v2.6.0

PR: #71

This release:

• Adds support for partitioned parquet files: File -> Open Folder (Ctrl + Shift + O). (#35)
• Removes the Parquet Engine setting. The tool will now automatically use whichever engine would be best for the file being opened. (#69)
• Improves performance when Column Sizing is set to "Fit Headers & Content" as well as some other micro optimizations.
• Adds field count to the metadata viewer in the Thrift metadata.
• Updates the parquet-dotnet library to version 4.6.0.
  • Fields with dots in the end of their names are now supported. (#70)
• Shows a progress bar on the loading screen now.
• Includes unit tests and other improvements related to the project. Checkout the pull request if you're interested.

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

v2.5.1

PR: #65

This release:

• Upgrades the project from .NET 6 to .NET 7 (#64)
• Bumps the parquet.net package from 4.1.0 to 4.4.4 (Some major changes are happening in the library)
• Fixes a bug with NULL value rendering where it could get rendered into the row header column
• Gracefully handles parquet files containing duplicate field names (#68)
• Adds row group information to Thrift metadata in the metadata viewer (#67)
• Option to remember last entered row count (#66 thanks @dannysummerlin ) (Edit -> Remember Record Count)

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

v2.4.2

PR: #62

• This update bumps the parquet.net package version to 4.1.0 which adds ZSTD compression support #38

v2.4.1

PR: #61

• Additional support for files created with a more recent version of the Parquet file format #59
  • You should be able to open parquet files created with Arrow 9.0.0 now
• Fix broken User Guide help link
• New menu icons

v2.3.7

PR: #58

• Upgraded from .Net 4.7.2 to .Net 6 thanks to @NN--- #52
• Bunch of package version bumps
• Some QoL improvements to copy and keyboard shortcuts
• Added ability to export (aka "Save As") to an .xls Excel file. Thanks @sujeendran #54
• Added a whole bunch of new date formats and made it so that when you export data the date formats match what's displayed on the UI. #54
• Removed Fody/Costura package. . NET 6 has its own built in app bundler!

v2.3.6

PR: #50

• add the ability to set default column sizes #49 (Edit -> Column Sizing)
• upgrade the project to .net 4.7.2

v2.3.5

• adding @rguerraalmeida 's awesome field selector because I'm lazy and could not complete v2.4 (#34)

v2.3.4

• add arrow:schema support to metadata viewer

v2.3.3

• add metadata viewer tool #42 (needs more work though)

v2.3.2

• add support for timestamp types #40