[ANN] DataVision 0.7.4 released

[Jim Menard]

DataVision 0.7.4 is now available from SourceForge at
<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343>.

DataVision is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports.
Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run, viewed,
and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e,
DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output files produced
by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce PDF, text, HTML,
PostScript, and more.

DataVision is written in Java and runs almost anywhere. It can generate
reports from databases or text data files. Any database with an available
JDBC driver should work: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Informix, hsqldb,
Microsoft Access, and more. Columns read from text files can be separated
by any character.

Report descriptions are stored as XML files. This means you can not only
use the DataVision GUI but you may also edit reports using your favorite
text editor.

Changes:

* Moved from MinML to MinML2 XML parser.

* Output app version number when printing stack traces.

* If a SQL table or column name can't be found, look for it again while
ignoring schema names.

* Stop running a report after the first Ruby script error. This way, you
won't see the same error message over and over.

Bug fixes:

* Parameters, formulas, and user columns can now appear in suppression
procs.

* Fields, parameters, formulas, and user columns are now found within
suppression procs or the report's startup script when a report is looking
for them. This fixes a few related problems.

* The suppression proc edit command now appears properly in the Undo and
Redo Edit menu items.

Jim
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Jim Menard, ji...@io.com, http://www.io.com/~jimm/
DataVision, the Open Source report designer. http://datavision.sourceforge.net