AppGini change log

AppGini 5.00, Dec 23, 2012 [Major release]

Support for parent/children views to access all children of a record from one page.
Easier and faster design of your database: Ability to copy and paste fields and tables within a project and between 2 projects.
Better application interface: Enhanced sign-in and and sign-up forms.
Selection of table icons from an icons gallery.
Choice between 2 homepage themes (classic and metro).
More database search power: users can now search for records owned by them or their group.
Control of the alignment of the pagination section below the table view (full-width, left- or right-aligned).
Major UI enhancements in both AppGini and the generated applications.
If user applies a filter to one or more fields, an indicator icon is displayed in the field title.
Many bug fixes, usability enhancements, and elimination of most cross-browser inconsistencies.
See the AppGini 5.0 release announcement here.

AppGini 4.81, Aug 8, 2012

Bug fix for the MySQL database import utility.
Bug fix in some of the generated files to work with PHP installations that don't support short_open_tag

AppGini 4.80, Aug 6, 2012

Multi-level cascading drop-downs (for example, selecting a model from the car models drop down filters the car make drop down).
New metro-style home page.
Redesigned login page (please make sure to apply a theme to your old projects to take advantage of the new design).
Member profile page (where users can view and edit their profile, change their password, and view their permissions).
Easier page navigation in all views.
Sorting of tables in AppGini.
Filters pages redesigned.
Easier code generation procedure (new folders are automatically created, smarter output folder guesses).
New member notification email contains all member info.
Various usability enhancements and bug fixes.

AppGini 4.70, Jan 27, 2012

Added support for time zones.
Added "maxlength" parameter to form inputs to limit input size based on max field length.
Easier quick search by just clicking <Enter> rather than having to click the search button.
Added option to highlight a field/table in AppGini to easily refer to it later.
Updated Prototype and Scriptaculous javascript libraries to the latest release.
Various usability enhancements and bug fixes.

AppGini 4.61, Oct 30, 2010

This is a maintenance release that includes various bug fixes.

AppGini 4.60, Oct 1, 2010

Better themes management: A new theme editor in AppGini makes it much easier to modify the application appearance. Also, we added some new better looking themes.
Usability enhancements:
- Users can now resize text areas by merely dragging their bottom border.
- Added an automatic description for upload fields showing the allowed upload size and accepted file types.
- Long drop-down combos are now automatically replaced by auto-complete text fields to make it easier for users to search them by simply typing part of an item.
Easier and more powerful customizations:
- You can now customize the query for lookup fields to control the contents of the drop down.
- A new hook file to add customized javascript code to control the behavior of forms. Please refer to the hooks documentation for more details.
- You can now easily customize the filters page for each table, group, and even for each user. Please refer to the hooks documentation for more details.
Performance enhancements: drop down fields that contain a large number of items caused pages to slow down. This has now been fixed by automatically using auto-complete text fields if the number of items exceeds a certain limit.
Better support for non-Latin characters, and for right-to-left page layouts.
Added phone, 12-hour time, and Canadian postal code formatting to the available data formats.
Various bug fixes, security, and usability enhancements.

AppGini 4.53, May 7, 2010

This is a maintenance release that includes various bug fixes.

AppGini 4.52, Apr 12, 2010

This is a maintenance release that includes various bug fixes.

AppGini 4.51, Mar 8, 2010

More printing options: Added option to partially select records for printing them as a list (table view) or as details (detail view).
Added multiple selection option fields (users can select more than one value from a list box).
Create your database fields faster than ever before: When you create a new field and set its name to image, photo, comments, notes, date or id, AppGini smartly guesses the field properties so you don't have to waste time on this.
Increased performance and responsiveness of AppGini, various bug fixes and usability enhancements.

AppGini 4.50, Feb 5, 2010

Support for automatic creation of thumbnails for uploaded images.
Option to zoom thumbnails when clicked using lightbox2.
Added a javascript date picker for date fields for easy selection of dates.
Easier management of large projects: you can now type a part of the name of any field or table in AppGini to search for it quickly.
Enhanced security of data: You can now set lookup fields to inherit permissions of parent tables so that users can only see the data they have access to.
More convenient user login experience: Added Remember me option during login to avoid typing the username and password on every visit.
More flexibility and power to you: Added hook functions for easier customization of the generated application for adding new functionality. Check the easy-to-follow examples in the online help.
Usability enhancements and bug fixes.

AppGini 4.40, June 23, 2009

Support for rich HTML text area fields.
Implemented a printer-friendly detail view option.
Added option to display lookup field data as radio buttons (in addition to the drop-down menu option).
Added support for automatic values (values inserted automatically into read-only fields when inserting or updating records).
Enhanced the CSV data import feature.
Added table description property.
Added the option to open the last project from the start screen of AppGini for faster access.
For easier member signup, if only one group is available for sign up, it's now set as default in the registration form.
Various usability enhancements.

AppGini 4.30, Mar 3, 2009

Better support for international encodings and right-to-left languages.
The File menu now contains a list of the recently opened projects for quick access to your work.
AppGini can now add a table to your project using a CSV file.
The Data Format tab enables you to specify a special formatting for the selected field.
You can add description to each field in your project. This can be used as a help hint for your application users.
In the admin area of the generated applications, you can now populate any table with data imported from a CSV file.
Added support for enforcing a pre-selected parent value for a read-only lookup field.
Several usability enhancements, and better accessibility support.

AppGini 4.20, Sep 2, 2008

Added configurable option to notify admin by email when a new member signs up.
Implemented auto selection of appropriate value from lookup drop-down when child table is accessed from parent table.
Added option to display sum of column for numeric fields.
Support for updates and inserts using GET requests (to simplify integrating AppGini code with third-party scripts).
Several usability enhancements.
Reported bugs fixed.

AppGini 4.10, July 7, 2008

Members can now change or reset their passwords.
Auto-fill fields (fields that are automatically populated with data from another table -- see a video demo here).
Admin user can now sign in from the members area or the admin area, and an admin group is now automatically created that has full access to all tables.
Ability to define custom "quick lists" to be used for "option list" fields.
Support for friendly date formats in filters.
Changes to database structure after file generation are now applied automatically without having to run the setup script.
When performing a quick search, search terms are highlighted in the search results.
Various usability enhancements in both AppGini and generated applications.
Reported bugs fixed.

AppGini 4.00, March 17, 2008

Implemented membership sign-in system with group-based table permissions.
New re-organized and enhanced user interface.
MySQL2AppGini is now packaged as part of AppGini rather than a separate tool.
Table and field captions now support international character sets.
When using filters, "like" and "not like" now automatically translate to "contains" and "contains not" if no wildcards (% or _) are used.
Default data type for new fields changed to varchar(50) rather than integer.
Saving data to CSV files is now enabled in the freeware version.
Added full support for SSL connections.
Added option to sort generated tables list alphabetically.
Reported bugs fixed.

AppGini 3.40, August 18, 2007

Easier lookup fields, with the ability to combine 2 parent fields in one drop down.
Support for foreign keys that point to the same table.
Ability to specify output pages encoding.
Ability to search for "empty" and "not empty" fields in filters.
Enhanced project styles, with a new 3D look.
Fixed a bug where empty lookup field values caused records to be hidden.
Fixed a bug where clicking "Cancel" or "Deselect" in a separate detail view page caused resetting of filters.
Other reported bugs fixed.

AppGini 3.30, February 14, 2007

Ability to specify a default sorting field and direction for each table.
Support for check-boxes.
Date of today can be easily entered to date fields with one click.
Files in the overwrite window during code generation now sorted by file name for easier handling.
Alternating row colors in table view.
Fixed a bug where quick search with no results causes page numbering errors, plus other bug fixes.

AppGini 3.20, January 7, 2007

Ability to specify which files to overwrite and which to skip by checkboxes in a single window before code generation.
Option to easily access related children records from parent tables.
Support for web and email links.
Option to hide detail view till a field is selected, and to hide table view when detail view is selected.
Enhanced and more organized field properties page
Reported bugs fixed

AppGini 3.10, April 10, 2006

Ability to automatically apply field data type changes to your database
Ability to add new fields to your tables automatically and without any data loss
Better compatibility with PHP5 without changing php.ini settings
Ability to create radio buttons and list boxes
Enhanced and more organized field properties page
Ability to control whether fields are displayed as textarea or text boxes
Added a link to index page in the table navigation dropdown
Reported bugs fixed

AppGini 3.01, July 2, 2005

New XML-based file format (*.AXP) for easier editing and advanced control of code generation
Support for file uploads, and control on accepted file types.
Added an option to display links to uploaded files so that users can download them.
Next/Previous links in table view, and ability to navigate to any page.
Tamplate-based table view and detail view for easy customization of appearance.
Eastern Asian versions of Windows now fully supported.
Added the option to display the first n characters of a long field in the table view.
Easier method of ordering fields in AppGini.
Hyphens in database names now acceptable.
Each row in the table view is highlighted when the mouse passes over it for better readability.
Foreign and primary keys are more recognizable in AppGini now as they have different icons.
Added a tool to automatically convert old project file format (*.AGP) to the new XML format (*.AXP).
Added an option to delete uploaded files from server if the record is deleted.
Added an option to not change the name of the uploaded files.
Reported bugs fixed.

No change log is available currently for versions of AppGini earlier than 3.01.