DataLoad Feature History

This section lists the new features and fixes included in each version of DataLoad.

Version 5.5.0.0 (1st March 2021)

New Features

• Macro Loads: Oracle Cloud Applications support extended.
• Macro Loads: Users may cofigure whether Macro loads' default method to send data uses copy & paste or keystrokes. Prefixing cell data with \ causes the alternative method to be used. Previously, copy & paste was always the default and \ prefix enabled keystroke mode. Useful for loads when most or all data should be sent with keystrokes.
• Macro Loads: During Browser Control loads where no keys pressed during the load, the screen saver could start or the screen turn off. This is now prevented.
• Macro Loads: *CW() command extended to enable windows to be activated, maximised, minimised or closed.
• Macro Loads: *CW() command extended to include an optional parameter to specify the time to wait for the window to be available. (Load Control & Browser Control)
• Macro Loads: Timeouts may now be set in Macro Delays window to specify maximum wait time for: window to be available; browser to be ready; field to be found. (Load Control & Browser Control)
• Macro Loads: If the target window is not available when load started then DataLoad waits for the window to be available or until a timeout is reached. Useful if window is being opened by a script or may otherwise be delayed. (Load Control & Browser Control)
• Marco Loads: Added support for cell comments that are skipped during the load. Comment prefix is defined in the Options window. Multiple cells may be converted to/from comments via options on menus.
• DataLoad Scripting: Supports case sensitive Oracle E-Business Suite passwords for EBS user logon to database loads.
• DataLoad Scripting: RunSQL() function's return value is now context sensitive according to the SQL being executed.
• If the scope of rows to be loaded is entered in the Run Load window then “These rows:” is automatically selected for the load scope. Also, further validation added for the row numbers entered.
• Vertical scroll bar added to the Notes memo when it is opened.

Other Changes

• DataLoad Scripting: RunSQL() function's bind values supplied via the $l_bindvars array are now ignored if the array key doesn't begin with ':'. This fits with Oracle's bind variables and allows values to be included in the array that won't bind to Oracle.
• DataLoad Scripting: PHP Oracle library connections no longer default to persistent (i.e. caching of connections) because transactional isolation is usually wanted. If wanted, persistent connections must now be requested when the Connect() function is used.
• Improved display of load run time.
• DataLoad Scripting: Show/Hide link in Setup Databases window changed to be blue & underlined and text changed from -/+ to Hide/Show to make it clearer that these are clickable links
• DataLoad now honours the Progress Bar setting for AUTO loads in DataLoad Professional whereas previously it was always off in Professional and enabled in Classic. Progress Bar remains always enabled in Classic.
• DataLoad automatically creates column titles if they're not already set when data is imported.
• DataLoad Scripting: Button to launch external script editor disabled when script being edited, to prevent multiple editors being opened.
• DataLoad Scripting: Updated third party software (final versions compatible with Windows XP - future versions won't support XP). Notepad++ (7.9.2), PHP (5.4.9), Oracle Instant Client (11.2.0.4).
• DataLoad Scripting: Errors reading script updated by external editor now resolved or supressed.
• Column edit screen (for setting col titles, data validation rules & Browser Control setup) redesigned to support wide screens & have a variable width to allow more columns to be viewed.

Bug Fixes

• Macro Loads: *SL command with an invalid parameter caused DataLoad to hang during a load.
• Clearing, pasting or importing data could cause a List Index Out of Bounds error if one of the columns had a unique data validation rule.
• DataLoad files failed to open if row heights had been changed and saved after row 100.
• DataLoad Scripting: If Oracle E-Business Suite user was end dated or didn't exist then the PHP Oracle script would crash.
• Macro Loads: *CLEAR wasn't treated as a command when setting column titles.
• Macro Loads: Mouse click sent to where DataLoad's progress window was displayed caused that window to become active and the click wasn't on the intended target.
• Various issues fixed when DataLoad is closed, including PHP not terminating when DataLoad Scripting used with AUTO mode.
• DataLoad window could show for a short while on startup in AUTO mode (it should be invisible throughout).
• Cell comments beyond the last row / column of data would persist even when new file created or saved file opened.
• DataLoad incorrectly disallowed some Browser Control commands when sending to Named IE Window.

Version 5.4.1.0

New Features

• Added ability to resize columns in Setup Titles window
• Added support for variables in Browser Control ID and Name attributes. Required where browser form elements name and/or ID are generated dynamically.
  {$RowNum} – Inserts the number of the spreadsheet row being loaded
  {$LoadRowNum} – Inserts the row number within this load
• Improved Browser Control loads that use “Named Window” option so they wait for IE elements to be fully loaded if they are not initially available

Other Changes

• Browser Control setup in Setup Titles window had multiple unused rows
• Minor layout changes in most of the setup windows

Bug Fixes

• Browser Control could report IE is not the active window if the active window is currently changing. Improved support where the active window changes during a load.
• If DataLoad was started by double clicking on a DLD file and the file contained a DataLoad Script then the file would not open
• Insert & Delete column options in the Setup Titles window should not have worked for Forms Playback loads or where these were disabled by the Protection functionality
• Installer could fail to install to "program files" directory on Windows 7

Version 5.4.0.1

Other Changes

• “Wait while hourglass” delay is now the time waited after cursor changes back to normal after being an hourglass
• Progress Bar is always visible in Load Control but if it was disabled in Options then it did not display updates. Updates are now displayed whenever the Progress Bar is visible.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed occasional error with Browser Control 'Current IE Field Details' drop list - 'this->get_HWND((long*)&pHWND)': Unspecified error : c:\program files\embarcadero\rad studio\7.0\include\vcl\SHDocVw_TLB.h/776
• “Wait while hourglass” was always enabled in V5.4 regardless of Options setting
• “Wait while hourglass” could make target window briefly become unfocussed, causing screen flicker and potential loss of keystrokes

Version 5.4.0.0

New Features

• Spreadsheet & load protection functionality added to lock & control what users can do in DataLoad
• Added support for encrypting DataLoad files
• Numeric keypad keys can be specified in Macro loads
• Oracle Projects Budget Lines database load added to example loads
• Excel Import now works in all 3 spreadsheets (header, main & footer) and the import occurs in the active spreadsheet
• Data Import now works in all 3 spreadsheets (header, main & footer) and the import occurs in the active spreadsheet
• Sorting now works in all 3 spreadsheets (header, main & footer) and the sort occurs in the active spreadsheet
• Header and footer spreadsheets now support multiple rows
• Right Ctrl key can be pressed in Macro loads using *. Left Ctrl is pressed using ^.

Other Changes

• Improved support for Macro loads in to Citrix where Alt & Ctrl keys would not always work
• Macro delay time accuracy improved - could previously sleep slightly longer than specified
• msvcr71.dll file now included with DataLoad Scripting because this is required by Oracle Instant Client but is not available on all PCs
• Script console now only stays on top of the DataLoad window rather than all windows
• Hide button added to script console

Bug Fixes

• Spreadsheet cells in the Command window grid could be randomly painted pink
• When Cancel button pressed in the Commands window not all of the Commands configuration was restored
• Wait on Hourglass did not function unless the Options form was opened and closed after opening a load file
• *LOV() was not recognised as a command and added to the spreadsheet's title row as a command label
• \{PRNTSCRN} keystroke caused load to wait interminably when Load Control was enabled
• DataLoad could hang if *CW() used to repeatedly switch between Oracle and other windows in a load and Load Control was enabled
• The mouse was not available to click “OK” button if an error occurred during Macro loads in Oracle E-Business Suite core forms and Load Control was enabled
• Cell comments box was displayed too low on the spreadsheets
• Installer attempts to ensure PHP script directory is writeable and DataLoad now gracefully any handles issues writing to this directory
• If the last row in a spreadsheet was deleted any blank rows with not null validation breaches between it and the previous populated row were not reset and incorrectly remained marked invalid
• Cell's row/col position label wasn't updated when Ctrl + arrow keys used for navigation
• The Script menu was left visible if a file was opened or created while the Script tab was active

Version 5.3.0.0

New Features

• Browser Control
  • Significant performance improvements - up to 4X speed improvement for finding and updating browser fields
  • Full support for dynamically changing between pop-up windows as they open and close and waiting for new windows to open, e.g. Lists of Values. No changes to the load required for this to work.
  • Full support for fields and buttons that have duplicate names within a browser page
  • Element details can now contain wildcards and sets - *, ?, []. Useful where element details may not be known in advance or the name changes.
  • New *LOV() command to select a value from an open Oracle List of Values
  • Error & exception handling improved to prevent user seeing HRCHECK error messages
• DataLoad Scripting
  • ConnectAsApps() function added - Validates Oracle E-Business Suite username/password, decrypts the APPS password & creates a new APPS database connection
  • Database connection window enhanced - Save & manage database connection details; options to save Oracle E-Business Suite configuration; added Cancel button
  • Scripts can be edited in Notepad++ for improved editing and colour highlighting, etc
  • New toolbar icons available to quickly stop, start, reload and edit scripts
  • OraDBConnClass object may be passed to DataLoad Scripting's Oracle object's constructor and Connect() function
  • OraDBConnClass now supports additional variables specific to Oracle E-Business Suite
  • GetDBConn() now returns false if the user cancels the database connection window
  • SetConsoleData() now supports optional final parameter to change the progress window's caption
• Load Control
  • If the new target window isn't found when *CW() is used DataLoad will wait for the window to be created. Avoids the need to use a delay before *CW().
• Data Validation Min/Max enhanced for Alpha & Alpha Numeric data. Min/max validates data length as well as using alphabetic rules. For example, a Min of "aaaaa" allowed "z" in previous versions but now will not because the data must be at least 5 characters long.

Bug Fixes

• Text boxes in the Delays window would not accept the ',' decimal separator after V5.2.1.0
• Reset button in Delays window caused the '.' decimal to be used regardless of the PC's locale. The correct decimal separator is now always used.
• DataLoad Scripting could truncate data that contained NULL characters
• The SetDynamicCols(false) function didn't turn off dynamic columns or prevent users from inserting/deleting columns in spreadsheets

Version 5.2.1.0

New Features

• Improved viewing and editing of spreadsheet cells that contain multiple lines
• Multi line cell data can now be copied/pasted between Excel and DataLoad
• Browser Control's handling of blank cells is now configurable (skip vs clearing corresponding browser field)
• Load Control performance & reliability further improved, especially for pasted data
• DataLoad updated to avoid Oracle bug which can cause the Oracle client to crash when data is rapidly pasted
• Row heights can be made to automatically fit row data by double clicking the row divider or by using menus
• Find/Replace can use special non-printing characters (carriage return, tab, etc)
• Row heights are now saved in DataLoad files (Macro & Forms Playback)
• Validation rules now automatically cause upper/lower case to be set as the user types
• Forms Playback default file character set can be set at anytime, not just when a FLD file is open
• Small updates to look & feel
• Text boxes intended for numbers in Delay & Options now restricted to numbers (prev any text could be entered and an error was shown when window OK'ed)
• Target window could become visible but not active on Windows Vista
• Macro loads can now still be cancelled with Esc even if keyboard hook fails to start
• Added directory path information to About window
• Default log file location moved to user's application data directory instead of the location where DataLoad is installed (which many users can't write to)
• Warning message now displayed if the Forms Playback character set does not support all the load's data
• Changes in Windows OS meant DataLoad is not always activated at end of a Macro load. Changes made to ensure DataLoad is activated.
• Documentation updates

Bug Fixes

• UTF8 encoded Forms Playback files could fail to playback after V5.1
• Title grid in Column Setup window didn't anchor to the window's right side
• File character set was not always correctly identified when opening Forms Playback files
• Column widths didn't get moved along with the data when columns were inserted or deleted
• Load Control & Browser Control settings were not populated if file was opened at same time as DataLoad, e.g. by double clicking .dld file in Explorer
• Load Control & Browser Control were not activated when -AUTO was used
• Row heights were not correctly moved when rows were inserted or deleted
• Browser Control *ml not treated as a command for cell colouring or column title creation
• If a scripting load was opened, closed and then a macro load opened the progress window was placed in the middle of the screen
• Scrolling the Titles grid in Column Setup window did not cause the Browser Control & Validation rows to scroll in sync
• Tab order between fields on Advanced delays tab was wrong
• The cell colour dialogue on the Options window opened behind the Options window
• When the Find/Replace form was cancelled the DataLoad window minimized
• Couldn't copy/paste/cut, etc, in to Find/replace window using standard shortcut keys
• Existing Browser Control details were only overwritten where the new details were not blank - existing details could be incorrectly left in place

Version 5.2.0.0

New Features

• Load Control added for high performance Macro loads
  • Integrates DataLoad with target application to monitor and control macro load progress
  • Significantly improves performance and reliability of Macro loads
  • Supports Java and native Windows applications
• Alt + PgUp / PgDn moves the focus between the 3 DataLoad spreadsheets
• Option for Professional users to turn off the startup screen
• Improved handling of missing commands.dat file
• Reduce display time of startup screen
• Changed keystroke delays to be after the key and not between key down & key up
• Checkbox added to the Run Load form to control whether Browser Control is enabled
• Siebel support added to Macro loads

Bug Fixes

• Internet Explorer OnChange event handlers were not always executed when fields updated via Browser Control
• *SB didn't toggle checkboxes, etc, with new keystroke engine introduced in V5.1
• DataLoad could fail to start and displayed the error "HRCHECK: this->get_HWND((long*)&pHWND): Unspecified error"
• Startup form could show previous version as the latest version.
• Macro recorder incorrectly added '\' before *ml, *mr & *dl
• Mouse click coordinates capture didn't work for *DL()
• Current cell coordinates did not always fit in space available
• Cursor remained as hourglass when user requested news if no news available

Version 5.1.0.0

New Features

• Full Unicode support
  • All languages now supported, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Cyrillic, etc
  • Any mix of languages supported within the spreadsheet
  • Full language support across all DataLoad functions, e.g. entering data, copy/paste, importing data, Macro loads, Forms Playback, PHP Scripting, etc
  • Forms Playback encoding options expanded to include all characters sets supported in Oracle E-Business Suite
• Browser Control
  • Internet Explorer no longer needs to be opened by DataLoad & DataLoad integrates with any open IE window
  • Loads are recorded while the user works in Internet Explorer
  • Drop list values are now set according to the visible value rather than any internal values, as was previously required
  • Checkboxes can be explicitly set to be checked or unchecked (previously could only toggle status)
  • Blank DataLoad fields now clear the target browser field rather than being skipped
  • Browser FRAMEs now supported, including recursively to any depth of recursion
  • Data & clicks now injected in to the active IE field even if no HTML tag details specified
  • New load option: send to active window or send to named IE window(s)
  • New load option: stop if window isn't IE or continue without using Browser Control
• Macro load Keystroke sending engine re-written
  • New engine supports all languages and characters
  • New engine uses latest Windows technology
  • Fixed issue where some characters were not sent correctly with old engine
  • Old engine available for legacy compatibility if required
• OS Support
  • Vista and Windows 7 compatibility issues fixed
  • Support added for 64 bit Vista
• Excel-style navigation added when Ctrl key pressed, i.e. Ctrl + arrow keys + (optionally) Shift
• Behaviour of mouse wheel changed so it scrolls the spreadsheet rather than changing the selected row(s)
• User interface and look & feel updated
• Improved handling if regkey.dat missing during Professional registration
• Message prompts for loading default PHP script made more helpful

Bug Fixes

• Keystroke recording could cause a \ to appear mid-way through data
• Internet Explorer OnChange event handlers were not executed when fields updated via Browser Control
• The -AUTO command line parameter caused an access violation after the load finished
• A single Alt + Tab within DataLoad didn't switch to the next window
• The Unregister menu entry sometimes appeared in DataLoad Classic
• Buttons could temporarily disappear when Alt pressed in Vista

Version 5.0.0.0

Version 5.0.0.0 is the most significant update yet to DataLoad and contains major enhancements and new features. Please click here for full details.

Version 4.3.9.0

New Features

• Oracle E-Business R12 compatibility.

Bug Fixes

• When a StepMode load was canceled no further StepMode loads ran beyond the first cell.
• AutoTab didn't send a TAB when the DataLoad data cell was blank.

Version 4.3.8.0

New Features

• Users can select row numbers X to Y to load in macro loads.
• Macro load progress window now includes current command plus row & column counters.
• Forms Playback WINDOW numbers can now be incremented by different amounts for different forms in the same load. This is required for certain Oracle E-Business Suite Forms.

Bug Fixes

• Macro load progress bar was not always updated during loads.
• HTML message window didn't always appear when DataLoad opened.
• Exceptions could be raised when opening DataLoad if the user did not have appropriate permissions to read/write registry.
• Username/password in FLD file could still be lower case after changes made in V4.3.7.0. Now always uppercase.

Version 4.3.7.0

New Features

• {PRNTSCRN} command added to control Print Screen key in macro loads.
• HTML message panel added to main DataLoad form.

Bug Fixes

• Pasting more columns than exist in DataLoad caused the paste to fail rather than the spreadsheet to expand.
• Sorting data didn't cause the Save button to become enabled.
• When a cell containing a comment was copied to the clipboard the comment would remain on the clipboard and could be pasted with later copy & paste actions.
• Radio buttons & check boxes selected as editable in forms playback loads would not appear after the first record in DataLoad.
• Buttons & list fields with names containing spaces would not be handled correctly in forms playback loads.
• An issue writing to droplists.dat when opening a forms playback file caused a generic error to be displayed. The problem is not handled properly.
• If a username/password is contained in an FLD file it must be in uppercase but DataLoad did not enforce this.
• A user reported MS Office's multi-clipboard functionality could interfere with DataLoad's macro loads. This could not be replicated but clipboard handling has been updated to avoid any such issue.

Version 4.3.6.0

New Features

• Added \{NUMLOCK} keystroke to support pressing the NUMLOCK key in macro loads.
• AutoStart macro loads no longer display a DataLoad window in DL Prof.

Version 4.3.5.0

New Features

• Support added for Forms Playback extensions in Inventory Master Items load and other forms that exhibit the same sub-form behaviour.
• Made the file type options in the File Open dialog more intuitive.

Version 4.3.4.0

New Features

• Support added for forms to be closed and re-opened multiple times within a DataLoad record rather than just between records. Increases flexibility of DataLoad loads and resolves an issue with Date Track in Oracle HR. (Forms Playback).
• Support added for closing Oracle by closing the Navigator with a keystroke. (Forms Playback).

Bug Fixes

• An erroneous error could occur when opening Forms 4.5 fld files.

Version 4.3.3.1

New Features

• DataLoad Professional users will be warned when their support period is due to expire.
• The installer prevents users from attempting to install a version of DataLoad Professional not covered by their DataLoad Professional license. (This previously could happen and DataLoad reverted to Classic. Users can still install Classic but cannot unwittingly revert to Classic by selecting a version of Professional for which they are not licensed.)

Bug Fixes

• Thai, Arabic, Greek and other characters would not always paste correctly into Oracle, and other target applications, in Macro loads.
• The automatic download mechanism didn't always initiate the install when the download was complete.
• "Failed to get data for ProxyEnable" could occur at startup.

Version 4.3.3.0

New Features

• Improved language support and Unicode UTF-8 compatibility:
  • Increased range of languages supported without changes to PC setup required
  • EG Japanese & other multi byte languages
  • Read & write Unicode UTF-8 files for compatibility with UTF-8 databases
• Font type and size can now be changed.
• New installer:
  • Smaller distribution file
  • DataLoad Professional registration possible during the install
  • Fixes an issue where non-admin users may not be able to access DataLoad if it was installed by an admin user
• Sort function added to allow grid data to be sorted (Professional Only)

Bug Fixes

• Forms playback loads could fail where a sub window is repeatedly opened and closed.
• When the "Wait while hourglass" option was used data may not be sent to the target.
• Loads couldn't be terminated if "Wait while hourglass" option was used and DataLoad was waiting for the hourglass to disappear.
• Data imported into a forms playback load could cause a "Grid index out of range" error.
• Forms playback loads where data contained new lines would not work on playback.
• The '%' in macro loads may not activate the Alt key or could cause the Alt Gr (right Alt) to be used.
• If a click field, e.g. check box or radio button, in forms playback was editable and used multiple times in each record then the data would not display correctly.
• If the form was closed at the end of a forms playback recording and the user clicked on a Navigator item the load may not work when edited and played back.

Version 4.3.2.1

• DataLoad can now open incomplete forms playback files, which is useful for opening recorded logs of playbacks.
• After V4.3.2.0 there could be a "shadow" to some text in cells.
• A number of changes were made to help with usability.

Version 4.3.2.0

New Features

• New Macro commands (Professional only):
  • PROMPT() - Prompts the user and pauses the load waiting for user action.
  • *DL() - Issue a double click with the left mouse button at the location specified.
• Progress Bar is now always visible during a load if it is activated.
• Improved support for mouse wheels.

Bug Fixes

• Forms Playback - A load containing editable "Clicks" would become corrupt if such a click was blank in the first record.
• Double clicking on the header row didn't open the Titles window.
• The Command Group drop list was not always populated in the Run Load window.
• Sending ESC from a DataLoad Macro load stopped the load.
• When data was pasted into row 1 in a Macro load the column titles were not updated.
• When the contents of a cell were accepted using the ENTER key the contents may not be visible until the user moved into another cell.
• More error handling and meaningful error messages added to the Excel Import functionality.
• AutoInsert no longer inserts data after the last row of data in the grid.
• "Select All" would always select everything in the main grid even if another control had focus.

Version 4.3.1.1

• Opening Forms 4.5 forms recordings could result in an error.

Version 4.3.1.0

• The Installer could crash on Windows NT after V4.3.0.
• DataLoad could create forms playback files with incorrect record numbers on button clicks.
• Sub forms can now be closed and re-opened in forms playback records (previously forms had to be left open).
• Where 'clicks' were marked as editable the load could stop working (Forms Playback).
• Some Forms Playback loads wouldn't work when the user clicked into the next record in multi line blocks during recording.
• On some versions of Applications the Responsibility name wasn't picked up in the Forms Playback section of the Options form.
• The installer now adds DataLoad to the Windows Add/Remove Programs list.
• In V4.3.0.0 the Options form had the wrong tab page active when first opened
• Changed the "Forms Event" tab in Options form to be called "Forms Playback".

Version 4.3.0.0

Version 4.3.0.0 contains a large number of enhancements and new features. Please click here for a full list.

Version 4.2.5.6

• The DataLoad grid was restricted to 200 rows after V4.2.5.5.

Version 4.2.5.5

• Some "basic" PC users wouldn't have enough security to open the registry key containing the DataLoad Professional license key. Therefore, Professional reverted to Classic for such users.

Version 4.2.5.4

• Various issues with Lists of Values in Forms Playback are fixed.
• Double clicking on the right edge of the final column in the header row didn't always cause the column to resize.
• When the target window is activated in Copy & Paste loads the DataLoad window could stay on top. The data was sent to the target window, since that is now active, but the user couldn’t see this because the DL window is on top. Fixed by hiding the DL window during loads.
• Target windows that were already maximised could have their size and position changed when DataLoad activated the window.
• When DataLoad automatically downloaded updates it did not always overwrite the previous update.
• Forms playback documentation updated.

Version 4.2.5.3

• The News form was updated to support extra functionality that will be used at a later date.
• Changes were made to the Installer to ensure install errors are better handled and reported.

Version 4.2.5.2

• DataLoad Professional registration could fail on PCs where the decimal character is a ',' rather than a '.'.
• Load Control not working correctly after a previous update.

Version 4.2.5.1

• " and \ characters weren't properly handled in forms playback files.
• A proper solution rather than a workaround was put in place for issues with the *PB, *NB and *ST commands.
• Selecting Edit->Titles from the popup menu would cause an exception.

Version 4.2.5.0

New Features

• Text data can be imported into existing DataLoad spreadsheets.
• Text data with any delimiter can be imported into, or opened in, DataLoad. Previously only tab delimited data was supported.
• Data can be pasted into the target application using Shift+Insert instead of Ctrl+V.

Bug Fixes

• Opening the Edit Titles form could cause an exception.
• The command group list on the Selection form wasn't populated if the command group drop list on the main form hadn't been used.
• If no command group had been selected from the main drop list and 11i was selected from the Selections drop list the NCA command group was used.
• *PB, *NB and *ST may not work on Windows 2000 and above. A workaround has been put in place.

Version 4.2.4.1

• Num Lock could be incorrectly turned off, meaning some numeric keystrokes would not be sent correctly.

Version 4.2.4.0

New Features

• Column heading and width information is now saved for the header grid.
• Comments are supported in header grid cells.
• The status of the Caps Lock & Num Lock keys no longer affects keystrokes sent by Copy & Paste loads.

Bug Fixes

• The shift key may not have always been pressed when required when keystrokes are sent in Copy & Paste loads.
• Cell comments would sometimes be displayed when forms playback source code was being viewed.

Version 4.2.3.3

New Features

• DataLoad Installer added to make installing and maintaining DataLoad easier.

Bug Fixes

• LOV commands used in the header section of forms playback loads could cause errors.
• Proxy Enable error could occur when starting DataLoad.

Version 4.2.3.2

USER_EXIT commands could cause an error when a file is saved.

Version 4.2.3.1

• Fixes compatibility issues with registry data types in some versions of Windows.
• The DataLoad News information could be downloaded more often than necessary.

Version 4.2.3.0

Version 4.2.3 contains a large number of enhancements and new features. Please click here for a full list.

Version 4.2.2.0

New Features

• List of value commands are supported and not converted to value commands.
• Validation for List of value commands added.
• Improved error checking and handling in forms playback files.
• Unlimited number of command groups now supported.
• Description field added to command definitions.
• Playback equivalent information added to command records (required for future functionality).

Bug Fixes

• '&' couldn't be sent using Copy & Paste if it is the first character in a cell.
• Forms playback detail blocks were not always correctly identified.

Version 4.2.1.0

• Registration functionality for DataLoad Professional added.

Version 4.2

Version 4.2 contains a large number of enhancements and new features. Please click here for a full list.

Version 4.1.0.1

• Delays failed when used with decimal values.
• *SB command was incorrectly defined.

Version 4.1

Version 4.1 contains a large number of enhancements and new features. Please click here for a full list.

Version 4.0.2

New Features

• Automatically colour grid cells according to their contents:
  • Data Cells
  • Keystroke Cells
  • Command Cells
• New load commands
  • *FI Find
  • *FA Find all
  • *CW(window) Change active window to window
  • *QE Query enter
  • *QR Query run
  • *CL Clear field
  • *IR Insert record
• Fill command (right, left, up, down), like Excel.
• Columns can be automatically sized to fit the cell text.
• Column widths are now saved in the .dld file.

Bug Fixes

• DataLoad failed to open .dld files which used a decimal point separator different to the current system default.
• TprogressBar property out of range error occasionally occurred at the start of a load.
• Couldn’t copy & Paste to Window Name box.
• There were a number of problems when selecting cells using the keyboard, especially when adjusting a selection made using the mouse.
• Deleting, inserting or clearing rows or columns didn't always turn on saving.

Version 4.0.1.1

• A file name passed on the command line to DataLoad didn't open and caused an error.
• Hourglass option wasn't saved in the .dld file.
• The "NEW" command didn't reset any changes in the Delays and Options forms.
• The "NEW" command didn't reset columns & rows to their default sizes.

Version 4.0.1

New Features

• Mobile progress bar indicates load progress.
• Title form changed to allow editing of all titles in one go.
• Double clicking on header row opens title editing.
• DataLoad can wait for a user defined duration while the cursor is hourglass.
• File save icon & menu item greyed out when there is nothing to save.
• DataLoad prompts to save spreadsheet if it has changed and you are closing the spreadsheet.
• Function to clear single, multiple or all titles.
• Full Windows 98 compatibility.

Bug Fixes

• Paste sometimes caused divide by zero errors.
• Double clicking on the fixed row or column caused problems.
• On NT the grid selection was lost after the load completed.
• The load duration did not display correctly on all PCs.
• Security rules demo spreadsheet failed to set include/exclude properly.
• Multiple line pastes occasionally lost the final line.
• Copy added an extraneous carriage return to the end of text copied to clipboard.

Version 4.0

• DataLoad implemented as a standalone Windows 32 bit application.
  • Improved performance, reliability and stability.
  • Dedicated DataLoad interface.
  • No dependency on Excel.
  • Vastly increased scope of potential future functionality.
• Control of delays increased and improved, including access to low level delays.
• DataLoad file format introduced to save setup information as well as data.
• Documentation re-written as Windows help file.
• Control of keystrokes made easier and the keys available to the user increased.

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DataLoad versions prior to V4.0 were all Excel macros.