Database Help Framework History

Version 3.2, January 9, 2023

Updated copyrights

The framework is licensed under the MIT license.

Impovements:

The framework supports SaveToDB 10.0, DBEdit 2.0, DBGate 2.0, ODataDB 4.0.
The framework supports Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional.
The doc.xl_actions_database_documentation supports more sections and allows specifying names to include and exclude.

New Features:

The application allows documenting triggers.
The new exclude_columns property allows excluding specified columns.
For example, you may exclude generic columns like created_by and created_on.

Impovements:

The doc.handlers.HANDLER_CODE validation list includes new types introduced in SaveToDB 9.8.

The copyright changed to Gartle LLC, former Gartle Technology Corporation.

You may use a free version of SaveToDB (9.4+) or DBEdit (1.2+) to edit the documentation.

New Features:

The SaveToDB add-in and DBEdit apply regular expressions to the generated documentation.
You may customize the rules in the doc.handlers table.
The framework includes batch samples to generate single-page and multiple-page documentations.
The batch files used embedded DBSetup.exe and grx.exe tools instead of sqlcmd.exe and powershell.exe.
So, you may generate the documentation from-the-box.
The download package includes a new installer based on a dbsetup.exe command-line tool.
You may use the doc.view_index view as an index worksheet with SaveToDB and DBEdit.

Impovements:

The framework does not include help for SaveToDB Frameworks but uses online hyperlinks.
So, you have a clear database for your projects.
The download package includes sample Microsoft Excel and DBEdit workbooks.

Impovements:

Database Help Framework is included in SaveToDB SDK.
Database Help Framework installer is integrated into SaveToDB Application Installer 9.0.

The first release