Documentation Tools

SQL Documentation Tool for SQL Server 8.1

2009-07-14T02:56:00.000-07:00

The SQL Documentation Tool is a complete documentation solution for Microsoft SQL Server databases. It automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation reports for databases, saving valuable developer time and money.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample], RTF [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the Transact SQL associated with stored procedures, functions and views are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports includes an index and search facility.

Version 8.1 offers the following updates:

Error handling is now working as intended.

Multiple triggers within a table are now being correctly documented.

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.NET Documentation Tool for C#/VB.NET 9.6

2009-06-30T02:46:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample], word processor compatible RTF [sample], XML [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
.NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone
else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 9.6 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

XML comments associated with C# and VB.NET Enumerators are now extracted from .NET source code and are displayed in the resulting documentation.

The number of VB.NET and C# enumerators in a project is now displayed in the summary
page of the HTML format documentation.

Improved the detection of VB.NET and C# subroutines.

The detection of Method parameter XML comments is now recorded in the log file.

XML comments are now displayed with better line breaking and the detection of markup
tags has been improved.

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.NET Documentation Tool Code Documentor 9.5

2009-02-10T02:29:00.000-08:00

The .NET Documentation Tool now has an option to create XML format documentation from .NET Framework source code. This is similar functionality to that provided using Visual Studio's "XML document file" option (or the /doc:file compiler option). The .NET
Documentation Tool does, however have a number of advantages over the facility provided in Visual Studio:
- XML is created for all members, even if they do not have XML comments associated with them.
- It is possible to generate a XML file for any type of project that uses namespaces (even web applications!).
- Members are listed alphabetically.
- Members not in Namespaces are included in a "NoNamespace" RTF and XML file.
- Visual Studio is not required!
Note that a single XML file is created for each namespace used in the application that
is documented. The XML file is saved in the output folder with the name NamespaceName.xml. To get the most out of this output option, your source code should use both namespaces and XML comments. To display correctly in XML rendering applications such as Internet Explorer, the XML comments in the application's source code should be well formed.

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SQL Documentation Tool for SQL Server 8.0

2008-11-25T02:15:00.000-08:00

The SQL Documentation Tool is a complete database documentor solution for Microsoft SQL Server databases. It automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation reports for databases, saving valuable developer time and money.

Version 8.0 offers the following updates:

Added a Check for Updates menu command to the GUI (not visible in the evaluation version).

Decreased font size in RTF report to 10 point.

Added a new project option: Include MS_Description in RTF. If checked then
the RTF format report incorporates the table, view, stored procedure and function descriptions from the databases that have been documented.

RTF report now indicates if the database does not contain any stored procedures or
functions.

Fixed a minor issue with the progress bar which was affecting the documentation of empty
databases.

Improved the extraction of Function descriptions from SQL Server 2005's MS_Description fields.

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.NET Documentation Tool 9.4 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-11-04T02:15:00.000-08:00

The .NET Documentation Tool source code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample], word processor compatible RTF [sample], XML [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the .NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 9.4 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

.NET Framework namespaces (e.g. System.IO) referenced by the using statement (C#) or Import (VB.NET) are now optionally hyperlinked or colour coded within the source code.

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.NET Documentation Tool 9.3 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-10-07T02:45:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample], word processor compatible RTF [sample], XML [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the .NET Documentation Tool an essential utility in understanding and documenting your (or someone else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 9.3 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

Improved detection of VB.NET properties with underscores or hypens in their names.

Improved the detection of VB.NET functions and subroutines.

Improved the syntax highlighting of VB.NET and C# application source code.

The documentation has been revised.

The GUI now shows a warning that the component folder path is not always required as the
.NET Documentation Tool will automatically detect component files within input folders or
their sub-folders (this includes code in the standard App_Code folder).

Improved the GUI's file loading and saving file requester.

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.NET Documentation Tool 9.2 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-09-23T02:02:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample], word processor compatible RTF [sample], XML [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the .NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone else's!) applications. Code documentors for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 9.2 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

Improved the documentation of namespaces.

There is a new DisplayParentFolderName configuration option (shown as "Display Parent Folder Name" in the GUI). If selected, this option causes the .NET Documentation Tool to include the folder name of files being documented in the documentation. This option improves the display of documentation for projects that span multiple folder locations. For example, if a project was located in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SalesWebsite and C:\components\Web\CommonComponents, the .NET Documentation Tool will create top level folder names of "SalesWebsite" and "CommonComponents" within the documentation. This is particularly beneficial for the HTML Help formatted output. It also makes it more straightforward to document your entire code library and compile it into a single, searchable HTML Help file.

Improved regular expression pattern matching error handling.

Improved spacing of links in bottom right hand frame of HTML report.

Revised help: added SQL Server 2005 sample connection string, added DisplayMethods to table of contents, added DisplayParentFolderName to the list of configuration options.

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.NET Documentation Tool 9.1 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-09-02T02:03:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
.NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 9.1 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

The GUI in the registered version now has the ability to check to see if any product updates are available.

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SQL Documentation Tool 7.9.1 for SQL Server

2008-08-12T01:14:00.000-07:00

The SQL Documentation Tool database documenter is a complete documentation solution for Microsoft SQL Server databases. It automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation reports for SQL Server databases, saving valuable developer time and money.

Code documenter tools for ASP, the .NET Framework and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Version 7.9.1 of the SQL Documentation Tool offers the following updates:

Primary keys are now being correctly identified.

The database extraction routine's progress bar's accuracy has been improved for
databases that contain Jobs or DTS Packages.

If there isn't an active project, the GUI now logs errors to the Error.log file in the
program's installation folder.

Evaluation version now has links to the product special offers page.

Website link added to GUI's "About" Window.

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.NET Documentation Tool 9.0 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-07-29T01:18:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the .NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 9.0 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

There is now some provisional support for XAML files used in WPF/Silverlight applications. Note that this technology is still in the early stages of development by Microsoft and may be subject to change. XAML files are documented as XML. VB.NET or C# code behind files associated with the XAML files are automatically detected.

Work to add .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 3.5 and C# 3.0 support to the .NET Documentation Tool has started.

C# 3.0 is now supported.

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VB Documentation Tool 1.5

2008-07-15T02:56:00.000-07:00

The VB Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation for Visual Basic 6.0 projects and their associated SQL Server or Microsoft Access databases.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the Visual Basic source code is included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the VB Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone else's!) Visual Basic 6.0 web applications. A VB.NET version is also available for the .NET Framework.

Download trial version (1.4Mb ZIP file).

Version 1.5 has the following enhancements:

Multi-line functions with underscores in their names no longer stop the documentor from working.

Fixed an issue with the detection of multi-line function definitions in Visual Basic 6.0 class files.

SQL Documentation Tool 7.8 for SQL Server

2008-07-08T03:48:00.000-07:00

Version 7.8 offers the following updates:

Object owners are now documented. The SQL Documentation Tool now documents the owners of objects. Note that there are fundamental changes between the way SQL Server 2005 and earlier versions handle users. In SQL Server 2000, database objects were owned by users. The four part reference to a database object in SQL Server 2000 is [DatabaseServer].[DatabaseName].[ObjectOwner].[DatabaseObject]. Beginning in SQL Server 2005, the four-part reference to a database object is [DatabaseServer].[DatabaseName].[DatabaseSchema].[DatabaseObject]. For more details of these changes visit http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190387.aspx. Note that when documenting SQL Server 2005 databases, the SQL Documentation Tool will add any objects that aren't assigned a schema to the default 'dbo' schema. The SQL Documentation Tool retains the capability to document database servers prior to SQL Server 2005.

Table column descriptions are now extracted from SQL Server 2005 databases.

Databases objects with single quotes in them are now correctly documented (although it's not recommended you use them).

Database, stored procedure, table, table trigger and view descriptions are now extracted from SQL Server 2005 databases and displayed in the HTML and HTML Help format reports.

SQL Server 2005 relationships are now correctly documented.

The project option Use table column descriptions has been renamed Use MS_Description Extended Properties.

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.NET Documentation Tool 8.8 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-06-17T01:19:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor tool automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
.NET Documentation Tool an invaluable timesaving utility in understanding your (or someone
else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 8.8 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

Added an improved SQL Server 2005 connection string example to the help file.

HTTP Handler (also known as web handler) files are now documented (these normally have the file extension .ashx). This change improves the documentation of ASP.NET web applications.

Added sample Web Handler file (LogoutHandler.ashx) to SampleWeb.NET sample project.

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SQL Documentation Tool 7.7 for SQL Server

2008-05-27T02:56:00.000-07:00

Version 7.7 offers the following updates:

Database Stored Procedures and Functions are now listed separately within the documentation; in previous versions of the SQL Documentation Tool they were all listed as Stored Procedures.

The connection test functionality now warns if the connection test was not completely successful.

The internal connection string builder functionality has been rewritten. Benefits to the end user include much better support for SQL Server 2005.

The connection settings window has a database server type drop-down list. This ensures
the full capabilities of SQL Server 2005 and above are utilised by the documentor.

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.NET Documentation Tool 8.7 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-05-20T01:27:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool code documentor automatically builds comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#.

Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications, including support for web.config files, CSS files, user controls and web services.

The .NET Documentation Tool builds documentation in in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the .NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 8.7 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

The handling of the .NET Framework 2.0's partial classes has been improved. The .NET Documentation Tool will now show partial classes as a single class with its entities spread across different file locations.

Constructor arguments in VB.NET are now being displayed properly.

Fixed erroneous alt tag on Components link in bottom right hand frame of HTML format report.

Detection of C# classes has been improved.

User control detection in source code is now logged to the project's log file.

The code documentor's detection of ASP.NET controls (web and validation controls) has been improved.

Hyperlink spacing in bottom right hand frame of HTML format documentation has been improved.

Reworked the way a project's number of classes are calculated - it now takes partial classes into account.

More .NET Framework 2.0 sample code added to the sample project.

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ASP Documentation Tool 7.5

2008-05-13T00:39:00.000-07:00

The ASP Documentation Tool™ code documentor automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation for ASP web applications written in either VBScript or JScript.
Any Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access databases and Visual Basic 6.0 COM objects associated with the application can also be documented if required.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the ASP, SQL and VB code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
ASP Documentation Tool™ an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone
else's!) ASP web applications. A code documentor for ASP.NET is also available.

Changes in version 7.5 are:

Added a global error handler to catch all errors within the GUI. The errors are displayed in a message box and are also logged to GUI.log within the application's installation folder.

Evaluation version GUI now automatically loads the sample project.

Trailing slashes are now removed from paths entered through the GUI.

Removed the redundant Add New and Delete buttons from the Databases tab within the GUI.

The GUI's save file window now remembers the name of the file that was loaded.

The GUI's save file window now only displays .bat files in the current folder.

Added "Product Website" menu option to GUI's "Help" menu.

"About" window shows correct product icon.

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SQL Documentation Tool 7.6 for SQL Server

2008-04-29T01:26:00.000-07:00

Version 7.6 offers the following update:

There is now an option to document dependency information for database tables, views, stored procedures and triggers. Note: Dependency information will not be shown for triggers unless database tables are documented. Documenting dependencies may significantly slow down the data extraction routines, particularly on very large databases.

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.NET Documentation Tool 8.6 (C#/VB.NET)

2008-04-01T02:04:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool creates comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is special functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications. (Classic ASP version also available).

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
.NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone
else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 8.6 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

If the .NET Documentation Tool is run using the graphical user interface, the console window now appears for longer if there is an error, making it easier to resolve the issue. Most errors are caused by the specified input or output folders not existing.

The OutputDir option is no longer saved to the configuration file - the correct option is OutputFolder.

The LogFileDir option is no longer saved to the configuration file as the option is not required.

Saving the configuration file now shows the filename of the configuration file that is being overwritten.

The installer has been changed.

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SQL Documentation Tool 7.5

2008-03-25T04:36:00.000-07:00

Version 7.5 offers the following updates:

The documentation has been revised.

Added link on application's Help menu to http://www.softwaredocumentation.info/.

The HTML format documentation includes a date and timestamp to show when the data was extracted and when the documentation was generated.

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VB Documentation Tool 1.4

2008-03-18T06:09:00.000-07:00

The VB Documentation Tool automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation for Visual Basic 6.0 projects and their associated SQL Server or Microsoft Access databases.

Download trial version (1.4Mb ZIP file).

Version 1.4 has the following enhancements:

Properties are now documented, including where their Get, Set and Let values are assigned.

Fixed an issue whereby database table columns were not being detected if there was a problem extracting details of triggers.

.NET Documentation Tool 8.5

2008-03-11T04:14:00.000-07:00

The .NET Documentation Tool creates technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications. An ASP version is also available.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
.NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone
else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 8.5 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

The Frequently Asked Questions help page has been updated.

Improved the detection of VB.NET functions.

Improved the detection of C# classes.

Fixed a broken link issue in the documentation that was affecting enumerators.

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SQL Documentation Tool 7.4 for SQL Server

2008-03-04T01:01:00.000-08:00

The SQL Documentation Tool is a complete documentation solution for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 and 2005 databases. It automatically creates comprehensive technical documentation reports for databases, saving valuable developer/DBA time and money.

Version 7.4 of the SQL Documentation Tool contains the following updates:

Added a progress bar to the status panel which updates during both data extraction and documentation generation activities. Note that HTML Help compilation time can only be estimated.

Corrected a typo on the Edit Database Connection window.

All windows made modal within the graphical user interface, improving application usability.

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.NET Documentation Tool 8.4

2008-02-19T00:48:00.000-08:00

The .NET Documentation Tool creates comprehensive technical software documentation for .NET Framework applications written in VB.NET or C#. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access databases associated with the application may also be documented if required. There is enhanced functionality for documenting ASP.NET web applications.

Reports are created in HTML [sample], Microsoft's HTML Help [sample] and text [sample] formats. Color coded, syntax highlighted copies of the .NET and SQL code are included with the reports. The compiled HTML Help reports include fully searchable source code, making the
.NET Documentation Tool an invaluable utility in understanding your (or someone
else's!) applications. Versions for ASP and Visual Basic 6.0 are also available.

Changes in version 8.4 of the .NET Documentation Tool are:

Multiple databases associated with the .NET project are now documented properly.

It is now possible to document a database with the same name that exists on more than one server.

The SQL Server 2005 system table sysdiagrams is now excluded from SQL Server database reports.

The following SQL Server 2005 system stored procedures are no longer documented: 'sp_alterdiagram', 'sp_creatediagram', 'sp_dropdiagram', 'sp_helpdiagramdefinition', 'sp_helpdiagrams', 'sp_renamediagram', 'sp_upgraddiagrams' and 'fn_diagramobjects'.

SQL Server 2005 table columns are now correctly extracted from certain databases.

Triggers are now detected in SQL Server 2005 databases that use Schemas.

Relationships are now detected in SQL Server 2005 databases using Schemas.

Relationships are now correctly detected if a previous database error was encountered.

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VB Documentation Tool 1.3

2008-02-11T02:57:00.000-08:00

The VB Documentation Tool automatically creates comprehensive project documentation for Visual Basic 6.0 projects and their associated SQL Server or Microsoft Access databases.

Download trial version ZIP file.

Version 1.3 has the following enhancements:

Source code page titles are more descriptive.

Multi-line comments using the underscore character are now supported.

SQL Documentation Tool 7.3 for SQL Server

2008-02-05T02:48:00.000-08:00

Version 7.3 offers the following update:

The system table 'sysdiagrams' is now excluded from SQL Server 2005 reports.

Views with the table owner of 'sys' are now correctly excluded from SQL Server 2005 reports.

The following system stored procedures are no longer documented: 'sp_alterdiagram', 'sp_creatediagram', 'sp_dropdiagram', 'sp_helpdiagramdefinition', 'sp_helpdiagrams', 'sp_renamediagram', 'sp_upgraddiagrams' and 'fn_diagramobjects'.

The date and time of errors is now added to the error log file.

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