This directory contains the setup for MDS for Windows 8.8.17 Just click on the SETUP.EXE to install. The SETUP.ZIP is just a zipped version of SETUP.EXE for emailing purposes. If you have 8.1.1 or later installed then you just need the winmds.exe file. Note : the distribution path for WinMDS is now Program Files\MDS for Windows\winmds.exe instead of Program Files\MDS for Windows 6.0\winmds6.exe , any shortcuts you have created with the old path will need to be changed. Changed from 8.8.15 to 8.8.17 1. Modified the universe objects file copy process to open and close the universe objects session every time a file is copied. 2. Removed the old PDA option from the WinMDS menu. Changed from 8.6.1 to 8.8.15 1. Modified uploads and downloads to use Universe Objects instead of samba paths. 2. Modified the ODBC checking procedure to use Universe Objects to copy files instead of samba paths. Changed from 8.5.5 to 8.6.1 1. Fixed a problem where the input could get hung when typing toO fast and you would have to click on another field to free it up. 2. Fixed a problem when calling a popup screen where fields on the back screen would get cleared out on subsequent calls to the popup screen. Changed from 8.5.2 to 8.5.5 1. Fixed a problem with using the mouse wheel to scroll in a menu. 2. Fixed a problem with displaying a scanned image using the image loading tool. 3. Fixed a problem with setting a theme in appearance settings. Changed from 8.5.1 to 8.5.2 1. Fixed a problem with an error when mouse clicking on a data field. Changed from 8.4.5 to 8.5.1 1. Added new Flexcell grid control, to be used in later MDS versions. 2. Fixed a problem where the F7 inquiry box would show up in the incorrect position. 3. Added new highlite colors, 20 colors that can be chosen in SSS and used to highlite fields with different colors in WinMDS. Changed from 8.4.4 to 8.4.5 1. Fixed a problem where a word processing text popup window would be too small for the text and wouldn't wrap properly. 2. Fixed a problem when adding a task to the task calendar in the dashboard. Changed from 8.4.3 to 8.4.4 1.Fixed a problem where entering a key too fast would cause WinMDS to send extra entries to SSS and cause data changes. 2.Fixed a problem where images/documents would not display properly when attached to popup screens because Winmds was not adding the popup offset coordinates to the mouse coordinates it sends back. Changed from 8.4.2 to 8.4.3 1.Fixed a problem with the Edit menu where clicking on Insert Copyright, Trademark etc. did not work. 2.Fixed a problem with displaying prompts where sometimes the prompts would not appear on the screen. Changed from 8.4.1 to 8.4.2 1. modified the prompts to display correctly , in certain cases like popups the prompt might appear in the incorrect position or truncated. 2. modified to use the checkzz logic when entering a menu (previously it only checked if you were already in a menu which caused a problem on gluck) 3. fixed a bug where you would get a property error when doing an inquiry on a date field. Changed from 8.3.30 to 8.4.1 1. Changed the Data connector to store the MDS.ODBC.DSN in the My Documents\Reports folder instead of Program files. 2. Added new Print and Folder buttons to the dashboard menu so you can click the Printer directly to run crystal reports or listings. 3. Added a new "find" button to the dashboard which will run Find_Menu 4. Changed the Shortcut bar to use the new WinMDS menu structure (Screen.menu.item) Changed from 8.3.29 to 8.3.30 1. modified the operator password prompt to mask the entry 2. fixed a problem where the last character would get cut off when viewing help in SSH mode. 3. fixed a problem where hitting return too many times could result in a WinMDS error in dashinput_keypress 4. fixed a problem with minimizing WinMDS while it is updating 5. fixed a problem where the listbox might get stuck on the screen and not disappear properly after choosing an entry. Changed from 8.3.27 to 8.3.29 1. fixed a problem that would throw an error in Updatedataform in certain cases when prompting for Text data input (WP) Changed from 8.3.26 to 8.3.27 1. Fixed a problem with inquiry popups. 2. Fixed a display problem. 3. Fixed a problem with printing in Crystal Reports. Changed from 8.3.25 to 8.3.26 1. fixed default for UniDK path to be : C:\IBM\UniDK Changed from 8.3.24 to 8.3.25 1. added the ability to store the UniDK path as a setting so that it can be variable, it will still default to C:\IBM\UniDK\Config 2. rearranged the comm setting screen to use all frames Changed from 8.3.21 to 8.3.24 1. fixed a bug which caused clicking on fields to not always return the correct field number. 2. added an option to force display of a screen when G2 is received , this is used in SSS when a screen and then a popup are displayed without a prompt in between 3. made the data display box width slightly smaller by multiplying by .99 , this is to try and fix problems where two fields next to each other wouldn't show a separation line 4. fix a bug where the justification was defaulting to left on all fields. 5. add net use command to odbc setup so that it connects to the network if necessary Changed from 8.3.20 to 8.3.21 1. fixed a bug when left clicking on fields where you get get an error 2. changed installation to work with Vista Changed from 8.3.19 to 8.3.20 1. made terminal history an option that is turned off by default 2. made a fix to the WheelMouse routine to not hook the mousewheel when the dashboard is not up. Changed from 8.1.6 to 8.3.19 1. New communications scheme, MDS will send detailed information on each field as it is displayed. 2. New storage scheme on WinMDS, uses a much faster method of storing data to use less memory. 3. Ability in SSS to have the field size different than the field width. (ie. show and edit 30 characters in a 25 character wide box) Following are the new features of 8.1.x (see below for notes on earlier releases) Changed from 8.1.5 to 8.1.6: 1.fixed a bug with "Error 30016: Fixed rows ..." when loading a dashboard with no tasks. Changed from 8.1.4 to 8.1.5: 1.Fixed a bug with minimizing the form in dashboard mode. 2.Fixed a bug with editing a task. Changed from 8.1.1 to 8.1.4: 1. Fixed a bug when adding a task without choosing a time. 2. Fixed a bug when resizing a dashboard module to a very small frame. 3. Updated WinMDS to use crystal reports 11 engines instead of crystal reports 10. 4. Added a default color scheme to the dashboard 5. Allow the key perfomance indicators and charts to be optionally removed from the dashboard 6. Allow the individual dashboard frames to be moved around and resized. Changed from 7.12.8 to 8.1.x: 1. Added new Dashboard front end. The Dashboard has the following new components : a. Key Performance Indicator Module - allows the ability to display a customizable set of key performance indicators on the dashboard. b. Calendar and Task Module - adds a calendar and time/date display to the dashboard. Also adds the ability to store to-do tasks by clicking on the calendar. The tasks are integrated with the MDS Task List system. c. Menu Module - the main MDS Menu is displayed as a scrollbox right on the MDS Dashboard, provides all of the old functionality but with a brand new look and feel. d. Menu Shortcuts Module - Personally customized menu shortcuts can be added right from the MDS menu. Shortcuts can be easily maintained right on the dashboard. e. Charts - Easily generated SQL charts can be added to the dashboard and customized by operator. ************************************************************************************************************ 7.12 and below under this line ************************************************************************************************************ Changes from 7.10.5 to 7.10.6: 1. fixed problem where error messages were getting cleared off the screen before you could see them Changes from 7.10.4 to 7.10.5 : 1.extended width of F7 drop down boxes so that they would truncate the last couple of letters. 2. added support for passing justification so that right justified fields show up properly even when filled. Changes from 7.10.2 to 7.10.4 : 1.fixed problem with scanner control , was not displaying image properly and throwing and error. 2.extended help window because sometimes the help would get chopped off at the end. 3.modified errors to display properly in popups, this requires MDS fix as well. Changes from 7.10.6 to 7.10.10 : 1.modified text control to word wrap on large text entry 2.modified drop down inquiry to use arrow and enter keys Changes from 7.10.10 to 7.10.12 : 1.fixed problem with the text control word wrap , where it wrapped even if the line was not a complete line. 2.fixed problem with the drop down inquiry where function keys were getting ignored. Change from 7.10.12 to 7.11.4 : 1.new communications control , allowed addition of SSH and SSL as transport options in Communications Setup. This means we offer "secure" communications. 2.new "flow control" feature , you must have VERSION 12.80904 OR PATCH 7503 in order for the flow control features to be active otherwise winmds will still work but without the "flow control" feature. 3.changed the SSS.PROMPT.BOX (multiple prompt popup) to use a fixed font so the prompts will line up properly. Changes from 7.11.4 to 7.11.6 : 1. fixed problem with headings in F7 drop down inquiries. 2. added ability to change # Terminal Rows in the appearance screen. 3. fixed problems with VI editor and Smit, * note need to change terminal rows to 24 for VI and SMIT to work properly as AIX has hardcoded row positions. Changes from 7.11.6 to 7.11.8 : 1.fixed problem with help when closed using X instead of OK 2.added support to return Shift PageUP and Shift PageDown 3.fixed a problem in the flow control when going from gui to terminal mode (specifically discovered in Report Capture, caused incorrect listing when returning to report capture summary from viewing a report)+ Changes from 7.11.8 to 7.11.9 : 1.changed down arrow to send ^015 instead of ^010. This fixed the problem of having to hit down arrow twice. 2.fixed problem with clicking on the description of a field when on another field to move to it. 3.fixed problem with clicking on Cancel button instead of pressing the F8 to exit from a drop down. 4.add insert feature for special characters from the edit menu, ie TM, Copyright , Registered and Euro. Changes from 7.11.9 to 7.11.10 : 1. fixed problem with help when closed using End Help 2. fixed problem when pressing multiple returns (type ahead) it would delete values 3. fixed problem with displaying "&" in gui. Changes from 7.11.10 to 7.11.11 : 1. fixed problem with dates not always showing the calendar button on input. 2. fixed problem with arrowing through a date field 3. fixed problem with data input box passing the mask back to SSS in certain cases. Changes from 7.11.11 to 7.11.12 : 1. added ability to specify a "field header" font and color, along with the SSS change to highlite field headers this allows the user to control how the field header is displayed. 2. fixed the trademark/copyright/euro symbols on the edit menu drop down to work properly with the word processing input box.(they originally only worked in the normal data input box) 3. added the ability to specify the height of a word processing data input box to SSS and modified WinMDS to pass and use this specification. Changes from 7.11.12 to 7.11.16 : 1. change the mousepointer to hourglass when MDS is processing. 2. change field heading hilite to not change on mouseover 3. change listbox selected default to salmon color 4. fix copy and paste for the WP data input 5. add ability to Ctrl C and Ctrl V for cut and paste 6. modify wp data input box to prompt "Save text" when a shifted function key OR TAB is pressed while in the text box Changes from 7.11.16 to 7.11.18 : 1. a few fixes to the wp data input box to do with the "save" feature and various key combinations 2. addition of 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 as symbol entries on the Edit Menu. Changes from 7.11.18 to 7.11.24 : 1. Fix a problem with clicking on headings to get to a field. 2. Fix a problem with losing the highlite on a heading field after clicking on it. 3. Added new "sky" theme. Changes from 7.11.24 to 7.11.25 : 1. Fix a problem with the menu highlite not moving properly. 2. Fix a problem with clicking on a date field from another field, would return "Invalid Date". 3. Fix a highliting problem when clicking from field to field. Changes from 7.11.25 to 7.11.28 : 1. Modify to get the Case flag and force upper case in Datainput and WPdatainput boxes if it is set to U. Changes from 7.11.28 to 7.12.2 : 1. Fix a problem with text boxes losing their text when the form is minimized. 2. Add new "text box display" which displays an optional text box to the right and below each text box to be used for cutting and pasting text from non-entry fields. 3. Add Spell checking feature which optionally checks spelling on text as you type. 4. Add 100 column capability to work with SSS 100 column screens and allow choosing different fonts for 80/100 and 132 column screens. 5. Add the feature to automatically install Universe ODBC and a file DSN whenever a Crystal Report is run. Add fields for ODBC User and Password to the communications setup screen. Changes from 7.12.2 to 7.12.4 : 1. Modify the new "text display" boxes to only appear after the mouse hovers on the field for 1 second. 2. Fix some problems with error messages in the ODBC setup process that runs when a Crystal Report is run from MDS. 3. Add the ability for WinMDS to display tooltips on function keys. 4. Fix problem with MDS Order Entry "TEXT" line entry. Changes from 7.12.4 to 7.12.6 1. Add ability to spell check a text box using the "Check" button. 2. Add ability to add words to a custom dictionary. 3. Fix problem in crystal viewer to set shared and MDS paths properly. Changes from 7.12.6 to 7.12.8 1. Add control character filtering to the input box so you can't enter things like Ctrl D