ASPMaker 9.0.2 - Changelog

What's new in ASPMaker 9.0.2:

October 10th, 2011

Improved Grid-Add and Grid-Edit:
· Support adding/deleting rows to/from the grid during Grid-Add/Edit.

Master/Detail-Add and Master/Detail-Edit:
· Allows inserting/updating a master record with multiple detail records of a detail table in the same page. Supports adding/deleting rows to/from the detail grid.

Create, Alter and Drop Views:
· To encourage use of database views instead of Custom Views (which was designed for old databases that did not support views), ASPMaker now support creating, altering and dropping database views in user interface.

Menu with Grouping (Graphical Extension):
· In addition to vertical and horizontal menu, the graphical extension now uses YUI menu and support grouping.

Field Hint as Tooltip:
· The field hint (entered in the "Title" column of the Field Setup page) is now displayed like tooltip, you can now use HTML for the hint.

More Server Events:
· Page_Head - Fired before ending the section. Allows adding your own code (e.g. adding external JavaScript and stylesheet) to the section.
· User_CustomValidate- Fired before default user validation. Allows custom user validation.
· Menu_Rendering - Fired before the menu is rendered. Allows manipulating all menu items.
· Page_DataRendering - Fired after the header.asp is included. Allows adding content at the top of page content.
· Page_DataRendered - Fired before the footer.asp is included. Allows adding content at the bottom of page content.

Many More:
· More than one field per row in the Extended Quick Search panel
· More display fields (up to 4) for selection lists
· Copy file upload fields also on copying a record
· Table synchronization (instead of sychronizing the whole database)
· Option to show loaded tables only (for use with "Load tables dynamically" option)
· Improved sortable and searchable lookup fields
· Hyperlinks for export as cListOptions object. Allows manipulating export links like list options.
· Improved user interface with Unicode support. Resizes better in 64bit Windows.
· Multi-Langauge support for user values in Edit Tag panel
· Advanced setting for maximum number of suggested options in AutoSuggest
· Updated extensions (CKEditor, TinyMCE)
· jQuery extensions (includes jquery.js for user's own use only. PHPMaker does NOT use jQuery.)
· Ajax progress bar for AspUpload extension (requires AspUpload 3.1)
· Other minor improvements

What's new in ASPMaker 8.0.0:

October 13th, 2009

Enhanced Record Links:
· Show number of the detail records (optional)
· Show detail records in the main table by row expansion (Note: This extension is available for registered users only.)
· Record links (Edit/Copy/Delete/Detail) are now customizable by server events.
Tooltip Field:
· Enables showing another field value (e.g. a memo field) when the mouse cursor is moved over a field.
Email Records (Export to Email):
· Allow user to email records as URL or HTML. Options to email all pages, or records in the current page, or selected records in the current page.
More Control on Files Generation:
· Allow user to select exactly which file to generate. More precise partial regeneration. Much easier to change settings and generate another version of a particular page.
More Tools:
· Advanced Settings - More options and flexibility for code generation
· Copy Field Settings - Fast setup of fields by copying existing field settings from existing table
· Sort Tables Alphabetically - Sort the display order of tables in the user interface
· Delete Template Cache - Easier to delete and re-build template cache when template cache get corrupted
· Languages - Allow selecting languages and default language for Multi-Language project (data in database must be in unicode or utf-8)
· Unicode Property Editor - Allow using unicode for some text properties such as table/field caption and menu text

What's new in ASPMaker 7.0.0.1:

September 18th, 2008

· ASPMaker 7 is a major upgrade from 6.x. It is loaded with a bunch of new features, including many frequently requested ones. ASPMaker 7 is probably the most powerful and flexible product of its kind, and yet still easy-to-use as always.

What's new in ASPMaker 6.0.0:

July 4th, 2007

· Login/Logout audit trail
· More HTML settings for modifying the general look and feel
· Email components (CDO/w3JMail/ASPEmail) auto-detected
· Duplicate value checking in Edit page also
· Date/Time formats with time part
· Custom validation functions allowed
· Option to display no records in List page before searching
· Paging section at top and/or bottom
· Collapsible Quick/Extended Search panel (template extension)
· Project auto-backup
· Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
· Many other minor enhancements