Installing the software on your Newton

Use Newton Package Installer, Newton Backup Utility, or the Newton
Connection Kit to install the packages Easydata.pkg, ECSetup.pkg,
CopyFromNames.pkg (if you want to use the "copy from name file" feature),
MakeWKS.pkg (if you wish to be able to exchange data with QuickFigure
Pro) and Report.pkg on your Newton.

Changes in version 1.9:

* This version is fully compatible with Newton OS 2.0, although it will
still work on older Newtons.

* EasyData will run in horizontal or vertical orientation under OS 2.0. If
you rotate the screen  while EasyData is running, the current file will be
closed and you will be returned to the file selection screen. The layout
editor and report editor will only work in vertical mode, however.

* The "sort by" menu will now list field names rather than symbols.

* A possible "invalid index" (-48013) error has been fixed. It occurred
because EasyData wasn't registering user-defined indexes to be created on
newly inserted RAM cards.

* Several bugs were fixed in the report editor.

* A new plug-in module lets you send selected records to a QuickFigure Pro
worksheet.

Changes since version 1.6

New Features:

* New layout options and field types - buttons and timestamps. Buttons can
be scripted with NewtonScript code to use built-in newton features or call
other applications to manipulate data. Timestamps will automatically be set
to the time and/or date the record is created or modified. New field
attributes let you place up to two fields on a single line in the entry view
and create fields that can't be modified after an initial value is entered.

* The list view format has changed and you can now specify which fields you
want shown. In the field setup window, select the "Show in List" button for
any field you want to be displayed in the list view.

* New plug-in architecture allows EasyData to be extended and enhanced via
external code modules.

* Multi-record reports can be printed. A report editor plug-in lets you
design a report for each file.

* You can now specify which field to sort by in the list view by selecting
the "Index" button in the setup window. A popup list of the indexes will be
shown at the top of the list screen.

* Lookups are now available. You can use the lookup function in a formula to
relate data between different files or extract data from non-EasyData files
such as the built-in Names application.

* The connection icon now appears in the file list screen, so you can create
or upload files from a computer if no other files exist.

* Both formulas & buttons are compatible with the CHAIN function in NS Basic
version 2.5, so you can  use an NS Basic program to do the calcuations or
run an NS Basic program from a button.

* EasyComm for 4D is now PowerMac native and available as a drop-in
extension for 4D 3.2.5 or later. A version for 4D for Windows will be
available when that version of 4D ships.

* The menus have been re-arranged in EasyComm Universal and new features
have been added to make it easier to copy file structures between different
Newtons.

* A data transfer application is now available for Windows.

NOTES:

* If you use the connection button from the file list screen, don't use any
file-specific commands without specifying a file name explicitly. If you use
a command such as Send Records from the list screen you must explicitly
specify a file name.

* The internal format of formulas has changed since 1.6. You may get an
error if you try to display a record in a file containing formulas.
Disregard that error and open the design window and re-enter your formulas.
This was necessary since the old formulas were enclosed in curly braces ("{"
and "}"). For greater flexibility, we're now using characters that don't
occur in NewtonScript as formula delimiters so you can now enter expressions
which contain NewtonScript frames.