31 Table Visualizer Release Notes
31.1 TV - Table Visualizer v1.2.4
31.1.1 Improvements and New Features
- It is now possible to start a new TV using the 'File' menu.
- In the "Open Table" window, Mnesia tables are now sorted alphabetically.
31.1.2 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
31.1.3 Incompatibilities With Table Visualizer v1.2.3
31.1.4 Known Bugs and Problems
- The on-line help isn't context sensitive, and could be extended.
Own Id: OTP-1620, OTP-1667
31.2 TV - Table Visualizer v1.2.3
31.2.1 Improvements and New Features
31.2.2 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- TV now handles ETS tables of type duplicate_bag.
Own Id: OTP-2260
31.2.3 Incompatibilities With Table Visualizer v1.2.2
31.2.4 Known Bugs and Problems
- The on-line help isn't context sensitive, and could be extended.
Own Id: OTP-1620, OTP-1667
31.3 TV - Table Visualizer v1.2.2
31.3.1 Improvements and New Features
- Tables residing on remote nodes may now be opened.
Own Id: OTP-1940
- Objects containing a user specified Erlang term may now be searched for.
Own Id: OTP-2065
- Rows are now enumerated, thereby improving navigation in the table.
Own Id: OTP-2064
- The general graphical design has been revised and improved in some minor ways.
31.3.2 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
31.3.3 Incompatibilities With Table Visualizer v1.1.2
- New, changed and deleted objects are from now on only indicated with colours, not with letters.
- The design of the Open Table window has been altered, enabling remote nodes to be shown. As a result, unreadable tables are now only shown on request.
31.3.4 Known Bugs and Problems
- The on-line help isn't context sensitive, and could be extended.
Own Id: OTP-1620, OTP-1667
31.4 TV - Table Visualizer v1.1.2
31.4.1 Improvements and New Features
- The Table Visualizer no longer crashes when the table polled has died. Instead a popup window informs the user about the no longer existing table.
31.4.2 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
- The Table Visualizer is now an application, i.e., a tv.app file has been created.
Own Id: OTP-1689
31.4.3 Incompatibilities With Table Visualizer v1.0.2
31.4.4 Known Bugs and Problems
- The on-line help isn't context sensitive, and could be extended.
Own Id: OTP-1620, OTP-1667
- Tables residing on remote nodes can currently not be loaded.
Own Id: OTP-1940
31.5 Table Visualizer 1.0.2
New functionality:
Poll time supervision introduced, preventing frequent pollings to flood the system (in the case of very big tables).
Bug corrected: emptying a table and filling it once again doesn't make TV crash any more.
Table information now shown in a window of its own, with flaps grouping together related information.
The 'Open Table' dialog completely redesigned (new format of table identifiers, parent process shown, and so on).
Pid to main process returned when starting TV.
Letters introduced on the row buttons: 'N' for new elements, 'C' for changed elements, and 'D' for deleted elements.
Keyboard accelerators added for the menus.
Shortcuts added for the most frequently used menu options.
31.6 Table Visualizer 1.0.1
31.6.1 Fixed Bugs and malfunctions
- The usage/presentation of ets table identifiers has been changed due to changed (internal) representation in ets.
Own Id: OTP-1393
31.7 Table Visualizer 1.0
The Table Visualizer is a new graphical application based on GS. It's purpose is to examine ETS and Mnesia tables in a passive way (i.e., elements in the tables viewed cannot be altered via the tool, and neither can new elements be inserted). For further information, see the TV User's Guide.