| Version |
What's New |
Released |
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7.45
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Maintenance Update.
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 586 | Wipeouts in file from customer did disappear when converted to PDF. |
| 585 | Transparent image was not correctly converted to PDF format (transparency lost). |
| 584 | Print preview sometimes caused an exception error if classic interface enabled. |
| 583 | Markup was sometimes displaced in converted PDF files if margins was used. |
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1-Aug-2013
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7.44
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Maintenance Update.
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 582 | File from customer did not load correctly. |
| 581 | Files created by Canon plotter driver was displayed wrong. |
| 580 | Some CGM files was displayed using wrong line widths. |
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6-Jun-2013
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7.43
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Maintenance Update.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Added support for CALS type 2 raster format. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 579 | Couldn't export to dwf format if path contained Hebrew named folders. |
| 578 | Some images in plot file from customer had wrong colors. |
| 577 | PDF files from customer took very long time to open. |
| 576 | Failed to open some Cals files from customer. |
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6-Apr-2013
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7.40
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Feature Update.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Added TRANSPARENTBLT to convert init file. |
| 2 | Added a file merge function for combining two files into one. |
| 3 | Added Page Setup button for Print Preview Ribbon: It is now possible to modify watermark and footer/header without
closing and reentring Print Preview mode. |
| 4 | Measurement area text can now be rotated. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 575 | CGM file from customer with missing elements. |
| 574 | CGM file from customer had wrong extents. |
| 573 | WMF files was not correctly imported into MS Office Word/Powerpoint. |
| 572 | Tools->Option OK button was missing on Hebrew version of Windows. |
| 571 | Print preview now display watermark below drawing (if selected). |
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10-Feb-2013
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7.33
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Maintenance Update.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Added ADDMARGINS, MARGINLEFT, MARGINTOP, MARGINBOTTOM, MARGINRIGHT, KEEPPAPERANDCENTER and USEFILEPAPERSIZE to convert init file. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 569 | Round line end style (pen table) was not applied to converted file in batch or command line mode. |
| 568 | Roman style font was not supported. |
| 565 | Missing linestyle for ellipse in file from customer. |
| --- | Registering extensions from the file association dialog did create wrong entries in registry. |
| --- | It was not possible to reassociate a file type to ViewCompanion if it was already assigned to another application. |
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1-Dec-2012
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7.30
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Feature Update.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Measurement calibration function has been added. |
| 2 | Added ARCRES to the conversion init file. |
| 3 | Undo now works for newly created markup elements. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 567 | Danish characters was not supported. |
| --- | Rotation was not applied when creating single multipage files in Batch conversion. |
| --- | First selected file always appeared last in Batch dialogs. |
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07-Nov-2012
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7.21
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Maintenance Release.
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 563 | Some Postscript files was incorrectly detected as HPGL/2. |
| 562 | Converting multipage tiff files to a single multipage pdf file could cause a crash. |
| --- | Memory leaks when loading HPGL files that contains PCL raster text. |
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20-Sep-2012
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7.20
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Feature Update.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Activation is no longer required. |
| 2 | You can now add margins to exported files.
A new option to enable margins has been added to the Tools->Options->Conversion page. |
| 3 | If you select a predefined, or a custom, paper size you can now force the exported file to have the exact paper dimensions.
A new option to control this behaviour has been added to the Tools->Options->Conversion page.
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| 4 | A new tool named Batch Report has been added. This tool can create a report of all your plot files. |
| 5 | A DWF Publisher has been added. |
| 6 | The PDF Publisher has been modified and now contains more settings/options. |
| 7 | If the original file contains text you can now create searchable PDF files. |
| 8 | JBIG2 compression is now available when converting to PDF. |
| 9 | Deskew feature has been added. This tool is available if you have loaded a raster file (e.g.: TIFF, CALS, PDF). |
| 10 | Scanning support added. If you have installed the ViewCompanion Premium Scanning Package you will now find
two new tools under the Tools Ribbon category:
Scan New Document and Add Page From Scanner. |
New Markup Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | You can now insert Barcode as a markup symbol. |
| 2 | You can now insert QR code as a markup symbol. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 560 | Text in HPGL/2 file from customer had wrong color. |
| 559 | Calcomp plotter files from customer was not recognized as valid files. |
| 558 | TIFF to PDF conversion sometimes gave inverted result if Group4 compression was enabled. |
| 557 | Some of the text elements was missing in HPGL/2 file from customer. |
| 556 | Added pen table support for CGM files. |
| 555 | Distorted raster image in HPGL/2 file from customer. |
| 553 | HPGL/2 files from customer had wrong extents when converted to PDF. |
| 552 | Calcomp plotter files from customer not displayed correctly. |
| --- | Exporting to Windows BMP monochrome (1-bit) sometimes created corrupt files. |
| --- | Memory leaks when using the Crop feature fixed. |
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1-Sep-2012
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7.10
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Minor Update.
New Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Added PDFSTANDARD and PDFTRANSPARENCY options to conversion init file. |
| 2 | Added new option to Pen Table : Line End Style. |
| 3 | Added support for loading of Calcomp Plotter files. |
Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 548 | Entities drawn using pen 0 was ignored. Added new option (HPGL Settings Page) to allow information to be loaded anyway. This option is enabled by default. |
| 547 | File from customer caused ViewCompanion to crash. |
| 546 | PDF Publisher didnt use current rotation. |
| 545 | Fixed problem with connected lines in polylines. |
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22-Jun-2012
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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 | ViewCompanion is now available as both 32- and 64-bit application. |
| 3 | New feature for adding digital signatures to PDF files. |
| 4 | Save comparison result to file feature added. |
| 5 | New Page Extractor feature which makes it easy to split a multi-page document into several single page files. |
| 6 | New feature for appending a page from an external file. |
| 7 | Added color override to overlays. |
| 8 | Added option to set offset for file comparison. |
| 9 | Cropping now works for raster files. |
| 10 | File compare now works for monochrome raster files. |
| 11 | Added support for loading of CGM (computer graphics metafile) format. |
| 12 | Added support for Adobe PDF 1.7 files. |
| 13 | JPEG Exif information is now listed on a separate page under file information. |
| 14 | TIFF Tags is now listed on a separate page under file information. |
New Markup Features:
| No | Description |
| 1 | Stamps can now be rotated. |
| 2 | Separate draw and fill color can now be selected from the ribbon. |
| 3 | Updated XML markup format to support all markup elements. |
| 4 | ViewCompanion can now save XML markup files. |
| 5 | ViewCompanion can export markup to many different formats (previously only DXF was available). |
| 6 | An additional symbol library has been added (DIN4844-2 Standard Symbols). |
| 7 | ViewCompanion 7 has a new binary markup format which is not compatible with earlier versions.
If you are working with users that are still using older versions, you can change default format to version 6 compatible from the Markup Options dialog.
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Bug Fixes:
| Bug | Description |
| 544 | Files from customer caused ViewCompanion to crash. |
| 541 | Raster image in plotter file displayed with wrong rotation. |
| 540 | Loading monochrome PNG files sometimes caused application to crash. |
| 539 | Exported PDF files now pass PDF/A validator without errors and warnings. |
| 538 | Fixed problem with slow redraw speed in print preview. |
| 536 | Missing transparent text in PDF files from customer. |
| - | Fixed many issues related to HP RTL compression method 10 images. |
| - | Linestyles does now apply for line elements if high quality is enabled. |
| - | Adding imagefiles with more than 31 characters in filename to a symbol library failed. |
| - | File Save As now only shows valid export formats (e.g. dxf not listed for raster files). |
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1-May-2012
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