About ODABA ----------- 0. Thank you for installing ODABA. This is ODABA version 12, the latest release of ODABA-NG, the new generation of terminology-oriented database system. Compared with previous ODABA releases, version 12 provides several new features: - Document export (LibreOffice, MSOffice, HTML) - Multiple storage support enables storing ODABA data in SQL databases) - Componen definition and exchange - Synonyms for data types and properties - Pre release for calendar controls - Enhanced email support - Improved handling of text encoding More information you will find in ODABA and in the ODABAInvitation_EN.pdf or ODABAInvitation_GE.pdf and in ODABA release notes (http://www.odaba.com/content/products/announcements/annodaba12.0.0). 1. Minor extensions have been made to the ODABA system model in order to support different string encoding types. 2. ODABA GUI frameword and ODE tools support several new features (components, document generation, ...). A number of document templates for LibreOffice have been provided. 3. The ODABA and ODABA API has been extended. 4. Installation procedure has been improved in order to support conditional installation depending on installed packages. Release notes ------------- 1. Update information are provided on three levels. General release notes you will find on the WEB site. In the logs folder of the installation folder, there are detailed release notes (ReleaseLog_xxx.txt) and change logs (Changes_xxx.txt) for all ODABA subprojects. 'xxx' stands for sos - common service functions opa - Database kernel gui - GUI frame work ode - ODE tools Release logs contain information about detailed relevent (conceptual) changes. Change logs contain a list of cheges per source file. 2. In addition, we provide test logs for ODABA interface classes, which include a difference protocol which shows changes to the prevoius release. 3. In order to get information about new releases, you should register at run Software by sending a mail to support@odaba.com Licenses -------- 1. You may use the GPL in order to develop other software licensed under GPL. In order to develop commercial software not licensed as GPL product, you may get a commercial development license. 2. Note, the the GPL allows you creating any sort of GPL projects, i.e. projects for your own purpose as well as commercial products (as long as those are published under GPL, again). In order to develop non-GPL products, you need a commercial development licence, which can be ordered at RUN Software. 3. You may also join the ODABA Software Development Foundation, which supports the further ODABA development and which gives you a chance to participate in strategic and short term decisions. Installation ------------ 1. ODABA does not require specific registration procedures and you may copy the odaba folder to any location in your system. 2. Installation and build procedures are described for different platforms and build environments at: http://www.odaba.com/content/documentation/odaba/opa/HierarchyTopics/ONLG_10_Install.html 3. Supported platforms win32-gcc win32-msvc2003 win32-msvc2005 win32-msvc2008 win32-msvc2010 linux-gcc for all platforms 32- and 64-bit modes are supported. In order to compile ODABA on other platforms or with other compilers, you might have to insert a few platform specific extensions. In general, it should not be a big problem. 4. Several features require third party components, which have to be installed before installing ODABA. When the corresponding libraries are not available, one may install ODABA, but the features referenced below will not work. libzip (required for LibreOffice document generation) zlib (required for data compression and database backup and restore) curl (required for enhanced email support) Getting started --------------- 0. When running ODABA 10 resource databases, those have to be upgraded. In order to upgrade the resource database, appropriate upgrade procedures are described in the online documentation. Moreover, you may have to upgrade application databases, when those refer to system data type (e.g. DSC_Topic or __OBJECT). How to upgrade a database is described at: http://www.odaba.com/content/documentation/odaba/opa/HierarchyTopics/ONLG_VersionUpgrade.html 1. A Quick Starter Guide is availale for new odaba users at http://www.odaba.com/content/documentation/odaba/opa/HierarchyTopics/ONLG_10_Steps.html or in the ODABA-Base online documentation ("Quick Starter Guide"). and for the GUI framework at http://www.odaba.com/content/documentation/odabagui/ode/HierarchyTopics/ONLG_10_steps.html or in the ODABA-GUI online documentation ("Quick Starter Guide"). Documentation ------------- 1. There is a separate documentation package, which you may download and which contains the complete ODABA documentation. An documentation overview is given in the DocumentationOverview document. Part of the documentation has already been converted to .pdf and will be provided in an additional PDFDoc folder. But there are still documents, which are available in MS Office format, only. 2. There is also a HTML version, which can be started from the documentation package downloded, but also from our WEB site http://www.odaba.com/content/documentation/odaba and http://www.odaba.com/content/documentation/odabagui Online documentation will be updated frequently and we suggest using the online documentation, which is more uptodate. Forum and bug report -------------------- 1. If you find problems or if you have any questions, please visit the ODABA forum http://sourceforge.net/p/odaba/discussion and post your problem or question or contact RUN Software directly via support@odaba.com 2. If you think you have found a bug in ODABA, it would be nice if you report it to us, so that we can fix it. Before reporting a bug, please check reported bugs for similar problems. http://sourceforge.net/userapps/trac/odaba-support Always include the following information in your bug report: - name and version number of your compiler - name and version number of your operating system - the version of ODABA you are using - compile options used for compiling or build number for the binaries If possible, add an example, the dictionary database and a database, as well as the configuration or ini-file used for running the application. 3. In order to put your questions directly, you may contact support@odaba.com.