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| Version |
What's New |
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7.00
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Major release.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | New modern ribbon based GUI. The classic menu based GUI can still be used. |
| 2 | Save comparison result to file feature added. |
| 3 | New Page Extractor feature which makes it easy to split a multi-page document into several single page files. |
| 4 | Added color override to overlays. |
| 5 | Added option to set offset for file comparison. |
| 6 | Added support for loading of CGM (computer graphics metafile) format. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 544 | File from customer had connecting lines between polygon areas. |
| 544 | Files from customer caused ViewCompanion to crash. |
| 541 | Raster image in plotter file displayed with wrong rotation. |
| 539 | Exported PDF files now pass PDF/A validator without errors and warnings. |
| 538 | Fixed problem with slow redraw speed in print preview. |
| - | Fixed many issues related to HP RTL compression method 10 images. |
| - | Linestyles does now apply for line elements if high quality is enabled. |
| - | File Save As now only shows valid export formats (e.g. dxf not listed for raster files). |
Released: 16.May.2012
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6.60
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Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 535 | File from customer had no pen widths defined, which gave faint lines when printing and converting. We've added an option to define a default pen width to use if the file doesn't contain these settings. This new can be found under Tools->Option->Formats->HPGL. |
| 533 | RTL files from customer failed to load. |
| 532 | Clipping errors caused invalid display of hatches in print preview and when printed. |
| 534 | RTL loading problem (files failed to load and convert). |
Released: 12.December.2011
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6.55
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Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 531 | Batch conversion with "use orignal folder" did sometimes overwrite original files. |
| 530 | It was not possible to disable PDF/A support in 6.51. |
| 528 | Adding files to a batch list did fail if more than 300-400 files where selected in the file open dialog. |
Released: 20.October.2011
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6.51
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Minor update.
New Feature:
| No. | Description |
| 1 |
The PDF/A-2b standard is now supported for PDF files created by ViewCompanion.
This PDF standard, also known as ISO 19005-2, is used for long-term preservation of electronic documents.
More information is available here.
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Released: 12.September.2011
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6.50
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Feature update.
New Features:
| No. | Description |
| 1 | ViewCompanion is now using Unicode. Unicode enables ViewCompanion to support virtually every written language in the World;
including Chinese (traditional/simplified), Korean, Japanese, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic and much more. |
| 2 | Rotation selection has been added to Batch Conversion dialog. You can now select rotation to use for all converted files in the batch. |
| 3 | A new option named Use Original Folder was added to Batch Convert dialog. When enabled all converted files will be placed in the same folder as the source file (with a new extension). |
| 4 |
A new option named Export MText Entities was added to Tools->Options-Advanced.
When enabled all HPGL text commands (LB) will be converted to MTEXT entities during DXF conversion. |
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 527 | Converting 32-bit TIFF images to PDF failed (empty files). |
| 526 | Removing the last file from a Project caused ViewCompanion to crash. |
| 524 | Some customers had problems with slow redraws when viewing HPGL files. We've changed the way ViewCompanion works with the graphic adapter.
A new option has been added to control whether new or old drawing method should be used. The new option is called Optimized Redraws and can be found under Tools->Options->Advanced.
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| 522 | French characters not displayed correctly in file from customer. |
| 423 | Missing information in file from customer, and some of the content incorrectly covered by white areas. |
| - | Copy drawing to clipboard didn't include whole drawing if it was rotated. |
| - | SVG exporter updated - converted files will now open in IE 9.0 and FireFox 6.0. |
| - | PDF Raster exporter updated - files can now be optional encrypted. |
| - | and many more minor fixes and improvements... |
Released: 1.September.2011
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| 6.20 |
Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 521 | If the user cancels overwrite of an existing file in the File Save dialog, the "save button" disappears. |
| 520 |
Printing to certain plotters/printers sometimes generates run-time errors that causes ViewCompanion to close.
This problem is caused by a bitmap that ViewCompanion uses during printing.
To fix this problem we will need to limit the size of this image, and a new option has been added to control this:
"Maximum memory usage for Raster Image Processor". You will find this new option
under "Tools->Options->Advanced Settings". If you encounter this error try to set this
value to e.g.: 512 (default is 0 = no limit). |
| 519 |
PDF conversion: Conversion to 4-bits raster creates blank image. |
| 515 |
PDF conversion: Monochrome images is being exported as black and white only, even if they is using other colors. |
| 481 |
Tiff conversion: Converting plt file from customer to TIF creates a file where the image data is covered by white areas. |
Released: 20.July.2011
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6.10
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Minor update.
Bug fixes:
- Bug 511 - Swedish characters not shown correctly.
- Bug 505 - Custom linestyles was not applied correctly when converting to raster formats.
- Bug 504 - Incorrect text sizes in file from customer.
- Bug 503 - All text was shown as black rectangles in file from customer.
- Bug 499 - Conversion to Cals using 200 dpi failed for some files.
- Bug 498 - Files from customer shown only as filled black area.
New Features:
- Thumbnails are now automatically generated when converting to DWF Format.
Released: 10.February.2011
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6.00
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Major release.
Registered bug fixes:
- Bug 495 - Increase Line Width setting didn't work for some HPGL files.
- Bug 491 - UC (userdefined character) instruction was not supported.
- Bug 487 - ViewCompanion failed to create a PDF correctly from HPGL files that are longer/wider than 5 metres.
- Bug 485 - Wrong font linewidth.
- Bug 483 - Entering zoom level into the zoom text box, didn't change zoom level.
- Bug 479 - File with full transparent image that should only be partial transparent.
- Bug 308 - Incorrect size for some special characters (lb instruction).
New Features:
- ViewCompanion is now fully compatible with Windows Windows 7.
- New goto-page dialog.
- Measure report export to CSV format.
- Drawing scale dialog modified, user can now add and remove scales.
- Added send as ZIP function (markup file included if Pro/Premium).
- New improved GUI including new statusbar with easier selection of page and drawing scales.
- Added more application look options.
- More informative messages for conversion errors.
Released : 21.June.2010
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