Version 2.1.5
New: Snapshots
A snapshot is an image of the main screen at a specific instant in time and mainly comprises the following information:
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Sorting or sequence of the rules
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Revealed or hidden columns
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Marked rows or columns
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Focused cells
Snapshots are saved together with the decision table and used later to quickly recreate a particular screen status for a decision table, for example to be able to continue with the work precisely where it was interrupted the day before.
More details: Snapshots
Condition and Action values
New: Copying values between conditions and actions
values can now also be copied and pasted to move them among conditions and actions. If there is already a value with the same symbol, only the name is updated, where necessary. More details: Copying, cutting and pasting condition and action values
New: Exchange value tables between decision tables and other documents
Value tables (2-column tables) can now easily be transferred from other documents, e.g. Word or Excel, by simply copying them and pasting them into a value table. The same applies here: If there are already values saved, only the name is updated, where necessary.
Vice versa, value tables from decision tables can now also be copied into any other documents
Links
Command line functions
-List-DT (Decision Table List) and -List-CA (condition and Action List)
Improvement: Searching for decision tables in directory hierarchies and the internal saving of search results has been completely re-implemented. The reason was that in projects with many decision tables there were occasional disk space problems when these functions were executed.
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-List-DT (Decision Table List)
Improvement: When the list is output as an Excel file, the autofilters are now also activated as standard for this analysis. Additionally, comments were added to the column headings for the programming languages, making it easier to understand the precise meaning of the individual columns.
More details: List-DT
Programming and code generation
Generation menu
Improvement: The different generation menus were consolidated and grouped together in a single menu. The new generation menu can now be opened in three ways:
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Using the key combination CTRL+ALT+G
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Using the menu bar: File > Save and Generate
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Using the toolbar with the new symbol “Save and Generate”:
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Logical arguments for condition values
Improvement: In addition to pure IF statements, other logical expressions are now also supported for some languages.
New: Source transfer via clipboard
Optionally, the clipboard can be defined and configured as an automatic generation target and import source. In closed development environments in particular, e.g. JDeveloper, SQL Developer, NetWeaver or Natural, this transfer mechanism facilitates the handling of generated source files.
More details: Source transfer using the clipboard