ERD Concepts Changelog

What's new in ERD Concepts 8.0.4

Sep 29, 2018

Free for non-commercial use license:
New free license plan for non-commercial use, meaning: Use the software only during activities which (a) are not undertaken for profit, or (b) is not intended to produce works, services, or data for commercial use, or (c) is neither conducted, nor funded, by a person or entity engaged in the commercial use, application or exploitation of software products;
General:
Added: Ignore not null constaint option in schema editor. This will disable the not null constraint keyword output during script generation.
HTML Report:
Changed: Full report html template. Triggers, views and routines are now displayed in 1 column instead of a multi column table.

New in ERD Concepts 8.0.3 (Jun 21, 2018)

New in ERD Concepts 8.0.2 (Apr 2, 2018)

New in ERD Concepts 8.0.0 (Nov 2, 2017)

General:
Added: Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the software are now available
Added: Sample files are copied to the user/model folder during setup
Fixed: Selects with shortlist: Recursive refresh of shortlist after mask select
Designer:
Added: Filter validation output on error, warning and/or hint
Added: Last used folder during "open/save as" operations is now saved
Added: Satellite mode is now cancelled on right mouse button click
Added: Satellite mode will now register the last clicked object in the object browser search box
Added: Show Index/Key Columns to <model><table display> menu
Added: Removed hinting when copying scripted objects in the same designer
Added: Support for PNG image files for loading in image objects
Fixed: Potential dead-lock situation during hierarchical autolayout operation
Table Editor:
Added: Data types are displayed together with the names in the import column dialog
Added: Close button for each tab
Fixed: Random access violation while deleting 1 or more columns
Fixed: Copying a column would not update the PK, NN of AI checkboxes
Fixed: Saving existing index storage script as template
View Editor:
Updated: Optimized column name script extraction
Object Browser:
Added: Selecting an object in the browser will automatically select/find the object in the diagram
Added: Collapsing a node will also collapse all sub-items
Removed: The "Find Object" method
Execute SQL:
Added: Option to clear script history list
Syntax Editor
Fixed: EOL comment with a single quote would start a quoted string for the next line
Todo List:
Added: Todo list set to modaless so you can save changes without closing the dialog first
Added: Display filter (Todo, completed, All)
Added: Completed date attribute
Routinegroup Editor:
Added: Search filter instead of search highlighting
Added: Syntax highlighting and text search in code preview section
Query Builder:
Fixed: Sort order selection was missing
Model options / Shared:
Changed: Max. number of rows, default to 0 (unlimited)
Changed: Trim name longer than, default to 0 (unlimited)
Style editor:
Fixed: Creating or renaming a style group would hide the style manager
Schema Configuration Editor:
Fixed: Generator properties not saved as expected
Data Editor:
Added: Generate GUID value for selected field
Added: Progress indicator while opening datasets
Generate database:
Added: Total object count added to the individual tabs
Added: Database schemas can be created using the "create schema script" section. In order to use this for existing models add the script sections manually or import a default schema definition file using the schema editor.
Fixed: Clearing the filter editbox would only reset the object list when focused
SQL Lite:
Updated: Schema update for the database translation table
Supported databases:
Added : Support for Interbase XE7
Added : Support for Interbase 2017
Added : Support for SQL Server 2017
Discontinued:
Interbase 2007
Access 2003
SQL Server 2005
Oracle 9i

New in ERD Concepts 7.4.0 (Sep 3, 2017)

New in ERD Concepts 7.1.0 (Feb 6, 2015)

New in ERD Concepts 7.0.0 (Nov 14, 2014)

General:
Added : Improved portability of model files. Each model file now contains the complete schema configuration. This way you can publish your model file to others without the need to add any local customized schema (.ini) definition files.
Local schema configuration (.ini) files are now local templates used when starting a new model. You can create, your own, fully customized schemata files. There is no longer a hard-coded link between a schema template, the target database and an existing model.
This also means that changing a schema template will no longer alter the model file in any way.
Due to this new feature we decided to drop the support for the "data type repository" which heavily depended on fixed schema definition files. Now each model can contain its own data types so maintaining a global data type repository is no longer possible.
Added : Improved performance while working with large model files
Added : %TERM% macro for all script parts to support automatic translation of the script terminator sequences (GO, ;, / etc)
Added : A data table editor for direct editing of database tables. The used ADO driver must support schema extraction to retrieve the available tables from the database
Added : Mandatory flag to the designer hint for relationships
Fixed : XML encoding error (ecm files) which resulted in a non standard XML format
Version Control:
Added : Custom archive filenames. After selecting "version control" you are prompted for a archive filename
Shape object:
Added : Additional shapes Diamond and Arrows left\rigtht\up\down
Connection Editor:
Added : Database connection string field in the database connection editor is now set through an edit box for easier configuration and copying the connection string to the Windows clipboard
Fixed : Cancelling the "Open UDL" dialog in the database connection editor would apply an invalid/empty connection string setting
Object Browser:
Added : Do not generate indicator for database objects
Schema Conversion Tool:
Added : Support for assigning new schema names
Added : Support for removing existing schema names
Execute SQL:
Changed : (Blob) field display
Added : NULL indicator for empty fields
Added : Export to CSV option
Changed : Run key F9 remapped to F5
Added : SQL Format options: To Uppercase and To Lowercase
Table editor:
Fixed : Renaming a column used in a trigger autoincrement definition would remove the referenced old column
Routine Groups:
Changed : Move routines task replaced by a move routine flag in the import routines dialog
HTML Report:
Added : Multiple sub reports for individual parts of a model
Changed : Generate reports from unsaved models
Schema Editor:
Added : Renaming a data type will also change all references in the same schema file
Added : Reserved words are now included in the schema files
Added : Comma separated strings are now made available in a text listbox
Changed : Data type mappings are now included in each schema template file
Changed : The schema ID field is now a reference to a local script template file only. It's a free text input field in order to support custom database schemata
Fixed : Problem while renaming data types in a long list and trying to select a new data type afterwards. The new selection would result in an unexpected data type due to scrolling issues
SQL Server:
Added : Support for SQL Server 2014
Changed : The length parameter for the Binary data type is now optional. It was required and default set to 0 which is invalid because the value should be none, 1 or higher.
Oracle:
Added : Support for Oracle 12c
Microsoft Access:
Added : Support for MsAccess 2013
Interbase:
Added : Support for Interbase XE3
PostgreSQL:
Added : Support for PostgreSQL 9.3 / 9.4
MySQL:
Changed : Renamed enum/set property "Items" to "Elements"

New in ERD Concepts 6.3.0 (Mar 14, 2014)

New in ERD Concepts 6.2.0 (Nov 18, 2013)

Designer:
Added : Option to capture the model view to the Windows clipboard (SHIFT + F3)
Added : A validation warning for missing schema names
Fixed : Loading a model with added data type properties would not merge the added properties correctly
Fixed : Validation of primary key constraints. Invalid or missing primary keys are now detected with a hint flag
Diagram Navigator:
Fixed : Accidental painting of satelite mode
Compare with database:
Added : Option to disable script tags used during database/diagram comparison. Use the schema editor to customize the used macro tags. The following tags are currently defined -
table_column.collate
table_column.length_semantics (Oracle)
create_primarykey.storage
create_uniqueconstraint.storage
create_index.storage
Changed : Renamed the terms ‘Source’ and ‘Target’ as they were ambiguous to Model -> Database
Added : Grouped object detail view and object code in one display section. Double clicking a detail item will now automatically switch to code review
Added : The Display Filter is also be applied to the object detail list (show differences only)
Added : Visible option (check box) to select or deselect all flagged changes
Added : Objects without a schema name are also included in the compare results
Added : List is now sorted based on object type + name
Added : Display filter based on object type
Added : By default results are compared case-insensitive. An option is added to use case sensitive comparison
Fixed : Dropping a primary key constraint from the database would use the constraint name defined in the model instead of using the constraint name from the database
Fixed : Updating foreignkeys would reset/redraw all relationship lines
Reverse Engineering:
Added : Database schema search box
Added : A new option "Ignore foreign key NO ACTION integrity flag". NO ACTION will be read as undefined (default empty)
Schema Editor:
Fixed : Deleting an inputfield would not refresh the list properly
IBM DB2:
Added : Schema support for version 10.x
SQL Server 2012:
Fixed : Added missing drop routine DDL statement to schema definition
Oracle:
Changed : Renamed property Symantec to Length_symantics (Char and Varchar2 data types)
Added : CASCADE keyword when dropping primary or unique constraints
Help Documentation:
Added : Missing description of the auto increment (AI) column in the table editor

New in ERD Concepts 6.1.0 (Aug 2, 2013)

New in ERD Concepts 6.0.0 (Apr 20, 2013)

Added : A schema editor to edit or create custom database definition files including data types and auto-increments like generators and sequences
Added : Cut/Copy/Paste/Delete mouse menu in text/code editors
Added : Version control with compare function to generate alter scripts
Changed : ERD Concepts is now UAC compliant
Changed : Windows manifest is now embedded within the executable with invoker rights only
Added : Object inspector now indicates mandatory properties with a special color
Added : Support for translation of auto-increment columns: Serial/Identity/Trigger
Added : Support for translation of generators to sequences when unsupported by the target DB and vice versa
Changed : Default datatypes are now defined per schema definition instead of per user
Added : Creation of Ms Access 2010 ACCDB database (Tools menu) If you don't have Acccess 2007 or 2010 on your machine, you need to download the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable
Added : Shortcut for page options CTRL-F3
Fixed : Coloring bug in the SQL syntax editor using quoted 'strings'
Added : Satellite mode. When clicking on a table in the designer, highlight the table and all it's immediately connected relations and tables
Added : Having selected a table and it's "Satellites", copy to selected tables and relationships to a new diagram
Added : DDL previews for domains, sequences, views and routines
Relationships:
Added : IDEF1X diagram notation
Changed : Cardinality and integrity notation are now displayed as a symbol. You can display the roles at the same time (separate option)
Crowsfeet
IDEF1X
Cardinality
Ref. Integrity
None (hide symbols)
Groupbox:
Added : Optional rounded border painting (default)
Rectangle:
Changed : Renamed to Shape with shape style setting
Added : Ellipse shape style
Bezier:
Changed : A bezier is created as straight arrow by default
Added : Direction indicator when creating a new bezier. This makes it easier and quicker to place arrows between objects
Table Triggers:
Added : Option to create or edit a sequence/generator within the trigger editor
Sequences:
Added : Optional schema name edit field
Added : Schema names are available in other object editors
Added : Show the table triggers linked with a sequence from the sequence list (Sequence usage)
Added : Duplicate name check with generators (Firebird 2.x)
Generators:
Added : Show the table triggers linked with a generator from the generator list (Generator usage)
Added : Duplicate name check with sequences (Firebird 2.x)
Generate Database/Scripting:
Added : Option to include foreign key constraints in the table create statement
Object Browser:
Added : Shortcut buttons for collapse/expand/edit/search
Reverse Engineering:
Added : Select/Deselect all schemata option to the reverse engineering wizard
Execute SQL:
Added : Table columns are now sorted on their ordinal position (DB depended) in the object browser
Updated : Browser icons
Fixed : Sorting the result grid with fields including spaces generated an error message
Table Editor:
Added : Datatype indicator for domains above the data type property editor
Removed : Primary key divider option which depended on another table option "Sort primary key columns"(Obsolete)
Fixed : Domain datatype properties not always saved when exiting with the OK button
Index Editor:
Changed : When a database schema doesn't support ordering of individual index columns (index level only) all keys are automatically set to the same sort order when changed
HTML Report:
Added : Visual indication that a report is being generated
Updated : New program icon
Changed : The startup parameter list changed for HTMLReport.exe. This is now a
configuration file with the following report startup settings:
SOURCE= Source file (.ecm)
OUTPUT= Default report output folder (optional)
TEMPLATES= Default report template folder (optional)
-- HTMLReport.exe startup parameter --
CONFIG = Filename with the above report start parameters
The selected template and preview setting are saved in this new configuration start file after generating the report.
Compare with database:
Added : Uses the reverse engineering feature to select the objects from the database which offers more flexibility
SQL Server 2012:
Added : COLUMNSTORE, FULLTEXT and SPATIAL index types
MYSQL:
Added : Using BTREE/HASH index type definition
Oracle:
Removed : Support for Oracle 8 Only the last three major versions are supported
Added : Length symantecs (BYTE/CHAR) for varchar data types
Interbase:
Added : Support for Interbase XE
Removed : Support for older versions 5, 6 and 7. Only the last three major versions are supported
SQL Server:
Removed : Support for SQL Server 2000 Only the last three major versions are supported
Ms Access:
Added : Support for Access 2010
SQLite:
Added : Support for autoincrement columns
Added : Index sorting on column level

New in ERD Concepts 5.6.7 (Nov 13, 2012)

New in ERD Concepts 5.6.2 (Sep 1, 2012)

New in ERD Concepts 5.6.0 (May 3, 2012)

General:
Updated Default install path changed to "Program Files (x86)" for 64 bit OS
Added Cursor position indicator to the internal DDL viewer
Changed Selection list handling and configuration
Added Always show shortlist in object selection dialogs (configuation setting)
Added Active filter selection while typing in the object selection dialogs
Added Model create and drop scripts are now accesible as main menu item
Changed Layout of the model script dialog
Added Length control options for generated object names:
Code Description:
Ln Left, copy n characters from the left
Mn,m Mid, start at character n and copy m count characters (n always starts at position 1)
Rn Right, copy n characters from the left
Example:
TABLE_NAME -> %TABLE_NP:L5% -> TABLE
TABLE_NAME -> %TABLE_NP:R4% -> NAME
TABLE_NAME -> %TABLE_NP:M5,3% -> E_N
Moved Bookmark submenu moved to main menu bar (Bookmark menu)
Added The default resource folder is now configurable. You can create your own folder with customized database template definitions
Changed System folder configuration presented in a grid instead of individual edits
Added Improved xml compatibility for .ecm file contents
Added Rename objects with an action setting: Replace, Prefix and Append
Fixed Wilcard processing in the object selection dialogs. Setting the filter did not work as expected
Fixed Default column value not added during CSV table export
Fixed Reverse engineering through ADO would sometimes return a column as nullable while part of a primary key
Model Designer:
Added Auto layout option for copied objects after using page completion
Added Page properties to the model menu
Fixed Mouse event would stay active in the designer after leaving and returning to the
Design area
Fixed Relationship label positions where not reset after autolayout
Fixed Display error for table captions with a right alignment style. The text was not completly visible on lower zoom levels
Table editor:
Added Custom script macro editor for table objects. Define your own custom table properties
Added Table column naming template with %TABLE_NP% support
Fixed Optimized macro handling for column check constraints using the VALUE tag. eg. field name BoolValue would be translated to BoolBoolValue
Relationship editor:
Fixed Changing the parent key multiple times in the relationship editor would sometimes result in an invalid column defintion
Generate database:
Added "Unselect all objects" while in the
HTML Report:
Added We have changed the script object names to improve compatibility with Java script.
All variables %NAME% are now prefixed with the object name. eg:
table -> %TABLE_NAME%
routine -> %ROUTINE_NAME%
Added Model variables are allowed in the HTML header and footer sections
Added Inline column check constraint to the HTML report definition
Added Made the location for report templates configurable
Changed The startup parameter list changed for HTMLReport.exe
SOURCE= Source file (.ecm)
OUTPUT= Default report output folder (optional)
TEMPLATES= Default report template folder (optional)
Fixed HTML character conversion for ""
Routinegroups:
Added A routine can now be marked as "global". This means on database creation the routine code is inserted right after the model create script and can therefore be referenced by tables, views and other objects
Datatype repository:
Added The macro %TABLE_NP% can also be used in the datatype repository
PostgreSQL:
Added Column comment statement in database script
Ms Access:
Fixed Ms Access alter table script definition contained an error

New in ERD Concepts 5.5.0 (Aug 1, 2011)

General:
Added Keyboard shortcuts to several dialog windows
Added Name templates for domains, sequences and generators
Added Text formatting when saving search and validation results to a file
Added Object schema names for tables, views and routines can now be selected through a drop down list
Model Designer:
Added New design object: Bezier lines with arrows to indicate relationships between arbitrary objects
Added New design object: Rectangle shape object with variable border width and optional rounded corners
Added Print scale factor is now saved per diagram page instead of per model
Added Printer orientation is now also saved per page
Added Option to display table column descriptions
Added Option to register generators and sequences with table triggers
Added Object hints are now displayed with object type
Added Object hint threshold option (configuration window) to determine when to show object hints
Changed Print page preview is now painted above all objects
Fixed Style manager settings were not saved after closing ERD Concepts
Fixed "Postion" menu items renamed to "Position"
Fixed Model navigator was not updated when the object display style was changed
Images:
Changed Image objects can be resized. Auto size option added to go back to the default size based on image width and height
Views:
Added "View" display settings (Columns / Description)
Added Option to extract view columns from defined script
Reverse engineering:
Added Reverse engineering options are now saved for later use
Added Option to add a script terminator to triggers, views and routines during reverse engineering. This also applies to "Compare with Database"
Added Option to extract view columns from script
Generate database:
Fixed Defined columns in table trigger code were not properly quoted
Notes:
Added %PAGENAME% macro to the note object
Routinegroups:
Added Search option to the Routine Group editor
Table editor:
Added Indexes and triggers to table DDL preview
Changed ALT+U and ALT+D for moving columns up and down in the table editor are changed to CTRL+ALT+U and CTRL+ALT+D
SQL Query Designer:
Added Partial redesign of the sql query designer
Fixed symbol is no longer enclosed in quotes
Execute SQL:
Added Query timeout option (default 30 seconds)
PostgreSQL 9:
Fixed Added missing script template file

New in ERD Concepts 5.4.0 (Mar 21, 2011)

New in ERD Concepts 5.3.0 (Oct 4, 2010)

New in ERD Concepts 5.2.0 (Aug 9, 2010)

Generate Database:
Added :Per page, a "generate" script option for tables, relationships, views and routine groups
Added :Script option to apply the NULL constraint keyword
Changed:On database generation the result script is splitted into a separate create and drop script which can be saved to individual files
Environment options:
Added: Button to restore the .ecm file extension association in Windows explorer. Options -> Tab Cache -> "Associate .ecm files with ERD Concepts"
HTML Report:
Added: Button to select a different output file
Added: Model begin/end scripts to default report
Added: Object description fields to the default report
Fixed: Comment output
Compare with database:
Added: Option to compare view scripts
Added: Option to compare routine scripts
Added Option to select or unselect actions through a context menu
Removed: Checkbox selection in the compare result list
Fixed: Routines are no longer added to a model in separate groups
Fixed: Access violation when updating the database (script generation)
Fixed:Adding relationships to a model when a table already exists
Reverse engineering
Fixed: Adding relationships to a model without adding the constraint tables including missing columns (auto generated)
Object selection
Added: Shortlist is now integrated into the selection area
Table:
Added: Added a model option to auto-arrange table columns based on primary keys or keep it as-is (user based)
Changed:Default primary key indicator changed from "*" to "PK" and added as a separate display column like the FK and NN indicators
Relationship:
Added: Model option to regenerate the relationship name when a connected table is renamed
Fixed :The primary key was not applied to relationships based on key order but on table column order which could result in an invalid foreign key definition
Groupbox:
Fixed: Transparent style property
View & routines:
Removed: Auto generate drop script option because the drop script is generated to a separate file which always uses the default drop statement
Model properties:
Added: Model begin/end scripts splitted in a create and drop section
Object script templates:
Fixed: The way script templates are loaded and saved internally to prevent overwriting existing template changes made in other edit screens
Print preview:
Fixed: Print preview window didn't resize properly when trying to make it smaller
Execute SQL:
Added : Option to print a result set
Fixed : Removed an obsolete edit area from the value preview section
Fixed : Using quote identifiers now applies the correct syntax for object names
Fixed : Browsing a result set sometimes caused an exception while displaying values
Query Designer:
Added: Columns are highlighted when a link is clicked
Changed: Link context menu under a right mouse click only. A left mouse click will highlight the specific columns
Changed: Table name is displayed with the table alias name instead of only showing the table alias
DB2 UD9:
Added: Native reverse engineering script
Firebird 2.x:
Added Native datatype INT64
Added Foreign key constraint update/delete keyword "RESTRICT"
Removed Schema names are no longer listed during reverse engineering and database comparison. These schemas (owner names) are simulated by the latest "official" Firebird ODBC driver and are not supported natively by Firebird
PostgreSQL:
Added: Support for Beta version 9.x
Fixed: Version 8 attribute dimension (array) notation order
SQL Server 2005/2008:
Added: Datatypes Varchar(Max), NVarchar(Max), Varbinary(Max) (using the old "max" property has become obsolete but is still available)

New in ERD Concepts 5.1.0 (Apr 30, 2010)

Designer:
Added : Selected objects displayed with focus indicators instead of a different line style
Added : New environment option "Show full image while moving objects" to increase performance while working with large models
Added : You can now mark a page as default startup page through the page list. The start page is shown first after loading from disk. This way you can skip the very often large main page and go directly to a sub model page.
(Tip: Use right mouse button while in the page list)
Added : Option to set the number of columns to display while using the object selection dialogs like "Add Model Objects" and "Reverse Engineering"
Options -> Select List -> Horizontal Columns
0 = Single column vertical list
1..4 = Number of horizontal columns to display
Added : Option to display a short list during object selection. This is a list with all selected objects
Added : Option to restrict the length of displayed object names
Added : Print option for search and validation results
Added : Option to clear all bookmarks
Fixed : Pasting a relationship while the child table was deleted would raise an error condition
Fixed : Minimizing the application to and from the system tray would not restore some gui elements resulting in a forced restart
Fixed : Problem while locating objects through the object browser and search/validation results
Fixed : reloading an already opened model from disk would only show empty objects
Model options:
Added : Max. visible rows option also applied to views and routinegroups
Page Properties:
Added : Comment/description field
Page Completion:
Added : Add Related Tables
Added : Add Related Tables Dialog (specific table selection)
Added : Add Missing Relationships
Added : Option to delete objects from the model while working on submodel pages
Add model objects dialog:
Added : Display list per object type
Added : Filter input saved for later use
Changed : Existing objects are no longer listed
Changed : Relationships are no longer listed and are added automatically
Routinegroups:
Added : Additional gradient header style: top to bottom
Added : Style property Footer text color
Added : Style property Footer fill color
Fixed : Repositioning routines using the routine editor would not refresh the routine list properly
Fixed : Moving routines through a sub model page would not set the default source routinegroup properly
ID Stamp object:
Added : Page name
Added : Row spacing
Added : Row line color
Changed : Always auto sized
Table object:
Added : Additional gradient header style: top to bottom
View object:
Added : Additional gradient header style: top to bottom
Database script generation
Added : Execute SQL button to run a generated script without first going through several windows. However a database connection must exist otherwise an error is raised
SQL Server [2008]:
Added : Support for "XML" indexes
Added : Support for non-clustered primary keys

New in ERD Concepts 5.0.0 (Mar 16, 2010)

Added: Page/model properties to object context menus
Added: Selection filter options to the "add model objects" dialog
Added: Support for bookmarks to save the current view in the designer.
The following shortcuts can be used:
CTRL + SHIFT + [1..5] -> Save bookmark / save position
CTRL + [1..5] -> Restore bookmark (go to saved position)
Added: Column reordering buttons in the index/key editor
Added: Support for routine groups. Routine groups are used to display routines in your model and for grouping related routines together
Added: GIF as image export format
Added: Separate schema input field for tables, views and routines
Added: Detail selection of objects during database generation including views, routines, sequences and generators
Added: Database translation based on datatype level instead of datatype groups
Added: Datatype repository to define and configure datatypes and reuse them in multiple models
Added: "Enclose identifiers in quotes" option added to environment editor. This setting now also applies when generating table sql scripts through the table object context menu
Added: Redesign of the Execute SQL module
Added: Print scale is now saved within the model file. The actual printscale is displayed in the print preview window
Changed: Moved the Domain, Sequence and generator lists back to the model menu instead of tabs on the bottom side of the design window
Updated: The following object macros are modified or added
Tables:
%TABLE_NP% Object name
%TABLE_SP% Schema name
%TABLE_NAME% Oject name + Schema name
Views:
%VIEW_NP% Object name
%VIEW_SP% Schema name
%VIEW_NAME% Object name + Schema name
Triggers:
%TRIGGER_NP% Object name
%TRIGGER_SP% Schema name
%TRIGGER_NAME% Object name + Schema name
Routines:
%ROUTINE_NP% Object name
%ROUTINE_SP% Schema name
%ROUTINE_NAME% Object name + Schema name
Updated: Objects used in multiple submodels are no longer copied with all properties. Each shared object now points to only one global instance of an object. This reduces overall file size and loading time
Updated: Minimizing the application to the taskbar is now conform windows
Updated: "vertical row spacing" property renamed to vertical font spacing and also applies to views and routinegroups. Row spacing can also be set to a negative value (values range from -10 to +10)
Updated: Help file contents