This is the readme file of VDFQUERY ver. 1.5 for VDF 6.x / VDF 7

The packages in the VdfQuery upload available were programmed by me and are to be considered 'public domain' and may be distributed freely as is or as part of a product including these files with no further permission than this statement.

The vdfq15.zip file contains all packages needed for integrating a query tool into your VDF applications. Documentation is available in a Word document also found in the zip file.

I suggest you create a directory under the VDF root called VDFQuery and unzip the file there. If this is an upgrade you should rename the existing directory to OldVDFQuery before creating the new VDFQuery directory.

Read the VDFQuery.doc document found in the file.

New in version 1.5 compared to 1.3b

* Now works with VDF 7
* New table selector
* Field exclusion feature fixed
* Prompt list on relating fields (when entering selection criteria)
* Message available to set icon (set VDFQuery_Icon to "xxx")
* Optional choice of ANSI character set when printing to file
* Optional inclusion of column names when printing to file
* Optional texts to print as part of report header and report total
* Optional use of semicolon when printing to comma separated files
* Now supports VPE 3.1
* Language selector mechanism changed to comply with VDF7
* Programmer specified virtual indices may now be added to the index selector
* A number of errors fixed.

Good luck with it. I'm sure I'll hear from you if I forgot something. (as always I'd prefer if you use the newsgroups)

Sture Andersen


New in version 1.3b2 (January 2000)

* Y2K bug in popup calendar fixed
* APS mildly updated

New in version 1.3b (June 1999)

* The global WinPrint objects is now reset after printing a VDFQuery report.
* All supported languages updated
* Missing jump-out on numeric index segments fixed
* Jump-in error involving descending index segments fixed
* Clean-up code added to VdfSort (to avoid calling the DDB)
* VDFSort will now compile if used inside the client area
* DD field labels may now be displayed in field selector list (by right clicking on the list)
* Files may now be hidden from the user via the VdfQuery_ExcludeFile property.
* VDFGraph packages included (and documented in a separate Word document)

New in version 1.3 (April 1999)

* Field names beginning with an '@' character are now excluded.
* Portuguese string constants have been added.
* Now possible to hide fields from the user.
* All selection criteria for a report may be specified in one panel.
* Multi level report breaking added.
* Now possible to use field labels as specified in DD classes.
* Programmer specified functions may appear as printable and selectable fields.
* WinPrint reports now looks more appealing (I think).

New in version 1.2b (October 1998)

* Argument size adjustment now also in effect when the WinPrint interface is used.
* Dutch added.
* Shadow error on 'orientation' check box fixed.
* HTML capability added.

New in version 1.1 (July 1998)

* Supports new 'MaxLength' feature in WinPrint 1.16 (in fact, it now ONLY works with WinPrint 1.16 and above).
* Swedish and German have been added.
* It is now possible to print the reports in landscape.