We are thrilled to announce the availability of a new version of Teamstudio Export, version 4.5. This new release of Export includes more than 40 new features, fixes and improvements based on customer feedback.
What’s In This Release
This new version includes support for OLE Objects, AKA Object Linking and Embedding. Export can now extract embedded Microsoft Office OLE objects. With this release, we support Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents in both the older .doc, .xls and .ppt formats and the newer .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats. As of now, other document types will not be extracted, but if you need support for additional OLE object types, please feel free to let us know!
Another major improvement to Export is that we now support database level configuration. Some applications rely on hide-when formulas using @UserRoles to control which parts of a form should be visible. Earlier versions of Export always returned an empty list for @UserRoles, resulting in potentially unexpected results.
Since user roles are specific to a particular database, it doesn't make sense to configure these in the global Export configuration. Export 4.5 adds the ability to configure, for each database, which roles should be returned by @UserRoles so that you can tailor the output as required. These settings are stored in the config folder of the PDF or HTML output and will be re-used for any subsequent exports of the same database. Although rarely needed, you can also configure the value of @UserName and any notes.ini values that should be returned by @Environment.
In addition to these two new features, there are many, many smaller improvements, such as improvements to tabbed table handling in PDF formats, better handling of corrupted documents, support for cross-database DBLookups, and more.
All the gory detail on this new version can be found in the release notes.
Where To Find the New Version
All customers and anyone wishing to try out an evaluation version of Export may obtain the file from our download page. Keep in mind that, as long as you have a valid license, you’re entitled to the latest and greatest version of Export.
How to Install or Upgrade
Generally, updating is very straightforward. Simply remove your existing version of Export and install the latest version, which will preserve your current settings. Or, If you are performing a fresh install, you may always refer to our installation guides.
If you’re upgrading, there is no need to recreate the XML archives. Just re-export to HTML or PDF and you’ll get all the new features in 4.5.
We hope you enjoy this latest release of Export, and it continues to make your life easier! If you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
As always, we appreciate your input and support as we continue working hard to make our software the best it can be. Thanks for using Teamstudio.