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We now have the first four articles on the weblog. See

Welcome: http://davew.typepad.com/visibleresults/2003/10/welcome.html

Free Software http://davew.typepad.com/visibleresults/2003/10/free_software.html

Operating Systems http://davew.typepad.com/visibleresults/2003/10/operating_syste.html

Technical Support Options http://davew.typepad.com/visibleresults/2003/10/technical_suppo.html

More on their way.

We have started a new weblog all about VisibleResults, it will be a simple way to keep track of what is happening, view screenshots as well as allowing for questions and comments. See

http://davew.typepad.com/visibleresults

VisibleResults 2.0.4 is now available on Sourceforge, including a Windows installable version. This release consists of a number of bug fixes, plus a parser for the new Swedish AutoGiro file format.

Please refer the README file if you are installing for the first time.

If you are upgrading from a previous 2.0.x version, the "visibleresults-2.0.4-windows-upgrade-from-2.0.x.zip" file can be extracted to the VisibleResults installation directory to overwrite what is there with the changed files.

VisibleResults 2.0.2 is now available for download.

This consists mainly of bug fixes. The database tables have also changed, this is done automatically when starting VisibleResults after the upgrade, details are in the README. If you are using the installer, the supplied databases will be upgraded already.

The visibleresults-2.0.2-windows-upgrade-from-2.0.x.zip file can be extracted to the VisibleResults installation directory to overwrite what is there with the changed files.

We are having a developers conference for the Web Version of VisibleResults on 7 and 8 March 2003 at Sundayta Ltd's offices.

So far 9 confirmed participants and one more expected. Almost anyone else welcome!

We now have the official sign off from the Bible Society in Denmark. Thanks Morten and Irene!

This means that the existing VisibleResults is now free software.

I will be working on getting the source and also built versions up here during the next week.

Until then we can supply VisibleResults for Windows on CDROM with installation manual. Contact me (david@sundayta.co.uk) for details.

Regards

Dave

Wow! A really cool new feature has been added.

Using the XMLDDL tool we can now generate history tables automatically and the triggers to update them.

Any Database table marked for auditing will automatically have an audit table created. This holds all old versions of rows, so after every update or delete a new row version is added to the audit table.

It is all automatic yet completely controlled (the XML database definition controlls which tables this happens to).... read more

At last Sourceforge have fixed the anonymous cvs access to VisibleResults.

Click the cvs link from the project home page for details. But in summary it says this:

This project's SourceForge CVS repository can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction set. The module you wish to check out must be specified as the modulename. When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key.... read more

Just a quick welcome to Mike and Guy who are both now "official" developers. I am defining this as programmers who have code commited into the project.

Note for anyone checking CVS, these have been checked in using my ID due to SourceForge problems with new accounts.

The ANT build scripts have been made more powerful and also simpler. Normally you can start at the end of the chain (ui-wm) and type

ant fullcompile

This will cause all the parent projects to be compiled and will also generate all the source code for database access.

Then to start the web server for testing. Also in the ui-wm project type

ant run

All you need then is to open the url

http;//localhost:8080/org.visres.uiwm.VrServlet ... read more

We have the first live data coming into the ControlPanel DonorZone.

Thanks, Erik for all the infrastructure bits and Mike for the first Pagelet.

Thanks to erik the VisibleResults-cvs list now automatically gets all the commit messages.

So anytime anyone changes anything in the source code the change will be emailed to this mailing list.

Now any bad commit comments or total lack of them will be really obvious.

VisibleResults will be officially announced as Free Software at the meeting of Bible Society General Secretaries for Europe and the Middle East in late February.

Availability of the existing application is pending legal sign off by the Board of the Bible Society in Denmark expected in early February.

All new code is already being made available as part of the Free Software Project.

Dave

Dave

Due to continuing problems that SourceForge have with their last update currently anonymous cvs is not working and also cvs access for new members is not working.

While this is the case I can email cvs snapshots to anyone interested and will make some snapshots available by ftp.

Dave

There are 4 tools that are built within the vrweb cvs module.

- utility. General classes that are widely used. Not going to grow very large.

- dbmsl. Our database layer. Very clean and light, can be used in small bits as it all works with the standard java.sql classes

- xmlddl. Uses an xml database definition. Generates sql script to create the database and also html documentation of the database design.... read more

I will be leading one of the seminar sessions this year. The title is

Free Software: What Microsoft don't want you to know.

We will have free CDROM's with Linux and VisibleResults on our stand.

Come and support free software.

Database & Marketing is on May 9th 2001 at the Business desig Centre, London.

Contact The Database Training Company Ltd oat info@database2001.org.uk (website coming soon).

Dave Warnock
VisibleResults Project Leader
Sundayta Ltd

VisibleResults will be exhibiting at the Database & Marketing exhibition in London on May 9th 2001.

Come and see us. We will have free CDROM's with Linux as well as full free versions of VisibleResults.

Dave Warnock
Project Leader
Sundayta Ltd

VisibleResults a powerful and successful fundraising database used in 6 countries is in the process of being released as Free Software under the GPL license.

We already have manuals and the first tools for our new web client commited into cvs. Plus lots of information on the web site.

We are changing the world, why not join us at

http;//visibleresults.sourceforge.net