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This is the support page for Entrance, the browser for MySQL databases with charts.  You will find links for Entrance documentation and how-to-do-it notes on the Entrance main page:  http://dbentrance.com/.

If you have a question about using Entrance please email us at:  "support (at) dbentrance (dot) com" or check our FAQ at http://dbentrance.com/support/FAQ.html.   The FAQ will often have work-arounds and updates on bugs in the list below.
 
If you think you have found a bug, please let us know about it, even when you don't have a "reproducible case" or aren't sure that you have found something new.  It can't hurt to send in a report.  Email reports to:  bugs (at) dbentrance (dot) com. 

A list of known Entrance bugs is attached below the change log.


Entrance Change Log (as of 1.2.94)
    // 1.2.91-94  code cleanup; refactor and Chart.paintData() introduced;
    //              improved popup for painting
    //              "remove paint with other colors" dialog; flipbook animation in View menu
    //              release (trial expires 2008.07.15)
    //     bug fixes:
    //       241  on Mac:  native Mac dialog for saving PNG/JPG
    //       242  supply PNG and JPG extensions  
    //       235  paint menuitems shown when they don't work
    // 1.2.90 duplicate legend items overdraw each other (for compound types)
    //     bug fixes:
    //       243  XOR can leave lines behind when thick lines in chart  
    //       178  legend line thickness
    //       186  legend line thickness
    //
    // 1.2.88-89  MASKED markers & better marker corners; thicker line default;
    //              icons in Make a chart dialogs
    //     bug fixes:
    //       239  keyword "background" is case sensitive                                   
    // 1.2.87  release
    // 1.2.79-85     first differences; palette support; bar separation and labels for rotated bars
    // 1.2.77-78     color palettes in make a line chart; correct various Matisse problems on
    //                   Make a Chart dlgs
    //     bug fixes:
    //        73  show negative bars (base of bars should be at 0)                                   
    //        90  errors handled improperly when multiple queries run           
    //       111  SCATTER legend is missing the second item                     
    //       213  BarChart mishandles null data point                           
    //       215  wrong type shown for xlabels                                  
    //       219  "gray gridlines" makes x and y axis labels gray too           
    //       222      rgb() and rgba()  broken
    //       223  In make a line chart:  "circle and line" ignores line thi...  
    //       225  rotated bar color wrong in make a chart dialog                
    //       226  type combo doesn't update in Make an XY Chart 
    //       230  nothing drawn in legend for area type on line chart
    //


BUG REPORT


 bugNumber  briefDescription                                               
 ---------  ------------------------------------------------------------   
         4  Results are garbled when text field contains newline           
        12  Some tables should show (database).(table) in their tabs       
        13  Table column headings can be crowded in table view             
        19  Width of chart is wrong when exported                          
        21  Make it possible to copy a chart image to the clipboard f...   
        23  Allow page and frame to be set using -1 to mean "use auto...   
        24  Problem with report font spacing                               
        25  The report font is not used for HTML export                    
        31  On Fedora:   an error message appears after install with ...   
        32  the menu and dialog fonts don't look very good on Fedora       
        34  generic icon used on Fedora                                    
        35   distribute an RPMed version of Entrance                       
        40  Column names missing from print out for table view             
        47  list boxes don't scroll to selected item for "^T Open Tab...   
        50  reset button hasn't been implemented for SQL colors in Pr...   
        55  replace all means items below the cursor                       
        57  Capture stack trace in the event queue                         
        59  SQL runner handles 'delimiter' keyword incorrectly             
        63  Windows file association                                       
        64  "Unable to do first update" error when attempting to paint     
        66  no way delete column on an empty table                         
        67  SOURCE keyword not supported                                   
        71  Brackets {} confuse parser                                     
        77  Pie label format is badly needed.                              
        78  markers are clipped on the right side in an XY chart           
        79  data label misplaced with size override                        
        83  error message extends outside box                              
        84  cryptic error message when SELECT is not found                 
        85  replace does not enable the save button                        
        86  error message sent to stderr, but no dialog                    
        87  Escaped quotes don't work in chart strings.                    
        88  Use of 'as' prevents data exploration                          
        89  save with keyboard shortcut does not disable the save button   
        91  REPORT properties persist when they shouldn't                  
        95  Make a list view out of the clipboard ring                     
        96  LicenseKeeper on the Mac shows "JavaApplicationStub"           
        99  Connection failure from copy/paste with remembered password    
       102  scale values containing "e" trigger an error                   
       104  Nulls are not recognized when importing from a file.           
       109  Entrance does not handle SQL procedures                        
       110  ^T to open table fails when there is a tab with the same ...   
       114  Save button still enabled after saving                         
       115  Report.format() cannot handle 24:00:00                         
       116  Message "Need primary key" goes to console, not message box    
       119  table open fails when opening table with same name as ope...   
       122  What menu pick should be used for "Paste data from browse...   
       125  Commas in string data values cause line chart to fail          
       127  Cannot delete a column in a table with no data rows            
       132  Column statistics work only for double columns                 
       133  datetimeychart says "charts.XDateAxis:  Max,min, or incre...   
       134  use the table mysql.help_keywords for keyword highlighting     
       135  Provide a row viewer for reading TEXT, eg. as in help_topics   
       136  Make HTTP: active links in the table view                      
       137  Delete table does not close table pane if one is open          
       138  "Trace" box on the Misc preferences tab for turning on "T...   
       139  PlotScript errors should prevent switching to a blank "Ch...   
       140  Triangle color ignored in DateTimeY                            
       141  Enter 0 and 32:0:0 in generate reference table--get prima...   
       142  Transpose fails when the new table will have too many col...   
       144  Consolidate columns fails on a table containing NULLS          
       147  report should allow "newpage" keyword for printing             
       148  should support mail merge                                      
       149  Edit | copy table fails on Fedora                              
       150  Transpose error message goes to console, there should be ...   
       151  import should provide some sort of cue that it is importing    
       153  QueryPane created by XAction is not visible while query runs   
       154  Connections are being left open after running a chart.         
       157  Error message -1 for SQL error                                 
       162  The match box should be disabled for query panes               
       163  Remove the integer size limitation on the top row in a re...   
       164  Shortcut key fails when Entrance is first started              
       166  Go to line should not display on a table                       
       167  Gridline color ignored                                         
       168  Marker shape ignored in correlation chart                      
       170  "Are you sure?" message is shown twice on deleting a quer...   
       171  Should Review use of message dialogs in QueryPane              
       174  "Unable to do first update" message when box extends outs...   
       175  Off by one in data painting for line chart                     
       176  rotated labels not working for charts other than time/dat...   
       177  No error mesage when the where clause in the match box co...   
       180  "N" is interpreted as cancel.                                  
       182  Histogram helper shows error                                   
       184  datalabels "seem" not to work when they are first              
       188  Need error dialog when date scaling fails                      
       191  No chart drawn or error msg. for a datetime                    
       192  area hides even thick line                                     
       193  Exception when delete all tabs (this is a threading thing)     
       194  a grid line can be drawn above the chart                       
       196  Edit | "Copy" makes a single Pages column on the Mac           
       198  extra blank row after importing tabbed with headings           
       200  copy fails between servers                                     
       201  It is not possible to set the order of databases in the e...   
       204  Entrance Test succeeds, but cannot connect to database         
       205  the stacked bar y formats are scientific                       
       209  Preference dialog changes bold to "bold italiic"               
       211  Match box is ignored when switch from one table to another     
       214  Transpose table should use row ordering to order columns       
       216  background with "very" or "light" does not work                
       217  transparent area colors show lines where polygons meet         
       220  line thickness changes lines between polygons in an area ...   
       224  Barwidth, barseparation, bar overlap in generated scripts...   
       227  TXT file treated like SQL file                                 
       228  Can't drag and drop a subdirectory to a folder                 
       230  Dashed, dotted line styles not working for THICK or VERY ...   
       245  Area chart confused by nulls                                   
       238  width should be off ifor double in change column type dia...   
       240  "dark" cannot be used to modify background color               
       246  After using "New subdirectory" to add a directory, tree n...   
       247  Stats don't support date-time columns...                       
       249  Explorer tree not updated for new query                        
       250  Linefeeds embedded in field text confuse export