Changes in Data Abstract for Cocoa

This document lists the changes introduced by new versions of Data Abstract for Cocoa. Please also refer to

• the Change Log for Relativity Server
• the Change Log for Server Explorer for Mac
• the Change Log for Schema Modeler for Windows
• the Change Log for Remoting SDK for Cocoa

to find a list of changes in that technology that apply to those tools and libraries included with Data Abstract.

   

New in the “May 2019” Release, Version 9.7.115 (Build .1441)

(Built: May 29, 2019)

Features

• 82390: Support for Visual Studio 2019

Fixes

• 82604: CFBundleShortVersionString missing from .frameworks

 

New in the “March 2019” Release, Version 9.6.113 (Build .1413)

(Built: March 20, 2019)

Fixes

• 82118: Auto-adding references to Remoting SDK assemblies by "Connect to..." tooling corrupts the VS project properties for Elements projects
• 81806: BeforeExecutingGetDataReader event is not raised for direct SQL data access
• 82117: Incorrect CodeGen language is used for TableDefinition classes in Elements projects
• 81486: Table Definitions wizard uses different default languages for code file extension and code generator

 

New in the “November 2018” Release, Version 9.5.111 (Build .1397)

(Built: November 16, 2018)

Features

• 80737: Support for Data Abstract in Water

 

New in the “July 2018” Update Release, Version 9.4.109 (Build .1375)

(Built: July 6, 2018)

No changes for Data Abstract for Cocoa, in this release

 

New in the “March 2018” Update Release, Version 9.4.107 (Build .1363)

(Built: March 23, 2018)

Enhancements

• Include ServerExplorer in Zip Distro and Fire Plugin

 

New in the “November 2017” Update Release, Version 9.3.105 (Build .1345)

(Built: November 14, 2017)

No changes for Data Abstract for Cocoa, in this release

 

New in the “October 2017” Release, Version 9.3.105 (Build .1337)

(Built: October 17, 2017)

No changes for Data Abstract for Cocoa, in this release

 

New in the “July 2017” Release, Version 9.2.103 (Build .1311)

(Built: July 11, 2017)

Fixes

• 77081: Wizard: Make label for the User ID/LoginString more clear
• Potential leak in DataAbstract_Intf, needs to be compiled with ARC enabled

 

New in the “April 2017” Release, Version 9.2.101 (Build .1295)

(Built: April 13, 2017)

No changes for Data Abstract for Cocoa, in this release

 

New in the “November 2016” Release, Version 9.1.99 (Build .1273)

(Built: November 1, 2016)

Fixes

• DA/Cocoa: Nougat -> Toffee rename
• Swift sample updated.
• Updates for Swift 3

 

New in the “March 2016” Release, Version 9.0.95 (Build .1233)

(Built: March 25, 2016)

Features

• 72852: All new CodeGen4-based code generation
• Build with and support Bitcode
• tvOS Support
• watchOS support

Enhancements

• 74622: Port DA samples to Swift
• Combine iOS, watchOS and tvOS frameworks to be fat/universal for Device+Simulator
• Improvements and nullability annotations for better Swift and Elements interop
• New remoteDataAdapter:requestDidFailWithException: delegate callback, and handle clientChannel:requestDidFailWithException as well.
• Ship product as as .dmg, not .pkg
• Ship proper ".framework" for iOS (in addition to static library)
• Started converting some APIs to use generics, when building for iOS 9 or OS X 10.11

Fixes

• Add App Transport Security fix to all samples
• Export DAFileBriefcase.h and DAFolderBriefcase.h from framework header so the classes are accessible from Elements, too
• Vast improvements to all samples

 

New in the "May 2015" Release, Version 8.3.91 (Build .1167)

(Status: May 26, 2015)

No changes for Cocoa, in this release

 

New in the "March 2015" Release, Version 8.2.89 (Build .1153)

(Status: March 2, 2015)

No changes for Cocoa, in this release

 

New in the "November 2014" Update Release, Version 8.1.87 (Build .1147)

(Status: November 28, 2014)

Fixes

70557: RO/DA Cocoa templates are broken in Xcode 6

 

New in the "September 2014" Update Release, Version 8.1.85 (Build .1143)

(Status: September 25, 2014)

Enhancements:

• 68876: Add ability to create DADataTable instance from DADataTableSchema

 

New in the "July 2014" Update Release, Version 8.0.83 (Build .1137)

(Status: July 23, 2014)

Fixes

• 68642: Wizard/Cocoa: New Cocoa/DataAbstract/MasterDetail app (iOS) causes error in DataAccess class
• 0: Fixed some warnings in DA Cocoa templates

 

New in the "Summer 2014" Release, Version 8.0.81 (Build .1131)

(Status: June 24, 2014)

Features

• 68319: Relativity Server is now free to deploy w/o limits
• 68204: Support for strongly-typed data table rows
• 67665: Consistent support for custom row classes for DADataTable via +registerRowClass:forTableName:
• 66374: "Relativity Server in the Cloud" support for AWS
• 66132: New and extensive PCTrade 2 sample suite for all platforms

Enhancements

• 67474: Implement non-ReducedDelta mode in DA for Xcode
• 58831: Wizard/VS: Automatically fill relativity URL after starting local server

Fixes

• 68477: DA/X: Desktop CalculatedFields sample fail during access to Providers table
• 68072: Wizard/VS: Project template does not pass selected tables to the DataAccess class template
• 67925: Compilation errors from new project wizard, for RemObjects C#

 

New in the "Spring 2014" Update Release, Version 7.0.75 (Build .1117)

(Status: March 28, 2014)

Fixes

• 0: Small sample UI improvements (until DA8, where this sample was rewritten)
• 0: beginExecuteCommand method fix

 

New in the "Winter 2013" Release, Version 7.0.73 (Build .1111)

(Status: December 13, 2013)

Enhancements

• 0: official iOS 7.0 and 64-bit support

Fixes

• 65315: libDataAbstract.a is missing in the DA/X trial. Cannot compile new application from template
• 65289: addNewRowWithDataFromDictionary:inEditMode: doesn't mark table as changed
• 65090: Improve exception messages
• 64745: Templates broken for Xcode 5
• 64668: Server Explorer: SQLBrowser doesn't load schema at window opening
• 64633: PCTrade iOS sample does not compiles for iOS7; fixed iOS7 deprecation warnings
• 64284: Elements: PCTradeClient for iOS sample fails at initial downloading data
• 61469: Thread safety improvements for reading/writing tables
• 0: iOS7 64-bit support

 

New in the "Fall 2013" Release, Version 7.0.71 (Build .1093)

(Status: September 10, 2013)

Features

• 62967: Support for the new Visual Studio 2013 (when used with Oxygene)

Enhancements

• 0: New -[DARemoteDataAdapter beginApplyChanges*:withBlock:] APIs
• 0: New -[DAAsyncRequest startInBackgroundWithBlock:]

Fixes

• 62957: enum DAValueState is not used anywhere
• 62809: Elements: Create PCTrade client iOS sample
• 62791: Samples needs proper launch images
• 62772: Small typo in exception message: "asynchrnonous request"
• 62615: Samples: Runtime error in FieldTypes(iOS) sample
• 62584: Elements Templates: Minor tweaks
• 62426: PCTrade for iOS failure: firstAddressAsString - unrecognized selector
• 61895: Elements: Exception should map to NSExcption (template adjustments)
• 56155: [NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 warning in DASQL
• 0: fix for asyncRequest:didReceiveSchema: callback
• 0: DA: missing classes in libDataAbstract.a for OS X
• 0: DA: include change message in [DADelta description]
• 0: RORemoteService always uses HTTP channel while in case Relativity service it should be SuperHTTP
• 0: Make sure all properties with mixed @synthesize use explicit ivar or auto-generated ivar

 

New in the "Summer 2013" Release, Version 7.0.69 (Build .10781)

(Status: May 31, 2013, Revision master-27a030a)

Features

• 61906: Project templates for "Oxygene for Cocoa" in Visual Studio
• 61548: Windows installers for use with "Oxygene for Cocoa"
• Ship static library (in addition to .framework) for OS X

Fixes

• 62426: PCTrade for iOS failure: firstAddressAsString unrecognized selector
• 62153: RDA login: add {password} template
• 62050: Can't use RDA login string
• 61543: Rebrand RODA/Xcode to RODA/Cocoa
• 61469: Make reading/writing tables thread safe
• 61333: Wrong Dynamic Where is generated for compound predicate with more than 2 sub-predicates inside
• 61236: DADynamicWhereXmlGenerator cannot parse predicates with literals in IN

 

New in the "Spring 2013" Release, Version 7.0.67 (Build .1073)

(Status: March 5, 2013, Revision master-a7aa185)

Enhancements:

• 60715: Samples Create new iPad sample showing calculated and lookup fields in action
• 60070: Samples. Add new "ArrayDataSource" Sample
• 59940: Samples: Implement "Filters" iOS sample
• 59821: Samples: Create new "DA SQL" sample for iOS
• 0: "Elements" beta support: Ship .FX files for all static libraries
• 0: new "libDataAbstractSDK.a" static library target for OS X (mainly for Elements)

Fixes:

• 60716: DAArrayDataSource, several deprecation warnings
• 60701: New project templates references wrong lib path
• 60595: Samples. Fix wrong Platform
• 60332: Unlocking rows doesn't work after request failure
• 60331: Error in asyncRequest:didFailWithException:
• 60330: asyncRequest:didFailWithException: of DAAsyncRequest never called
• 59965: Samples: Adjust iOS samples to new bin folder structure
• 59407: Samples: Move out to shared folder code for connecting to server

 

New in the "Winter 2012" Release, Version 7.0.65 (Build .1065)

(Status: November 30, 2012, Revision master-19e5f13)

Features

• 56980: Business Rules Script Debugging in Schema Modeler for Mac

Fixes

• 59655: DataAbstract_Intf.h file not found
• 59404: Samples: Update projects to recommended settings
• 59401: PCTrade iOS sample: Fix warnings
• 0: Fixes to make sure all properties with @synthesize use explicit ivar

 

New in the "Fall 2012" Release, Version 7.0.63 (Build .1055)

(Status: October 5, 2012, Revision master-cbdb472)

Features

• 56625: Improved login experience on DADataAdapter

Enhancements

• 56297: Allow further local changes to DADataTable while other changes are being applied

Fixes

• 58085: Update templates to link the resulting app against Security.framework
• 57718: Eliminate arrays duplication
• 57691: Do not serialize empty deltas during ApplyChanges
• 56999: DA/X: Fix analyser warning. Dead store (Value is never read)
• 56998: Fixed potential leak warning
• 56834: Fixed "enumeration values not handled in switch" warnings
• 56339: DA/X: Need to block for editing rows that was sent to the server for applying changes
• 56297: It is possible to lose pending changes when using UpdateData asynchronously

 

New in the "Summer 2012" Release, Version 6.0.61 (Build .1029)

(Status: May 31, 2012, Revision master-7263183)

Features

• 54615: Support for calling Remote Commands

Enhancements

• 54486: New RO/DA template and sample icon theme
• 53969: Merged RO/DA "for iPhone OS" projects into one unified project for both targets each
• 53812: DADataTable should support new [] dictionary accessors when building for 10.8

Fixes

• 55675: Provide access to tables in DAAsyncRequest via name (-tableNamed:)
• 55385: datCursor type (XCode)
• 55209: Setting the same DANull value for field marks row a changed
• 55204: Samples. Editor sheet for Briefcase sample does not persist last unconfirmed change
• 55203: Streamer fails to read incoming delta if it was extended with additional values on server-side
• 50259: "dasqltable not found in data packet"

 

New in the "Spring 2012" Release, Version 6.0.57 (Build .991)

(Status: February 23, 2012, Revision master-d97b581)

Fixes

• 53856: Call to SecKeychainItemFreeContent is missing from DA/Mac Templates
• 53855: "ARC" option is lost from Mac templates in Xcode 4.3, breaking them
• 53802: Template install location needs to change for Xcode 4.3 support
• 53801: DA/x Project Template creates DataAccess for ARC even when not choosing ARC
• 53543: Missing custom attribute access class methods in ROArray
• 53449: DA/X: Filters Sample. Fix alignment of the predicate text representation
• 52640: Regenerate DataAbstractSimple_Intf.m
• 51972: DA/X: Make set of DASchema* headers public
• 51945: DA/X: Implement parsing schema xml for given DASchemaCommand
• 0: [DAArrayDataSource selectedRowCount]

 

New in the "Winter 2011" Release, Version 6.0.55 (Build .957)

(Status: December 2, 2011, Revision master-c055eef)

Features

• 51397: New Mac project templates for Xcode 4.2

Enhancements

• 51397: Update RO/DA templates for Xcode 4.2 and ARC
• 50697: Add IN predicate support to DAFieldDefinition
• 50696: Add BETWEEN predicate support to DAFieldDefinition

Fixes

• 51223: Three problems with cached lookup fields
• 51101: Potential leak of beforeEditData
• 51084: Remove odd DASchema property defaultCommandTimeout
• 51059: Refactor schema classes (one class per file)
• 50995: caching a calculated field's value triggers tableChanged:
• 50701: Filters sample fixes.
• 50695: Implement RelativeDate NSPredicateEditorTemplate
• 49752: Wrong #import path to DataAbstract4_Intf.h when building _Intf for ObjC
• 0: DAArrayDataSource: sortAscending=YES by default; sortLocalizedCaseInsensitive support
• 0: DAArrayDataSource: new tableView:needsTextColor:backgroundColor:forTableColumn:row: delegate method

 

New in the "Fall 2011" Release, Version 6.0.53 (Build .935)

(Status: September 26, 2011, Revision master-7272e3b)_

Features:

• 50299: Cached Calculated field sometimes returns null when more than one cached filed exists
• 48115: Support for using Data Abstract from ARC-enabled projects

Enhancements:

• 50322: Templates: Add method to save data into briefcase in background
• 49535: Samples: SampleServer.Engine. Make DASampleService as non-secured and DataService as secured
• 49524: Samples: Update all samples to support Relativity sample domain
• 49494: Samples: Need to update all samples with new login implementation
• 48592: DA SQL request should have ability to "guess" the TargetTable

Fixes:

• 50369: Templates: Fixed typo "DataAccess will ignore the briefcase"
• 50071: Wrong sort image for columns managed by DAArrayDataSource
• 49528: Samples: PCTrade for iPhone fails with EXC BAD ACCESS
• 49493: Samples: Nees to adjust path to our framework for all DASamples
• 49197: Option in DADataTable for calculated field values to be cached
• 48976: DASQL: QueryGeneratorForPgSql generates wrong LIMIT clause
• 48912: DAArrayDataSource. Improve sorting mechanism by persisting data array if it is a mutable one
• 48907: DAArrayDataSource. Doesn't persist selection when sort data by clicking on the header column
• 48906: DAArrayDataSource. Doesn't set sort indicator image when set sorting in code
• 48905: DAArrayDataSource. BAD ACCESS when sorting manually and then in code
• 48874: Samples: Update Intf's and search paths for all samples - DA
• 48871: Mismatch in DataAbstractSimple. Need to update generated files
• 48460: RDA beginGetSchemaWithBlock fails with exception
• 48249: Memory leak in the DABriefcase
• 48247: Fixed analyser warnings
• 48246: DAFileBriefcase. During loading briefcase use separate delta instance for each table inside.
• 48225: Memory leak in the DADelta class
• 48196: Samples: Analyse all DA samples and fix warnings
• 48146: Decimal value (de)serialization bug in Bin2DataStreamer
• 48081: Warning: [DABin2DataStreamer doWriteDataTable:] does not handle rsAddedInEditMode

 

New in the “May 2011” Release, Version 6.0.51 (Build .901)

(Status: May 27, 2011)

Features

• 46222: iOS Template support for Xcode 4

Enhancements

• 47580: New -[DADataTable appendTable:] method for faster merging of two tables w/o PK overlap
• 46480: DASM/x: Server Explorer. Autosave nodes state
• 43333: DASM/x: Improve columns formats according to underlying type.
• 0: DALookupFieldPredicateEditorRowTemplate values should be sorted.
• 0: new async -[DARemoteDataAdapter beginGetSchema*] methods

Fixes

• 47745: DASM/x: cut-off text in login property sheet
• 47579: DAAsyncRequest does not properly fall back to the adapter's delegte for *all* events;
• 47545: Fail to load DABriefcase: "Cannot find row for merging changes"
• 47187: DASM/x: ConnectionInfo services doesn't work under developer login
• 47149: DASM/x: Static Login wizard has wrong layout
• 47097: DASM/x: Refactor ServerNode & DomainNode they shouldn't raise UI alerts
• 47065: DASM/x: Server Explorer. Domains not loaded under developer login.
• 46938: DASM/x: Cant save a .daConnections document from Relativity via Save As...
• 46932: DASM/x: Tab order in Connection Wizard is wrong
• 46892: DASM/x: lets me try to remove connection with only developer login
• 46891: DASM/x: Server Browser. Improve add (plus) button accessibility.
• 46820: Change DASchemaParameter ParamType from string to appropriate enumeration
• 46819: DASM/x: Parameter view. Add value field
• 46799: DASM/x: Need to show proper exception sheet if script validation method fails
• 46785: DASM/x: Bad (smart) quotes in script kill Schema Modeler
• 46781: Script stub for onValidateDataTableAccess() should contain "return true" by default
• 46727: DASM/x: Need to persist all properties when loading & re-saving
• 46529: DASM/x: move table scripts to separate node in tree
• 46408: DASM/x: Server Explorer. Change + button implementation
• 45300: DASM/x: Server Explorer: Import a schema from file
• 43982: DASM/x: It is not possible to set parameter direction for statement of command parameter
• 43922: Problem with where builder
• 43910: DASM/x: Schema Document. Try to restore expand status for main root nodes during filtration
• 43367: DASM/x: fixes some potential memory leaks
• 0: DASM/x and rodl2objc should use the Release versions of RO frameworks
• 0: DASM/x: Cannot open Connections document for just registered Relativity server
• 0: DASM/x: couple issues with views drawing badly (control alignment, bad cocoa binding)
• 0: DASM/x: proper handling if schema fails to download in SQL Explorer; show error icon & use async schema downloading;
• 0: DASM/x: exception while logging into domain w/ admin login was not handled correctly (now treated as "login failed")
• 0: DASM/x: Error log should scroll new messages into view
• 0: DASM/x: Schema Document. Impove dragging tables from connection document

 

New in the “Spring 2011” Release, Version 6.0.51 (Build .881)

(Status: March 25, 2011)

Features

• 46329: DASM/X: Script validation

Enhancements

• 46550: Samples: Add possibility to specify custom TargetURL
• 46528: DASM/X: Support Cmd-C to copy server log messages
• 46264: DASM/X: Add categories to script templates and show them grouped
• 46253: DASM/X: expose Relativity OData Publishing option in DASM/X
• 46253: DASM/X: expose Relativity Script Debugging option in DASM/X
• 45302: DASM/X: Connection Document: Show fields for tables
• 45257: DASM/X: Add editable property Server Registration Name
• 44530: DASM/X: SQL Browser. Show progress indicator when schema is loading
• 0: DASM/x: improved error sheets for failed requests in Preview and Data Explorer
• 0: DA: exposed already existing rowsPartitionedByField:includeNull: overload
• 0: DASM/X: Tentative full screen support for Lion

Fixes

• 46515: DA/X Samples: Improve Simple sample.
• 46512: DA/X Samples: All samples should use "latest SDK" as the base SDK
• 46447: DASM/x: Data Explorer asks for login twice, once to get schema, once to run query
• 46446: DASM/x: floods Console with debug XML dumps when using Connections document
• 46444: DASM/X: Again forgets to set scripting language name
• 46388: DASM/X: Connection Document closes table fields in treeview on reopening
• 46352: DASM/X: Schema Document. Add ServerBusinessScript to Command view
• 46331: DASM/X: Schema Document. Script templates for table should be with alsoPerTable tag only
• 46301: DataAbstract.RODL should be same as in DA/D
• 46265: DASM/X: Wrong lists of events on the Schema and Table views
• 46263: DASM/X: Rewrite obtaining script templates to make source xml compatible for net and xcode
• 46232: DASM/X: Saving a schema can just hang
• 46229: DASM/X: Cant insert function beforeProcessDelta event if function beforeProcessDeltaChange is present
• 46221: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Improve message when deleting domains
• 46220: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Data preview. Progress indicator remains running even when exception fails
• 46215: DASM/X: Connections Document. Make all tree items selectable
• 46213: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Open connection string wizard when create new connection
• 46211: DASM/X: New connections create with error "Connection string must be specified"
• 46210: DASM/X: Service Explorer. AES error message isn;t removed when right password is entered
• 45995: DASM/X: Schema Document. StatementView. Fix fields alignment
• 45994: DASM/X: Schema Document. FieldView. AlignLeft.png has some artifacts
• 45993: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Avoid odd reloading connections and schemas
• 45988: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Collapse expanded items on double-click
• 45983: DASM/X: Impossible to set connection name for new Relativity connection
• 45941: DASM/X: Statement SQL editor still seems to do auto-smartquotes
• 45869: DASM/X: Connection Document: Set proper icons for views and stored procedures
• 45617: DASM/X: ConnectionString editor. Hide login view for SQLite database.
• 45611: Schema Modeler: Javascript editor inserts typographic quotes
• 45605: DASM/X: Cmd-N creates new Connections document
• 45603: DASM/X: does not set scripting langauge
• 45599: DASM/X: Hide SQL Popup button from Command statement view
• 45493: DASM/X: inconsistent "no scripting rules" UI
• 45492: DASM/X: document gets not marked as modified when changing scripts...
• 45393: DASM/X: does not recognize data services that don't descend DIRECTLY from DataAbstractService
• 45350: Bad code in DA/x templates loses error message
• 45330: DA/X: Error when merging deltas on tables with GUID PK
• 45323: DASM/X: Wrong "Login String" label on the service view
• 45301: DASM/X: Server Explorer: non-Relativity services AGAIN lose the persisted login NAME
• 45286: Two server errors when adding new connection in DASM/X
• 45094: Bin2/Xcode incompatible with Bin2/Delphi
• 45081: Missing image in the DA/X sample server
• 44880: DASM/X: Schema Document. Table View. Add Insert/Update/DeleteCommand properties
• 44879: DA/X: Schema xml parser ignores insert/update/deleteCommand properties on the SchemaTable
• 44789: Relativity: .daConfig file is not shipped with Relativity.app
• 44635: DASM/X: Problem with renaming connections
• 44633: DASM/X: Property sheets. Enable/Disable Save button depending on pending changes
• 44632: DASM/X: Property sheets. Add edited object name to the sheet
• 44527: DASM/X: DA Server service. Login/Password fields are wrongly disabled for some services
• 44526: DASM/X: Server Explorer. An AES encryption label still visible after we entered correct password
• 44525: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Select any just created issues just after dialog that creates it closes.
• 44525: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Select freshly created item just after dialog that creates it closes
• 44368: DASM/X: Schema Document. Check filter logic
• 44358: DASM/X: Server Explorer. Improved server view for non-ZC servers
• 43831: DASM/X: Schema Document. Doesn't use escaping symbols when serializes its content
• 43610: DASM/X: SchemaDocument: Improve statement view for commands
• 43077: DASM/X: Implement dependencies and validation for Schema Field properties
• 41710: Licensing support UI in DASM/OSX
• 0: DASM/x: minor tweak to keychain code, hoping it may address some random BAD_ACCESS i'm seeing.
• 0: DASM/x: show proper error alert sheet when request for preview data failed.
• 0: DASM/x: Reload errorlog on node refresh, whole server refresh should include logs refresh too
• 0: DASM/x: errors logged to console when trying to re-save password to keychain that already existed.
• 0: DA: rowsFinderStyleSortedByField: had bad camelCasing
• 0: DASM/X: Tweak for "Preview" overlay not being properly aligned when resizing form
• 0: DASM/X: improved handling of custom login strings w/ or w/o password for non-Relativity services, in both Server Explorer and SQL Browser
• 0: DASM/X: sort list of tabled in schema and dataservice preview alphabetically
• 0: DASM/X: properly enable/disable login fields in data service if login is needed but known.
• 0: DASM/X: support selection of channel type for non-zero-conf servers (and preparations for allowing selection of message type (still disabled/hanf-done)
• 0: DASX/x: allow empty password in connection with full login string, for data service
• 0: DA: DA templates are missing [self setBusy:NO]; if request failed.
• 0: DA: new secondarySortField on DArrayDataSource, exposed sortField and delegate method for when the sorting changes.
• 0: DA: Call adapter's asyncRequest:didFailWithException:, if request itself does not provide a delegate for the method itself.
• 0: DA: ensure values stored in a DADataTableRow are copied, to avoid having mutable strings end up in a field.
• 0: DA: Fixed leaks in two DA samples

  

New in the “Winter 2010” Release, Version 6.0.49 (Build .861)

(Status: November 24, 2010)

Features

• New: Schema Modeler for Mac (Technology Preview)
• New: PCTrade Sample Server for Mac (based on Mono)

Enhancements

• Improvements iOS and Mac templates: added DataAccessDelegate implementation; defines for Relativity, and fixed an issue with storing password; brought Mac in line with previous iOS template updates
• ROAsyncRequest/DAAsyncRequest have new failureBlock property
• ROAsyncRequest/DAAsyncRequest delegate is now "smart-retained" while request is active
• ROAsyncRequest/DAAsyncRequest's context property is now retained [possible breaking change]

Fixes

• 43063: predicateEditorRowTemplateForName:type: fails on datBlob fields
• 42869: Put clearTablesCache method on the DABriefcase class cluster
• 42821: DA hangs up on async calls
• 42690: Need to lock table when merging data that came back from the server side during applyChanges
• 42591: Bugs 7 crashes after X changes to issues table
• Updated templates for new universal "latest iOS" setting available in 4.2+
• Updated PCTrade demo with retina images & to use latest SDK
• Changed iOS framework projects to use new "Latest iOS" build setting, and 3.0 as lowest supported Deployment Target

   

New in the “August 2010” Interim Release, (Build 2010-08-20-173849)

(Status: August 20, 2010) – revision r48159

Fixes

• 42690: Need to lock table when merging data that came back during ApplyUpdate call
• 42591: buildIndex badly handled DANull keys. (and eventually zombies DANull singleton)
• Installer includes updated Relativity Server from August 13 Releases

 

New in the “Summer 2010” Release, (Build 2010-07-30-121133)

(Status: July 30, 2010) – revision r47754

Features

• Library support for blocks and Grand Central Dispatch on iOS 4 Mac OS X Snow Leopard  

Enhancements

• 41555: DA/X: DAFolderBriefcase: add ability to clear all cached data.
• 40861: new ftFixedChar data type
• 38465: New Simple* APIs that form the basis for OData and REST support
• 36892: Create new sample that shows DABriefcase in action        ask alex
• iOS Templates adjusted to support iPad and Universal apps, in addition to iPhone
• Installer now ships binaries for iOS 3.2 and iOS 4.0, as well as Mac OS X 10.6
• FieldDefinition debug output now specifies whether field is in PK or not
• New [DAArrayHelpers localizedCaseInsensitivelySortedArrayUsingKey:ascending:] method

Fixes

• 41747: Exclude Source/{Product}/build subfolders from the installer
• 41604: DAFolderBriefcase: error in reloadTableNamed method.
• 41342: DABriefcase sample raised exception when attempt loading data
• 39574: datSingleFloat values didn't stream properly
• 39573: datWord and datSmallInt values didn't stream properly
• 39431: Serverside DynamicWhere should be passed inside         ask alex
• 35417: OSX: Eliminate all warnings in DA samples
• New async [beginGetData*] methods that take blocks
• Refactored RDA getDataTable* shared code
• Fixes to LLVM warnings about bit logic operators
• Fully embed RO in libDataAbstract.h static library to avoid linker issues
• [DADataTable addNewRowInEditMode:] would init row buffer with total, not real field count, causing problems on post
• Fix to readonly mode for DAArrayDataSource
• Changed build paths for iOS binaries back to "iOS/$(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME)"
• Checked with LLVM 1.5 Clang Static Analyzer and fixed warnings
• Improved exception message in DABriefcase when trying to add nil reference

 

New in the “Spring 2010” Release

(Status: March 2, 2010) – revision r44618

Features

• New Project templates for Xcode
• New options to edit/post/discard per-row changes in DADataTable
• Relativity.app Server now included with DA/OSX setup (requires Mono 2.6 or later)
• Xcode Wiki integration now available via RSS feed: http://wiki.remobjects.com/Downloads/Xcode.xml

Enhancements

• The [DADataTable getDataTables*] methods now return an NSDictionary — BREAKING CHANGE (See Wiki)
• Improved PCTrade for iPhone sample
• Allow NULL values when building a DAIndex (NULL rows wont be represented in index)
• DADataBrowser will alpha-sort list of available tables in briefcase
• New Methods:
  • [DADataTable rowsfinderStyleSortedByField:ascending:]
  • [DADataTable rowsLocalizedCaseInsensitivelySortedByField:ascending:]
  • [DADataTable rowsFilteredUsingPredicate:localizedCaseInsensitivelySortedByField:ascending:]
  • [DADataTable rowsPartitionedByField:includeNull:]
  • [DADataTable replaceRowsWithDataFromTable:]
  • [DADataTable mergeTable:withPrimaryKey:]
  • [DADataTable compareSchemaWithTable:]
  • [DABriefcase delete]
  • [DABriefcase tableAtIndex:] for easy access to single-table briefcases without needing to know the name
  • [DAArrayDataSource selectedRow] and [DAArrayDataSource selectedRows]
  • [DAArrayDataSourceDelegate tableViewDidReceiveDoubleClick] and improved double-click behavior
  • [DAAsyncRequest startOnMainThread]
  • [DAArrayDataSource fontSize] and [DAArrayDataSource rowHeight] properties to replace previously hardcoded values of 11/15

Fixes

• Update PCTrade for iPhone sample to fix linking with libRemObjects.a
• Problem with merging deltas from briefcase (on tables with non-Int or -AutoInc keys)
• Problem with dynamic select feature
• DADataBrowser: fixes for SQLBrowser Relativity combo boxes
• DAArrayHelpers fixed for iPhone OS compatibility (Cocoa.h vs Foundation.h)
• Small leaks in Bin2DataStreamer, DAFolderBriefcase
• -mergeDelta:andApplyChanges: failed on iPhone OS, for odd NSNotFound/NSUInteger comparison issue (compiler bug?)
• Calling [DADataTable cancel] destroyed data, when no changes were present
• Fixed streaming for blob data, which accidentally applied ANSI encoding
• Bad extra framework search path in DA project caused warnings in Xcode 3.2.2
• Fixes for compiler warnings when building as 10.6 target
• Some warnings in DA/OSX for iPhone
• Cleaned up more debug NSLogs

 

New in the “November 2009” Release

(Status: November 30, 2009) – This is a very minor interim release.

Enhancements

• DADataBrowser improvements: Relativity support (experimental) and persisting login information in key chain
• New -[DADataTable rowsPartitionedByField:] method
• New -[maxMainTextFieldHeight] property on DAArrayDataSource
• Better DASchemaParser implementation (internal only, for now)
• Improved DADynamicWhereClause class with ability to initialize from NSPredicate

Fixes

• Samples: DABriefcase sample: add using dynamic fields
• DADynamicWhereXmlGenerator.m was missing from iPhone project
• replace calls to isEqualTo: with compare:, for iPhone compatibility
• Project tweaks for Unsupported.h not being exposed properly
• DADataBrowser: Fixed anchors

 

New in the “October 2009” Release

(Status: October 30, 2009)

• This is the initial release of Data Abstract for OS X