What's New - NEO Pro 8.04 Build 8210 / 8211 beta (24 November 2020) (T1243)

What's New - NEO Pro 8.04 Build 8210 / 8211 beta - 24 November 2020

Topic T1243

Applies to NEO Pro 8.04

Welcome

This describes the changes in the following release:

Version: 8.04 Build 8210 beta (x86 for 32 bit Outlook)
Version: 8.04 Build 8211 beta (x64 for 64 bit Outlook)
Released: 24 November 2020

For a listing of what is changed in this build version, please see below.

NEO Pro 8 moves from Btrieve to SQL
NEO Pro 8 introduces a new, modern SQL based database system for NEO's catalog. After migrating to NEO Pro 8, the Actian Btrieve 12 product is not needed anymore (and if so required can be uninstalled). The new database system is not requiring a separate license so the license of NEO Pro suffices to run the product.

What's new in this build 8210/8211:

New Features of NEO Pro 8

Introduction of the new SQL based database system for NEO's catalog.
After starting NEO Pro 8 for first time, the Btrieve 12 database is migrated to the new SQL format; after this NEO Pro will force a restart followed by a rebuild of the catalog. Without this rebuild the new catalog cannot be used. Make sure to allow sufficient time to run the rebuild of the catalog. For this first migration NEO Pro 8 needs the Btrieve database engine - thereafter, Btrieve 12 will not be used anymore by NEO Pro 8.
NEO Pro 8 is not changing the Btrieve 12 database files used by NEO Pro 7. As long as the Btrieve 12 product has not been uninstalled, NEO Pro 7 can be used in parallel to (but not at the same time as) NEO Pro 8.
The new database system of NEO Pro 8 makes the product ready for the decades ahead.
Rebuilding of the catalog and searches are, depending on exact machine configurations, significantly faster (40% - 60% faster from the tests done on different systems).
Native 64 bit SQL configuration - no further need of the specially developed interface file to link 64bit NEO Pro to 32bit Btrieve.

New Features in this build

Catalog backup and restore functionalities are now implemented for new catalog format
Catalog delete functionality implemented
Catalog import for NEO Pro 8 catalogs now implemented
Sometimes folder counts are off - Folder Properties now include 'recalculate' feature
Sorting in primary and secondary message lists have been improved
Several instability issues have been resolved

Issues addressed

Switching catalogs with the 2nd message page active resulted in an error message; this is resolved
Improvements to prevent 'Outlook busy opening a message' implemented
Closing NEO Pro caused occasionally errors; the closing process is now improved
Improvements to prevent occasional delay in opening a message from NEO Pro
Combining folders was inaccurate for larger folders; this is now resolved
The full logging file could grow too large; this has been resolved
The beta license has been extended until December 15, 2020

Known issues

Earlier beta versions may have resulted in inaccuracies in the new catalog; a catalog rebuild will resolve this.

Beta version
Please note: this NEO Pro 8.04 build 8210/8211 is a beta release - please report back issues you are having with the new features listed above. We do expect release of NEO Pro 8 shortly.

Additional information on this release

Click here for full details of what's new in the last major release NEO Pro 7.

NEO Pro 8.0 release history (build 8xx0 for x86 (32 bit) Outlook / build 8xx1 for x64 (64 bit) Outlook)

T1234 - What's New - NEO Pro 8.0 Build 809x (21 September 2020)
T1236 - What's New - NEO Pro 8.0 Build 813x (27 September 2020)
T1239 - What's New - NEO Pro 8.0 Build 815x (13 October 2020)
T1240 - What's New - NEO Pro 8.0 Build 817x (19 October 2020)
T1241 - What's New - NEO Pro 8.0 Build 819x (31 October 2020)

Last updated: 24 November 2020