Database Manager (DBM)
DBM v5.x
| Components | Version |
|---|---|
| DBM.exe | 5.4.8005.5 5.3.7943.29 (bug fix only) |
| MultiRex_4.ocx | 4.6.281.0 |
| LVC.OCX | 1.0.55.0 |
Dependencies
- DBM requires Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 (Download “vcredist_x86.exe” at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
- It is recommended to deploy also XceedZip.dll, delivered together with DBM, as this DLL is needed for *.entry file export/import.
- It is recommended to use DigaSQL.dll 3.15.3476.0
- It is recommended to use MultiRec 4.6.281.0
- It is recommended to use DigaContentTabHost.dll 1.1.6.0
- It is recommended to use DigaRTF.ocx 1.6.72.0
- It is recommended to use OtmControl.ocx 2.4.686.0
- It is recommended to use Loudness Visualization Control (lvc.ocx) 1.0.55.0
- Using Elasticsearch based full-text index requires installation of ElasticIndex.dll and relies on proper configured DPE ContentService
- Receiving message from DPE MessageService requires connection to the DPE backend
New Features
- DBM has been set to LARGEADDRESSAWARE, which enlarges overall usable memory from 2 GB to around 3.5 GB
- "Import from entry file" displays now a progress dialog and blocks access to toolbar
- MCL Player is not deleted when pressing minimize Player Button in Mask
- CCD-41157 - Linking two entries keeps now LoRes flag
- CCD-41357 - Newly added columns are add as last column
- CCD-41433 - Support of sampling rate 24000 added, when export to file system
- CCD-41440 - Edit-Button in group-area is now also active, when group is another table then current selected table
- CCD-41534 - It is now possible to select and copy read-only meta data from meta data mask
- Usability by keyboard has been improved
- Set initially selected grid entry
- Fixing tab order in meta data mask tabs "General", "Info", "Transfer", "Cart" and in Easy Selection Dialog
- Keyboard Accelerator for
- setting focus in Search field
- setting focus in Selection Buttons area
- for seeking forward and backwards in Audio Players (Mini + Metadata mask)
- changing Tabs within a Tab control (e.g. settings dialog, meta data mask), can now be changed by keyboard (CTRL+Tab and CTRL+Shift+Tab)
- Left arrow in filter tree is now supported
- opening Combo boxes added (e.g. in entry mask "News")
- "Mark In" go a space now (before it was "MarkIn") - configuration key did not change
- Clear focus styling for custom buttons
- Readability for Screen Reader has been improved for various use cases
- DigaGrid supports now UIA/MSAA
- Embellished buttons provide now UIA/MSAA properties
- Status bar
- Toolbar buttons provide associated accelerator key to MSAA properties
- Temporary parameter |DBM|UseSystemColorsForSelectedText| has been introduced, if set to "1" focus color changes to Windows standard focus color and allows JAWS to inter-act with DBM
- UX Improvements within settings dialog
- Shortcuts are now alphabetically ordered
- Search field for shortcuts
- Last checkmark BMP based symbols have been replaced by ImageSource
- DBM supports now different UI schemes
- User can select it in View menu
- Colors of class icons are configurable - see https://learn.davidsystems.com/dbm5v4/learn-and-explore/configuring-ui-appearance-with-ui-schemes
- Configurable font is only applied to grids, Tahoma font is default for grids
- UI scheme has been documented - see https://learn.davidsystems.com/dbm5v4/learn-and-explore/configuring-ui-appearance-with-ui-schemes
- Attention: Please be aware that Metadata mask is not fully embellished yet and that there for change colors do currently not have any effect for them.
- STT-5639 - Refactoring for avoiding DBM crash under certain circumstances and when table is changed dynamically performing "Fulltextsearch"
Fixed issues
StoryConnect
- STT-5159 - Targets must be mixable with their sub-targets
- STT-5160 - External targets must be before internal targets
STT-5165 - Long StoryConnect target name hides Remove button
- STT-5247 - Shortcuts for StoryConnect menu items
- STT-5308 - Possibility to hide ALL in StoryConnect Target Mask
CCD-41280 - Opening StoryConnect mask lasts longer and longer
- STT-4985 - Crashes on start
- STT-5074 - News Mask opens slowly if many definitions are defined
STT-5227 - Fix Memory leaks regarding CString s = DSEntryToXML5 pattern
STT-5260 - Sometimes shows exception when deleting a group
- STT-5290 - D&D of file from Windows Explorer into Group not working as exepected
STT-5375 - Crash when entering 'Gain (dB)' on tab 'Music 2' when a Video is loaded
- STT-5393 - Sequoia button only active after selection of an entry
- STT-5465 - Group-area shows irritating behaviour (no title) after creation of groups in another table
- STT-5507 - DigaGrid: "Group" symbol is not correctly truncated
- STT-5543 - No scrollbar for definitions area
- STT-5548 - Newly Created Group Isn't Opened in Group Pane
- STT-5590 - MarkOut is set to 0:00 when saving with SimulatedOverwrite
- STT-5611 - Error message is popped up when selecting "OnlyGroups" for group filter dropdown
- CCD-41017 - Custom actions show sometimes black rectangle instead of custom image
- CCD-41059 - Restoring Window Layout Hides Main Grid, happened also if both side panes are collapsed, proportion of entry vs. group area is not kept on vertical resizing
- CCD-41283 - Import of specific Audio files crashes DBM
CCD-41288 - Changing table shows irritating behaviour in group-area
CCD-41295 - Admin table columns saving broken
CCD-41320 - Wrong filter after Esc when embedding into group
CCD-41341 - Crash when opening and pre-listening of a very large Audio file
- CCD-41382, CCD-41457 - Program/Show are pre-selected / pre-filled when creating new entry
- CCD-41387 - Copy of a story with wrong error-message: "Datei nicht gefunden"
- CCD-41429 - Black background in Audio Conversion dialog
- CCD-41449 - Selection buttons not fully visible after executing StepsToReproduce
- CCD-41458 - CopyTextFile=TRUE not working as in DBM v4 ()
- CCD-41459 - DigaText button with DigaRTF.ocx toolbar in Moderation tab not working
- CCD-41497 - Deletion of a media file does not udpate *.dbx file
- CCD-41502 - Window-title of group meta data mask shows entry and not group
- CCD-41337 - Create new group does not ask for target table
Fixed MultiRec issues
- CCD-41283 - MultiRec in DBM crashed when opening MUS files with DAVID header but without waveform data
- CCD-41534 - Allow Copy (CTRL-C) in various places of the MultiRec OCX player
- STT-5286 - When recording in DBM, pressing "Play" button should have no effect, when recording is already running
- STT-5571 - New interface IAudioBoard::GetPosition() and extension of IEasyPlayer::AddPlayFileXML() - necessary to implement "Skip" functionality in DBM
- Buttons in MultiRec UI in DBM inadvertently had a focus marking
DBM v4.x
Components | Version |
DBM.exe | 4.15.7538.12 |
MultiRec_4.ocx | 4.6.281.0 |
This is the last bug fix Release of DBM 4.x, as this product reached now End of Life
Dependencies
- DBM requires Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 (Download “vcredist_x86.exe” at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
- DBM requires MultiRec 2.1.336.0 or higher, recommended is MultiRec 4.6.261.0 or newer
- DBM works only with DigaContentTabHost.dll 1.1.5.0 or higher
- DBM works only with DigaRTF.ocx 1.6.60.0 or higher
- DBM works only with OtmControl.ocx 1.3.346.17 or higher
- DBM works with Loudness Visualization Control (lvc.ocx) 1.0.38.0 or higher
- It is recommended to run DBM 4.14.7538.10 with DigaSQL.dll 3.14.3455.0 or newer
New Features
- DBM has been set to LARGEADDRESSAWARE
Fixed Issues
- STT-5227 - Fix Memory leaks regarding CString s = DSEntryToXML5 pattern