Corrected a problem with invalid serial numbers in the Standard Edition.
Some minor bugs are fixed.
Fixed the problem with Trial version expiring after the first crash on the Mac.
Version 5.0.0.2
Non-release update.
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Various compatibility problems with MacOS X 10.3 are fixed.
Corrected some problems with opening XML files created in ConceptDraw 1.x (transparent geometries, disconnected connectors, smart connectors didn't remember their positions, background color and pattern color swapped in filled shapes).
For performance reasons the "Flow Around Objects" feature of the Smart connectors is now disabled by default (See menu: "Shape/Connector/Flow Around Objects").
When several smart connectors are connected to the same shape, and "Flow Around Objects" is enabled, their paths are now calculated correctly.
Connectors with locked routing are built correctly.
Fixed the problem with Mac version crashing when layer name is edited in the Layers floating dialog.
Corrected problems with copy/pasting from Acrobat Reader or other PDF-viewers.
Copying and pasting symbols from MS Word now works properly.
Connecting to databases on the Mac through non-standard ODBC drivers would sometimes lead to crashes - now fixed.
The Trial edition has been updated; it can be used again for 30 days if installed over the older trial version.
Corrected the problem with printing scaled documents.
Fixed a bug that would cause the program to crash when opening libraries of ConceptDraw 1.x with shapes with hyperlinks to a page.
The problem with text shifting when opening documents converted from Visio with ConceptDraw-Visio converter v1.x has been fixed.
Metafiles contained in documents of v1.x format now display correctly on the Mac.
The scrolling problem with space held down on the Mac has been corrected.
Smart connectors are now selected properly by using the Select box.
Guidelines with glued groups behave correctly when moved.
The Line Jump Style and Line Jump Orientation options chosen in the menu would not match those displayed on the toolbar - this has been corrected.
Toolbar bounds would not redraw correctly on the Mac when moved - this has been fixed.
Corrected the problem with calling the PDF-viewer for the manual from the Help menu.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
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Fixed the bug in the "Organization Chart Wizard.cdt, when smart connectors were not connected in the organization chart.
Some problems (including incorrect message box after reopening a saved document with a smart background) in the "Background.cdl" library have been fixed.
In the "Miscellaneous" category the following libraries have been added: "MMSymbols.cdl", "MMSymbols1.cdl", "MMSymbols2.cdl", "MMSymbols3.cdl", "MMSymbols4.cdl".
In the "Science" category the "Constellations.cdl" library has been replaced with the following libraries: "Northern Constellations.cdl", "Southern Constellations.cdl", "Zodiac Constellations.cdl", "Other Constellations.cdl".
In the "Science" category the "Greek letters.cdl" library has been revised.
Minor changes ("Galaxies.cdl", "Mechanics.cdl", "Nuclear Physics.cdl", "Optics.cdl") in the "Science" category.
In the "Mechanical Engineering" category the "Springs and Bearings.cdl" and "Fastners.cdl" libraries have been revised.
The "Template Astronomy.cdt" (in the "Science" category) template has been modified.
All templates (*.cdt files) have been revised to reflect the new "Flow Around Objects" default setting (see above).
Minor changes in the document properties of the "BusinessOnNet.cdd" sample have been made.
Version 5.0.0.3
Non-release update.
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Crashing problem on export to PDF documents with PICT, Metafile or OLE has been fixed.
Small text printing problem has been fixed.
The problem with changing style for selected shape to current style on Mac has been fixed.
Crashing problem in Professional edition at startup on Win98 has been fixed.
The problem with hyperlinks to the pages when save to 1.x documents has been fixed.
Scrolling problem when "PageDown" pressed has been fixed.
Application window maximize problem on Win (when window didn't maximize to full screen) has been fixed.
The problem with date control in "Gantt Chart" wizard on Mac OS X 10.3 has been fixed.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
French localization has been added.
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Library "UML Static Structure.cdl" (from "Software" category) has been revised.
From this version the Trial edition contains full content except some templates and libraries from "Science" category: "Astronomy.cdt", "Constellations.cdt", "Northern Constellations.cdl", "Other Constellations.cdl", "Southern Constellations.cdl", "Stars and Planets.cdl", "Zodiac Constellations.cdl".
Version 5.0.1.0
Public update.
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Several problems with exporting to HTML hyperlinks in pictures, groups and texts have been fixed.
Problem with exporting to HTML shapes on invisible layers has been fixed.
Drawing of underlined wrapped text has been corrected.
Small text printing has been corrected.
Pages indexing when save to 1.x format has been corrected.
Non-standard page sizes now load correctly from 1.x format documents.
Text Copy/past from Adobe Acrobat has been corrected.
Crash when 1.x libraries with objects linked to the page open has been fixed.
Printing scaled documents has been corrected.
Overall old format (1.x) support has been improved.
Export of documents with 1-D shapes rotated to 225 and 315 degree to PowerPoint has been corrected.
Export of documents with connectors to PowerPoint has been corrected.
Export of texts to PowerPoint has been corrected.
Export of scaled documents to PowerPoint has been corrected.
Export of shapes with connectors to PowerPoint has been corrected.
The applying through combo box on toolbar of current style to the shape on Mac platform has been corrected.
Problem with application maximizing (not full maximizing) has been fixed.
Problem with Date/Time control in Gantt Chart Wizard on Mac OS 10.3 has been fixed.
Problem with choosing the scaled library items and drag-and-dropping them into a document with a different scale their appearing in random sizes and position has been fixed.
Scrolling with "Space" pressed problem on Mac has been fixed.
The redrawing problem when more then 8 shapes operated has been fixed.
The redrawing problem during direct connectors creating has been fixed.
Resizing of cropped ellipses has been corrected.
Ellipse breaking during some operation problem has been fixed.
Algorithm of locked smart connector behavior has been revised.
Problem with connectors gluing to guides has been fixed.
Problem with glued to guide groups moving has been fixed.
Selection of smart connectors has been revised.
Support of XML for ConceptDraw has been improved.
Support through ODBC drivers for FileMaker databases has been improved.
Support through ODBC drivers for Oracle databases has been improved.
Several problems with printing settings have been fixed.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
Spanish localization has been added.
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The samples collection has been revised and sorted into thematic categories/folders.
The "Organization Chart Wizard" has been revised.
The "Database Model Diagram" wizard has been revised.
Various libraries have been revised.
Version 5.1.0.0
Public update.
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The new command "Paste Special as Previous" has been added to the program in menu "Edit". It allows pasting objects from clipboard in the format that was chosen in the previous time the command "Paste Special" was used.
The feature of turning on/off WYSIWYG displaying of fonts in the FontCoboBoxes. The corresponding checkbox "WYSIWYG font list" was added at the "View" page in the "Preferences" dialog. When the "WYSIWYG font list" is turned off the work with FontCoboBoxes is essentially faster. When "WYSIWYG font list" is on, at the configurations with a large number of installed fonts, the work with FontCoboBoxes can be slower, but in this case when the necessary font was chosen, the names of the fonts are displayed as cognominal fonts.
Support for Import/Export DXF files has been improved. Now ConceptDraw completely supports specification of DXF formats up to version R12.
Revised and optimized ConceptDraw format, that makes it possible to reduce the size of files *.cdd and *.cdl in average at 25%. At the same time the compatibility with the previous version remained.
In the professional version of the software the CDBasic reference guide was updated.
Problem with text background color shifting for 1.x documents has been fixed.
The problem of saving documents with ellipse segments to in 1.x format was fixed (previously the formulas for parameters N and D were saved incorrectly).
The problem on MAC platform that did not allow to enter the font size different from predefined was fixed.
The problem with text wrap in the objects when opening 1.x documents was fixed.
The problem with text redrawing in object, when some neighboring symbols were imposed at each other was fixed.
The problem with falling down of the software when some elements from "Mac OS X User Interface" library were dragged was fixed.
The problem with falling down of the software when some elements from libraries on Windows 98/Me were dragged was fixed.
The problem with software falling down during the work with object "L-Room' was fixed.
The problem with export to PDF documents without background page or when OLE-object was inserted into background page was fixed.
Also the problem with export to PDF documents with not singular scale was fixed
The problem with software falling down during the attempt to exit it on Mac platform from system dockbar was fixed.
The problem with software falling down when close the document or the entire application during the work of CDBasic script was fixed.
The problem with printing on Win 95/Me was fixed.
The problem with incorrect calculation of number of the pages when printing text by scripting program from CDBasic editor on Windows platform and during the print of multiple-page documents on MacOS was fixed
The series of the problems connected with redrawing of the documents was fixed.
The problem with redrawing of floating dialog with list of layers was fixed.
The problem with not saving printing preferences that were made
straight before the process of printing.
The series of problems connected with the work with connectors in a group and with connectors that were connected to each other was fixed.
The array of the problems connected with work with tables of the objects was fixed.
The problem with converting PICT to VectorPicture objects was fixed.
The problem with opening Help on Mac platform was fixed.
The "Web Site Map" wizard has been revised.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
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All libraries with fixed problems and deficiencies were reviewed.
Also all templates have been revised.
Version 5.1.1.0
Public update.
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The support for multi-layouts, viewports and multi-lined styled text in import of the DXF files has been added.
Problem with entering text symbols for "Symbol" font has been fixed.
Snapping to the shapes geometries has been added.
Feature with turn on/off screen tips has been corrected.
Problems with redrawing occur during scrolling have been fixed. Overall performance during scrolling operations has been improved.
Problems with "Width*<const>" and "Height*<const>" formulas recalculation for some shapes properties have been fixed.
The crash problem in "TextAutoExpand" mode for some shapes from "Drawing Shapes.cdl" library has been fixed.
Several problems with "flow data format" import have been fixed.
Several problems with "outline format" import have been fixed.
The "Recent" menu has been revised on the Mac platform. Now it includes also parts of the full paths to the recent documents.
The export to the "EMF" format on the Mac platform has been corrected.
The export of documents with relative paths hyperlinks to the "HTML" format has been corrected.
The optional "Smart tool switching" checkbox in the "View" page of the "Preferences" dialog has been added. The checkbox allows turning on/off the smart switch of the current tool to selection tool and vise versa when mouse click on the shape bound happens.
The occasional crash problem on the Win 98/Me/NT4.0 platforms when creating a new document from some templates has been fixed.
The disabling some menu items on the Win NT 4.0 platform has been fixed.
Problem with text redrawing in the print preview on the Win XP platform has been fixed.
The occasional redrawing problem during rotation operations has been fixed.
The occasional redrawing problem during drag-and-drop of some library objects has been fixed.
The "Find" button in the "Find/Replace" dialog has set as default.
The shapes method "IsNullFomula()" in CDBasic has been corrected.
The problem with double calling of the Help on the Win platform has been fixed.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
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The problem when "Functional band" shapes (from "Cross-functional_Horz.cdl" and "Cross-functional_Vert.cdl" libraries) are moved down or right after document has been reloaded is fixed by redesigning the shapes in the libraries. Now "Functional band" shapes behavior is always correct.
The detailed descriptions have been added to all provided templates.
The scale problem in the "Home plan.cdt" template has been fixed.
Version 5.2.0.0
Public update.
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The Import of XML for Visio documents has been redesigned. And lots of problems with Visio XML import have been fixed.
The problem with opening hyperlinked documents from MS Word and other Microsoft products on Windows platform has been fixed.
The problem with copy/pasting pictures, when they came wrong, has been fixed.
The problem with hyperlink to the first page from CDBasic script has been fixed.
The problem when 'Input' statement doesn't initialize a value in CDBasic script has been fixed.
The problem with redrawing some rotated objects has been fixed.
The crash problem with deleting of the page with edited group has been fixed.
The problem with dragging out guides on Mac platform has been fixed.
The problem with disappearing of guides in a group has been fixed.
The table function '_FILENAME' now returns correct short file name
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
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Some minor changes in 'Blank Drawing.cdt' template have been made.
The library 'Science/Mechanics.cdl' has been revised.
Version 5.2.5.0
Public update.
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The import of XML for Visio has been extended to support of new raster specification in XML for Visio 2003. Now ConceptDraw imports properly embedded images (GIFF, TIFF, PNG) from XML for Visio 2003 documents.
The optimization of rulers redrawing during scrolling has been made.
The optimization of content redrawing with large zoom has been made.
The support of raster images has been redesigned and various minor problems with them have been fixed.
The problem with entering a custom rounding on Win platform has been fixed.
The occasional crash problem when protecting document using too long user name or password has been fixed.
The problem with recalculation of table function æ_FILENAME()Æ has been fixed.
The problem with incorrect colors comparing in table expressions has been fixed.
The occasional crash problem on Mac platform when closing inactive document has been fixed.
The problem with object replacing during the export to PDF when document contains embedded OLE objects has been fixed.
The printing problem with some high resolution printers (including HP8150 PS) when odd blank page was fed has been fixed.
The problem with formulas resetting after custom properties redefining has been fixed.
The problem with entered printer page size saving has been fixed.
The occasional crash problem on Mac platform when printing document with embedded large raster image has been fixed.
The ôOrganization Chartö wizard on Mac platform has been redesigned and problem with getting data from text file has been fixed.
The ability to save in XML for ConceptDraw through CDBasic ôSaveAs()ö method has been added.
The problem with calling CDBasic ôCreateNewDoc()ö method from document level has been fixed.
The occasional crash problem when batch of undo operations removes added page with text has been fixed.
The several problems with settings of exported pictures have been fixed.
The crash problem during searching hidden text has been fixed.
The crash problem with printing from ôEdit Groupö View has been fixed.
The occasional crash problem on Win platform when inserting some OLE object has been fixed.
The preview in ôDocument propertiesö dialog has been redesigned and several minor problems have been fixed.
The functionality of CDBasic statements ôLSetö and ôRSetö has been corrected.
The functionality of CDBasic static local variables has been corrected.
The problem with printing selected text has been fixed.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
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Some minor changes in ôBuilding Plansö templates have been made.
Some minor corrections in CDBasic Reference have been made.
Version 5.2.7.0
Public update.
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The problem with editing shapes dimensions in feets, inches has been fixed.
The problem with Mac version crashing when a user clicks on the "Apply" button in "Define Styles" dialog has been fixed.
Some problems with opening libraries created in ConceptDraw 1.x are fixed.
Redrawing of a background page when document was opened has been fixed.
Importing of Adobe Photoshop tiff-pictures has been fixed.
Printing the shapes in invisible layer has been disabled.
The problem with printing and "Print Preview" on some printers is fixed (doesn't show/print a blank page anymore).
"Page Size" radio group behaviour in "Page" tab at "Document Properties" dialog has been fixed.
Converting ellipses from EMF to vector picture format is improved.
Copying library objects within the same library is added. Use drag & drop pressing Ctrl/Cmd key.
The problem with snapping objects if the grid spacing is less then 10mm has been fixed.
The problem with the error message box after inserting an object from "backgrounds.cdl" and closing document without saving has been fixed.
The problem with the error message box after "Find/Replace" dialog working has been fixed.
The functionality of CDBasic methods "CloseDoc", "CreateWorkspace" and "QueryDef" has been corrected.
The occasional problem with displaying empty library window after "Print Preview" command executing on Win platform has been fixed.
Operations "Combine" and "Convert to Vector Picture" are improved.
The tool "Stamp" work at operations with raster images is improved.
The problem with selecting some extended 1-D objects by clicking on the edge of the shape is fixed.
The problem with selecting splines by clicking mouse on the outside part of the shape is fixed.
The problem in ungroupping objects with formulas linking with the parent (group) shape is fixed.
The bug in ordering layers in combobox has been fixed.
The problem with importing from PowerPoint of flipped shapes having text has been fixed.
Setting correct tab value at exporting text to PowerPoint is fixed.
Exporting invisible shapes to PowerPoint and PDF is disabled.
The problem with exporting SubScript/SuperScript text to PDF has been fixed.
The crash problem with exporting to PDF if ConceptDraw document uses fonts doesn't installed on the user machine has been fixed.
The problem with exporting group of shapes with smart connectors has been fixed.
Other various minor problems have been fixed.
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Some minor changes in ôBuilding Core.cdlö and "MacOS User Interface.cdl" libraries have been made.
Fixed text labels in dozens of libraries, samples and CDBasic scripts.
