| Version |
What's New |
Released |
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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. |
| - | DPI information not shown for some raster formats in file information dialog (Pro/Premium). |
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10.December.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
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6.57
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Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 532 | Clipping errors caused invalid display of hatches in print preview and when printed. |
| 534 | RTL loading problem (files failed to load and convert). |
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12.November.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
|
6.55
|
Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 531 | Batch conversion with "use orignal folder" did sometimes overwrite original files. |
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3.October.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
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6.54
|
Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 530 | It was not possible to disable PDF/A support in 6.51. |
| 529 | TIFF files from customer opened with only 1 page, even if there is 2 or more (Pro/Premium). |
| 528 | Adding files to a batch list did fail if more than 300-400 files where selected in the file open dialog. |
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21.September.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
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6.51
|
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 about this standard is available here.
A new option to select PDF standard has been added to the Tools->Options->Conversion->Format Settings dialog.
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12.September.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
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6.50
|
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. |
New Features - Pro/Premium only:
| No. | Description |
| 5 | A new tool, Highlight Path, has been added to the markup toolbar. Select a line in the drawing, and this line and all connected lines will be highlighted. More information is available here. |
| 6 | Added Eraser, EraserRectangle and EraserPolygon elements to XML markup format. |
| 7 | Markup text elements can now be resized using mouse (like e.g.: Rectangle). |
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. |
| 525 | Missing images when copying to clipboard from ViewCompanion, and then inserting picture Word/Excel. |
| 524 | Some customers had problems with slow redraws when viewing HPGL files. We've changed the communication between ViewCompanion and the graphic adapter.
A new option has been added to control whether new or old drawing method should be used (new method is selected by default). 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. |
| - | It was not possible to remove a hyperlink from a markup element. |
| - | Show next markup element feature was not working correctly if file was rotated. |
| - | and many more minor fixes and improvements... |
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1.September.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
|
6.20
|
Minor update.
Bug fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 523 | It is not possible to enter a new serial number if maintenance has expired (Premium only). |
| 521 | If the user cancel an overwrite of an existing file in the File Save dialog, the "save button" disappears. |
| 520 | Printing to certain HP plotters (e.g.: HP Designjet T610) 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. |
| 518 | Markup: Eraser rectangle is not exported correctly (Pro/Premium only). |
| 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. |
New Features - Pro/Premium:
| Ref | Description |
| - | DPI is now shown for raster formats in File Information dialog (Premium/Pro only). |
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21.July.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
|
6.10
|
Minor update.
Registered 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.
New Features - All editions:
- Updated all raster format readers.
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10.February.2011
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
|
6.04
|
Minor update.
Registered bug fixes:
- Bug 502 - Wrong fonts used for some PDF files.
- Bug 499 - Conversion to Cals using 200 dpi failed for some files.
New Features - All editions:
- Thumbnails are now automatically generated when converting to DWF Format.
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17.October.2010
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
|
6.01
|
Minor update.
Registered bug fixes:
- Bug 500 - Gray view mode did not apply to Measurement Area markup element.
- Bug 498 - Files from customer shown only as filled black area.
- Bug 497 - PDF DPI load settings did not work for all PDF Files.
New Features - All editions:
- Thumbnails are now automatically generated when converting to DWF Format.
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13.July.2010
Standard
Pro
Premium
|
|
6.00
|
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 490 - Some markup elements drawn in incorrect position on Vista/7 if high-quality drawing was enabled (GDI+).
- Bug 487 - ViewCompanion failed to create a PDF correctly from HPGL files that are longer/wider than 5 metres.
- Bug 486 - conversion of multipage PDF to multiple PDF files (page splitting) didn't always work.
- Bug 485 - Wrong font linewidth.
- Bug 483 - Entering zoom level into the zoom text box, didn't change zoom level.
- Bug 482 - Markup XML tags not recognised.
- 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 - All editions:
- 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.
New Features - Pro & Premium:
- Markup Symbol Libraries added.
- Updated raster format readers that fixes several bugs.
- Its now possible to modify arrow markup element.
- New setting to allow perimeter to be shown for area measurement markup element.
- Added GIF format.
- Added SFF format (structured fax format).
- Markup list report export to CSV format.
- New function for deleting markup element directly from markup list.
- Logged-on user is now shown in statusbar as active markup user (not computer owner).
- Implemented support for arabic/hebrew codepage for markup text (including right to left reading).
New Features - Premium:
- Added support for loading of PDF version 1.5 and newer.
- Hot Folder Printing support. ViewCompanion can monitor one user selected folder and automatically print all files copied to this folder.
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21.June.2010
Standard
Pro
Premium
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