoked. The fileName contains the full name of the dragged file.
2. Minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.8.1 13.06.2004

1. Bug, introduced in the previous version, which prevented changing the current directory to a root directory or to UNC paths, fixed.

ver. 2.8.0 12.06.2004

1. All file operations in ProView, previously implemented using fileSystem type methods, now work via direct WinAPI calls to eliminate resource leak.
2. Right click on the current directory window (in the top left corner of ProView) invokes the ProView directories highlight manager, which allows to assign different colors to different directories. When a directory becomes the current one, the Status bar takes the color which is assigned to this directory/alias. This may be useful, for example, for visual distinguishability between "test" and "production" databases.
3. Info All for tables now displays also the number of records in tables.
4. Info All for forms, libraries and scripts now displays also the compiled code size.
5. Table indexes report (Print info on tables) shows the sort order for each field in index for mixed (ascending/descending) indexes.
6. Methods list report (Print info for forms, libraries and scripts) shows the size of each method. For libraries there is an option to sort the list by method size.
7. If the selected object in an object list is a table, pressing F8 invokes the restructure dialog for this table.
8. Minor bugs fixed.
   

ver. 2.7.1 28.06.2003

1. Fixed broken in previous version "Set lang. driver for all tables".
2. Added "Fit rows" button to the Alignment page of the Advanced floating panel.
3. New keyboard shortcut. If the selected object in an object list is a form, report, library, script, query or SQL, F8 opens this object in design mode.
4. A few minor bug fixes and improvements.

ver. 2.7.0 15.04.2003

1. ProView is now available for Corel Paradox 11.
2. The most resently used five font typefaces are displayed at the top of the font selection popup menu in the ProView advanced floating panel.
3. "Activate adv. floating panel pages when mouse pointer is over tabs" added to the ProView settings.
4. Several minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.6.5  06.03.2003

1. Added "Tables usage analyzer" menu item to the Search menu (the button with the binoculars icon). The Analyzer determines, which tables are referenced in the data models of forms and reports in a given folder. Then it finds which tables in the corresponding aliases (except of :PRIV:) are not referenced in these data models. The resulting report contains these two lists of tables and the cross-reference list (which objects use which tables).
2. Ctrl-click on the ":PRIV:" button allows the user to create backup sets of all tables in :PRIV: and restore tables to :PRIV: when needed. It may be useful to create table sets for reports design when reports use temporary tables in the private directory.
3. Added "BDE administrator" and "ODBC data source administrator" menu items to the System Information menu.
4. Minor bug fixed.

ver. 2.6.4  09.02.2003

1. Added "Direct Paradox calls" setting. When this setting is active, ProView bypasses Paradox File Open dialogs during some operations (opening scripts, queries, etc.) and calls corresponding functions directly using oleauto mechanism, which improves speed and stability. Also, turning this setting on fixes a bug, which causes infinite blinking when ProView opens a form which hides itself in the Init method. By default this setting is OFF because of it is still not fully tested. It's recommended to turn it on.
2. Added buttons on the ProView advanced floating panel to zoom/unzoom forms and reports (50%, 100%, 200%, Best fit).
3. Added Fast Open submenu to the Object Type (Tables, Forms, etc.) right-click menu. This submenu allows the user easily open frequently used objects. To add an object to the Fast Open menu, right-click on this object in a object list and select "Add to fast open".
4. Right-click on the Filters history button (the button to the right from the filter input field for "All" object type) shows the popup menu with predefined filters.
5. Dragging a graphic file from a ProView objects list to an opened in design mode form or report inserts image to a graphic uiobject (this uiobject must be selected on the form/report).
6. Method source report now uses fixed width font.
7. Added "French Paradox version" setting. Activate it if you use French version of Paradox.
8. Minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.6.3  05.01.2003

1. For forms, libraries and scripts "Search" and "Search and replace" added to the right-click popup menu.
2. "Default code editor size and position" added to the ProView settings menu. These values determine the size and position of code windows, opened via ProView floating panels. Not applicable for Paradox 7 and 8 versions.
3. ProView Referense Center now has "WinColors" page, which shows the current Windows system colors.
4. Implemented workaround for Paradox 10 bug, which caused impossibility to change private directory when ProView was running. Now it's possible to change private directory via ProView (including ProView Project manager) if only one instance of ProView is running at this time.
5. New keyboard shortcut. If the selected object in an object list is a table, F10 makes a query for this table.

ver. 2.6.2  28.09.2002

1. Dragging table name (only Paradox .db tables) from ProView to a code editor window gives an option "Insert table creation OPAL code". This function generates code for creation the table and it's indexes. Note, this code doesn't create validity checks, lookups and RI, and works only with Paradox .db tables.
2. Pressing down left mouse button on the ProView status bar shows currently selected file's properties.
3. Dragging the "i" icon from ProView floating panels to an opened table view window gives an option "Sort".
4. Right-click on the Tables object type in the rightmost ProView panel gives the user an option "Set language driver for all", which allows to change language drivers for all tables, listed in the middle ProView panel. Doesn't work under Paradox 7.
5. Minor bug fixed - ProView "Open with" function didn't work with files which had unregistered in Windows extensions.

ver. 2.6.1 25.08.2002

1. ProView Quick Viewer now has a slider for adjustment of images scale.
2. Several minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.6.0 12.08.2002

1. Quick viewer added (accessible via right-click on the PV button or pressing Ctrl-Q). It allows to view DB, DBF, BMP, PCX, TIF, GIF, JPG (only P9 and higher),
   EPS, TXT, INI, BAT, HTM, HTML, QBE, SQL files. Right-click on a text or image in the Quick viewer gives the user an option "Copy to clipboard". All settings of the Quick viewer are being stored between sessions.
2. Directory browser button behaviour changed. Now browsing starts from the current directory (not from :WORK: alias).
3. Ctrl-click on the Directory browser button changes the current directory one level up the directory tree (keyboard shortcut - Ctrl-Backspace).
4. Ctrl-click on the "Set working directory" button blocks/unblocks displaying the working directory content (but aliased objects are being displayed always). When displaying of the working directory content is blocked, a small red indicator is on. This setting remains intact between ProView sessions.
5. Ctrl-double-click on the Forms or Reports items in the leftmost list creates a new object and invokes Paradox experts regardless of Paradox preferences.
6. Small label "Experts on/off" in the bottom left corner of "Objects" tab on the ProView Advanced Floating Panel indicates the current state of Paradox Object creation experts. Clicking this label switchs this state. This feature is unavailable under Paradox 7.
   
7. New settings added:
   "Set Compile warnings for new forms/libraries/scripts"
   "Set Compile with debug for new forms/libraries/scripts"
   These settings affect only objects, created using ProView.
8. Project manager now allows the user to define backgroung images for projects. Note, due to this feature, all background bitmap changes, made via standard Paradox preferences while ProView is running, will be discarded on closing ProView. So, if it's needed to change the default Paradox background bitmap, do it when ProView is not running. This feature doesn't work under Paradox 7.
9. Minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.5.9 01.08.2002

1. History button added for filters when "All" object type selected.
2. Several bugs fixed.

ver. 2.5.8a 25.07.2002

1. Bug in the Quick Reports manager fixed. The button which allows to select report template didn't work.

ver. 2.5.8 25.07.2002

1. Right-click on a table in an object list now gives an additional option - Quick Reports. The user can define an unlimited number of report templates. Quick report template may be any undelivered report with the only limitation - it must contain an unbound tableframe. All report design, including the tableframe properties (such as frame style, header and records font typeface, style, color and size), remains intact during actual report output.
   Also, dragging Info button (i) from any ProView Floating Panel to an opened table window offers Quick Reports option.
2. Mouse wheel is now suported in ProView for P9/10. Scrolling applies to a list object under the mouse pointer. There is a new setting in ProView - "Mouse wheel scrolls Lines/Pages in the object lists (checked - Pages)".
3. Minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.5.7 13.07.2002

1. Added Desktop State manager - a button with 3 overlapped bars icon. The Desktop Manager allows the user to store unlimited number of desktop states and restore them when needed. Desktop Manager stores size and position for opened Table, Form, Report, Library and Code Editor windows. When a desktop state is restored via left-click on this button, desktop will be cleared first. When a desktop state is restored via right-click, all opened windows remains intact, and stored desktop state appends to the existing one. Ctrl-click on this button silently stores current desktop state under reserved name - "Default". Shift-left- or shift-right-click immediately restores "Default" desktop state. Desktop state to be restored can be defined for a Project (see Project Manager).
   Note, in ProView for Paradox 7 Desktop manager doesn't restore code editor windows.
   
2. Added "Open QBE in design mode by default" in the ProView settings. If checked, double-click (or Enter pressed) on a QBE file, QBE will be opened for design instead of running query.
   
3. Dragging info ("i") button from ProView floating panels to a New QBE window gives an option "Copy QBE to clipboard". Selecting this option saves this QBE to :PRIV:__tmp.qbe and copies the QBE content to clipboard. This is useful for quick interactive creation of queries and pasting their content to code editor windows.
   
4. Minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.5.6 10.06.2002

1. "Project title" and "Autostart object" parameters added to the ProView Project manager. If the Project title parameter is not blank, the Paradox title will be changed during the project activation. Autostart object allows the user to define a form, script or report, which will be automatically launched during the project activation.
2. Several Paradox 7 specific bugs fixed.
3. Several minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.5.4 11.05.2002

1. Several minor bugs fixed.
   

ver. 2.5.3  31.03.2002

1. Added "Prevent objects from opening in design mode twice" setting (ProView Settings button). If this setting is checked, ProView brings to top a design object (form, report, library), if it is already opened when the user tries to open it via ProView (instead of opening the second instance). Note, this setting is on by default.
2. "Object tree" button added to the ProView Floating Panel and Advanced Floating Panel. Can be used with forms and reports in design mode.
3. Minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.5.2  15.03.2002

1. Bug, which were causing an error message during ProView startup under certain circumstances, fixed.

ver. 2.5.1  14.03.2002

1. Right-click on the "PRIV" button allows to lock the private directory object list to show the desired object type regardless of the selected type in the Object Types list. This setting remains intact between ProView sessions.
2. "Methods inspector" functionality and reliability improved.
3. "Data model inspector" button added to the ProView Floating Panel and Advanced Floating Panel. Can be used with forms and reports in design mode. Opens the Data Model designer window.
4. "Compile/Tracer" button added to the ProView Floating Panel and Advanced Floating Panel. Left-click compiles (checks syntax) an active form/report/ library in design mode (note - reports too). Right-click invokes the Paradox Tracer window.
5. Alt-Enter on a form name in the object lists runs the form using an alternative technique. This is useful only for running forms which changes :WORK: at startup.

ver. 2.5.0  06.03.2002

1. "Methods inspector" button added to the ProView Floating Panel and Advanced Floating Panel. Can be used with forms,libraries and reports in design mode.
   • Left-click allows the user to open an existing method/event for editing or to create the new method for the selected UIobject.
   • Shift-Left-click allows the user to delete an existing method/event.
   • Right-click opens a predefined event for editing (pushButton for buttons, changeValue for fields, open for libraries, action for other objects).
     The Methods inspector allows to work with methods in reports and supports full-screen editing of expressions in calculated fields (calcField method).
     WARNING! Methods in reports are not supported by Corel. Use them on your own risk.
     Note, this button is absent in ProView for Paradox 7.
2. "Properties inspector" button added to the ProView Floating Panel and Advanced Floating Panel. Can be used with forms and reports in design mode. Left-click displays editable properties for the selected UIobject and allows to edit them. Right-click displays read-only properties for the selected UIobject.
3. "Print info" menu item (objects' right-click popup menu) now allows to print methods list and source for reports.
4. Now right-click on the "Select current directory" button (the button with 3 periods) displays the recently opened objects popup menu. Note, only objects, opened via ProView object's lists appears in this menu. Maximum number of objects in this popup menu is adjustable via the ProView Settings.
5. Right-click on the Tables, Forms, Reports, Libraries and Scripts icons (not words!) allows the user to apply additional filters on the object lists. If the filter is applied, a small red dot appears on the corresponding icon. Checking the "Persistent" menu item keeps filter for the corresponding object type between ProView sessions.
6. During the first-time ProView installation it's now possible to select directory where ProView will be installed to.
7. Minor bugs, related to the ProView reaction on the user's attempt to select currently unavailable alias, corrected.

ver. 2.4.2  14.02.2002

1. Now the Info and Info All menu item (see objects' right-click popup menu) for forms, libraries and scripts additionaly show the source code size and methods count. Also, they now show file creation and the last modification timestamps for all objects.
2. "Open with" menu item added to the context-sensitive popup menu for all objects. To configure this menu select "Configure" in it.
3. Now ProView allows to change timestamp and attributes for individual files and groups of files via their right-click popup menues ("Set ...") menu item.
4. Windows property inspection key (keyboard key with the menu pictogram) now invokes context-sensitive popup menu for all ProView lists/fields (as the mouse right-click does).
5. The favorites sets button behaviour is slightly changed. Left-click now allows only to activate the desired set. To manage the Favorites sets right-click this button.

ver. 2.4.1  03.02.2002

1. The ProView Color Selector is redesigned again and has new capabilities. Now it has "Floating" mode which allows the user to select new objects for color changing without closing the Color Selector. The "Autominimising" button allows to autominimise the Color Selector in case of loosing focus while working in the floating mode. Added "Live view" mode for changing objects colors. Added "SubTrees" mode, when all objects inside the selected objects are affected. Added hot keys for some operations:
   Shift-Up/Down changes the luminance.
   Shift-Left/Right changes the selected color parameter (R,G,B,S,H or L).
   Alt-Letter activates different fields (see underlined character in names).
   Mousedown on the test area above sliders shows information on the currently selected objects.
   The ProView Color Selector may be invoked via the Advanced Floating Panel (as previously) or (immediately in the floating mode) direcly from ProView by pressing Ctrl-O or right-clicking on the PV button.
   Using the new Color Selector for the first time, it's recommended to read help (press the help button) and the floating mode warning message (press the button with the exclamation mark).

ver. 2.4.0  26.01.2002

1. Added the ProView Reference center accessible via right-click on the help (?) button (shortcut Ctrl-E). It contains Font tester, Keyboard tester, Units converter, Integer converter, Format tester, WEB links page and Reference information page.
2. Now the ProView advanced floating panel supports font script change for design objects. Right-click on the font icon (TT) allows the user to change font script. Left-click changes only font typeface as previously. Shift-left-click allows the user first to select a font typeface, and then to select a font script amoung the allowable ones for the selected font. Font script support is not included in the ProView for Paradox 7 due to this Paradox version limitations.
3. The ProView Color selector (which is accessible via Advanced Floating Panel) redesigned and has a new capabilities.
4. Bug fixed. This bug were causing improper display of some tabs in the ProView advanced floating panel if the large fonts were set in Windows.
5. Minor cosmetic improvements.

ver. 2.3.6  01.01.2002

1. Improved OLE Servers Explorer and ProView Advanced Floating Panel operations with some "bad" OLEauto-servers.
2. Added "Enable ProView maximizing" setting.
3. For Paradox tables displaying of the total size with family added (right- click on the table name and select Info).
4. New shortcuts: F11 - Copy, F12 - Rename.

ver. 2.3.5  17.10.2001

1. Added 3 buttons for centering UIobjects relative to container to the ProView Advanced floating panel (Alignment palette).
2. Dragging the "i" button from the ProView floating panels to a tabelview window gives an extra option "Query".

ver. 2.3.4a  18.09.2001

1. Installation routine of the previous version (2.3.4) caused GPV on some systems (reported for Win2K). Fixed.

ver. 2.3.4  17.09.2001

1. Added "Autorestore selected project at startup" setting.
2. Several minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.3.3a  17.07.2001

1. Bug, affected only ProView for Paradox 7 and 8, fixed. Due to this bug ProView failed to start or install while standard Paradox Project Viewer was running.

ver. 2.3.3  03.07.2001

1. Added "Snap to grid in design mode by default" setting. This setting affects all forms and reports which are opened in design mode via ProView.
2. Bug fixed - experts were not invoked while creating forms/reports via ProView even if the corresponding setting in the Paradox preferences was set.
3. Bug which caused invalid UNC paths treatment fixed.
4. Added "Alternative method of passing file name to Paradox dialogs for P7". Turn this setting on (and drop "Delay while passing file name to Paradox dialogs" to zero) if you use ProView for Paradox7.
5. A few minor bugs fixed.

ver. 2.3.2  16.06.2001

1. Added "Show size and position in design mode by default" setting. This setting affects all forms and reports which are opened in design mode via ProView.
2. Bug corrected. Global Search didn't work when "Search tables in data models" or "Search fields in tables" were selected.
3. Several minor bugs corrected.

ver. 2.3.1  03.06.2001

1. Added Global Search and Replace function (right-click on the search button). The Global Search (keyboard shortcut - Ctrl-Z) allows the user to search Paradox objects (forms, reports, libraries, scripts, tables) using various criteria: text fragments in methods, methods names, tables in data models, fields in tables. Search results fill the current directory object list. The Global Replace (keyboard shortcut - Ctrl-R) allows the user to search and replace text fragments in methods across forms, libraries and scripts. The Global Search and Replace is a part of the ProView developer's extentions.
2. Added possibility to print data model for forms and reports (use either object's right-click popupmenu -> Print Info or drag the Information button from any ProView Floating Panel to an open form or report window).
3. Added possibility to mark/unmark objects using Shift-Up/Down keys. Shift Home/End keys mark ranges of objects. Clicking the first desired object and then shift-click on the last desired one marks all objects between them.

ver. 2.3.0  20.05.2001

1. Added the ability to select multiple objects and multiobject operations - see details in the built-in ProView help on "Multiobject operations".
2. Added "Deliver all" to "All" object type right-click menu. This allows one to deliver all objects that can be delivered in the current directory by one mouse click.
3. Added possibility to print methods list for forms and libraries (use either object's right-click popupmenu -> Print Info or drag the Information button from any ProView Floating Panel to an open form or library window).
4. For non-Paradox objects (files) added Edit menu item in the right-click popup menu. This menu item is active (not dimmed) only if there is a registered in the Windows program for editing the corresponding file type and this program is different from the program for opening this file type.
5. Fixed improper display of the Object Repository items list when this list contains more than 30 items.
6. Minor cosmetic changes.

ver. 2.2.7  25.04.2001

1. Corrected the problem which caused deletion or emptying of remote SQL tables (when selecting the corresponding menu items) without showing confirmation dialog window under WinNT/Win2K.
2. Added "Preserve case in directories/aliases names" item in the ProView settings. When checked, ProView doesn't convert these names to uppercase.
3. Added "ObjectPAL level" submenu under the Change System Parameters menu item (System Information button). This submenu allows to choose "Undocumented" level.
4. Added "RTL methods list (undocumented)" menu item (System Information button).
5. Minor issues in reports corrected.
6. Minor bugs corrected.

ver. 2.2.6  06.04.2001

1. Dragging a library name (.lsl) from the ProView objects lists to any editor window gives the additional options "Insert selected method prototype" and "Insert all method prototypes". This is especially useful for filling form's Uses clause.

ver. 2.2.5  20.03.2001

1. Another bug in the printing table indexes routine is fixed.

ver. 2.2.4  18.03.2001

1. Two bugs in the printing table indexes routine are fixed. The first bug caused invalid index fields order in the table info report. The second one produced an error while generating this report under Paradox 7.

ver. 2.2.3  07.03.2001

1. "Run with" for forms and reports now allows to choose queries and SQLs.
2. All internal references to the stylesheets in all ProView forms and reports now point to the C: drive for better compatibility with various hardware configurations.
3. Minor cosmetic changes

ver. 2.2.2  17.12.2000

1. Now all reports available in ProView exist in two modifications - for A4 and Letter paper formats. To select format click Settings button and select "Reports format A4/Letter" menu item.
2. Several minor bugs (including the OLE Server explorer print-related issues) corrected.

ver. 2.2.1  08.11.2000

1. Added the ability to print collected information in the OLE Servers explorer.
2. Minor bug in the OLE Servers explorer corrected.

ver. 2.2.0  02.11.2000

1. Added OLE Servers explorer (calling via System Information button). It allows easily enumerate OLE servers installed in your system and to browse through their methods, objects, properties, etc.
2. On the Advanced Floating panel's Objects palette added several button. OCX button allows the user to place any of registered ActiveX controls on a form. Seven quick access buttons allows to define up to 7 ActiveXes for quick placing on forms. See ProView help for details.

ver. 2.1.9  14.10.2000

1. Bug in the Project manager fixed.
2. Bug related to changing private directory fixed.

ver. 2.1.7  11.10.2000

1. Bug introduced in the previous version corrected. This bug related to the different behaviour of the enumdesktopwindownames() method in the different Paradox vesions and caused invalid ProView advanced floating panel operations primarily under Paradox 7 and 8.

ver. 2.1.6  10.10.2000

1. Minor bugs corrected (including those, which didn't allow to perform drag-n-drop operations on the forms with the leading space character in the title).
2. Added Align and Objects palettes to the ProView advanced floating panel.

ver. 2.1.5  06.10.2000

1. Minor bugs corrected.
2. Added Lines Palette to the ProView advanced floating panel.

ver. 2.1.4  05.10.2000

1. Now you can easily switch between simple and advanced floating panels by right-click on the "Red cross" button.
2. Added the Styles Palette on the ProView advanced floating panel. This palette contains 14 buttons (style sets), which work similarly to Paradox Style Sheets, but affects not the new design objects, but existing ones. Using this buttons the user can easily change both the selected object's style and the whole form/report style. Each button can hold styles for all types of design objects at the same time - so the user can define up to 14 style sets. The following are the rules for these buttons:
   • To assign an object's style to a button (add a style to a style set), select an object on the form/report (in design mode), right-click on the desired button and choose "Store style of the selected object" from the pop-up menu. Note, for compound objects (i.e. for objects, which have dependent sub-objects - Field, TableFrame, Multirecord, Button, Crosstab, Notebook) you can't assign styles of sub-objects separately - only for the whole object with all sub-objects together. Styles for different types of Field objects (Labeled, Edit, Combo etc.) and Button objects (PushButton, RadioButton, CheckBox) must be assigned for each type. If the user assigns an object's style to a button where a style for this object class already exists, the new style overwrites the old one.
   • To import the whole style sheet from a style sheets file (.FT and .FP), right-click on the desired button and choose "Import styles from a style sheets file".
   • To tune a previously assigned style, right-click on the desired button and choose "Edit style for...(object class)". This will open the Style Manager, where the user can change object class properties and activate/deactivate them. When this style is applied to an object, only active properties will be changed for this object.
   • To delete a previously assigned style from the style set, right-click on the desired button and choose "Delete style for...(object class)".
   • To rename a button, right-click on the desired button and choose "Rename button ".
   • To apply styles to objects, select one or more objects on the form/report (in design mode) and press the desired button. If you hold down the Ctrl key while pressing a button, the styles will be changed for the selected object(s) and for all objects which are inside them (i.e. for all embedded objects). There is no need to hold the Ctrl key when applying a style to the whole compound object (see above definition of compound object). To change the style for only some sub-objects of a compound object select these sub-objects and press the desired button. To change the style of all objects on a form's page, select the page, hold down the Ctrl key and press the desired button.

ver. 2.1.3  02.10.2000

1. Bugs fixed:
   • ProView installation failed if the user system had no Paradox Cyrr 866 language driver installed;
   • Dragging table name on a query window didn't add this table to the query under Paradox 8;
   • Advanced floating panel were displayed incorrectly if the Large Fonts were selected in the Windows display settings;
   • ProView had incorrect size on startup (white space around it) when "Save desktop state on exit" and "Restore desktop state on startup" were checked in the Paradox preferenses.
2. Now both ProView floating panels remember their last position and start at these positions.
3. New settings added - "Autostart floating panel on ProView startup" and "Autostart advanced floating panel on ProView startup". If checked, the corresponding panels are started automatically during ProView startup.
4. Drag-n-drop operations now enabled (with nag screen) in the unregistered ProView.

ver. 2.1.2  28.09.2000

1. In the quick reports pop-up menu (access via dragging the mouse from the Info button on the ProView floating panel to a desktop window) added "Window info" menu item. Also, now the user can drag the mouse from the Info button to the opened Tableview windows.
2. Dragging a table from any object list to the opened Tableview window brings pop-up menu which allows the user to add and subtract tables.
3. New Advanced Floating Panel added (hot key - Ctrl-N). This panel allows the user easily change many properties of design objects during form and report design. To start Advanced Floating Panel right-click on the PV button and select corresponding menu item.
   Brief description:
   To use panel palettes, first make active the desired form or report design window and select design object(s) which properties you want to change (multiselection allowed). Then click on the desired property icon of the appropriate palette. Note, to change the font color Shift-click on a color icon.
   If you hold down Ctrl key while clicking a property icon, the corresponding property will be changed for the selected object(s) and for all objects which are inside them (i.e. for all embedded objects).
   There are three palettes, which can be accessed via selector buttons to the left from palettes:
   • Font and Colors palette - allows to change font properties and objects color
   • Patterns palette - allows to change patterns style and color
   • Frames palette - allows to change frames style, thickness and color
   There are five types of color icons:
   • Sixteen standard colors icons
   • Six user-defined colors icons - you can redefine them by right click
   • Free color selector icon - allows to adjust colors using sliders
   • Windows system colors icon - allows to use the Windows system colors
   • Two transparency settings icons

   Additionaly, Advanced panel contains all buttons from the standard ProView floating panel.
   See help for more details.

4. New hot keys: Ctrl-N - ProView Advanced Floating Panel

ver. 2.1.1  22.09.2000

1. To start Floating panel now it's needed to right-click on the PV button (see paragraph 2) instead of Settings button.
2. Added ProView button (PV icon). Press this button to launch another instance of ProView - it may be useful for copiing/moving objects between different directories using drag-n-drop. Right click on this button launches ProView floating panel.
3. Added quick reports. Quick reports allows easily print various information about the following objects:
   • Tables:
     • Table properies
     • Field roster
     • Secondary indexes
   • Forms or selected design objects on the forms:
     • Object tree
     • Object tree with method names
     • Properties
     • Methods source
   • Reports or selected design objects on the reports:
     • Object tree
     • Properties
   • Libraries and Scripts:
     • Methods source

   The user can access Quick Report by two ways:

   • Selecting "Print info" from the object's pop-up menu
• Via the new button on the ProView floating panel.

To use the second method, press the left mouse button on this floating panel button and drag the mouse on the desired object. Possible targets:

• Table, Form, Report, Library, Script objects in the object lists - quick report on the selected object.
• Opened Form/Report design window - quick report on the selected design object in this window.
• Opened Library window - quick report on this library.

4. Added "Import" in the "All" object lists pop-up for the supported file types.
5. Added "Show Paradox desktop windows" and "Show applications currently running under Windows" menu items in the System Information button pop-up menu.
6. Now during ProView resize favorites buttons are resized too.

ver. 2.1.0  19.09.2000

1. The Project Manager (folder and optical glass icon) - allows the user easily switching between the whole projects by one mouse click. Project manager keeps the following parameters for projects: the working directory, the private directory, the alias set, the password set, the favorites buttons set, the favorite button which must be automatically pressed when the project is activated.
2. New drag-n-drop functionality - dragging an object from an object list to the same or another object list in the same or other instance of ProView allows the user to copy/move the object. Note, it's possible to start more than one instance of ProView and to set different current directories for each instance.
3. Now to begin dragging objects no need to press and hold shift key - just press the left mouse button on the desired object and drag the mouse.
4. The Favorites buttons sets manager (the button to the left from the favorites buttons). This manager allows the user to create practically unlimited number of ten-buttons sets and easily switching between them.
5. Added ProView always-on-top floating panel (right click on the settings button or Ctrl-V). This panel provides an easy access to the Object Repository when ProView itself is overlapped by other windows or even closed at all and can recall ProView if it is closed or hidden - see ProView help for details.
6. The Object Repository can now store the whole Paradox objects (forms, reports, etc.) or any file for future reuse - see ProView help.
7. Now the user can replace objects in the Object Repository - see ProView help.
8. Now it's possible at any time to recall the last search results using the Recently visited directories button.
9. Added "Show tables in DM" in the form's/report's pop-up. This button provides data model table names with aliases/directories as they are defined in the DM - especially useful for quick form/report check in Paradox 9 with it's "improved" data model designer.
10. A number of improvements/minor bug corrections - improved error handling during drag-n-drop operations, Paradox table repair dialog exclusive lock issue corrected, deletion of an object now don't cause a jump to the beginning of the object list, object list display corruption under certain circumstances corrected, other minor improvements.
11. New hot keys:
    Ctrl-G - Go to the working directory (:WORK:)
    Ctrl-J - Project manager
    Ctrl-V - ProView Floating Panel

ver. 2.0.2  13.09.2000

1. Bug corrected. Even in the registered ProView it was impossible to add more than 5 objects to the Object Repository.

ver. 2.0.1  12.09.2000

1. Bug in the drag-n-drop functionality corrected.

ver. 2.0.0  11.09.2000

1. Help button added - displays ProView help.
2. Object Repository added - see help.
3. Drag-n-drop operations added - see help.
4. Password sets manager added - see help.
5. Project Alias manager added - see help.
6. Double-click on an object type name (the leftmost list) creates a new object.
7. New setting - "Add extra space while passing file name to Paradox dialogs" - check this setting ONLY if during some operations (opening scripts, queries, etc.) you get Paradox dialog window with truncated file name (the last character missed).
8. New setting - "Delay while passing file name to Paradox dialogs". Default value - 0ms. Increase this value (recommended to begin from 50ms) only if during some operations (opening scripts, queries, etc) you get Paradox dialog window.
9. New hot keys:
   Ctrl-Shift-A - Project Alias manager
   Ctrl-W - Password manager
   Ctrl-Insert - copies the selected object name to the clipboard
10. Improved cancelling file search by Esc key (especially under WinNT/Win2K)

ver. 1.2.6  15.08.2000

1. File search now accepts file attributes criteria. File search dialog totally redesigned, has a new face, accepts acceleration keys (Alt+underlined letter)
2. Right click on ProView status bar shows status bar properties popup menu.
3. Redesigned drop-down recently visited directories list (top left corner of ProView). Now it shows much more items onscreen. Left click on it shows aliases first, then directories. Right click shows directories first. Added "Maximum recently visited directories list length" setting in the Settings menu (in previous versions of ProView this setting was hardcoded to 20). Added "Place non-working directories in the recently visited list" setting. If this setting is checked, ProView stores in the recently visited directories list all directories which were selected even if they didn't become working.
4. Bug corrected. Under WinNT ProView couldn't start program associated with a file if a registry key for this program contained %SystemRoot% reference.
5. Placing mouse pointer over bottom status line in ProView (workdir path) now shows private directory path in the Paradox status bar.

ver. 1.2.5  09.08.2000

1. Added "Compact" menu item in the table list popup menu.
2. Added "Compact all" and "Verify all" menu items in the Tables popup menu. These operations scan all tables of the left list, including aliased objects and search results (in opposite to "deliver all" operation which delivers objects only in the current directory). So, you can easily verify or compact all tables on a disk or directory subtree (perform "Find files" first) by one mouse click. Note, "Verify all" menu item appears only in ProView for Paradox 9.
3. Info menu item now shows extended information for tables.
4. Added "Info all" menu item in the object's popup list. This operation scans all files of the left list, including aliased objects and search results and creates temporary table with files information. Now you can easily get information for all files on a disk or directory subtree (perform "Find files" first) by one mouse click. Resulting table can be sorted, queried or printed using standard Paradox facilities. If "Info all" is selected for Tables it includes extended table information in the output.
5. Some improvements with error handling.
6. Removed "Error trap on warning" menu item from "Change system parameters". This parameter was introduced by mistake - it's changing affected only on ProView itself.
7. Now click on my mail address or web page URL invokes default mail program or browser even under Paradox 7 ;)

ver. 1.2.4  03.08.2000

1. Former "Number of objects" bar is now "Status bar" and can display number of objects, current file timestamp and size. Properties of the status bar can be ajusted via Settins button ("Status bar properties" menu item).
2. Added "RTL constants list", "RTL methods list", "RTL errors list", "OPAL quick lookup" and "Change system parameters" menu items to the System Information button. "Change system parameters" allows to look at and change on the fly various parameters including ignore case in locate, error trap on warning and other setting, refresh rate, retry period.
3. Added keyboard shortcuts to several buttons:
   F1 - OPAL quick lookup
   Ctrl-D - Select directory
   Ctrl-A - Alias manager
   Ctrl-S - Toggle file list sort order
   Ctrl-F - Find files
   Ctrl-R - Enable/Disable directory content autorefresh
   Ctrl-1 ... Ctrl-0 - Favorites buttons (1 - upper left button)

ver. 1.2.3  28.07.2000

1. Bug corrected - ProView presented invalid search results when sort on date was selected and there were files with full path length greater than 50 chars.
2. Now file filter for "All" objects filters search results too.
3. Corrected screen objects alignment discrepancies during resizing.

ver. 1.2.2  27.07.2000

1. "Find files" button added - it provides powerful file search capabilities. Search results fill left file list panel. To return to the normal file list simply click on the directory selection dropdown list. Also, in the search results list "Browse to ..." menu item added to the right-click popup menu.
2. "Number of objects" bar added below file lists. In case of inconvinience this bar can be hidden via settings button.
3. Minor cosmetic improvements.

ver. 1.2.1  18.07.2000

1. Now ProView color settings follow Windows color scheme.
2. Bug related to launching executable files corrected.
3. Bug corrected - an error in ProView occured when a user tried to change directory to an unready drive (for example, floppy drive without diskette).
4. Bug corrected - it was impossible to change directory using unmapped (UNC) paths.

ver. 1.2.0  13.06.2000

1. Now resizing of ProView is realized using conventional Windows way - dragging form's border. Four resize buttons are gone away...
   Added an option "Outlined resizing" to the Settings button - when checked, only form's border moves during resizing, and ProView redraws itself only at the end of resizing.
2. Added new behaviour to the "favorites" buttons (10 buttons at the bottom of ProView). Now it's possible to set preferrable object type while assigning a directory to a button. If such object is defined, after pressing the button ProView goes to the directory defined and then goes to the selected object type. For example, if you assign a directory where you store forms, setting Forms as preferrable object type causes immediate jump to Forms objects when you press this button.
3. Added "Known aliases" menu item to the System Information button

ver. 1.1.9  08.06.2000

1. Added Quick Launch button (rocket icon). This button allows quick launch of user-defined programs (.exe, .bat, .lnk, etc.), Paradox objects (forms, scripts, reports, queries) or quick opening documents which have associated applications in Windows. You can define up to 29 items to the quick launch menu. To add a program or any file to the quick launch menu right-click on desired file and select "Add to quick launch". Note, quick launch stores file names with full paths (not with aliases).
2. Cosmetic - Set Current Directory as Working is now dimmed when current alias is :WORK:.

ver. 1.1.8  26.05.2000

1. Added Resource Monitor - small floating (always on top) window which shows free Windows System resources, GDI resources and Physical memory (percentage values). To start Resource Monitor, right-click on the button with computer icon (left bottom corner of ProView) NOTE, Resource Monitor DOESN'T work under WinNT/Win2000 - it works ONLY under Win95/98.
2. Added capability to show information on System, Resources, BDE, Database Drivers, etc. To access it left-click on the same button with computer icon. "List of current BDE users" now accessible also via this button.
3. Added capability to launch .LNK shortcuts when All Objects selected.

ver. 1.1.7  17.05.2000

1. Bug corrected - it was impossible to change private directory while ProView was opened. This bug was introduced in v.1.1.2

ver. 1.1.6  14.05.2000

1. Added "List of current BDE users" button.
2. Minor bug corrected

ver. 1.1.5  28.04.2000

1. Now it's possible to add aliased objects from any alias even if there are more than 60 aliases defined in Paradox at the same time.

ver. 1.1.4  25.04.2000

1. Added "Enable deletion of any file" item in the ProView settings. If enabled, it is possible to delete any file (including non-Paradox objects) when All files selected. Be careful, in this mode you can delete part of Paradox table, executable or dll file - and it may cause potential problems to the system stability.
2. Enabled Delete key in file lists.
3. Added button for switching between alphabetical and date (descending) sort order of file lists. Note, remote databases are always shown sorted by name.
4. Added "Deliver" menu item in the libraries popup menu.
5. Added "Deliver all" item to the corresponding popup menus. It provides delivering of all corresponding objects in the current directory (not in the private one).
6. Minor bugs corrected.

ver. 1.1.3  07.04.2000

1. Corrected bug in self installation routine in ProView for Paradox 7/32.

ver. 1.1.2  06.04.2000

1. Major bug corrected. Generally, it is not a ProView bug, but Paradox one. Due to unknown for me reasons, when focus was removed from ProView, while AutoRefresh was being enabled (green eye), sometimes GPV occured during subsequent operations. For example, it was practically impossible to switch index for a table view interactively. Now ProView disables autorefresh while focus is outside it.
2. !!!!!! Now ProView supports custom plugins - read Plugins.txt for more information.
3. Added "Preserve case in filenames" item in the ProView settings.
4. Now after restarting ProView restores the last AutoRefresh state (green eye)
5. Bug corrected - toggling Autorefresh (green eye) off and then on switched actual autorefresh period to 2 or 5 msec instead of 2 or 5 sec.
6. Bug corrected - during some operations ProView changed Windows Clipboard content. Now ProView restores clipboard content after such operations.
7. Now ProView stores itself not in Windows directory, but in the VMSoft subdirectory of the windows program files directory. Also, ProView form for Paradox 9 changed - now it is proview9.fdl

ver. 1.1.1  27.03.2000

1. Fixed improper display of ProView and improper ProView resizing when Large Fonts selected in the Windows display settings. See "Large fonts in Windows display settings" item in the ProView settings.
2. Added "Autorestore additional aliases to objects on startup" item to the ProView settings.

ver. 1.1.0  21.03.2000

1. Now ProView is available for Paradox 7/32, 8 and 9.
• Note for Paradox 7 users - changing current directory doesn't change working directory - to set current directory as working you must press corresponding button (with yellow folder icon) - this is Paradox 8 and 9 convention.
• Note for Paradox 7 and 8 users - it's impossible to create or open data models from ProView due to limitation of these versions of Paradox. Also note, I tested ProView under these versions, but I don't work myself in these versions now, so I might miss something...
2. Now during incremental search ProView keeps, if it is possible, the highlighted file name in the middle of the list - not in the end as previously.
3. Added Edit item (calling external editor, assosiated with .txt files in Windows, usially Notepad) in the query and SQL pop-up menus.
4. Added Settings button (OEM/ANSI button function moved to this new button)
5. Added capability to view tables and other objects which names starts with two underscores (Settings button)
6. If All objects selected, file list now shows *all* files in the current directory. File mask available in this mode. It's possible to use more than one mask at the same time - simply separate them by commas. If you want to select all files with a given extention, *. may be omitted. Examples:
   • *.* - all files
   • my*.txt - all my*.txt files (txt without *. is also acceptable)
   • txt,doc,xls - all *.txt, *.doc and *.xls files

   Double-click on a file invokes the programm, associated with this file in Windows (if any). Double-click on a program file (exe,com,bat,pif) launches it.

ver. 1.0.7  14.03.2000

1. Bug corrected - it was impossible to add aliased objects if there were more than 30 aliases defined in Paradox at the same time.
2. Added ODBC databases support.
3. Now all functions work with files containing international characters
4. Added OEM/ANSI button for quick switching between file names' encoding in lists for remote databases.

ver. 1.0.6  13.03.2000

1. Added capability (thanks to Mike Irwin for the idea) to view objects not only from the current directory, but from other selected aliases simultaneously. These aliases can be defined for each type of objects independently. To add or remove alias(es) right-click on the desired object type in the leftmost list and choose corresponding menu item. Favorite Buttons now can (if desired) store these aliases. If you choose to store, pressing a button restores aliases (and replaces currently defined). If you choose not, pressing a button only sets current directory, while all already defined additional aliases will be remained intact.
2. Added Run With (another table) item in the form and report pop-up menus.
3. Bug with the last (lower right) Favorite Button corrected.

ver. 1.0.5  06.03.2000

1. Right-click on the "Set current directory as Working directory" button means "Go to the current Working directory"
2. Added 10 buttons for instant access to your favorite directories/aliases. Current directory/alias may be assigned to a button by right-click on this button. Assignments will be restored when Paradox restarts.
3. Bug corrected - sometimes when a query is executed via ProView, Answer table is opened by ProView until restarting.

ver. 1.0.4  02.02.2000

1. Added Info (file information) item in pop-up menus

ver. 1.0.3  26.01.2000

1. Added SQL databases operations (including view of SQL databases in a list)
2. Now ProView can be resized (with proportionally resized lists). ProView rememebers it's last size and restores it at the next start.
3. Added Change private directory button
4. Added Alias manager button
5. Added Deliver item in the corresponding pop-up menus
6. Minor bugs corrected