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Announcing dbNews™ 2.1 |
Innovalink is pleased to announce the latest release of dbNews™ Active Business Intelligence. In addition to various user interface enhancements requested by our customers, version 2.1 adds the ability to easily share dbNews publication and source definitions. The new Import Wizard guides you through the process of loading new publications, sources, and even template files as well as mapping imported sources to your database. We're continually amazed at the clever ways our customers are using dbNews and hope that this intelligent export/import functionality will facilitate the sharing of dbNews messaging solutions in the future. It should also make it easy for our support staff to to assist you as you build dbNews publications for your organization.
You may download version 2.1 at your convenience by going here. Note that this is a software-only update from versions 2.02 and later (there are no data model changes required). Your password to run the installation program is: XXXXXXX
Please let
us know if you have any questions or comments and thanks for your continued
support.
Regards,
The Innovalink
Team
dbnews@innovalink.com
Following is a detailed listing of version 2.1 enhancements and fixes:
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No. |
Applies
To
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Type
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Description |
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2013
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ASP | Enhance | Enhanced ASP self-sevice subscription pages to improve ease of use. ASP pages are now at rev. 1.1. |
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2015
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Studio | Enhance | Added publication name to grid listing of subscriptions rather than only publication ID. |
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2016
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Studio | Enhance | Added source name to grid listing of publications rather than only source ID. |
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2017
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Studio | Enhance | Added database name to grid listing of sources rather than only database ID. |
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2019
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Studio | Fix | Making changes to existing subscriber data caused error on various database platforms. |
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2023
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Studio | Fix | Copying publications and sources did not append 'Copy of' correctly in new record (SQL Server only) |
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2024
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Studio | Fix | Drop-downs would not populate with column names if source definition was multi-table source and used table alias names (abbreviations) rather than full table names. |
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2025
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Studio | Enhance | Added Test Source button to Source form. |
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2027
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Studio | Fix | When copying a publication, the Table Format and individual Column Format settings were not copied to new publication. |
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2028
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Studio | Enhance | Set Enter key to invoke Edit mode for any grid listing display. |
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2029
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Studio | Fix | When deleting a publication, Table Format records were not deleted from associated table. |
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2031
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Studio | Fix | Once defined, the Column Format settings for Title and URL could not be removed (changes were not saved). |
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2032
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Studio | Enhance | Added Import Wizard to allow for import of exported source definitions and full publication definitions (including publication, source, and template file). |
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2033
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Studio | Enhance | Added Export function to Source listing form. |
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2034
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Studio | Enhance | Expanded Export function for publications to include source and datbase information, publication formatting data, and embedded template file. |
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2036
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Docs | Enhance | Added instructions to the Installation Guide for installing and using the Windows Service (NT Service) version of dbNews Server. |
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