Official French localization, Ruby 4.0 support and more.
Paradigma Software announces the immediate availability of Valentina Release 17.1 which features improvements across all Valentina products including Valentina Studio, Valentina Server and Valentina ADKs.
Valentina Studio 17.1
Valentina Studio is the free, all purpose database management tool suite. Valentina Studio PRO adds more powerful diagramming features, more powerful visual builder tools for databases, forms creation, reports designer and more. Studio 17 and Studio PRO 17 adds several new and useful features, including:
- [New] Added French interface translation
- [New][Forms] - Added DuckDB client and local factories to access them from scripts
Valentina Studio 17 for Windows, macOS and Linux is licensed but free. Valentina Studio Pro is $199 per OS license and includes 12 months of free updates. Valentina Studio UNIVERSAL 17 is a single license that works on all three operating systems and licensed on a user basis.
Valentina Server 17.1
Valentina Server is a powerful platform for building network or cloud based client-server or server-only solutions that integrates with 30+ developer platforms. Valentina Server includes three built in database servers: ValentinaDB Server, Valentina SQLite Server and Valentina DuckDB Server. With support for both internal data sources as well as external data sources (including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, MongoDB and more), it also includes two other servers that can leverage all supported data sources. These include: Valentina Reports Server and Valentina Forms Server. Valentina Reports Server serves visually compelling reports with charts, graphs, bar/QR codes, images and more from the supported data sources as images, html or PDF. Deliver them using the built in email services and scheduler. You can allow customers to view them on a network using the free Report Viewer. Reports support two scripting systems: Python and JavaScript. Valentina Forms Server serves custom, visual forms (similar to Microsoft® Access or Claris® FileMaker Pro) from Valentina Server (on macOS, Windows or Linux) to anyone using the free form hosting system built into free Valentina Studio.
Updates for this release:
- [New][VReport] Added support for inheritable report parameters. It is now possible to define whether a sub-report parameter value is inherited from the parent report.
- [Fix] Intermittent hang when splitting log files
- [Fix] [VDB] Multi-Column Unique Key prevented UPDATE
You can use Valentina Server with five simultaneous connections for free on macOS, Windows and Linux. Standalone, commercial versions start at $299. Valentina Developer Network starts at $599.
Valentina ADKs 17.1
Valentina ADKs are connectivity solutions for developers. Full versions are available to integrate Paradigma Software's database and reporting solutions into applications. With Valentina Database ADK, developers can add database runtime engines and storage to their local applications. 30+ platforms available. Valentina Database ADK starts at $199. With Valentina Reports ADK, developers can add report generation runtime engines to their local applications. 30+ platforms available. Valentina Reports ADK starts at $199. A free VCLIENT component is available for native integration with Valentina Server.
ValentinaDB Update 17.1
ValentinaDB is Paradigma Software's innovative, modern, extendible object-relational database system. ValentinaDB is a featured technology in the ValentinaDB Server engine in Valentina Server and also included in Valentina Database ADK, a product that allows developers to embed this advanced database system into their applications. Valentina Release 17.1 incorporates several improvements to ValentinaDB.
- [Fix] Multi-Column Unique Key prevented UPDATE
Valentina Reports Update 17.1
Valentina Reports ADKs allow developers to embed reporting into their applications. ADKs are available for many native development systems including C/C++, Java, .NET, Swift, Xojo and many more on Windows, macOS & Linux. Valentina Reports Server is a part of Valentina Server.
- [New][VReport] Added support for inheritable report parameters. It is now possible to define whether a subreport parameter value is inherited from the parent report.
Valentina ADK C++ Update 17.1
Valentina ADKs are available for C++.
- [Imp] Restore back factory function to create SortOrder instances
Valentina ADK Ruby Update 17.1
Valentina ADKs are available for Ruby / Ruby on Rails. Ruby 4.0 compatibility for Windows update coming soon.
- [Imp] Compile extension against 2.7.8 headers on Mac – it works on 2.6 … 4.0
- [Imp] Replaced plain Valentina adapter file with gem archive in the installers (Mac, Linux)
- [Fix] Client connection example
- [Fix] Issue when a query not returning a result
Valentina 17 products are immediately available for download from the Paradigma Software website.
About Paradigma Software
Paradigma Software, Incorporated is an advanced data technology company with roots in the late 1990s, when it introduced Valentina, a post-relational, columnar database engine based on the pioneering research of Ruslan Zasukhin. Since then, Paradigma Software has focused on delivering high-performance, developer-centric tools for building modern, data-driven applications. Paradigma Software’s products are used by software developers, database administrators, and data professionals who need powerful, flexible database and reporting solutions. Valentina Studio is an advanced database management environment that combines database administration, reporting, and a visual forms system scripted in Python and JavaScript, with expanding support for AI-assisted workflows, automation, and intelligent data interaction. Valentina Server is a standalone and OEM-ready platform for deploying database, reporting, and forms services, supporting three native database engines: ValentinaDB, SQLite, and DuckDB. Together, Paradigma Software’s technologies enable organizations to design, deploy, and manage sophisticated data solutions across desktop, server, and embedded environments.