This release is a big improvement over the
previous version of bond, and has been long
delayed for release. Newer widgets were added, and
improvements were made to existing widgets. Timer
triggers were added. SQL patches may be run within
your application. Support for barcodes and
magstrip readers was added. Many bugs were fixed,
and other new features were added.
The build process was tidied up. Warnings were
removed from the compiling process. Support was
added for message dialogs. A backup and restore
process system was added for databases.
A new grid matrix-type widget designed for calendering and spreadsheet type forms was written for displaying and modifying data. A month view calendar widget was added. These two widgets allow for more date and time based development of systems. More work was made on easier integration between bond and MS Office and OpenOffice.org. The GNOME URI widget implementation was fixed. Lots of bugfixes were made in other parts of the code, especially to do with relationships between widgets.
The painting and condition handling subsystem has been rewritten. Mail merge capabilities have been added for OpenOffice and MS Office. ifconfig handling has been added within the XML document to allow expressions in the XML of how the document is parsed.
This release includes a lot of additions including email support and integration, CSV file import and export, support for barcode readers, storing of images directly within records, window install script building, and config files that are able to modify XML documents. Tutorials were provided within the application. The HTML was tidied up, support for shortcut keys was added, and many bugs were fixed.
