Release Notes - SynApp2 0.1.4 alpha
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Installation Instructions
./_config_/synapp2.install.MySQL.txt
./_config_/synapp2.install.Oracle.txt<
review the update notes below
Program and Usage Information
./synapp2/synapp2.txt
Issues
./synapp2/synapp2.todo.htm
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If you're updating to version 0.1.4 from version 0.1.3 or earlier:
1. Make sure you preserve a copy of your customized version of _shared_/access.php
2. Make sure you preserve copies of customized versions of _shared_/custom.inc.php and/or synapp2/custom.inc.php, if any
3. Replace all of the SynApp2 files with ones from the new .tar.gz or .zip distribution
4. Merge customizations into _shared_/custom.inc.php and/or synapp2/custom.inc.php, as needed
5. Update _config_/access.inc.php with your customizations for site prefix, usernames, passwords, etc., from your preserved copy of _shared_/access.php
If you're performing a fresh install, you can disregard the notes above.
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New things for version 0.1.4 include:
1. installation/site-specific customizations are now segregated in _config_/ [this makes SynApp2 program updates a simple copy operation]
2. added SynApp2 Options page to interactively configure column display attributes
3. .pdf reports: title, cell borders on/off, row shading, column order, column alignment, column formatting, duplicate column suppression for grouped rows, date range controls
4. Page Flow panel for PageGen
5. Page Status area for PageGen
6. automatic regeneration of all pages from stored settings for PageGen
7. form captions in generated applications
8. more detailed installation instructions
9. MySQL synapp2 database/users setup file: ./_config_/synapp2.users.MySQL.txt
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Bugs fixed with version 0.1.4:
1. PageGen page - poor feedback if template file does not exist (2008-09-22), fixed (2009-08-17)
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Looking forward:
a) more items available for interactive customization
b) alternative page flow strategies for generated applications