When a model includes objects from different schemas or owners, this can be displayed as a qualifier of the object in the display and in the tree. To set this for the current display, in the Display Settings dialog, check "Display Schema/Owner". To set the default behavior for newly created displays, select Options, Settings and in the Display Tab check "Display Schema/Owner".

When a the code of a Stored Procedure in SQL Server 2008 is not the same in the model and in the database, Xcase now produces an Alter Procedure statement instead of dropping and creating the view. So now the current authorizations are preserved.

When selecting to display Keys, columns that are not PK but parents in a Relationship (AK, Unique Index) are now displayed.

When a column is added to a table and a View is defined on the Table as "Select All", the new column now appears in the "Column Editor" list of columns.

The script produced to drop from the database Stored Procedures not found in the model has been corrected. It used to be empty.

When Tables where not selected in the Sync dialog, and "Check objects not found in the model" was checked, Tables, Stored Procedures, Functions and Views not in the model where not displayed.

When displaying hidden relationships, the layout algorithm is executed if Automatic Layout is selected.

In the Sync dialog the size of the Action Column has been increased so that its content is fully displayed.

Support for SQL Server 2008 has been added to Xcase Pro

Support for PostgreSQL has been added to Xcase Pro

Xcase can automatically layout your diagrams using Orthogonal or Hierarchical layouts. You can also set that the display will be automatically arranged when you modify the contents of the display or add new objects. Watch the demo

The interface allowing to define or modify Views has been completely revised. A new combined dialog allows you to conveniently view and edit all the view attributes at the click of a button. In addition the generated SQL statement is now visualized in the dialog and is dynamically modified as you change view attributes. Watch the demo

You can now better control the naming conventions of the objects created in the model. The object names can be set using templates which can use all the attributes in the model. Watch the demo

When reverse engineering objects you can now select specific Entities, Views, Functions and Stored Procedures Watch the demo

The currently open displays appear as Tabs on top of the display window Watch the demo

The appearance of the reports produced by Xcase has been greatly enhanced Watch the demo

When you right click an Entity in a Diagram, you can now select "Add Related". This will add to the diagram all the parent and children of the selected entity. Watch the demo

You can now send a model archive via e-mail Watch the demo

Archived model (xcs files) are now associated to xcase.exe so double clicking an xcs file will open the model.

All the graphic modifications to a display can be undone or redone.

The elements of a View are now visible in the Tree

A new dialog allows you to rename a model.

When you marquee select a group of objects, in addition to being able to move them, you can now right click one of the selected objects and modify one of its properties such as its color, for example. You will then be asked whether the modification should be applied to all the selected objects or only to the current one.

File>Print>One Page Display, now produces a sub-menu allowing to print the Current Display, All the Open Displays of the Current Model or All the Displays of the Current Model.

The bottom pan of a browser can now display Multiple Tabs (each displaying a single attribute) or a Multiple Attribute Form (similar to what existed in previous versions of Xcase). This can be set in the General Tab of the Settings dialog accessible from the Options menu.
To modify the layout of the Multiple Attribute Form, click the "Form Design" icon in the Browser tool bar. In design mode, you can move and resize attributes. In addition, right clicking an attribute or an empty space in the form will produce menus allowing the customization of the form.

When printing diagrams to PDF using the Adobe PDF printer the produced PDF is incorrect. Using the CutePDF Writer (shareware edition available on the Net) fixes the problem. This can also happen when printing via some printers. You can now disable gradients when printing, by un-checking this option in the General Tab of the Settings Dialog accessible from the Options menu.

In the Sync dialog, when selecting embedded diagrams, the entities included in embedded diagrams are now also selected.

When the bottom pan of a browser displays multiple tabs, the color of the tab now indicates if it has content.

When creating a New Model, the Model Settings Dialog allows defining the Referential Integrity Implementation. This determines the default Referential Integrity implementation at Model level, and can be overridden at relation level in the Referential Integrity dialog box, available from a right-click on a relation.

Including: Schemas, Partitions, XML collections, XML Indexes, Index Included Columns, Description Extended Property, CLR Objects and much more.

Including: Views, Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers.

The workspace has been completely redesigned in order to make it consistent with the XP look.

The Toolbar has been redesigned in the XP style. It comprises the following groups of tools, File, Edit, Database, Model, Display, Zoom, Adjust, Shapes.

The Menus have been enhanced and re-organized into more logical units.

In the Sync and Merge Dialogs, it is now possible to select multiple discrepancies in the displayed list. It is then possible to apply an action to all the selected items at once.

All browsers and inspectors have now been logically regrouped in multi-tab specific Browsers, so that all the settings relevant to a given task can now be performed without having to go back and forth between menus and Browsers.

The Physical Data Browser has been completely redesigned. For each Parent Entity in the upper pane, it now shows all the Child Entities in a tabbed browser in the lower pane.

Clear and Show Messages accessible from the Window menu have now been regrouped into a single Message Log window.

All the Dialogs have been redesigned in the XP style. Some Dialogs have been split in order to have a clearer view of the various actions and more logical groupings.

The Xcase Help System has undergone complete reshuffling. It now uses the compiled HTML Help format. Many screen shots and pictures have been added to make it more intuitive and efficient. The text has been revised to make it even more clear and concise.

This new feature allows selecting Data Dictionary Objects Names in the Code Editor. If you are in the middle of typing an Entity or View name, or a qualified column name, pressing F3 will allow you to select it in the Dialog and it will be auto-completed.

The Align opens a dialog box that allows you to align all the selected Entities horizontally and vertically in addition, it includes a space equally function.

The Dynamic Zoom Tool allows you to increase or decrease the zoom level of the display by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it on the workspace.

This function fits the current diagram to the Program Window. This is much more efficient than using the usual Maximize or Tile standard features, without their drawbacks.

This function re-sizes the entire Display to have it fit in the Display Window. If a Marquee is active when you click the Fit to Window button, it will apply to the Marquee rather than to the whole Display.

The Hand tool allows you to easily grab and move the display around to focus on the part you are interested in.

Hotkeys is a new feature allowing to execute common commands by pressing a single key.

This option of the Display tab in the Settings dialog allows you to emphasize fields that cannot be null by having them displayed in bold within the Entity.

You can now create a new diagram based on the current one by right-clicking on an empty space and selecting the New Diagram option from the pop-up menu.

Clicking the Synchronize Database with Model option, opens the Connect to ODBC Source, this now features a Setup button that opens the ODBC Data Source Administrator from within Xcase.

The listings of the data dictionary objects in Model Reports have now a Comments column. In addition, if the descriptive name (title) of an object differs from the physical name (name), it will be displayed after the name.

This option accessible from the View menu opens a dialog box that allow you to easily set modify the settings of the Display. The dialog can also be closed by clicking the Display icon. Their Defaults can now be set.

This function is available when you right-click on a relationship connecting line between two entities. It automatically straightens the line instead of you having to try to drag it to the required position.