Report CE 5.8 - Release Notes - SYWARE.COM Report CE is a reporting, printing, and graphing tool that allows you to create and print custom documents from any Windows Mobile device, including Pocket PCs, and Windows CE handhelds. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To get the most out of Report CE, we recommend that you look at the Quick Tours which can be found in either the desktop on-line help file or the printed documentation. Technical support can be found in the SUPPORT section of http://www.syware.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for the sample form? On H/PC machines, you can find it in \Windows\Programs\Sample.rce On P/PC machines, you can find it in \Windows\Start Menu\Sample.rce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attention owners of Windows CE 2.x P/PC Machines It is possible to print from Windows CE 2.x P/PC devices, but you need to install the SYWARE print engine on these devices. This engine is available at no charge by contacting SYWARE, Inc. at +1-617-497-1300 or http://www.syware.com/contact/forms/contact.php. If this engine is not installed, you still will be able to print, but the output will only include plain text output (fonts, bitmaps, and lines are not printed). This does not apply to Pocket PC, H/PC, H/PC Pro, or H/PC Pro 2000 machines ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.8 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.7 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.6 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.5 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.4 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for Windows mEnable 3.0 - Support for Windows Mobile Standard (a.k.a. Smartphones) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.3 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for Windows Vista ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.2 adds the following features to Report CE: - New installer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.1 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 5.0 adds the following features to Report CE: - Graphing - Groups (sub-totals) - Wizard to create Runtime installer - Sections - Use regional settings to format numbers and currency - Hide values if zero - @pagecount - Calculations on seconds ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.6 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for Windows Mobile 5.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.5 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for mEnable 2.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.4 adds the following features to Report CE: - @serialnumber added - Columns can be tested for NULL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.3 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.2 adds the following features to Report CE: - Bug fixes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.1 adds the following features to Report CE: - Large OK and CANCEL buttons added to number pad - In date picker, the current date is shown in red - Increased number of variables from 8 to 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 4.0 adds the following features to Report CE: - Barcode support - Reports can be saved as an RTF file as well as plain text - Reports can be emailed as an RTF file as well as plain text - Filters can be based on Visual CE variables - Filters can be placed on sub-tables - Support for SQL Server CE databases - Data from top level table can be used in page headers and footers - Background image for Column Controls connected to a Visual CE Scribble can be a .bmp, .2bp, gif, or .jpg - New functions for Calculated Controls: @long(), @lat(), @alt() - New functions for Calculated Controls: @var() (Visual CE variables) - Picture controls can display static image (e.g. a logo) or a picture associated with a record - /p switch can be used when running a report from a Visual Basic or C/C++ application to provide password ofr SQL Server CE database - Support for Pocket PC 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 3.2 adds the following features to Report CE: - @power() now allows floating point exponents - /g switch can be used when running a report from a Visual Basic or C/C++ application to suppress the print preview window - mEnable now works with Personal Edition in addition to Pro Edition ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 3.1 adds the following features to Report CE: - New functions that can be used in calculated controls: GPS Functions: LONG, LAT, ALT - Printing of images stored in the tables - /n switch can be used when running a report from a Visual Basic or C/C++ application to suppress the filter dialog ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 3.0 adds the following features to Report CE: - Reports can be emailed as well printed - Color support - Calculations on string values (including concatenation) - The result of a calculation can be displayed as a time or text - Better control of the nesting of tables - Bands/controls that can "stretch" vertically. - Boolean values are displayed as check boxes - You can change properties (font, color) of multiple controls at once - Four new functions: @max, @min, @days, @devicename - The argument to @sum, @min, @max can be an expression - New command line switches to sets default email address or filter value. - New functions that can be used in calculated controls: String functions: ASCII, CHAR, INSERT, LCASE, LEFT, LENGTH, LOCATE, LTRIM, REPEAT, REPLACE, RIGHT, RTRIM, SPACE, SUBSTRING, UCASE Numeric functions: ABS, ACOS, ASIN, ATAN, ATAN2, CEILING, COS, COT, DEGREES, EXP, FLOOR, LOG, LOG10, MOD, PI, POWER, RADIANS, RAND, ROUND, SIGN, SIN, SQRT, TAN, TRUNCATE Date Functions: DAYNAME, DAYOFMONTH, DAYOFWEEK, HOUR, MINUTE, MONTH, MONTHNAME, QUARTER, YEAR ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.3 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for Pocket PC 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.2 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for Visual CE 6.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1 adds the following features to Report CE: - Support for mEnable (see mEnable documentation for details) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0 adds the following features to Report CE: - Enables selection of the font and point size of the text - Allows bold, italic, and/or underlined text - The report can contain horizontal and vertical lines - Scribbles captured by Visual CE can be printed - Lookup controls can be added to a report - A bitmap can be added to the report - Expressions can contain if...then...else expressions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 1999-2010 SYWARE, Inc. 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