Design Helper Changelog

What's new in Design Helper 3.0.2 Build 1

Mar 24, 2020
  • Add the Check For Updates Ribbon item.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Correct a problem with a duplicate Ribbon definition error when opening the Design Helper form.

New in Design Helper 3.0.1 Build 2 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Add support for Office 2016.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Correct a problem with the Help file not opening on some PCs.

New in Design Helper 3.0.0 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Convert Design Helper to Access 2007.

New in Design Helper 2.0.4 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • Add the Only Selected option to the Forms and Reports Add-In.

New in Design Helper 2.0.3 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • Add support for Office 2013.
  • Allow the Edit SQL dialog box to be dynamically resized.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix a problem in the Edit SQL function when the Query contains an embedded ';' character (e.g. when Query parameters are declared).

New in Design Helper 2.0.2 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Add the [Import] Section to the Object List file to allow importing the contents of other Object List files in addition to the Objects listed in the other Sections of the file.

New in Design Helper 2.0.1 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • On the Forms and Reports Add-In, if the SHIFT key is held down when selecting a Property Name, don't retrieve the existingProperty Value.

New in Design Helper 2.0.0 (Jul 17, 2012)

  • Convert Design Helper to Access 2003

New in Design Helper 1.0.10 Build 3 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • Open the Import Objects file for editing if the CTRL key is pressed when selecting the Design Helper - Import Objects menu add-in

New in Design Helper 1.0.9 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • Modify the installation to add support for Access 2010
  • Set the Description property for all imported objects to the new Description value from the [] Section of the Import Objects file
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix a problem with the Menu Add-In installation for Access 2007

New in Design Helper 1.0.8 Build 3 (Oct 6, 2009)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Trap an error when an invalid Control Name is generated. Advise the user and ignore the rename for that Control.
  • Limit any generated Control Names to 64 characters (the maximum allowed by Microsoft Access).

New in Design Helper 1.0.7 Build 4 (Oct 6, 2009)

  • Change @Now in the [Property] Section to insert the current date/time value in the [Property] Section of the Import Objects. This will insert the current date/time as a text string.
  • Add @Time to the recognised values in the [Property] Section of the Import Objects file. This will insert the current time as a text string.
  • Add the [Message] Section to the Import Objects file to allow a message to be specified for display at the end of the Import process.

New in Design Helper 1.0.6 Build 5 (Jun 20, 2008)

  • Use the epsHelper.ini file to store the Control Prefix and Object Property values to ensure that user changes are preserved during an upgrade