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Page 2 of 7 Easier installation and maintenance
Tabbed preferences
No more ini files
No DENAME, DEPATH
Multi-session support
Much more error checking
Conflicting user name
Registry settings done by install
The Application Preferences Screen has been enhanced, enabling you to have more control over DataEase's behaviour. Settings that used to be found in .ini files have now been placed onto the Preferences screen. Application Preferences are split between three tabs:
- Application User Interface - defines Grids, Lines, Labels, Custom Toolbars.
- Application Data Administration - defines Locking Strategy, Search Paths.
- Application Default Document - defines Window Sizes, default form behaviour.
The previously customisable ini settings have now been implemented in the Application Preferences dialog box, so that you can toggle between the different settings much easier than before.
The DENAME and DEPATH environment variables have been abolished - instead of DENAME, a header will be automatically created containing information about the computer, user and application name for each session. The DEPATH environment variable is no longer necessary and has been removed, because Locking Options and Shared Application Files have been moved to the application directory.
Run multiple sessions of DataEase on one machine without setting up batch files and multiple DENAMES.
A number of internal checks have been built in DataEase 7.1 and include checks on stack integrity when switching from the UI to prism, checks on 'other strings' integrity (now its 64k), checks on the use of Windows process ID to ensure you cant have two identical DENAMES, between many others.
The 'display conflicting user name' functionality has been reintroduced in DataEase 7.1 to show when a particular document is in use.
Registry settings done by install
Prior to DataEase 7.1 if you used DataEase in a network environment you may have had to adjust the Windows registry settings to optimise locking. This is mainly because Microsoft servers are not primarily designed or optimised for use with systems that lock at the record level rather than the complete document. DataEase 7 now performs these changes automatically for you.
