What's new in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2022 Release 2

Mar 8, 2022
  • Support for images in the Project Window:
  • The StyleVision Project Window provides a convenient view for grouping, managing, and working with related files. Once collected in a project, files can be accessed easily from the Project sidebar when designing a report.
  • Now, when a project includes images, you can preview (via mouseover) and open them directly from the Project Window.
  • StyleVision now supports the latest versions of the following databases in addition to previous versions:
  • IBM DB2 11.5.7
  • MySQL 8.0.28
  • MariaDB 10.6.5
  • SQLite 3.37
  • PostgreSQL 14.1
  • Integration with latest Visual Studio and Eclipse versions
  • StyleVision can be integrated in the Eclipse and Visual Studio IDEs, with support added for the latest versions:
  • Eclipse 4.22
  • Visual Studio 2022

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2021 Release 2 SP1 (Jun 1, 2021)

  • Bug fixes and other enhancements

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2018 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and other enhancements

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2017 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • New in XMLSpy 2017:
  • All-new Find functionality in Text View
  • Text highlighting of related matches
  • New command to jump to parent element in Text View
  • Editing and validation of Apache Avro schema files
  • Special Grid View for Viewing/Searching Apache Avro binary files
  • New XSLT/XQuery features
  • XSLT and XQuery performance improvements
  • Support for XBRL Taxonomy Packages
  • Support for Inline XBRL
  • Support for ADONET database drivers
  • Native support for PostgreSQL
  • Support for Progress OpenEdge databases
  • Support for SQL Server 2016
  • Editing headers/footers in dynamic HTML and CALS tables
  • Support for integration with Eclipse 46
  • New in MapForce 2017:
  • Dynamic access to node names for generic mappings
  • Update-If and Insert-Rest database table actions performed as SQL Merge when possible
  • Support for EDIFACT versions 2015B and 2016A including the new VERMAS message
  • Support for inline XBRL files as a mapping source
  • Ability to add namespace nodes to XML output
  • Support for XBRL taxonomy packages
  • Enhanced database support – support for new database versions and additional database drivers
  • Eclipse integration updated with support for Eclipse 46
  • New in StyleVision 2017:
  • Support for creating fillable PDF forms
  • Support for XBRL Taxonomy Packages
  • Support for ADONET database drivers
  • Native support for PostgreSQL
  • Support for Progress OpenEdge databases
  • Support for SQL Server 2016
  • Support for integration with Eclipse 46
  • New in UModel 2017:
  • Enhanced database support – support for new database versions and additional database drivers
  • Support for integration with Eclipse 46
  • New in DatabaseSpy 2017:
  • Enhanced database support – support for new database versions and additional database drivers
  • New in Authentic 2017 Enterprise:
  • Editing headers/footers in dynamic HTML/CALS tables
  • Support for ADONET database drivers
  • Native support for PostgreSQL
  • Support for Progress OpenEdge databases
  • Support for SQL Server 2016
  • Support for integration with Eclipse 46
  • New in DiffDog 2017:
  • Enhanced database support – support for new database versions and additional database drivers

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2016 R2 SP1 (Jun 6, 2016)

  • Component Refresh command sometimes doesn't update database component correctly.
  • Two different default namespace declarations in output from customer mapping in built-in mode
  • Run method doesn't release MFX lock when finished.
  • FlowForce ceases running jobs.
  • Generated Java throws exception with longer MSH-2 value than normal for HL7.
  • Linked DB tables no longer work.
  • Duplicate xmlns attribute in output root element.
  • Converting customer JSON schema to XML schema produces empty result unless particular element is made optional; should show validation error.
  • XSD to JSON schema conversion produces empty warning messages.
  • MapForce Server v2016r2 crashed with garbage EDI input.
  • XSLT 3 stylesheet shows error XTTE1120 transforming text file.
  • XBRL validation with dts option gives different results than without it.

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2015 Release 4 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • fn:floor() returns incorrect result with large numbers All/Multiple Products XPath20
  • Unexpected word boundary when double-clicking to select DatabaseSpy SQLEditor
  • Typing table title is extremely slow on Design view in Postgres 8.4 - customer specific DatabaseSpy IDE GUI
  • Data Comparison gives bogus differences DatabaseSpy DB Data Comparison
  • Color highlight does not work in Win8 for MS Word 2013 comparison DiffDog MS-Word Comparison
  • Office 2013 word comparison the highlighted text in the word documents is only briefly shown and then disappears. Office 2010 works correctly. DiffDog MS-Word Comparison
  • Describe how to access the details of a failed validation in the validation job configuration example FlowForce Help
  • "Retrieving tools with name MapForce from server failed for unknown reason" error message FlowForce IDE GUI
  • "Preparing the files for deployment failed for unknown reason" error when input Excel file is opened FlowForce IDE GUI
  • Non-ASCII characters in message body property of /system/mail/send cause error FlowForce General Application
  • Parent-directory function works incorrectly in v2015 FlowForce IDE GUI
  • G702 error when mapping to MySQL 5 DB table (partial FK) MapForce Database functionality
  • Oracle - customer's mapping takes long time to load MapForce Database functionality
  • foreign key not populated with correct value if mapped from unstable source MapForce Code Generation
  • Certain control characters, not valid for XML 1.0, in ODBC connection string result in invalid MFD file MapForce Database functionality
  • Database mapping created in MF 2010 takes a very long time to load in MF 2012 MapForce Database functionality
  • Mapping referencing an ODBC DSN on one machine doesn't work with an identical DSN on a second machine MapForce Database functionality
  • Invalid SOAP response returned from generated Java web service (namespace related) MapForce Webservices
  • Substitute-null throws error / null values incorrectly returned MapForce Database functionality
  • XSLT generated in MapForce 2015sp1 is slower and much bigger than 2014 - customer specific MapForce XSLT2 Engine
  • format-number() products wrong output with "cast target values to target types" option disabled MapForce XSLT2 Engine
  • Generated Java code adds additional, unwanted empty elements MapForce Code Generation
  • Range of cells is not retrived when worksheet name has space MapForce Excel file functionality
  • DB connection is lost between saving mappings when using MySQL odbc 5.3.4 MapForce Database functionality
  • MapForce hangs when generating output from customer mapping MapForce IDE GUI

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2015 Release 3 SP1 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • HTML parameter form presents text box for boolean type FlowForce Jobs
  • Job name can't begin with underscore FlowForce Jobs
  • NullReferenceException in C# generation MapForce Code Generation
  • Variables with "compute-when=once" always change to "compute-when" after schema reload MapForce IDE GUI
  • RaptorXML 'executeAndGetResultAsString' returns file path and 'OK' message instead of expected result on WinXP & Ubuntu RaptorXMLServer Java API
  • Incorrect formula execution in customer xbrl instance file RaptorXMLServer+XBRL XBRL
  • Previously working SPS produces error 'XTTE0790' in version 2015 R3 Stylevision XPath20
  • text in design fragment which is bolded, underlined or italicized appears beside the called design fragment in main document Stylevision IDE GUI
  • UModel crash when showing contents of all subpackages UModel IDE GUI
  • UModel crashes on Windows 8.1 when dragging a class onto a diagram UModel IDE GUI
  • WSDL Target Namespace Validation XMLSpy WSDL Validator
  • Incorrect smart restriction for mandatory types in customer files XMLSpy XML Validator
  • Entities not suggested in xml without assigned xsd XMLSpy Text View
  • event Document.OnViewActivation does not trigger in VS2010 C# XMLSpy COM API
  • Close tag name suggestion pop-up not displayed after typing

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2015 Release 3 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • Add support for WS-Security All/Multiple Products SOAP request Debugger
  • Use of Authentic.EditCopy causes crash Authentic Browser Components Browser plugin
  • Crash when using several 'AuthenticView.Selection' actions with IE 8 Authentic Browser Components Browser plugin
  • Table operations toolbar buttons (and API actions) disabled after inserting table row via Javascript Authentic Browser Components Browser plugin
  • Sybase 15: stored procedures are shown garbled DatabaseSpy SQLEditor
  • Root object changed to 'postgres' when converting PostgreSQL connection to global resource DatabaseSpy Global Resources
  • Docs refer to installed file 'altovadb.jar' DatabaseSpy Documentation
  • Describe how to use DiffDog from Git DiffDog Command Line Interface
  • Linux, MacOSX: Error when installing Server products in wrong order on Linux and Mac FlowForce Installer
  • Ability to kill/terminate a running FlowForce Server job FlowForce IDE GUI
  • Add filter by instance ID in flowforce server log FlowForce IDE GUI
  • Ability for truncate-log() to delete all files in data/logs FlowForce General Application
  • Active triggers are not shown in home page FlowForce IDE GUI
  • Describe result of built-in functions FlowForce Help
  • No option to select existing credentials in german FlowForce FlowForce IDE GUI
  • RegExp wanted for FlexText MapForce FlexText
  • Special characters like "/" confuse MapForce if used in text node names for UDF parameter roots MapForce User Defined Functions Mapforce
  • Ability to suppress xml declaration in output MapForce IDE GUI
  • SAP iDoc configuration files: clarify that we need the "parser" format MapForce Documentation
  • provide a complete step by step example on how to generate java code from a mapping, create an eclipse java project, import the source code, compile and run it. MapForce Code Generation
  • 'equal' function fails to return when input value is 'null' MapForce Libraries
  • Add support for x12.5040 MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • MapForce hangs while generating java code for customer's specific mapping Excel to XML MapForce Code Generation
  • MapForce v2014r2 cannot find start of HL7 message with id MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Customer mapping generates “ERROR G702: Algorithm construction: Types are not sequence compatible” on validation in XSLT 2 mode MapForce XSLT Generation

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2015 SP2 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • Customer XML mapping fails with "undefined variable"/XPST0008 errors in v2014r2 and later (works in v2014sp1 and earlier) MapForce XSLT Generation
  • XPath Error when validate instance using BI Taxonomy RaptorXMLServer+XBRL XBRL validation
  • Scripting Editor hangs StyleVision Stylevision Scripting Environment
  • Cannot insert page break within a table in Word document Stylevision Word2007 Preview
  • UModel crashes when moving class in Windows 8 UModel IDE GUI
  • Bug in validation of cutomer files XMLSpy XML Validator
  • Launching Scripting Editor crashes 64-bit XMLSpy XMLSpy Scripting Environment
  • Crash when validating customer's XML file with xi:include XMLSpy XML Validator

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2015 SP1 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • FlowForce appears to hang with lots of file watches on CentOS FlowForce Triggers
  • Content of mixed content CDATA nodes is not mapped by generated code MapForce Code Generation
  • C# generated from customer X12 mapping shows "ERROR: Could not save to stream" and "Inner Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object." MapForce Code Generation
  • Customer mapping produces different output between BUILTIN and generated C# or Java MapForce Code Generation
  • Presence of escape character in text causes higher-range characters to be malformed in EDIFACT output MapForce EDI-X12-HL7

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2015 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • Add support to iSeries v7R1 All/Multiple Products Database functionality
  • Add package requirements to server product documentation All/Multiple Products Documentation
  • MapForce crashes if XBRL contexts aren't complete All/Multiple Products XBRL validation
  • 32-bit AltovaXML silently exits upon stack overflow / 2GB app limit AltovaXML XSLT1 Engine
  • Improve performance of the DBDiff merge script generation / merging data DatabaseSpy DB Data Comparison
  • improve documentation on step expressions and provide examples how to use them (with screenshots etc..) FlowForce Help
  • No documentation provided for FlowForce's "compute-string" function FlowForce General Application
  • FlowForceWebServer crashes under routine browsing for customer on Centos, no core dump created FlowForce General Application
  • FlowForce jobs appear to be 'locked' FlowForce Jobs
  • crash: foreign key references primary key of same table, Update-If action in use MapForce Database functionality
  • MapForce crashes generating output when table Update-If action in use on key with default handling selected MapForce Database functionality
  • SQL-Where filter failing to handle set-null as parameter input of NULL value MapForce Database functionality
  • 64-bit MapForce iSeries V6R1 mapping crashes upon viewing output MapForce Database functionality
  • Support for JSON MapForce Nonexistent feature
  • Adding iseries views relations is not possible MapForce Database functionality
  • explain lookup tables in Mapforce MapForce Documentation
  • Enhance documentation on streaming in MapForce MapForce Documentation
  • Using a customer's stored procedure as an input to a mapping crashes MapForce MapForce Database functionality
  • Ability to set savepoint name differently MapForce Database functionality
  • C# generated code confuses XML Processing Instruction (PI) in input with element of same name MapForce Code Generation
  • ERROR G702: Algorithm construction: Types are not sequence compatible. (XSLT 1) MapForce XSLT Generation
  • Documentation generation fails with errors for customer mapping MapForce Generate Documentation
  • Database relationships are not recognised by MapForce (Oracle 11) MapForce Database functionality
  • Duplicate inputs not written correctly to EDIFACT output by generated Java MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Customer web service mapping executes successfully on some machines, throws exception on others MapForce Webservices

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2014 SP1 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • Crash when performing a DB schema comparison from a previously saved .dbsdif file DatabaseSpy DB Schema Comparison
  • Crash when exporting file diffs as XML when filter contains more elements DiffDog Export
  • Some username/password information visible as cleartext in FlowForce DB FlowForce Security Management
  • MapForce/EDI: Right click on structure item crashes MapForce when entire config unavailable MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Certain NM1 nodes missing from customer 277 X12 output MapForce Mapforce Preview
  • Mapforce crash when trying to open simple mapping. MapForce File System
  • SPS OverallDocumentation - Library Names present in some places after unchecking option MapForce Generate Documentation
  • MapForce crashes when processing customer's x12 mapping MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Incomplete output after disabling inline-use in udf in 2014 MapForce User Defined Functions Mapforce
  • Loop 2430 - SVD Segment - SVD appearing with no data in 2013r2sp2 MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • More detailed logging for RaptorXML RaptorXMLServer+XBRL XBRL validation
  • Design fragment parameter used as XPath expression for style value in table cell with vertical text left unevaluated in HTML output Stylevision HTML Preview Stylevision
  • XMLSpy v2014 doesn't offer "Open XSLT result documents" dialog which v2013r2sp2 did XMLSpy IDE GUI
  • XMLSpy crashes on opening a schema with a comment inside an annotation XMLSpy IDE GUI
  • Grid View: Searching in grid view crashes XMLSpy Grid View
  • Custom catalog not working as in XMLspy 2013 XMLSpy Catalog Files
  • xsd:annotation as child of element with ref attribute found to be invalid XMLSpy XML Validator
  • "Auto-append mandatory children to new elements" no longer works with book.xml example file in either Text or Grid Views XMLSpy IDE GUI
  • Generated Sample XML File from customer xsd is invalid XMLSpy Generate Sample XML File
  • Grid view: "goto definition" from context menu crashes XML Spy XMLSpy Grid View
  • GridView: Expanding element with many subelements freezes XMLSpy XMLSpy Grid View
  • XMLSpy crashes when opening customer XML file XMLSpy XML Validator
  • Evaluation of 'current()' fails in XPath-Watch window XMLSpy XSLT/XQ Debugger
  • Stylesheets with top level element 'xsl:transform' do not work with debugger XMLSpy XSLT/XQ Debugger
  • XPath intelligent editing no longer works in Version 2014 XMLSpy XPath Intelled

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2014 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • (Summary/Product/Component)
  • NEW DB: Add native support for Informix DB All/Multiple Products Datasource
  • Validation error on length facet of 1 although element contains a single character entity outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) All/Multiple Products XML Validator
  • Remove redundant documentation references (and screenshots) to Visual C++ 6.0 code generation All/Multiple Products Documentation
  • EULA translation incorrect. All/Multiple Products Documentation
  • DatabaseSpy crashes connecting to Informix database via JDBC DatabaseSpy Datasource
  • DatabaseSpy crashes when trying to rename a primary key DatabaseSpy Design Editor
  • Result View does not automatically adjust row height in response to change of font size DatabaseSpy IDE GUI
  • FlowForce 'delete' action fails for apparently unconnected reason FlowForce File System
  • Mail message sent with attachment omits any specified message body FlowForce General Application
  • "The tool failed to load the step data" error FlowForce IDE GUI
  • MapForce - ability to set and access variables MapForce Code Generation
  • mapping rich text nodes (support for xs:any) MapForce Mapforce Preview
  • Add an Option "Always enclose records in " " (always quote) MapForce CSV/FLF
  • csv Export - add option to always add quotes (for string fields or for all?) MapForce FlexText
  • Ability to insert arbitrary comments and processing instructions into the target XML MapForce IDE GUI
  • DTD's root element showed under the wrong namespace MapForce XML Validator
  • Ability to save mapping file compatible with previous version MapForce File System
  • Generated 999 /997 incorrect when reporting a reject ST out of many if unexpected segment found MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • AK5 F718 (AK502…AK506) value isn't populated in case of error MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • IK502 on a 999 not created correctly MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Missing IK503 value in generated 999 MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Invalid Hipaa file is not fully processed even if the validation is turned off MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Skip the "Missing Segment SE error" message for correct input data with Loop0300 in mapping from x12.945 MapForce EDI-X12-HL7
  • Customer mapping generates "Internal error in MapForce engine" on output preview using v2013r2sp1 MapForce Mapforce Preview
  • Catalog not working when generating output in MapForce 2013r2sp1 MapForce IDE GUI

New in Altova MissionKit Enterprise Edition 2010 (Oct 29, 2009)

  • support for windows 7