StarView version 7.3
(installed on 6 July 2004)

Highlights:

  • Proxy code has been added for users behind firewalls.
  • StarView database connectivity has been upgraded.
  • Many qualifier fixes were made to remove sql issues in the search forms.

    • Gory Details - the PRs that have been fixed with this release:

    - StarView can run out of memory without warning (42132)
    - StarView SQL Syntax Error in AttributeQueryFormatter (51582)
    - StarView Proxy Code Needed (51583)
    - StarView Qual String Trim Needed (51584)
    - StarView DateTime SQL Error (51585)
    - StarView Upgrade to jconn2.jar (51586)
    - StarView Code Changes to Reflect DADS 10.3 DB Changes (51587)
    - StarView Form Changes Due to DADS 10.3 DB Changes (51588)
    - StarView DQ Flag Not Unchecking When Overridden (51589)
    - StarView SQL Error Unless RA and Dec in a Certain Order (51590)

    StarView version 7.2
    (installed on 17 March 2003)

    Highlights:

  • VizieR catalog query tool accesible in StarView
  • Simplified default preferences - users don't have to provide as much info
  • Support for thermal vac with COS and WFPC3
  • New version of Specview available in StarView
  • Ability to request individual files from related screens as well as directly by filename
  • Interface and support for the archive's soon-to-be-released distribution redesign

    • Gory Details - the PRs that have been fixed with this release:

    - NICMOS post-SAA Darks StarView Display (44621)
    - Requesting by Filename in StarView (46344)
    - Fraction of seconds in queries are wrong (46904)
    - StarView's Area Qualifier Added with No Width or Height (47531)
    - StarView Loses a setActive CRV after saving a local form (47534)
    - StarView "Environment" Should Change to "Preferences" (47538)
    - Queries by object class (29229)
    - Options for user retrievals of compressed files (34893)
    - StarView needs to support the Upcoming IDR delivery (47953)

    StarView version 7.1
    (installed on 28 April 2002)

    Highlights:

  • ACS Screens now available
  • Support for CD and DVD Retrieval for HST data
  • Spectral Previews now handled by SpecView. Provides for interactive spectral previews and overplotting of previews
  • Results form now can be displayed as the traditional Form or a single table. User can specify preference for the default look and feel in the Preferences
  • Simplified user preferences (now only two tabs, one for program preferences and one for selecting archives to load at startup)
  • Improved performance (faster queries from replacement of old Lisp based SQL generation tool Quick)
  • Link buttons on some search forms to automatically link users results to related queries on different search forms
  • Qualification table now has Info buttons to easily get information about the qualifier's attributes, definition, and possible values
  • Improved layout of button bars to bring buttons closer to where they are needed and to reduce wasted screenspace
  • A new Science Only checkbox next to the qualifiers to filter out calibration and engineering exposures from the query.
  • Final preparation for new DADS system.
  • Fixes to make all compatable with Java VM 1.4

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    Gory Details - the PRs that have been fixed with this release:


    - Build ACS screens (pr 43744)
    - Wierd interaction between Table Header and scroll bars when editing table (pr 43863)
    - Replace quick (pr 42155)
    - Pattern Keywords: Modify StarView to see new NICMOS pattern keyword values (PR 38939)
    - Add new retrieval options and format to StarView (PR 43745)
    - New FOS calibration reference files/keywords should be in screens (PR 44255)

    StarView version 7 
    (installed on 2 November 2001)

    Highlights:

  • Multiple archives available in StarView (HST and FUSE)
  • Improved "smart" cross qualification now can automatically cross qualify on coordinates or object name
  • Ability to enter coordinates in equinox other than J2000 in the Target Resolver tool (query's are still done in J2000 and results are diplayed in J2000)
  • Improved performance (faster queries)
  • Retrieval now loaded from the archive at run-time so changes in retrieval do not require an upgrade to the program
  • Save SQL allows user to have StarView create SQL for them to use in another environment or to see how a query is being done
  • Attribute table formatting can now be saved with the form so when you select the table button from a form, the resulting table view of the results will be in the saved field order and column widths
  • Pull-down menus are restructured to include all button bar functionality with associated hot keys to allow for more keyboard driven functionality
  • Recent news from the archives and StarView is now available.  News items are displayed upon startup if there is new or unread information.  News items are always accessible from the Tools pull-down menu
  • Once available, StarView will support th enew retrieval options such as CD and DVD

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    Gory Details - the PRs that have been fixed with this release:

    - change OTFC forms to OTFR (43650)
    - overall table should remember state (43742)
    - clicking on row in table rewinds whole table to the left (43743)
    - add multiselect function to field selector in export and xqual (43772)
    - blank SMTP entry throws exception and unmarks retrieval data (43834)
    - table from table button needs to be recreated after returnign from EDIT mode (43862)
    - cannot change field labels for items in a table (43891)
    - large imports from a file cause query execution error (43928)
    - apostrophy not handled correctly in SV SQL (44242)
    - ability to search multiple catalogs/archives and do retrievals from each (42156)
    - support input equinoxes other than J2000 (30825)
    - allow searching in other coordinate systems (30955)
    - add sort capability to STScI retrieval table (43651)
    - supporting multiple catalogs/databases on different servers (29028)
     

    Work that has been started for the new DADS:

    - add new retrieval options to SV
    - paper products as data option in SV
    - archive class support for FUSE
    - options for user retrievals of compressed files
    - sv needs a screen for data format desired for WFPC2 data

    StarView version 6.2 
    (installed on 12 April 2001)

    Highlights:

    1. Improved query speed.
    2. Now runs under Java 1.3 AND 1.2.2.  Note 1.3 is up to 30% faster!!!
    3. StarView has an improved look and feel and a revamped help facility.  Help is available where you see this icon  .  Help is supported in three modes
      1. Context Sensitive Help - You can click the help Icon and then click on a GUI element to learn more about that element
      2. Browsable Help - You can browse the Help documentation in the JavaHelp browser (from under the Help menu)
      3. Help with Next Step - When you are stuck or wonder what to do next, typing control-Z or selecting Help with Next Step from the Help menu will give you information about where to go next in StarView.
    4. The Quick form is now available from the Quick button on the button bar.
    5. Retrieval will work with the new on the fly reprocessing system from the STScI HST archive.
    6. Requests can be resubmitted from outside of StarView.
    7. Look and feel upgrade to the Cross Qualification and Export features
    8. Ability to store and restore datasets in the retrieval tool.
    9. Links to astronomical references for datasets.
    10. Interaction with VTT tool from APT (to be released May 1, 2001).

    StarView version 6.1
    (installed on 23 October 2000)

    Highlights:

  • StarView 6.1 has an improved look and feel and a revamped help facility.  Help is available where you see this icon .
  • To inform users when there is activity going on behind the scenes, the StarView logo in the upper-right corner flashes while StarView is waiting due to database communication.
  • Users are now able to update archive information using StarView.  The Retrieval portion of StarView allows users to change their archive password and verify their shipping address when a tape is requested.  Users also have the option of either a dat or exabyte tape.
  • For users who often search for data using the same query, StarView now allows qualification saves and restorations.  Users may also import a file of dataset names directly into Retrieval and bypass the search process.
  • StarView also offers multiple record selection using the standard shift-click technique.

    • Below are the gory details:

  • added constraints to the DbFieldViewer display when user gets more information about a database field
  • changed Overlay to need only datasetname on form
  • setBusy/wait when scanning for single or multiple records to give user feedback by animating SV icon
  • hides and displays qualify table when crv focus/non-focus
  • stop editting when form out of focus
  • Improvements for openwindows bugs..works better under Solaris 2.5.1 with OpenWindows (not perfect)
  • set initial values for JOptionPanes in case users hit a modality problem
  • added a busy boolean to help filter the conditions in setNavigationState()
  • list and table popups listen to shift and alt modifiers to allow for selecting multiple records
  • qualification verification multiple warning syndrome fixed, When you get an error in xqual it stops rather than complaining about all subsequent problems.
  • file chooser remembers where you were and sets as initial location to the users home directory
  • radius restored correctly when qualifiers are cleared
  •  ras and decs are pared together and reformatted to search in unique coordinate boxes rather than in ra = 1,2 and dec=3,4
  • can now save and restore qualifications to file on disk
  • sv logo flashes when program busy talking to the database
  • moved where display tools are - new interface for allowing plug-ins such as VTT
  • removed local items from attribute selections in Xqual by adding a getAllNonLocalAttributes() to FI and QF
  • changed color of selected columns and non-editable columns
  • changed so single clicking highlights row and invokes editor on qualifier
  • tweaks to qualify look and feel
  • added a help button with ? gif and tooltip to important parts of program
  • new sv logo
  • fixed problem with ra and dec if returned coord was null - now nothing displayed
  • fixed up error handling on coord formats
  • added code to use the new coordinate feature so we get coordinate for each pair of coords rather than many for a few
  • changes to browser launcher - added env stuff to point to the installed Netscape under UNIX only
  • added email information explanation verbage
  • added importing datasets from a local file to retrieval rather than having to get datasetnames from a search form
  • expanded the add datasets by hand option by allowing a comma separated list in manual datsset entry
  • fixed crossqual from file to use ra units specified in the env - assumes ra units in the file are the same as specified in the env
  • created first help package and added help icons to many places in StarView
  • fixed resolver so it does not look for any field name, but pushes by logical type alone to find ra and decl
  • now using new urlformatter to format urls rather than doing it in each object
  • tape address verifictaion and password changer added to retrieval
  • removed tape radio button from retrieval and added dat and exabyte radio buttons ( no density or blocking )
  • fixed the Calendar.MONTH = month of year - 1 problem when saving requests to disk with timestamps.  6.0 saved requests are dated in the previous month.
  • added option to remember password in retrieval between sessions
  • added new splash screen and ststus reports while starview loads
  • added browserlauncher information message to messagehandler method when launching browser rather than forwarding active browser to a URL.
  • fixed problem where thread could exit before objects were added to the busy stack

    • For more details, please refer to our list of Known Bugs and Wish Lists for both the StarView program and the forms and associated web services.