Boston Professional v6.1 Release Notes

Boston Professional v6.1 is a patch release to Boston Professional v6.0
Release Date: 4th April 2022

Patch release: 6.1.1

A summary of the main commits follows:
- Database version now at v1.33;
- Implemented product registration.
- Added automated error reporting.
- Implemented automatic product update regime.
- Added storing Models as XML functionality (over saving Models to the database exclusively).
- Can now view a ModelElement in the Glossary from the ModelDictionary
- Implemented Value Type Subtype Relationships.
- Entity Types can now be subtypes of Fact Types.
- Can now set Fact Type Reading Instance position on Page.
- Fixed bugs around EntityTypes with CompoundReferenceSchemes, not verbalised correctly if Subtypes.
- When loading .fbm file, can now store as XML
- Minor but fixes addnig IUC when FactType is not on Page (handling IUCAdded event). Now doesn't throw error.
- Implemented synchronous broadcasts for the WCF Service managing Boston clients.
- Added extra Virtual Analyst help to the help manual. Virtual Analyst now provides extra help/suggestions on some commands.
- Added 'Getting Started' to the Startup page (Boston Student and Boston Professional).
- Refined Reference Table management/code improvements.
- Fixed bug when reassigning a role from a Supertype to a Subtype, was removing relevant Columns rather than reassigning them to a different table (if required, because Subtype might be absorbed).
- Updated Boston database documentation (User Manual).
- Improved Diagram Spy. Handles Objectified Fact Types better now and in line with Entity Types.
- Fixed management of Model Notes (Page/GUI/Instance handling).
- Added one new Model Fix type.
- Fixed bug in creating ValueTypes...ModelDictionaryEntry was either not being created or not set to Dirty.
- Fixed bug in Verbalisation of Subset Constraints that are not Subset Join Constraints. Was reading 'If some....then some...' rather than 'If some...then that....'
- Fixed bug in Verbalisations for 1:1 BinaryFactTypes
- Removing ModelElements from Model now forces XML save of Model if Model.StoreAsXML
- Can elect to see MDAModelElement errors in ErrorList (or not)
- Fixed cross threading bug on CircularProgressBar in frmToolboxEnterpriseExplorer when loading a Model.
- Circular Progress bar now shows more values when loading Model stored as XMl
- Various fixes to Model Explorer to make navigation easier in ClientServer mode.
- FactTypeNames now showable/hidable by Page.
- Improved navigation in Diagram Spy/frmDiagramORM...can now add to Page from Entity Type...FTs from, FTs to, SubtypeRelationships...makes it much easier to navigate the model.
- Improved DiagramSpy showing. Now adds SubtypeRelationships.
- Baloon Tooltip now in beige colour when shown for a model element on a Page.
- Fixed bug in loading NORMA files. RDS view, was creating multiple Columns for a Table with the same name. Made Cloned Column Id being able to be set to new GUID
- Fixed RDS Table's Index (PK) modification as it relates to upstream Tables. Especially when an External Uniqueness Constraint is late applied as in when loading a NORMA file.
- Fixed bug in adding Column to subtype tables...reflection in supertypes.
- Fixed RDS Table's Index (PK) modification as it relates to upstream Tables. Especially when an External Uniqueness Constraint is late applied as in when loading a NORMA file.
- Improving importing of NORMA files and RDS Index and Table Column management on changing of Primary Key of downstream ModelElements's RDS Table.
- Improvements to NORMA file loading. NORMA files with Errors now catered for.
- Implemented a CustomMessageBox to make message boxes more meaningful (more buttons and buttons with more descriptive messages then Yes, No, Cancel etc).
- Various fixes to the Database Upgrade process. Now replaces CoreMetaModel on each Database Upgrade.
- Improvements to Table Data View toolbox/functionality (from ER Diagram View).
- Added loading Value Type Value Constraints when loading a NORMA file.
- Introduced shape for acyclic_strongly_intransitive RingConstraint
- Implemented image and verbalisations for symmetric_transitive Ring Constraints.
- Minor bug fixes.

Known Issues:
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- FactEngine doesn't cater for unary fact types at this stage
- Unary Fact Types may not be translated to a boolean attribute/property in the Entity Relationship and Property Graph views in all cases.

v6.1.1 Patch Release

- Fixed bugs with Frequency Constraints (Instance management and Instance properties).
- Fixed bug where Role Value Constraints loading on a Page would erroneously replay the Fact Type to which the Role Value Constraint was ultimately joined.
- Added CodeSafe: OrganicComputing: to loading RoleConstraintRoles and where the Argument of the Role can't be found.
- Fixed cutting-pasting errors-from one Model to another. Serialisation errors (lists not being serialised etc)
- Fixed Copy/Paste Bug - Could not copy/past Fact Type (Instance) with Fact (Instances);