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Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition History

April 30, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.15.1127

+ Visual Studio 2017/2019: WinForms and WPF controls are automatically 
  registered now in the Toolbox.
= Query Columns List: "= false" and "= true" are suggested now in condition 
  columns for logical expressions like EXISTS subqueries.
= Query Columns List: It is possible now to drag the last empty row to 
  arbitrary position to form a new query column there.
+ Query Columns List: Removal and reorder of selected rows is possible now 
  using the appropriate context menu commands.
+ Query Columns List: It is possible now to insert a new row above or below 
  the current row using the "Insert after/berfore" context menu commands.
- Query Columns List: multiple fixes and improvements in the process of 
  reordering rows by drag'n'drop.
- LayoutSQL: Restoring layout for queries with virtual objects has been fixed.
- PostgreSQL: "table.*" is accepted as an ordinary SELECT item expression term.
= SAP Hana: Support for (REPLACE/SUBSTR/OCCURRENCES)_REGEXPR, LEFT and RIGHT
  functions has been added.

April 12, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.14.1126

+ Query Columns List: A drop-down button is displayed now in Criteria column
  cells to suggest allowed logical operators to start building a condition.
= Query Columns List: The drop-down list for empty or fully selected Expression
  cells is now filled with fields from tables in the current sub-query, grouped
  by tables.
+ Query Columns List: When object or namespace is selected from the suggestion
  list in Expression cell *by mouse*, a dot is added automatically, so another
  suggestion is shown right after that for easier field selection of fields by 
  mouse.
= Query Columns List: Multiple rows selection by mouse and reordering of rows
  by drag'n'drop made easier now.
= Design Pane: Double click on a named query datasource header now switches
  the Design Pane to this named query.
= Subquery Navigation Bar: Minor usability fixes in managing subqueries joined
  with set operators (unions) are made.
= SQL formatting fixes and improvements have been made.
- The bug with incorrect saving of collapsed objects via the LayoutSQL
  property has been fixed.
- Pervasive: The bug with parsing of some built-in functions has been fixed.
= MS SQL Server: The UseObjectNamesAsDefaultAliases attribute is turned on.
  This has allowed for less-qualified fields names generation.
+ SQL Text Editor: The new SqlTextEditor.FillCustomSuggestions event has been
  added to add own suggestions before the list gets populated in a usual way.
= The SqlTextEditor.ActiveUnionSubQuery property is renamed to
  ExpessionContext.
= SQLQuery: The AddForeignKeyLinksForObject and AddLinkedObjectsFor methods
  are made public. The first method joins the specified datasource to existing
  objects in subquery if foreign key relationships exist between them.
  It returns the number of created joins. The second method adds intermediary
  objects to the subquery to get the specified datasource joined with the
  others and joins them appropriately.
- The bug with scrolling the PropertiesBar control has been fixed.
- The bug with drawing links for foreign key-based joins if alternate names 
  are used has been fixed.

March 12, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.13.1125

- The Unicode "no-break space" symbol is added to the list of ignored chars. 
- The indication of command shortcuts in context menus has been corrected. 
- Unhandled exception on app closing if the focus is in the Query Column List has 
  been eliminated. 
- The bug with the layout restoration on some queries has been fixed.

March 07, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.13.1124

+ Support for the .NET Standard 2.0 for non-visual assemblies has been made. 
+ SQL Text Editor: On-demand metadata loading for suggestions has been improved; 
  the default value of LoadMetadataOnCodeCompletion property has been changed to
  true. 
= The default value of MetadataStructureOptions.AllowFavourites property has been
  changed to true. 
= Query Columns List Control: Keyboard shortcuts have been changed and fixed. 
  - Shift+up/down: multiple rows selection; 
  - Ctrl+up/down: grid scrolling; 
  - Alt+down: display drop-down list in appropriate columns; 
  - Ctrl+Enter, Shift+F2: Open the multiline expression editor where it is possible. 
  - Ctrl+Alt+up/down: movement of selected columns up and down. 
- Displaying of alternate names in the Database Schema Tree now obeys the
  QueryBuilder.SQLFormattingOptions.UseAltNames property. 
- ODBC: loading fields from the driver for AdvantageDB has been fixed. 
- Other minor improvements and bugfixes have been made.

February 23, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.12.1123

= SQLite: Foreign keys are now loaded using the pragma_foreign_key_list
  function. 
- The bug with reassigning the query text while a subquery is active in 
  the GUI has been fixed.
- The bug with the Database Schema View not obeying to the
  SQLFormattingOptions.UseAltNames property has been fixed. 

February 15, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.12.1122

- SQLite: The GetReferencingObjectNames is temporarily turned off due to the 
  impossibility to load them using the GetSchema method. Under investigation.
- Subquery expressions for virtual objects and reusable queries can now be 
  enclosed in parentheses or not.

February 08, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.12.1121

- Collapsed state of datasources on design pane is correctly saved to the
  layout. 
- The bug on double click on  subquery buttons in the Query Navigation Bar
  has been fixed. 
- The DataSourceOptions.KeyFieldsFirst property works fine now.
- MySQL: Minor metadata load speedup has been made. 
- SQL Text Editor: The LoadMetadataOnCodeCompletion flag is now taken into 
  the account on reloading suggestion list after the BACKSPACE key press.

February 06, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.12.1120

- The bug on deleting a datasource by code has been fixed.
- The bug with loading queries having ordering by indexes and an asterisk in
  the SELECT list has been fixed. 

February 04, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.12.1119

+ Two new helpers are added to the MetadataField class to determine if a
  field has foreign key relationships: FindForeignKey and FindForeignKeys.
- Full-featured MDI Demo: The bug with incorrect saving of nested reusable 
  queries has been fixed.
- Wrong caret and selection position in SqlTextEditor have been fixed.
- The FormattedSqlBuilder correctly obeys the RightMargin property now.
- The exception upon removing a datasource for queries with GROUP BY by code 
  has been eliminated.
- The QueryBuilder.BehaviorOptions.LinkManipulations property works properly 
  now.

January 18, 2019

Active Query Builder 3 WinForms Edition v.3.5.11.1118

= Items order in the GROUP BY clause of the parsed query is now preserved
  unless explicitly changed by the user.
= The Interface Customization demo is updated. The sample of usage of the 
  ValidateContextMenu event is updated.
- DevExpress: A workaround is made to fix the border of datasource controls
  on the Design Pane for vector skins. The bug is reported to DevExpress,
  but they don't seem to be in a hurry. The drawback of this fix is that it
  makes global changes to the scheme so there's a little chance for side
  effects. Please report us if you spot any.
- Turning off grouping in the query via the global Grouping checkbox in the
  header of Query Columns List may lead to inconsistent queries. Fixed now.
- Customization of the Query Column List context menu has been fixed. 
- DevExpress: Hiding of unfocused context menus in the Query Column List
  control has been fixed.
- Query Transformer: The bug with the generation of ORDER BY clause for
  a wrapped query has been fixed.