Product Enhancements & Fixes (by version number, most recent on top)...

2.0.4

  • Created new graphical user interface.
  • Simplified the program while maintaining powerful functionality.
  • Enhanced the help system to make it easier for you to get up to speed and productive.

2.0.3

  • Created a launch-pad style window that provides a visual representation of where to go for desired functionality.
  • Enhanced the database connection string window.
  • Other enhancements and fixes.

2.0.2

  • Integrated Microsoft's "Data Link" tool that provides a GUI window for making connections to any database (or structured file) supported by the Windows OS. This strengthens myDataChameleon's ability to let you work with any data source or data target.
  • Other enhancements & fixes.

2.0.1

  • Added some helpful bubble messages that give you hints as to what to do next when working in the program.
  • Other enhancements & fixes.

2.0.0

  • Greatly simplified the program to make it easier to create solutions.
  • Added the ability for you to truly synchronize a data target with one or more data sources. You can use any file or database source to insert new records, update existing records, or delete existing records in your database targets.
  • Added the ability to send "record exceptions" to Excel/Text files to facilitate recovery and assimilation of failed records and to assist with troubleshooting data issues.
  • Added the ability for you to set a count of the maximum allowed record-processing failures ("record-failure threshold"). If the threshold is reached, processing stops and you can use the new "record exceptions" file feature to troubleshoot.
  • Added more custom transformation function windows; these make it easy and intuitive for transforming your data.
  • Re-designed and simplified the transformation editing and previewing windows.
  • Other enhancements & fixes.

1.0.7

  • With this release, making a much more powerful Free Edition available.
  • Added the ability to save reports to a variety of file formats including pdf, xls, rtf, txt, snp, html, xml.
  • Added ability to check for program updates.
  • Added convenient menu item to facilitate users sending feedback.
  • Modified behavior of XML file generation so that the XML entities ("tags") to be written out do not have to be pre-defined if the source of the data has its field names defined.
  • Updated command-line call generation procedure (which generates text for you to copy and use).
  • Fixed problem where "Run Solution" button was not getting enabled as it should be.
  • Other enhancements & fixes.

1.0.6

  • Updated product to allow running under either Access 2003 or 2007 (full and runtime versions).
  • Added a product registration window to facilitate upgrading to more powerful product editions.
  • Improved form design for several forms.
  • Other enhancements & fixes.

1.0.5

  • Added a data transfer wizard to facilitate work for the user.
  • Added functionality to save off and recall window positioning as done by the user.
  • Added option for user to turn window positioning recall on/off.
  • Added option for user to have wizard started on program startup.
  • Added toolbars and additional menu items.
  • Other minor enhancements.

1.0.4

  • Replaced main application launcher window with one that illustrates object relationships.
  • Updated Relationship Viewer window.
  • Added object icons throughout the user interface.
  • Updated user's custom Color Set configuration window to be more intuitive; fixed a couple of annoyances.
  • Introducted date picker window to facilitate entry of dates in the Run Reporting window.
  • Other minor enhancements & fixes.

1.0.3

  • Improved ease-of-use of Transformation Step-Related windows.
  • Introduced function-specific windows for Transformation functions; these are far more intuitive.
  • Other minor enhancements & fixes.

1.0.2

  • Enhanced the editing of pre-existing "Transformation Steps" so that the user can successfully switch from one function to another function despite differences in the counts of function inputs & parameters. This ability to switch functions on-the-fly enables the user to preserve pre-existing outputs, thereby minimizing the impact on downstream transformations steps that make use of those outputs.
  • Added ability for user to toggle whether descriptive text is displayed in Main window (if turned off, "object name" text is displayed). The "Options" window is used to set this option.
  • When the user updates their chosen color scheme, even already loaded windows are updated to reflect the newly chosen scheme (whereas before, user had to exit and re-enter the program).
  • Other minor enhancements & fixes.

1.0.1

  • Added sounds for selected program events.
  • Added an option in the options window to turn the playing of sounds on or off.
  • Changed labels of main program window to be more descriptive.
  • Added support for DSN's (all 3 DSN types: System, User, and File).
  • Added the ability to enable/disable individual solution group members (the "steps" of a solution group), facilitating the execution of subsets of solution groups as needed.
  • Other minor enhancements & fixes.

1.0.0

  • None (base product version).