News » ArticlesTIP: Watch repositoriesIf you are using OASIS in a team of developers, you would probably like to be informed when other developers make checkins to the repository. This task can be (more or less easily) achieved with the post-commit-hooks on the server. If you use OASIS with a local repository or you don't want to use the hooks, you can also use the commit-monitor, which will check any repository in an configurable interval. Warning on version conflictsThe import of queries wich where originally exported from a newer version of Access (>= Access 2007) you will get errors which will not be logged. With version 2.9.1 this will not automatically be fixed but an entry will be written in tle logfile. Separate structur and data on table exportWith the new version 2.9 you can separate structure and data on table export. And in the import dialog, you can no longer only save a configuration. A saved configuration can also be loaded or deleted. Export Object-DescriptionWith version 2.8.14 the description of the objects will no be exported in a separate file and can be put under version control. For tables, the row height in datasheet view and the subdatasheet name will now be exported. [Update] Optimize automatic buildWith version 2.8.10 you can save the current selection in the import dialog with the key CTRL+S. Automatic builds will use the saved file so only the desired objects will be imported. New commands in the context menuTo optimize the development process with svn there are two new commands in the context menu of the objects. With it you can delete or rename an object and these changes will also be executed on the files of your working copy. So changes will be commited to your repository too. New shortcutsVersion 2.8.8 introduces two new shortcuts
Special chars allowedWith the new version 2.7.1 it's now allowed to use special chars for naming yoour access objects.
These chars will be url-encoded for use as filenames and will be decoded back on import. So you can now name a query "Customers New/Old" or e.g. name a module "Service:Functions". Version 2.7 supports automationWith version 2.7 OASIS-SVN supports automated creation of database projects. New repository-wizard in version 2.4With the new version 2.4, the new repository-wizard is introduced. With this wizard users will get a working repository with just a few clicks. This feature is primary dedicated to subversions newbies to get a quick acess to versioning with subversion and access. New version fixes bug with Access 2007The current version 2.3.4.156 fixes a bug with OASIS-SVN running in Access 2007. The toolbar-buttons were not shown as default so that there was no way to access the OASIS functionality. Now the buttons are shown by default. More languages for OASISWith Version 2.3, OASIS-SVN supports different languages for the user-interface. You can select your prefered language in the settings-dialog. By now, english and german is supported - i will add more languages if needed. Multilanguage-Version of OASIS-SVN![]() Currently, i'm working on a multilanguage-version of OASIS-SVN. If you need other languages than german and english, please contact me via email. Folder for storing settings changedSince version 2.2.1.110 the settings and the logfile will no longer be saved in the program-directory because of problems with Vista/Windows7. Since this version, the files are stored in in: With the 64-Bit versions of Vista/Windows7, OASIS-SVN may have some trouble to find out if TortoiseSVN is installed.For this reason, the path to TortoiseSVN can be stored manually in the settings-file oasis_svn.cfg. Local versioning with TortoiseSVNIf you would like to use a SVN-Repository on your local machine (for testing etc.), you don't even need a webserver with subversion installed. You can do this job with TortoiseSVN only in an very easy manner how you can read in a tutorial. Automatic updates for OASIS-SVNSince release 103, the full version of OASIS-SVN offers an auto-update-mechanism to automatically load newer versions through the internet. In order to be able to use this procedure, the version-check must be activated and an active internet-connection must be available. If this conditions are given, OASIS-SVN can update itself over the internet. Export of tablesFrom given cause I would like to point out here again that the ex and import of tables exhibit some restrictions. Therefore i recommend you to store an empty (except of the tables) database (if necessary packed) in your repository. Export and import of tables with OASIS-SVN is only meant for smaller lookup-tables, because recreating tables by code has some restrictions by Access itself. If there are questions regarding this topic, contact me via email. Demoversion availableFrom today, a demoversion can be found in the download-area. This demoversion is fully functional, except that export, import and delete-operations are limited to 10 objects at a time. |