From: Jim Menard <jimm@...>
Date: 2003-04-11T00:45:01+09:00
Subject: [ANN] DataVision 0.7.7. released

DataVision 0.7.7 is now available from SourceForge at
<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343>.

DataVision is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports.
Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run, viewed,
and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e,
DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output files produced
by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce PDF, text, HTML,
PostScript, and more.

Though DataVision is written in Java, it uses JRuby for its formula and
scripting language.

Changes:

* Moved images into new images directory so there are no external file
  dependencies when building.

* The Group item of the Insert menu is now always enabled. There is no
  reason to disable it.

* The strings that are used to fire menu items in designer windows are now
  read from the menu resource bundle instead of being hard-coded.

Bug fixes:

* Swing report pages should display properly when using Java 1.4. The
  scroll bars still jump around a bit, though.

* A bug prevented the Field Picker window from opening when editing a
  report that reads from character-separated files.

* Removed a possible null pointer exception when reading tables' columns.

* Fixed PDF page footer layout bug, thanks to runako.

Jim
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