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1 | This files describes API changes in /dataformat/ download system, |
| 2 | information provided here is intended especially for developers. | |
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4 | === 3.9 === |
| 5 | * The following methods have been added to the base dataformat class to allow instances to export to a local | |
| 6 | file. They can be overridden in extending classes to define how files should be created: | |
| 7 | - start_output_to_file() | |
| 8 | - close_output_to_file() | |
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9 | * Calls to the following dataformat plugin methods have been removed: |
| 10 | - write_header() | |
| 11 | - write_footer() | |
| bff1edbe | 12 | |
| 1de3b819 | 13 | === 3.4 === |
| d4606c1b | 14 | * In order to allow multiple sheets in an exported file the functions write_header() and write_footer() have |
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15 | been removed from core dataformat plugins and have been replaced. |
| 16 | - write_header() has been replaced with the two functions start_output() and start_sheet(). | |
| 17 | - write_footer() has been replaced with the two functions close_output() and close_sheet(). | |
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18 | For backwards compatibility write_header() and write_footer() will continue to work but if used will |
| 19 | trigger the function error_log(). | |
| bff1edbe | 20 | |
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21 | === 3.1 === |
| 22 | * Added new plugin system with low memory support for csv, ods, xls and json |
