AutoTag Release Notes
This page is split into a Features Section and a Fixes Section for each version of AutoTag released. This information can also be found in the readme.rtf file that is included with the program.
Features10.1.24.0
Deprecated Features
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Features
- Arguments in function editor now have drop down lists to select variables.
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- Evaluate button will list if tag is disabled.
- Implemented alternate version of [switch]>. If the [switch] has a non-empty select, that value is compared against the value in each [case].
- 12099 - Display a better error message on a tag error when bringing up variables.
- 12104 - Display a better error message when running Evaluate on a tag for a forEach or query tag that returns 0 rows.
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- BuildSqlSchema now supports stored procedures.
- Use a new method to drop PODS when drag/drop them unto templates.
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- 1133 - Tag Builder now also creates a variable name when tag is first created.
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- Displaying data for chart will limit to 1,000 rows (faster for large selects).
- Combines identical series/Y data to a combined X value.
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- AutoTag search/replace handles non-existent properties.
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- AutoTag search/replace handles non-existent properties.
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- Added tool to list all POD frames.
- Added tool to build a SQL Schema.
- Greatly expanded search/replace.
- set, if, & case tags now allow select, value, & evaluate.
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- Allows comments in select statements.
- Keeps select statement formatting (tabs, newlines).
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- Moved nickname property to Tags section.
- Installs connections to our datasources as MRUs in forst AutoTag use.
- Insert case tag now sets the datasource.
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- SQL Wizard does auto-joins for dual PK:FK relationships.
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- Save datasources in templates using XmlWriter - much faster.
- Leave task panes up when switching to a different document.
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- Added comparison of dates and time for equations (=, !=, <, >, <=, >=).
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- XPath out tag type=bitmap now handles value=${var.node} as well as select=
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- Check provider exists in Build Schema
- Changed default tag display from <tag> to [tag]
- Function Tag deprecated.
- Tag Editor has special editor for sortXPath
- Provide more information on a select exception
- Auto-detect of selects complete in AutoTag
- The databin sets the nickname for all tags placed in the template.
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- Sample templates updated to resolve inconsistencies and to implement best practice of naming datasources.
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- Dropped POD framing in last ver with drag/drop change. Added back in.
- 12085 - if a system has no global datasources defined and you open a template with a global datasource you get an exception - fixed.
- 12096 - Looked for the wrong filename when bringing up local help - fixed.
- 12097 - Handle reinstalling sample templates if a template is opened (copy all other templates).
- 12108 - If you have no POD files created, go to create a new one, and click cancel - will get an exception next time you got to create one - fixed.
- 1171 - Paragraphs inside textboxes if they had borders drew the borders too wide - fixed.
- 1135 - threw an exception if the pod bin was open when adding/removing local POD files on a new document that had never been saved to disk.
- 12049 - Hit Excel non- US/English bug for creating PODs - added work-around.
- 1126 - Generated an exception in PPT when running a slideshow - fixed.
- 1127 - assumes have an active document when Word starts - fixed to allow for no active document.
- 1131 - databin closed, then when switching to another app and returning to Office, it re-appears (2000/2002/2003) - fixed
- 1132 - changing a tag to end switch threw an exception - fixed.
- 12033 - on one computer Word throws an exception in OnStartup - check for null menu (fixed).
- Did not handle reading in content control tag data in a read/only or protected template - fixed.
- 1123 - defining a select variable if go to advanced before setting the select would throw an exception - fixed.
- 1115 - Includes OUT parameters in stored procedure calls.
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- Pie chart with no data threw an exception - fixed.
- Would sometimes miss an autojoin for [tables with spaces in name] - fixed.
- 1091 - prev tag button did not work in Word - fixed.
- AutoTag databin drop of a table created merged cells in some cases - fixed.
- Autotag would sometimes use autotag() in excel cells where the text was > 256 chars - fixed.
- ListFrames & BuildSqlSchema were missing from the 2000/2002/2003 menus - added.
- 1090 - Sql Schema datasources coulde not be edited - fixed.
- 1090 - Sql Schema datasources were reading the full metadata also when being added - fixed.
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- Listing all field tags much faster (tag tree, tag builder, etc).
- Was saving duplicate MRU data sources when adding one with a description longer than 27 letters - fixed.
- If the data we stored of all data source metadata was very large, it would not load the metadata when opening a template - fixed.
- Threw exception pulling metadata from MySQL - fixed.
- Did not show result of out tags for all rows if use of var was ${var.element} (${var} was still returning all rows) - fixed.
- 1073 - If the tag builder created an illegal tag and the tag tree was open, would throw an exception when saving the tag - fixed.
- 1073 - If a field tag was set to all caps the tag text was seen as all text (Word bug) and therefore was not recognized - fixed.
- If 2 out tags used the same var (if/out/else/out/endif) then validate had a problem - fixed.
- 11846 - Under Excel when using the autotag() macro, it would not see the var in a forEach tag in the same cell - fixed.
- If 2 out tags used the same var (if/out/else/out/endif) then validate had a problem - fixed.
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- Did not properly refresh custom panes (tag tree, data bin, pods) when changing the active document/worksheet - fixed.
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- Tag tree in Excel was not displaying tags in the final cell in Excel - fixed.
- Colorizer was throwing an exception when running - fixed.
- Tag search/replace was failing - fixed.
- AutoTag menu for Office 2000 - 2003 was missing some pod items - added.
- Variables added in dataset menu were not visible to dataset until saved - fixed.
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- SqlSchema datasource threw an exception - fixed.
- 11684 - Some pie charts did not have correct data select prompts - fixed
- Small change in guessing if an XPath select is a select or evaluate.
- Set chart axis to date format if data is date - only for non-chart tags.
- Numerous small bugs fixed in data sources.
- 11641 - XPath wizard would include ${var.node} in sub selects in the query instead of just using node - fixed.
- Global datasources needed to be refreshed when a template was opened - fixed (no longer need to refresh).
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- 11554 - multiple evaluates in the tag editor using a ${var} from a forEach tag would fail after the first one - fixed
- Validate tags would report an invalid object errorneously sometimes - fixed
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- Added timeout to running a report. OleDb class would throw an exception for an Excel database (Excel limitation) - fixed
- 1000 – General bookmark next to a TOC para bookmark was renamed and links would not find it –fixed
- 999 - OUT tag in a Foreach being assigned a variable is not working when loop starts over - fixed
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- 11473 - Threw an exception using an XML datasource with identical namespaces named in peer nodes - fixed.
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- 869 - If there is no sort string bringing up the sort editor would throw an exception - fixed.
- 860 - Excel datasource not generating connection strings in AutoTag - fixed.
- Wizard did not handle a value in a condition that is the empty string - fixed
- SQL Server stored procedures was returning system process as well as user ones (SQL Server has them marked as user).
- Dropping a table from the databin would not convert tags to a non-content control format if they were adjacent - fixed.
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