Hot information and what's a new


May 21, 2008
New release for
SMImport 2.67 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • MS Excel 12 file format supported (including binary .xlsb)
  • new parser for Open Office spreadsheets
  • new parser for MS Outlook (messages, contacts, tasks, notes etc)
  • parser for VBA/macros for MS Excel 2007
  • advanced parser for xml-files (including unicode files)
  • support for text files with fixed width without record separators
  • updated wizard dialog
  • updated parsers for Lotus 1-2-3 and QuattroPro files
  • changed algorithm for password protected Paradox and DBISAM tables
  • increased speed for data import

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May 05, 2008
Viewer for MS Outlook messages v1.27 released
View and save to another format any .msg or .eml file

March 23, 2008
FastViewer 1.78 released.

March 04, 2008
New builds for database viewers:

New configuration options, translated resources, updated export formats (sql, xml etc), codepage convert

March 04, 2008
Thumb.DB Viewer 1.2 released.

January 06, 2008
Paradox Reader Engine (ActiveX) 2.64 released.

April 10, 2007
All our VCL components supports the CodeGear Delphi 2007

April 03, 2007
New release for
SMMsg 1.23 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

New features and components:

November 21, 2006
New release for
SMImport 2.56 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • new MS Excel 12 file format supported
  • new functions in parser
  • extended statistic for import process
  • enhanced parser for xml-files (available not only for database import)
  • possibility to control the generated SQL-statement for dump of changes
  • EBCDIC encoding
  • dBase VII files supported
  • categories and header preview in wizard
  • possibility to process the password protected Paradox and DBISAM tables (via events)
  • parser for VCalendar/ICalendar

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November 16, 2006
All database viewers updated:

Password-protected files supported now

October 17, 2006
Paradox Engine (ActiveX) v2.56 released
Now password protected files supported too

September 13, 2006
Viewer for MS Outlook messages v1.19 released
View and save to another format any msg-file

September 07, 2006
New versions for our win-cgi viewer updated. View your MS Word documents and MS Excel workbooks online:

July 17, 2006
Excel File Viewer v1.69 released
Unicode version for our popular viewer. All Excel files, QuattroPro, Lotus etc

July 17, 2006
Protected Storage Viewer v1.22 released
You may view, save or delete any stored passwords, autocomple information etc

April 11, 2006
New tools to recover the database passwords

March 14, 2006
New products released:

December 12, 2005
Borland Developer Studio 2006 supported for all our VCL components.

October 17, 2005
New release for
SMImport 2.45 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • import parameters for expressions and mappings
  • customization for parameter's dialog (to ask the value)
  • direct parser for Windows Address Book (WAB)
  • Lotus wk4-format supported
  • QuattroPro wb3- and qpw-formats supported
  • load by sheet name instead sheet index for spreadsheets (MS Excel, Lotus, QuattroPro etc)
  • change the blob encoding for xml
  • support for password-protected MS Access databases
  • minor bugs fixed (DBISAM and Paradox parser for blob-fields, xml parser)
  • updated wizard (word-wrap titles for preview grid, calculated expressions in preview grid)
  • updated help-file and new demo projects

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June 08, 2005
New release for
SMImport 2.36 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • direct Clarion parser (without any external libraries)
  • load from MS Windows clipboard
  • new OnParsedValue event with pure parsed value (before any transformations)
  • load NULL for skipped columns
  • data type detect for MS Excel parser (to create the table from source)
  • Lotus wk3-format supported
  • QuattroPro wkq-format supported
  • new soAutoCloseStatistic option (to close statistic window after load process)
  • automatical conversion in parser (for parameters in string functions) the NULL to empty value
  • all help strings for function descriptions (in Expression Builder) localized
  • dbf-parser can handle more than 255 fields and Visual FoxPro 3 format supported
  • minor bugs fixed (LoadRegionalSettings for DataFormats, wizard, expression parser, MS Excel parser)
  • updated help-file and new demo projects

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May 18, 2005
SMExport 4.77 for Delphi/C++Builder was released.


SMExport schema

convert into popular data formats!

  Short list of changes:
  • new export engine for ADO datasource (ADO components are NOT used)
  • extended export to PDF including embedded fonts and picture encoding
  • formula export (TSMExportToExcel component)
  • possibility to convert the EBCDIC characters (IBM mainframe)
  • possibility to encode the BLOB for XML (without MIME/Encode 64)
  • unlimited list for email recipients (the CC: and BCC: supported now too)
  • new CurrentSection property (Header/Band/Title/Data/Footer) for extended Statistic property (easy programming in event)
  • new engines for third-party components (for example, for DevExpress dxDBGrid with groupings)
  • possibility to specify the starting row for TSMExportToExcel (useful for merge)
  • some bugs fixed (dbf memo, data formats auto-loading, html codepage, text quoting)
  • new demo projects
  • and more.

April 17, 2005
Paradox Viewer 1.57, DBISAM Viewer 1.57 and Fast Document Viewer 1.5 released

February 18, 2005
New release for
SMImport 2.27 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • direct DBISAM parser (alternative to Elevate Software)
  • text/csv parser: UTF-16 little endian/big endian support added
  • QuattroPro WKQ file format added
  • syntax description pane in Expression Builder dialog for end-users
  • visual changes in wizard (highlight for mapped columns, automapping button etc)
  • extended xml-file processing
  • new functions in parser
  • extended field types for dBase files (graphic, time, autoinc, currency etc)
  • increased speed for MS Excel parser
  • fixed bugs in MS Excel parser (unicode for Chinese workbooks, unicode sheetnames, shared formula etc)
  • fixed bug for MEMO-field in FoxPro table
  • plain text extractor for Formatted MEMO in Paradox tables

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February 17, 2005
Paradox Viewer 1.54 released. Now you may generate SQL-scripts, view formatted memos, view large files, export to SPSS and more

February 12, 2005
DBLoad 2.27 released. Increased speed of data loading and transaction support added

February 09, 2005
ExcelFile Viewer 1.43 released. Now you may view all MS Excel file formats, Lotus 1-2-3 and QuaatroPro files

February 07, 2005
Word Web-stream 1.3 and Excel Web-stream 2.25 released. All document formats (including unicode) supported

December 16, 2004
SMExport 4.68 for Delphi/C++Builder was released.


SMExport schema

convert into popular data formats!

  Short list of changes:
  • bands export (columns grouping)
  • possibility to export system variables (current row/col, error number, sheet name etc) instead fields
  • extended merge feature (MS Word, MS Excel etc)
  • extended export memo/blob/graphical fields/columns
  • extended page setup/layout for PDF/RTF/Word/Excel formats
  • possibility to create password-protected MS Excel/Word documents and MS Access database
  • changed data engines (DevExp's QT4/5, DecisionCube) and added new (TSMDBGrid, GridEH, TFxCube, Raize ListView)
  • extended statistic for export process
  • changed engine for SPSS
  • a lot of new demo projects (including export from third-party components). Now more than 50 demos are available
  • Delphi 2005 support
  • and more.

November 29, 2004
New release for
SMImport 2.19 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • lookup and substitute field loading
  • modified native parsers for Paradox and dBase (including MEMO/BLOBs)
  • extended formats for date/time values
  • multibyte/unicode support in MS Excel parser
  • extended xml-file processing
  • evaluation of expressions in wizard (preview)
  • supports for Lotus 1-2-3 workbooks (97/98 release, multisheet)
  • parser for Advantage tables (no external libraries)
  • extended methods for MS Access and ADO parsers
  • support for tables with spaces in field names
  • Delphi 2005 support
  • new help file and modified FAQ

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SMImport schema
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November 28, 2004
New version our freeware
SMComponent library is released.

November 24, 2004
Paradox Viewer 1.4 released. Extended parser for MEMO/BLOB fields, new engine for MS Excel conversion

October 12, 2004
New demo projects published for
SMExport 4.50 for Delphi/C++Builder

 

export to MS Excel from cxGrid

September 28, 2004
DBExport (console tools) 4.64 released. Direct and fast data export to different file formats with command-line support (for example, to run from Scheduler). Seven engines in bundle now

September 24, 2004
Metafile convert 1.7 released. You may save the any metafile to different file formats (MS Excel, PDF, RTF, TIFF, CSV/Text, HTML, XML etc). Now more command-line parameters and better quality of saved files.

Borland Delphi or C++Builder developers can order the pure VCL components with same functionality (contact to author). If you want to have an ActiveX edition, write a message too.

September 16, 2004
New components added for
SMExport and SMReport Autigenerated from TFxCube.

September 13, 2004
Paradox Viewer 1.3 released. Now may save the loaded data to different file formats (CSV, Text, HTML, XML, MS Excel etc) or copy to clipboard. Also minor bugs fixed in BLOB/MEMO reader

September 3, 2004
DBLoad (console) 2.11 released. Direct and fast data loading from different file formats with command-line support (for example, to run from Scheduler)

August 23, 2004
Paradox Reader (ActiveX) released. To read and create/load the external Paradox tables into any ADO connection.

July 18, 2004
ExcelFile Viewer 1.2 released. To view the any MS Excel files without any external libraries with possibility to read an internal structure for xls-file.

June 20, 2004
TMSWordDocument component: unicode support and parser for Chinese (Simplified or Traditional BIG5), Japanese, Korean documents. Speed and direct parser for MS Word documents.

April 26, 2004
New major release for
SMImport 2.0 for Delphi/C++Builder published.

A lot of new features:
  • loading from streams for most formats
  • changes in direct Excel parser (speed, unicode support, read named ranges, old STRING3-tags etc)
  • changes in expression parser (new functions, date-time processing from any defined format)
  • possibility to read the details from MS Access database (indexes, relations/foreign constraints, field attributes etc)
  • modified direct parser for Paradox. Now large fiels supported
  • fast processing for SkipIf/LoadWhen conditions
  • modified xml-parser and now more xml-formatings processed by default
  • extended OnLocate event. Useful for large files in Update or Append/Update import modes where you may implement own mechanism for search (corresponded record)
  • possibility ro use wizard for specification definition only without real import. Same feature used in design-time of Delphi/IDE (see context popup-menu)
  • any custom record separator in text files (useful if text file contain lines with different record structure)
  • help file for end-users (how to use functions in parser and Expression Builder)
  • new demo projects
  • and more minor changes (plain text for any spreadsheet like excel/lotus/quattropro/paradox etc, spaces in expressions for parser...)

See details.

 

SMImport schema
convert from all popular data formats!

March 29, 2004
SMInternet 1.50 for Delphi/C++Builder was released.

Short list of changes:

March 15, 2004
New version our freeware
SMComponent library v3.4 is released. For example, new TSMBreakGrid component added and some changes in TSMDBGrid component

January 13, 2004
SMExport 4.50 for Delphi/C++Builder was released.


SMExport schema

convert into popular data formats!

  Short list of changes:
  • modified engine for SPSS writing. Now any version of SPSS software can read files
  • possibility to export const values instead fields
  • new options and events for export components
  • support for fast export without extended fonts/colors support (pure data export)
  • changed data engines (DevExp's QuantumGrid4, InfoPower grid) and added new one (VolgaDBGrid)
  • modified format for saved specifications (back compartibility with old versions)
  • added precision property for float fields in dBase
  • page layout for Word/Excel documents (orientation, margins etc)
  • autowidth/autoresize of exported table in MS Excel
  • possibility to export empty values (sometimes important for import)
  • a lot of new demo projects (including export from third-party components)
  • and more.

November 20, 2003
SMImport 1.96 for Delphi/C++Builder released.

Short list of changes and new features:
  • new component for data loading from Paradox tables (fast, BDE is not required at all)
  • new OnLocateRecord and OnBeforeFieldUpdate events
  • replaced parser for MS Excel
  • new functions in expression builder (SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, FLOATTOSTR, STRTODATE etc) and fixed bugs in expression evaluator
  • support for custom date/time formats
  • new dialogs for open and save file/specification
  • updated FAQ
  • and more.
 

SMImport schema
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September 16, 2003
SMImport 1.89 for Delphi/C++Builder released.

Short list of changes and new features:

September 08, 2003
New version our freeware
SMComponent library v3.36 is released. Most changes are in TSMDBGrid component - bands, grouping, footers, Windows XP theme support etc

July 21, 2003
SMExport 4.40 for Delphi/C++Builder was released. Short list of changes:

April 21, 2003
SMImport 1.75 for Delphi/C++Builder is released. Short list of changes:

March 17, 2003
We started our newsgroups:
news.scalabium.com There you may retrieve an answer on any question for our components. The current our mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SMComponents) is still live, of course.

February 24, 2003
SMExport 4.30 for Delphi/C++Builder was released.


Short list of changes:

February 03, 2003
SMWord 1.20 for Delphi/C++Builder is released. Short list of changes:

December 16, 2002
New product is released today -
SMWord 1.10 for Delphi/C++Builder. TMSWordDocument component provide a direct and fast text extraction from any MS Word document (without MS Word automation). MS Word installed is not required.

Do you want to extract a text from doc-file? Try our TMSWordDocument
Do you want to find document where some substring is occured? Try our TMSWordDocument
Do you want to display a summary information and/or text preview? Same answer - TMSWordDocument

November 25, 2002
SMExport 4.20 for Delphi/C++Builder was released.


Short list of changes:

November 01, 2002
SMReport Designer and Autogenerated 1.90 for Delphi/C++Builder are released.

  • friendly interface
  • run-time designer
  • drag'n'drop functionality
  • customized preview dialog with zooming and magnifier possibility
  • report wizards
  • wide report designing
  • conditional highlighting of variables, fields
  • unlimited data grouping
  • on-fly calculated variables (sum/count/average etc)
  • user variables for custom formulas
  • stretching feature
  • restrictions for end-users
  • report export into different formates (HTML, XML, PDF, CSV, Text, MS Excel, RTF and others)
  • opened interfaces allow to add new printable controls (flow charts, for example) and export filters
  • multilingual interface
  • and more

 

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