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| Release 8.0.0
| Date | September 10, 2009 |
| Status | General |
Overview
This release introduces a new adaptive tiling refresh system, enabling quicker and more efficient propogation of drawing changes to browser clients. Asynchronous layout enables you to perform layout operations on large drawings and easily switch tabs to add additional browser sessions.
This release also adds support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and 64-bit computers. New drawing fitting options fit the drawing to the drawing canvas or the printed page. Support for muli-page printing has been added and the symmetric layout style is significantly faster.
New
System
- Support for 64-bit computers
Technology
- AJAX adaptive tiling minimum redraw
- Non-blocking asynchronous page refresh
Display
- Multiple main display components per page or session
- Support for displaying drawings in GIF, JPEG, and PNG image formats
Printing and Exporting
- Print setup options page
- Multi-page printing support
Layout
- Drawing Fitting optimizes use of the drawing canvas or printed page
Demonstration Application
- Overlay pan and zoom controls
- Several size choices for main display components
Documentation
- Reference page of available resources
- Guides for development setup and deployment setup
- Additional tutorials
Improvements
- Refined Add Edge behavior
- Improved Pan tool
Layout
- Significantly faster symmetric layout style
Demonstration Application
- Redesigned graphical UI and icons
- Reorganized toolbars and menus
Documentation
- Reorganized Home page
- Enhanced Developer's Guide
Requirements
- Added support for applications that target 64-bit systems
- These operating systems have been added:
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
- These operating systems have been dropped:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
- Added support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
- Dropped support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2003
- These browsers have been added:
- Apple Safari 4.0
- Google Chrome 2.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5
- These browsers have been dropped:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and 1.5
- Netscape 7.2 and 8.0
Fixes
Issues
- The installation process for Tom Sawyer Visualization can cause a program compatibility warning message to appear when installing with Microsoft Windows 7 or 2008 server. This warning can be safely ignored.
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