Version 3.0.7 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Rewrite of Obba add-ins for Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice / LibreOffice / NeoOffice.
• Allows to run the Obba server Java virtual machine in a separate process (run "java -jar Obba.jar").
• Allows to run the Obba server Java virtual machine on a remote machine (edit the ip address in ObbaClient.properties).
• Easier creation of java.util.Date form Excel Date / OpenOffice Date using obMake(;"Date";...).
• Added conversion from java.util.Date to Excel Date / OpenOffice Date via obGet.
• The Excel functions obLoadObjects / obSaveObjects were renamed to obLoad / obSave respectively (to create compatibility with the OO implementation).
• Added support for Excel 2010 64 bit.
• Worked around a problem resulting in Obba Control Panel not showing up under OS X.
• Fixed a bug resulting in a hang of OpenOffice (once) after installing Obba.
• Improved error / exception handling: much clearer log output of Java exceptions.

And some improvement to the Obba Tutorial and Obba Documentation.

Version 3.0.3 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Rewrite of Obba add-ins for Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice / LibreOffice / NeoOffice.
• Allows to run the Obba server Java virtual machine in a separate process (run "java -jar Obba.jar").
• Allows to run the Obba server Java virtual machine on a remote machine (edit the ip address in ObbaClient.properties).
• The Excel functions obLoadObjects / obSaveObjects were renamed to obLoad / obSave respectively (to create compatibility with the OO implementation).
• Worked around a problem resulting in Obba Control Panel not showing up under OS X
• Fixed a bug resulting in a hang of OpenOffice (once) after installing Obba.

Version 2.2.15 of Obba brings the following changes:

Improved the handling of transient object handles.

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Version 2.2.10 is a maintenance release with further improvements to logging.

Version 2.2.9 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Complete rewrite of Obba logging.
• Added a log window to the Obba Control Panel (enable it via Window: Show Log Window).
• Many improvements to the diagnostic output.

Please try the demo sheet "Data Access.odt" showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Includes the Java source code for the class handling the web access. See Obba Tutorial

Version 2.2.9 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Complete rewrite of Obba logging.
• Added a log window to the Obba Control Panel (enable it via Window: Show Log Window).
• Many improvements to the diagnostic output.

Please try the demo sheet "Data Access.odt" showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Includes the Java source code for the class handling the web access. See Obba Tutorial

Version 2.1.8 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Complete rewrite of Obba logging.
• Added a log window to the Obba Control Panel (enable it via Window: Show Log Window).
• Many improvements to the diagnostic output.

Version 1.9.34 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented Obba from installing under some configurations.
• Cosmetic changes.

Version 1.9.31 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented loading of some classes. The current thread's context class loader was null. This appears to be a problem with the Java plugin. A workaround was created. Note: This problem resulted in the XMLDecoder not working.

Version 1.9.29 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Arrays of objects can be created using obMake with a class name of ClassName[] where ClassName is the component type (see documentation for an example).
• Added a demo sheet showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Includes the Java source code for the class handling the web access. See Obba Tutorial

Version 1.9.34 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented Obba from installing under some configurations.

• Cosmetic changes.

Version 1.9.31 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented loading of some classes. The current thread's context class loader was null. This appears to be a problem with the Java plugin. A workaround was created. Note: This problem resulted in the XMLDecoder not working.

Version 1.9.29 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Arrays of objects can be created using obMake with a class name of ClassName[] where ClassName is the component type (see documentation for an example).
• Added a demo sheet showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Includes the Java source code for the class handling the web access. See Obba Tutorial

Version 1.9.33 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented Obba from installing under some configurations.

Version 1.9.31 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented loading of some classes. The current thread's context class loader was null. This appears to be a problem with the Java plugin. A workaround was created. Note: This problem resulted in the XMLDecoder not working.

Version 1.9.29 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Arrays of objects can be created using obMake with a class name of ClassName[] where ClassName is the component type (see documentation for an example).
• Added a demo sheet showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Include the Java source code for the class handling the web access.

Version 1.9.31 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Fixed a problem which prevented loading of some classes. The current thread's context class loader was null. This appears to be a problem with the Java plugin. A workaround was created. Note: This problem resulted in the XMLDecoder not working.

Version 1.9.29 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Arrays of objects can be created using obMake with a class name of ClassName[] where ClassName is the component type (see documentation for an example).
• Added a demo sheet showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Include the Java source code for the class handling the web access.

Version 1.9.29 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Added a demo sheet showing how to access data from finance.yahoo.com. Includes the Java source code of the class handling the web access.
• Arrays of objects can be created using obMake with a class name of ClassName[] where ClassName is the component type (see documentation for an example).
• Added a window to the Obba Control Panel which visualizes the objects and their dependencies in a graph. The dependencies are determined by the objects used during construction an object.
• Improved the handling of transient object handles.

See the obba homepage for more information.

Version 1.9.28 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Arrays of objects can be created using obMake with a class name of ClassName[] where ClassName is the component type (see documentation for an example).

Version 1.9.13 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Added a window to the Obba Control Panel which visualizes the objects and their dependencies in a graph. The dependencies are determined by the objects used during construction an object.
• Improved the handling of transient object handles.

See the Obba homepage

Version 1.9.13 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Added a window to the Obba Control Panel which visualizes the objects and their dependencies in a graph. The dependencies are determined by the objects used during construction an object.
• Improved the handling of transient object handles.

See the obba homepage for more information.

Version 1.8.21 of Obba brings the following changes:

• Access fields of an object directly through a spreadsheet function call using 'obCall'. In this case the method name has to be dot + fieldname (e.g '.myMember').
• Access elements of an array through a spreadsheet function call using 'obCall'. In this case the method name has to be '[]' and the argument of the call is an integer specifying the index. Elements of multi-dimensional arrays can be accessed likewise.
• Vector arguments can be passed as arbitrary ranges (columns, rows or two dimensional ranges which are then flattened using row major).

For more details see the Obba Documentation.

Version 1.8.17 of Obba allow you to access fields and arrays directly though a special use of obCall.

See documentation for more details.

In version 1.8 the implementation has been optimized for performance. Obba is now much faster.

• Version 1.7.28 provides minor bug fixes.
• It changes the location where Obba stores its configuration. You may need to re-enter your registration data.

• Version 1.7.25 supports creation of all Java primitive types.
• A bug was fixed where char was stored as java.lang.String.
• Added new icon.
• Corrected documentation (see "Documentation" under the "Help" menu of Obba control panel)

Version 1.7.24 supports creation of all Java primitive types. A bug was fixed where char was stored as java.lang.String.

Obba 1.7 supports more basic data types (the java primitives and their wrapped classes).

For more information see www.obba.info.

Version 1.6. is the first port of Obba to OpenOffice. It implements the same api as Obba 1.6 for Microsoft Excel. Thus, Excel sheets using the Obba.xla plugin can be used with OpenOffice and vice versa.

For issues see www.obba.info.

Version 1.6.24 fixes a bug which prevented saving registration data.

Version 1.6. is the first port of Obba to OpenOffice. It implements the same api as Obba 1.6 for Microsoft Excel. Thus, Excel sheets using the Obba.xla plugin can be used with OpenOffice and vice versa.
For issues see www.obba.info.