## RecordEditor 0.99.3

The RecordEditor is for editing Fixed-Width / Csv files with a file "schema" (or layout). If you have any problems, please report them at: Record Editor .

This is a minor update containg

- support for comparing much large files
- Updated / improved CodeGen for generating Java interface classes for Cobol Copybooks/data-files.
- Problem fixes (several related to the new file list screens.

## Installing

Run the installer

## Version 0.99 Changes

The Main focus of 0.99 changes has been:

- Flexible new File open screen which can:
  - Enter Filename/Layout schema in classic RecordEditor style.
  - Select the file with a open dialog.
- New Improved File field. There is the option of a bread-crumb style file field and a Text Field. There are also recent and favorite buttons + File search button
- Improved Record Code-Generation. You can generate Java~JRecord code from a Cobol Copybook or the File being edited.

### Select Tabs to Display

You can select which tabs to display on the Open File screen via a right button click

### Changing Open option

You can change the Open File Dialog and File display using the Initial Setup Wizard (Format >>> Run Initial Setup Wizard.

### Open Dialog Screen

The two main options are the Classic and File List.

Classic Select the data file using file field with file schema details entered on the left of the screen. |
File List Select the data file using file field with schema details entered on the left of the screen. |
Select Tabs You can select which tabs are displayed in the File Open screen |

### Open Tabs

Csv Tab For Csv file, the RecordEditor should detect and display Csv attributes. You can change the attributes as required. |
Schema/Cobol You can enter either XML Schema (RecordEditors own format) or a Cobol Copybook + various attributes (e.g. Cobol-Dialect). Note only Single record Cobol Copybooks are supported. |

### File Fields

File fields can be either:

- Text Field
- Bread Crumb Style field

You can change

The file fields also have the following buttons

|  | Recent File List
|  | Favourite File List
|  | File search

## Changes

### Version 0.99.3 changes

1. Support for comparing larger files
2. Updated CodeGen (Java CodeGenertor for Cobol Files)
3. Several problem fixes.

### Version 0.99.2 changes

1. Changes for Java changes (removing JAXB and JIBX xml changes).
2. Added Regular Expression. The regular expression screen is not displayed by default.
3. The other screen is only displayed if needed / requested. This is to try and simplify the application.
4. Added option to only display the tabs you need in the File-Open screen. You can use the right click menu to select / hide options.
5. Fix for File-List screen.

### Version 0.99 changes

1. 2 new Open file dialogs
   - Classic option which is an enhanced version of the current screen
   - File List option
   - File Chooser screen
   - Option to open a Data File using a Cobol Copybook (single record type only)
2. Date Format detection added to Cobol import and JRecord CodeGen. Improvements in the Date Format are needed.
3. New Cross-platform File Chooser screen
4. New enhanced File fields.
5. You can now Drag and drop files onto the RecordEditor.
6. New Icons (Mainly Oxygen Icon set)- in the future this will allow better support HDPI screens
7. A lot of internal GUI Changes
8. Reworked Font, Delimiter and Quote GUI items
9. Large number CodeGen updates and fixes (particularly but not exclusively for JRecord~Java
10. Fixes for Experimental Microfocus Reader
11. Fix for the Compare function
12. A Record Csv Export. This will write a CSV file 1 field per line format: Field Name/ length / Position / type / Value / Text value / Hex.