Tom Sawyer Visualization, MFC Edition

Release 8.0.0

Overview

This release 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, and the symmetric layout style is significantly faster.

New

System

• Support for 64-bit computers

User Interactions

• Magnified Select tool

Printing and Exporting

• PNG export

Layout

• Drawing Fitting optimizes use of the drawing canvas or printed page

Documentation

• Reference page of available resources
• Guides for development setup and deployment setup

Improvements

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

Fixes

• None

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.

Release 7.0.0

Overview

This release features improvements to the interactive environment and enhanced implementations of the circular and symmetric layout styles. Hit-testing sensitivity at low zoom levels is improved, enabling users to select and locate specific nodes and edges more easily.

New

User Interactions

• Move Connector tool

Printing and Exporting

• GIF export

Improvements

User Interactions

• Improved link navigation speed
• Enhanced hit-testing sensitivity for improved selection at low zoom levels

Layout

• Circular Layout Style
  • Significantly improved clustering
  • Clusters placed in concentric circles
  • Nodes placed within cluster interiors
  • Enhanced incremental layout
  • Simplified spacing control
• Symmetric Layout Style
  • Improved drawing resolution
  • Enhanced incremental layout
  • Dramatically increased performance

Requirements

• Added support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• These development environments have been dropped:
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002

Fixes

• None

Issues

• A drag operation terminates hit-testing; a workaround is available.
• Bottom nested view spacing cannot be controlled.
• Bends of hidden edges are not saved.
• Interdrawing edges cannot be hidden.
• Methods for finding child and parent drawings fail to consider meta-edges and interdrawing edges.