Dictionary Highlights of Build 3669
We've been working hard finishing up a few items in the Dictionary Editor, as well as adding a few new features. I wanted to mention them to you here so they are not missed or overlooked. Most of the stuff I am mentioning here is also in the QuickStart Guides and online help.
1. In the DCT Explorer, there is a new context menu option for files: "Generate Conversion Program". If you have both Clarion for Windows and Clarion.NET installed in the same IDE, this turns into a menu with 2 submenus "using Clarion for Windows" and "using Clarion#". This menu item will not appear for SQL tables as data conversion is handled by the server and the generated program is not appropriate to run against an SQL database.
The table that you right click on is the target conversion table. After selecting a conversion program and location, the subsequent file that you select is the source table that will be converted.
2. There is a new option located in Tools/Options/Clarion/Dictionary Editor Options/General tab: "Load Conversion Project". After a conversion program is generated you can optionally load the project. You can set this to always load the project, never load the project or ask each time a conversion program is generated. The default is to ask you what you want to do.
3. If you have both Clarion.NET and Clarion for Windows in the same IDE, the "Copy Details" context menu for files and fields now turns into a menu with 2 submenus "using Clarion for Windows" and "using Clarion#".
4. You can now add multiple users to the dictionary. Users have either read-only or read/write access. If a user has read-only access, they cannot see what other users have access to the dictionary. Users cannot be deleted if they have touched anything in a dictionary. If you attempt to delete a user who has touched the dictionary, you will get a list of all items they have touched. See the online help "Users Pad" topic for more details.
5. You can now edit the properties of the dictionary (tool bar button in the DCT Explorer with the binoculars). At present you can add comments and options for the dictionary. You will soon be able to also increment the dictionary version. I will post another blog with details of how this works when it is released.
6. You will notice little things around the Dictionary Editor that will just make your life easier. We have added buttons to several of the dialogs (like the Derived Columns and Users list), and are working to make the IDE more intuitive with the proper disabling of Select buttons when there is nothing active to select.
Thanks for reading! Until next time!
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