v3.1.0

PR: #114

This release:

• Adds new export options under File → Save Results As for .json and .parquet
  • Complex types (list, struct, map) not supported when exporting as parquet.
• Fixes a rare Null Reference Exception that can occur when opening invalid parquet files.

To be able to use the regular executable .NET Desktop Runtime 8 must be installed on your machine. If you do not have the runtime installed or cannot install it use the self contained executable instead.

v3.0.0

PR: #109

This release:

• Upgrades the project to .NET 8
  • Users who use the regular executable will need to install .NET Desktop Runtime 8 to upgrade to this version
  • This was required because older versions of .NET are being retired at the end of this year
• Fixes a bug when opening folders containing _SUCCESS files (#104) Thanks to @brentbundang 👏🏼
• Adds support for Struct arrays/lists (#108) Thanks to @ChristianDu
• Removes date-only date formats from the application
• Improves sorting when column headers are clicked
• Help → About page now contains a checkbox to easily make ParquetViewer your default application for .parquet files.

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 8 must be installed on your machine.

v2.10.1

PR: #102

This release:

• Adds nested Struct type support (#100)
• Fixes various issues with some Map, List, and byte[] fields

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.10.0

PR: #99

This release:

• Adds a Load all records (Ctrl+E) button
  
• New Edit → Always Load All Records setting
  
  see wiki: User Settings
• Updates packages and provides small UI tweaks

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.9.0

PR: #98

This release:

• Has significant load speed optimizations
• Adds an image viewer. Image fields will automatically become clickable
  

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.8.1

PR: #97

This release:

• Fixes Destination is too short error (#81) (aloneguid/parquet-dotnet#413)
• Fixes a bug where you couldn't open files with struct fields (#95)
• Columns with forward slashes in their name will now work (#94) (#96)

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.8.0

PR: #89

This release:

• Adds struct type support (nested complex types still not supported)
  
• SelfContained executable is half the size now. Comes at the cost of startup speed.
• Updated the Get SQL Create Table Scripts utility to support complex types (list, map, struct)
• Some minor edge case bug fixes based on exception analytics
• Better list type support

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.7.2

PR: #85

This release:

• Updates packages
• Cleans up some error handling
• Adds a "Copy Raw Metadata" button to the metadata viewer for Thrift (#84)
• Adds a fix for byte[] columns so they can be viewed now (#79)
• Made "Fit Headers & Content" the default column sizing option.
  • This was done after noticing everyone was using default sizing with small files. Analytics are already paying off!
• Added support for displaying malformed date fields (#88)
• Started tracking Self Contained app usage in Analytics.

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.7.1

PR : #77

This release:

• Updates the parquet.net package to the latest version and removes our dependency on newtonsoft
  • Files with nullable Guid fields can now we opened (#76)
• Adds anonymous usage data gathering (analytics).
  • By default, data will not be gathered. Users need to Opt-In to share usage data.
  • Can be enabled/disabled via: Help → Share Usage Data
  • PII will not be logged. Data from your files will also not be logged.
  • See AllEvents.cs for a complete list of analytics the utility will gather.

To view the analytics gathered so far, checkout this dashboard: https://app.amplitude.com/analytics/share/7207c0b64c154e979afd7082980d6dd6

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.

v2.7.0

PR : #74

This release:

• Adds support for Map and List fields (nested maps and lists still not supported) (#3) (#73)
• Right click → Copy with headers
• Other miscellaneous improvements and package updates
• Type assignments will all correctly match the source file now (#75)

To be able to use the executable .NET Desktop Runtime 7 must be installed on your machine.