What's New

What's new in Xcase 8.0

Full support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Including: Schemas, Partitions, XML collections, XML Indexes, Index Included Columns, Description Extended Property, CLR Objects and much more.

Full support for MySQL 5

Including: Views, Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers.

Redesigned Workspace

The workspace has been completely redesigned in order to make it consistent with the XP look.

Redesigned customizable and powerful XP style Toolbars

The Toolbar has been redesigned in the XP style. It comprises the following groups of tools, File, Edit, Database, Model, Display, Zoom, Adjust, Shapes.

New Main Menu Structure

The Menus have been enhanced and re-organized into more logical units.

New Multi-select Ability in the Synchronize and Merge Dialogs

In the Sync and Merge Dialogs, it is now possible to select multiple discrepancies in the displayed list. It is then possible to apply an action to all the selected items at once.

Redesigned Browsers & Inspectors

All browsers and inspectors have now been logically regrouped in multi-tab specific Browsers, so that all the settings relevant to a given task can now be performed without having to go back and forth between menus and Browsers.

Redesigned Physical Data Browser

The Physical Data Browser has been completely redesigned. For each Parent Entity in the upper pane, it now shows all the Child Entities in a tabbed browser in the lower pane.

Easier handling of the Message Log Window

Clear and Show Messages accessible from the Window menu have now been regrouped into a single Message Log window.

Redesigned Dialog boxes

All the Dialogs have been redesigned in the XP style. Some Dialogs have been split in order to have a clearer view of the various actions and more logical groupings.

Redesigned Xcase Help

The Xcase Help System has undergone complete reshuffling. It now uses the compiled HTML Help format. Many screen shots and pictures have been added to make it more intuitive and efficient. The text has been revised to make it even more clear and concise.

New Select Data Dictionary Object

This new feature allows selecting Data Dictionary Objects Names in the Code Editor. If you are in the middle of typing an Entity or View name, or a qualified column name, pressing F3 will allow you to select it in the Dialog and it will be auto-completed.

New Align feature

The Align opens a dialog box that allows you to align all the selected Entities horizontally and vertically in addition, it includes a space equally function.

New Dynamic Zoom

The Dynamic Zoom Tool allows you to increase or decrease the zoom level of the display by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it on the workspace.

New Fit to Program Window

This function fits the current diagram to the Program Window. This is much more efficient than using the usual Maximize or Tile standard features, without their drawbacks.

New Fit to Window

This function re-sizes the entire Display to have it fit in the Display Window. If a Marquee is active when you click the Fit to Window button, it will apply to the Marquee rather than to the whole Display.

New Hand Tool

The Hand tool allows you to easily grab and move the display around to focus on the part you are interested in.

New Hotkeys

Hotkeys is a new feature allowing to execute common commands by pressing a single key.

New Make not-null Bold

This option of the Display tab in the Settings dialog allows you to emphasize fields that cannot be null by having them displayed in bold within the Entity.

A New Diagram

You can now create a new diagram based on the current one by right-clicking on an empty space and selecting the New Diagram option from the pop-up menu.

New ODBC Setup

Clicking the Synchronize Database with Model option, opens the Connect to ODBC Source, this now features a Setup button that opens the ODBC Data Source Administrator from within Xcase.

Redesigned Reports

The listings of the data dictionary objects in Model Reports have now a Comments column. In addition, if the descriptive name (title) of an object differs from the physical name (name), it will be displayed after the name.

Redesigned Relational Integrity Logic

When creating a New Model, the Model Settings Dialog allows defining the Referential Integrity Implementation. This determines the default Referential Integrity implementation at Model level, and can be overridden at relation level in the Referential Integrity dialog box, available from a right-click on a relation.

New Display Settings

This option accessible from the View menu opens a dialog box that allow you to easily set modify the settings of the Display. The dialog can also be opened by clicking the Display icon. Their Defaults can now be set.

New Straighten Line

This function is available when you right-click on a relationship connecting line between two entities. It automatically straightens the line instead of you having to try to drag it to the required position.